This was the planet I was sent to investigate, my crew, and I were given too many reports. Some on the objects in orbit; some by those stuck on the planet.
On my first day, the crew and I were on a ship that left orbit, heading to the planet in a fissure near the orbit of this planet. As we were entering the atmosphere, the ship shook a bit, but nothing too bad. I glanced down at the recording, I was sure that I heard more than one child cry.
After a couple of minutes, the ship shook again, this time it was more severe. I looked at my recording, it had much more of a bone-cracking sound.
"What was that?" I asked the other members of my crew.
The captain called through his link, "That was the cracks in the planet that become big enough to let us land."
The pilot looked down, "I see an object near the planet. I think that's the one that planet has problems with, it shouldn't be here."
"Doesn't matter, if it's an object, we'll still need to land."
"It's not moving and looks like it's fairly heavy, it could be a crashed ship, I'm sending back the details. Relay them to the command centre. I don't think it's a coincidence that we saw it either.
"I agree, it does look like a ship."
I looked back to the recording, "My recording picked up something that sounds like music...At least, two children singing. The voices are really pretty."
"Boys or girls?" the captain asked.
"Girl, though it sounds like she's a very mature child." The bodyguard looked out of the window, "There clearly are creatures near the ship, they seem to be of this planet and not of the ship."
"Yes, they're like some kind of bird and they are sending down some kind of capsule. I don't know what it is, I think it might be an invitation."
"Keep it film on that capsule, I'm going to relay this information to the command centre."
"This is the land of balance. Yes, we released the capsule you see. We decided that you were a land well balanced. Now we are sending that planet into extinction. The occupants have a month to accept our offer or we will initiate the extinction."
My crew and I looked to the camera. I looked at the screen. It had so many secrets that my imagination couldn't get enough.
"They didn't say what is on the planet? Are we talking about the whole planet?"
"Yes. You see what's going on here. You are on a mission to find a planet that humans can colonize. Rule number one is to not engage with any sentient life. We never thought it would be an issue; after all, living beings are rare on new planets. However, the planet you're sent to investigate is home to various creatures, many of whom are highly intelligent. We're still searching, but you're more than welcome to help, we're always looking for people to help."
"Thank you for letting us help you. We're here for some research, we've heard that the planet is very balanced. We're here to learn more about that." answered the captain.
"Yes, we found it to be an interesting place. Now, as soon as that planet notices what we have released, we will be destroying that planet."
"Excellent. We must begin construction of a colony immediately."
I saw something more on the horizon, "I don't think this is the end of the planet, there are more of them."
"Two more have produced capsules and have released their information. We have already decided that you can go on this planet. We wish you the best of luck, and that you help us."
"Maybe whatever they are, they are intelligent beings of some kind. Maybe they can help us survive. We should talk to them and see if they are willing to help us."
The captain turned to the pilot, "Keep sending them emergency signals. We should make contact before they hit the ground."
The pilot turned to the camera, "We have been given permission to land." As the ship turned towards the land, I saw some large beast behind us, making its way down to the planet.
The girl cried out a few times, but then met another child that was crying into the other child's ear. They looked to me, the one girl seemed to reach out. Actually, it seemed she was reaching out to me.
I had stopped recording. While I adjusted the recording endpoints, the girl came closer and then took the recorder from my hand.
The planet was some ways off, but she was already putting the ship in motion to take us there. "I think this is your doing." I said.
She turned to me. She was beautiful, dark hair and blue eyes. It was as if my dream came to life. She smiled, and then laughed as if she understood what I was saying.
There was a small sound of trumpets, along with a different sound. If this was what they called respect, they didn't really know what the people they were talking to wanted. On the display, I saw the ship that was near the capsule. I smelled roses and some other wonderful scents.
"They call that respect." Said the ship, "They offer the creation of a new species."
The girl looked to the ship. In her ship, there were two creatures, one with an adult, sitting at a table and ten. There were decorations for all the others. They were building some kind of table for their feast.
"We're happy to help you. The galaxy is no place for us, and anything that can provide us a home makes us happy. We would be glad to help."
"No, there are no greyscales here, we've been looking for a new home for some time. We're glad to help. I'll send you the coordinates for a town we were going to take over. I was going to make it a stopover point for people to come from. Maybe you can make use of it."
I was already checked the coordinates. They were perfect, they were just a few miles away. The planet's life was amazing to me.
The ship and Land Ship land nearby. Doing so, a second ship and a pod landed alongside. The pod looked like that of a fish and kind of reminded me of something that shouldn't be underwater in some kind of submarine. The ship next to it was closer to what I was used to, it was like a spaceship that didn't have a waveform.
