These past two days, things aboard the Orville had been extremely unusual—even carefree Annie had vaguely sensed it and had been looking forward to something.
First, there were the representatives of the two alien races known as the Navalians and the Bridions.
They often argued over trivial matters. Although Security Officer Alara had taken precautions long ago, assigning the two races' residential quarters to opposite ends of the ship and on different decks, the two groups still seemed to have eaten gunpowder. They frequently ran into each other and caused disturbances and disputes.
If Alara hadn't had people watching them around the clock, and if she herself hadn't often gone over to keep things under control, those two groups of aliens probably would have started fighting right inside the Orville!
The second much-discussed situation was that Orville's chief medical officer, Claire, had actually gotten together with the slime alien Afi?
No one knew whether the two had fallen in love after spending so much time together, or whether Claire had grown sympathetic toward him after Annie had once blown him to pieces. In any case, Afi had gotten together with Claire. It was even said that Alara had once stumbled upon an eye-searing scene that was unsuitable for children?
This matter left the crew utterly bewildered, and they had begun gossiping about it. Its explosiveness was in no way inferior to the dispute between the Navalians and the Bridions.
The third situation, meanwhile, involved a blue-skinned alien named Drulio.
He was an archaeologist responsible for sequencing the DNA of the ancient technological artifact discovered on the planet Lopovis. The work was extremely important, as it was connected to the dispute between the Navalians and the Bridions!
But...
By an incredible coincidence, he was actually the blue-skinned alien man with whom