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It seems like it's been forever since the great assigning. Something like seven, eight months. Hard to tell when you're stuck in a little room with nothing to do but stare out at the passing stars, the occasional planet, wondering if it's of any importance to the Almighty Tallest or if it's just another useless planet devoid of life.

I should introduce myself, my name's Nekoh. I was a navigator, turns out opening an airlock and letting some more unsavory Irkens get sucked to their doom is not always the best course of action.

"Meeko! Come to the assembly hall!"

Ah hell not again. I'm being summoned by the Tallest to hear what my sentence is. Mustn't be too bad, the control brains weren't called into this whole affair.

The doors opened and two guards led me to the assembly hall where I was brought before Almighty Tallest Red and Purple.

"Not to be rude, My Tallest," I started, addressing them before they did me, "But my name is Nekoh. Neh-koh N.E.K.O.H. Not Meeko."

The tallest stared down at me, not seeming to really care about anything that had just come out of my mouth.

"Right then, Neeko." Almighty Tallest Red started. My antenna flattened back in anger and the only thing keeping me together was the sound of electricity coursing through the rods the guards held. "We have decided that as punishment for your recent actions we will be sending you on a mission."

"Far away!" Tallest Purple interjected.

"...yes, far away..." Tallest Red continued, seeming annoyed at Purple's outburst. "You will be accompanying an Invader on an observation mission."

I looked at the map on the screen behind them. I knew all of the planets were labeled for conquest, not observation. All except for the sticky note plastered on the right side of the screen. A planet with a big "?" on it. A recent discovery I assumed. I seriously doubted this was a legitimate mission, it sounded more like a banishment, but what could I do about it?

"Pack whatever it is that you need and return to the docking bay, a ship will be prepared for you." Red ordered.

"Yes My Tallest." I saluted before being led back to my chamber. The guards gave me fifteen minutes to pack. Understandable being as all I needed for life was in my Pak already. I grabbed my AI pet for company (I wasn't actually an invader so the Tallest saw no need in wasting a SIR unit on me), a few snacks, and a couple odds and ends and I was soon at a docking bay being given a Spittle Runner. It looked like an older model, nil on weapondry, definately a banishment mission. Hopefully it came with something to help me blend in to any indiginous life, if there were any indiginous life.

SIX MONTHS LATER

It was a long and boring journey, even with an AI. Light speed would have been nice. A six month journey just wasn't my cup of tea. Unlike other species, we don't sleep, we don't have the need, but I'll tell you a nap would have been nice.

Dropping into atmosphere I tried to observe as much as I could. Blending in was imperative, and screwing up in this early phase could mean my death. I dropped down in an empty lot and set my base so it would easily blend in with the buildings on either side of it.

Being the size of what I assumed to be younglings I did my best to prepare a suitable disguise. Their skin color was a disgusting pale orange yellow, something that would take me a while getting used to. They had large amounts of hair on their heads, different colors, lengths, shapes. I was glad to see that blue was a normal eye color, however the colored parts of their eyes were so small. It would take eye lenses, which I found painful even in the best of conditions, to match their own eyes. These creatures wore clothes, a relief to me, and mine wouldn't need much of a change, and my Pak was easily hidden as the younglings often carried similar looking bags on their backs.

Maybe banishment here wouldn't be too bad after all.