"Understood, we'll have to stop back at Earth, though. The only guys we've got left are crew members." The Lieutenant sighed audibly. "You guys alright with being alone for a few years?"
The native groups, one of the newer ones, sent a group of envoys to the MHQ, just to test the waters. The envoys were scarred, battle-hardened males who kept crude swords, cut from bone, on their hips.