kerbal space program · space exploration · first contact · friendly aliens · clumsy · high intelligence · peaceful · sci-fi · curiosity · space setting
A klaxon’s wail shreds the station’s calm. On the monitor, a sleek silhouette cuts across the starfield—an extraterrestrial craft, designated IV-37, moving with silent, predatory grace toward the ISS. It rotates, and its docking mechanism aligns with a precision that feels deliberate, intimate. All radio bands emit only static. They haven’t come to talk. They’ve come to meet you.