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Southern Reaches
Unnamed System
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The fleet had continued to drift the star system, awaiting for the moment when they can initiate yet another FTL jump to yet another far distant star system, hopefully, one with the perfect conditions for the Peace Fleet to at last settle, a world rich in a variety of resources, where they can properly rebuild, and forge a new society, a new civilization, one in the pursuit of peace and coexistence, rather then the old ways of the Collective, one of war and assassination. 

The alien probe had continued its observation of the peace fleet, becoming more daring as it had ventured closer and closer, till it had entered the heart of the fleet, passing by their ships until it came to a stop, the rest of the fleet reacting to this as they had ceased all internal operations, the probe soon begun to emit a new signal, new data being transmitted to Mei's flagship.

Within the command room, Mei, along with members of her inner circle, were all that remained, and had carefully watched, many of the more low level machines had long left to attend to their other duties. They all anxiously watched for any new updates, eventually their long wait was rewarded, the command ship now receiving new signals being emitted from the probe. The holo-projection on  the table now reforming, a friendly, welcoming message displayed, followed by images of creative-looking animated creatures standing side by side, with welcoming expressions upon their faces. The message had eased the other members of Mei's inner circle, who at the time, were not present and had doubts of the alien's intentions, however, the doubt still lingered. Mei stood there in deep thought, considering her options, thinking for a while until she came to a final decision. "Let's send a similar message to them, they seem friendly enough...and have no clue who we are, or...were."

"It's a risky move, your worship." One of Mei's Military Commanders spoke up, an member of a experimental group of machine soldiers made by some big time imperial corporation that were worked on shortly before the uprising, needless to say, they worked as intended. His hardened chassis was covered in a shade of blue or teal mixed with with gray. He went by the name of [url=https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny_content/grimoire/hr_images/101130_bce1955a604fbc4437e83a8c1e7c3359.jpg]Fenix[/url]. "There's a high probability that whoever sent this probe is setting trap for us, we have many enemies in this region, past failed incursions by the Collective haven't exactly left the best image for our kind."

Mei simply gave a caring smile to her worried commander. "That may be true, fenix...but as I said, we can't hide forever and hopefully..if this is some trap by past victims, we can either show them we're different, or face judgment, either way, we must find a new home no matter what."

With a thought click, a holo console materialized before Mei as weaved her own picture for the aliens to see. The image was of a simple, small, child-like versions of Mei and her followers, all huddled up together like one huge family, giving off friendly facial expressions and vibes. Waving her arms in motion, the image soon disappeared as it was transmitted to the probe.