"... warning... do not land... they are... waiting... Gone silent."

"I see... something," Arin replied, his voice barely audible. "It's not natural. I think we're not alone here."

The crew exchanged concerned glances. What or who could be waiting for them on Xylophia-IV?

"What is it, Arin?" Orion whispered, her hand on the grip of her blaster.

As the stars whizzed by like diamonds on velvet, Captain Orion Blackwood, aka Spacegirl, piloted her trusty spacecraft, the Celestial Quest, through the vast expanse of space. Her mission was to investigate an unusual energy signature emanating from a remote planet on the edge of the Andromeda galaxy.

"Captain, I'm trying to decode the message," Elianore said, fiddling with the console. "It's not making any sense. The language is unlike anything I've seen before."