Nobody knew what Annie had sent the Kalivans through the communications officer. Even the officer himself had no idea. The message seemed to be encrypted, and the Orville had only relayed it, so apart from a simple forwarding log, no further information or records remained aboard the ship.
All the people aboard the Orville knew was that after their acting captain, Annie, had bombed an uninhabited planet and naively thought she could use it to force the Kalivans to hand someone over, only to fail and angrily send that unknown message, the Kalivans' attitude changed dramatically.
In any case, that supposedly arrogant and advanced Kalivan civilization, which regarded Earthlings, the Planetary Alliance, and even the people of most galactic civilizations as ignorant animals, seemed to have been terrified.
Not only did they immediately halt and withdraw the fleet surrounding the Orville, they then humbly sent a communication request to the ship. After another round of groveling negotiations, they soon dispatched their finest ceremonial fleet to escort the Orville to the orbit of the Kalivans' homeworld.
Of course, saying they escorted the Orville was not quite accurate. It would be more precise to say they escorted the troublesome little girl who had used force to "hold" the Orville hostage and claimed to be the head of a great nation.
In short!
After the Orville's crew had followed their little acting captain around the Kalivans' planet, eating and drinking well for several days, they nearly forgot all about their unlucky captain and first officer in the pleasures of the moment. Only then did the anxious Kalivans finally bring up the terrifying incident that had nearly led to the extermination of their race, forcing the crew to accompany the fawning Kalivan officials to a zoo in the middle of a bustling city.
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