As the planet below began to slip into night, the shipwide comms activated and the Captain spoke.

=^= Attention crew of the Manhattan. All personnel who have been dealing directly with the Gravian people, or who have conducted first hand scans on behalf of the ship or the inhabitants, are to meet in the Confereance at 2000 hours for debrief and planning. That is all. =^=

Cochrane leaned back in his chair in the room. There was about an hour till people would start arriving. He took a moment to enjoy the silence.

Cochrane, CO