[ WP ] A moderately advanced spacefaring civilization makes first contact with a medieval fantasy world .

This is my first response, so please have mercy: P And I think it's a great prompt. Your suggestions do n't hurt it for me, since they're idea generators, but are n't mandatory: ) 
 
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 `` Captain, we've traced the signals to a star system fourteen light years from here. We're getting close.'' 
 
 `` Good,'' said Captain Morak, as his eyes focused on the numbers flashing on the display. `` Any response to our hails?'' 
 
 `` None yet, sir,'' said the communications officer. `` Results from the long range scans are just coming in.'' 
 
 A moment passed in silence, as the officers on the ship's bridge waited for her analysis. 
 
 `` Long range scanners show no signs of radio activity, or any electromagnetic communication methods at all,'' she said slowly, her voice drawn out in her confusion. `` Aside from the quantum flux, this system looks inhabited by nothing more advanced than the stone ages.'' 
 
 `` Fourteen light years away,'' said the captain, musing out loud. `` There's nothing that would block our sensors from this range, is there?'' 
 
 `` Nothing that we could n't otherwise detect,'' responded the communications officer. 
 
 `` Let's move into the system itself, then,'' said the captain. `` Emerge from warp at the outer boundaries of the system - let's play this carefully. Any civilization with quantum flux technology must be treated with the utmost caution.'' 
 
 The subsequent scans from the outer reaches of the AFX429 star system - nicknamed Quanta by the crew, for the strange readings - did little to resolve the mystery. No satellites were detected, no radio waves, no signs whatsoever of advanced life. 
 
 Except for that one bizarre reading, that kept emerging every few minutes from the fourth planet. 
 
 The scientists aboard the Nova had spent the last few weeks analyzing this signal, ever since they chanced upon it during a routine exploration mission of a nearby nebula. As the ship grew closer, and the readings more precise, the report said that these readings indicated quantum fluctuations and alterations on an extreme scale. Possibly true teleportation, temporary adjustment of the laws of physics and more might be possible with whatever device created these readings. 
 
 And yet, there was no other indication of sentience. 
 
 The Nova slipped into orbit, the alcubierre warp engines gently returning space to its normal configuration. Intense surface scans began, and the crew discussion intensified as it was revealed that the planet did have sentient life. However, it was too primitive to show on the scanners - they were pre-industrial. The most advanced technology was simple metal-working, in the fashion of ancient blacksmiths. 
 
 The strange readings continued to occur, and primarily were detected in population centers. Captain Morak decided that an away team was necessary, for further investigations. Clearly, this technology defied ordinary scanning practices. 
 
 A score of nano-bots was released on a mid-sized town, instructed to analyze the biology of the species, as well as to copy the language centers of several subject brains - harmlessly, of course - so as to upload any relevant information into the Nova's main computer. A quick trip to the med-bay, some surgical alteration, and the translation matrix implanted in their brains updated with the new language, and the team was ready. 
 
 The shuttle was cloaked by the best holographic equipment available, and they made their way to the surface. 
 
 The doors opened, and a complex wash of scents came in on the spring air, carrying the perfume of flowers, trees, and open fields, along with the sounds and smells of the town. 
 
 `` I've never been anywhere so primitive,'' said science officer Telise, gazing about in fascination. `` I mean, other than undeveloped planets, of course.'' 
 
 `` It's strange,'' said Captain Morak. `` Such a tiny moment in a civilization's history, that slice between its emergence into sentience and its emergence into space. It's quite lucky for us, to be able to see it.'' 
 
 Telise laughed, a sound that carried well in the unrestricted air. `` Every moment is a tiny slice of time! It's just unusual for us, because long range scanners ca n't differentiate civilization at this stage from previous ones, that's all. But let's get on to what they *were* able to find...'' 
 
 She pulled out a handheld scanner, calibrated in these last few days to detect the quantum fluctuations. It was hardly ten seconds before it buzzed quietly, a small indicator pointing in the direction that the signal originated. 
 
 `` This signal is very weak,'' Telise said, `` But quite close, and above ground.'' 
 
 She pointed at a house a half kilometer away. `` Around there, I'd say.'' 
 
 Captain Morak nodded and they walked towards the house carefully and unobtrusively. The surgical alterations and translation matrix were good, but virtually all cooperative species were quite good at detecting intruders. The subtleties of body language and tone were hard to mimic. 
 
 The sensor buzzed twice more, as the pair approached the house, and led them to the backyard. There, they saw a woman playing with her young daughter. They drew close, listening to the aliens, and watching for another reading. 
 
 `` Aera, Aera! Silly girl, you have to *practice*! How else will you get accepted?'' scolded the mother, in a loving tone. 
 
 `` But Mom, ca n't I just practice with flowers?'' the girl - Aera, presumably - said, her voice wistful. 
 
 `` You are already excellent with the flowers,'' the mother sighed. `` And that is wonderful, but no Academy is going to accept you because you can make pretty flowers! Fine control of movement is far more impressive. Show me what you've learned, Aera.'' 
 
 The girl sighed, and Telise's eyes started wandering elsewhere, trying to determine where the signals could be coming from, but the sensor had remained quiet during the conversation. 
 
 The girl's hands waved in the air for a moment, and the away team could just barely hear that she was muttering something to herself. They shared a private smile, thinking this a common feature of teenage defiance between their species, when Telise jumped in surprise, looking at the sensor. 
 
 `` Level with us, in the direction of the girl, 5.4 meters away...'' she said, her eyes going wide. `` That's the girl, Aera.'' 
 
 `` Telise...'' Captain Morak said, his voice tight with some emotion she'd never heard in him before. `` Telise, look away from the damned scanner. Look at what she's doing.'' 
 
 Her eyes turned back to the field, and she saw something impossible. Aera held her hands in front of her body, face scrunched in concentration, as a mid-sized boulder lifted higher and higher into the air. 
 
 `` S... sir, the signal's getting stronger,'' Telise said, desperately going back to her readings out of habit. `` And it's also becoming more sporadic.'' 
 
 `` Would n't that mean...?'' Captain Morak started to say, but he was cut off. 
 
 The boulder dropped with a thud, and Aera gasped for breath. 
 
 She was n't the only one who needed a moment.
