[ WP ] Aliens have come to earth with the intent to conquer it , but when they arrive , they realize that , due to random chance or otherwise , they are biologically indistinguishable from humans .

“ Captain! Our drones have secured geostationary orbit to monitor the Sol System. You need to take a look at this. ” The first lieutenant gives the Captain an unsettling look. 
 
 The Captain shuffles across the room to look over the first lieutenant ’ s shoulder. 
 
 “ What am I looking at? ” 
 
 “ Sir, this planet is already colonized. ” The first lieutenant says despondently. 
 
 “ What!? ” The Captain shouts in astonishment. “ What do you mean by colonized, first lieutenant? That ’ s what we came out here to do. ” 
 
 “ I know sir, that ’ s why I called you over in the first place. The intelligence division is looking into this matter as we speak. The data they ’ ve provided thus far is that the colony planted in this system has already claimed six planetary bodies. ” 
 
 “ Impossible! How was our data wrong on this system? We ’ ve only discovered this system within the past couple of centuries. Hmm… This is very odd, Verona. ” 
 
 “ Sir… ” Verona mutters in reaction to the Captain using her first name. 
 
 “ In any case, let ’ s sit still for now. That ’ s what you were going to get my approval on right? Whether we should stay the course or not? ” 
 
 “ Yes. I ’ ll let notify the engine room at once. ” Verona gets up and is about to leave the bridge, but the Captain stops her. 
 
 “ Verona, why not just relay the info via Konsokium? ” 
 
 “ I ’ d rather not Sir. But if that ’ s an order, than I ’ ll follow it completely. ” 
 
 “ At ease. You ’ re free to run your station as you see fit. ” 
 
 “ Thank you sir. That ’ s what I like about serving with you. ” 
 
 “ Ha! That ’ s a hoot. As if you have a choice when you ’ re so far from your Home planet. ” 
 
 “ I suppose your right Sir. ” Verona says as she looks uneasily to the side. 
 
 The Captain catches this sly eye movement. “ You ’ re free to go First Lieutenant. ” 
 
 “ Thank you Sir. ” Verona salutes. The Captain salutes back, and Verona makes her way off the bridge toward the engine room. 
 
 “ That woman always likes doing things the hard way. But I suppose her patience is why she is my First Lieutenant… ” The captain whispers quietly to himself. 
 
 He makes his way back to his seat in the middle of the bridge. He brings up the live data coming in from the drones on a vis-display. He presses a series of on-screen commands and he sits back into his chair, resting the back of his head backward on the chair. He closes his eyes, and suddenly the image of what the drone can see transmits directly into his brain. The drone pushes forward, out of geostationary orbit, and falls toward the center of the system. After the Captain verifies a set of coordinates, he initiates the faster than light engine on board the drone. The drone automatically stops at its destination and it captures what it sees. The Captain receives the visual data in real time and gasps. “ My goodness! These aliens are advanced! Almost as good as our tech, ” the Captain says. The Captain views a large fleet of dreadnought class battleships floating in free space several hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from one of the moons of Sol-6—a gas giant with unique rings that orbit it ’ s body. The impressive show of might distracts the Captain for a moment, but he ventures on toward the center of the Sol System where the concentration of the alien ’ s colony resides. He marks another set of coordinates, and the drone is off once more using the FTL engine. He arrives now at another gas giant, Sol-5, that has a peculiar looking red spot on the surface of its body. The Captain knows that the great red spot is in reality, most probably a huge force of nature on the planet. However the Captain also knows that the drone he possesses doesn ’ t have the necessary instrumentation to analyze the great red spot in detail, so he turns his attention toward a smaller fleet of dreadnought class battleships floating in free space hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from the massive planet and simply gawks at it before entering another set of coordinates. He jumps through FTL travel once more to find his drone viewing a considerably smaller planet, Sol-4. “ Impressive, ” the Captain says as he observes a network of space elevators that rise from the red planet ’ s surface, piercing the planet's atmosphere. 
 
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 Thanks for reading! I'll try to continue the Captain's journey tomorrow. Edit: Done!
