"Ah-holy shit!"
The familiar advisor voice rang out, and through his daze, Xi Yan saw a broadcast icon flashing in the upper left of his field of view.
He jolted, shook his head, and drew a deep breath.
He immediately sent a message to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
{Xi Yan: What happened?} {Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Marshal, after eighteen months of contact and research, we have deciphered the language of the aliens codenamed Alpha Aliens. We have now established stable communications with them.} {Xi Yan: Send me the files, then transfer the signal to me. Watch from the background while I talk to them myself! Learn how to deal with aliens!} {Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Yes, Marshal.}
"We're cooked! The day has finally come!"
Xi Yan took a deep breath and waited for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to transfer the signal.
``` {Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Uploading file [First contact records]}
[File 1][After a brief period of contact, we readily discovered that these aliens were intelligent life-forms like ourselves and possessed the ability to travel between star systems at faster-than-light speeds. We designated them Alpha Aliens.
The Alpha Aliens are a kind of Rock Creature. This is our first encounter with non-carbon-based life. Likewise, after our xenolinguists performed a series of gestures, the aliens showed curiosity about us as well. First contact proceeded peacefully, and our linguists are rapidly deciphering their language.]
[File 2][I think we were wrong. The language decipherment process is a complete disaster. Our scientists studied the dull sounds emanating from their bodies and compared them against the large quantities of text they sent us to produce translations, only to discover that nothing matched up. We suspect that they do not communicate through these vocalizations. We will have to start everything over from