General William C. Smith never thought he would see a sight as strange as the one he was seeing now. The radar scans were picking up on a large number of unidentified aircraft entering the area. He had gone outside to see for himself and sure enough, there were several strange aircraft with wings in an X formation flying from the North.
He could not tell if they were enemy or not, but he ordered preparations to be made just in case. He ran to the barracks and alerted the men. "Prepare anti-aircraft defenses! I also want a division of infantry with me right now!". He could take no chances. If they were fired upon, he would order the anti-air defenses to open up. He had them on radar, so if they landed elsewhere, then he would take the division of infantry to investigate. He couldn't take the chance that these strange aircraft might be Axis. Ever since Pearl Harbor, he had feared that they may come after California.
But the strange fighters flew right overhead and out of range of his radar. Quickly typing out a telegram, he gave explicit orders not to fire on the strange craft, but to observe them.
About 30 minutes later, he recieved a telegram confirming that the strange craft had touched down. The telegram stated that the pilots and the people in the strange transport craft were armed and had landed near Palm Springs. The report said that they were certainly not Japanese but Smith had to check it out anyway because it was weird.
He quickly mobilized infantry and gathered Jeeps. With an entire division, he rolled out to Palm Springs.
The landing zone was rocky and sandy, obviously some kind of desert. It was hot. Sarah liked it. But they had to find out where they were. Sarah borrowed a pair of Electrospecs from one of her scouts. She scanned the horizon. In the distance, she saw a town. There were people in towns. People would know where they were.
Half her infantry force and the pilots stayed at the landing zone. She took her A280C rifle and her comlink with her.
Upon reaching the town, they asked people which planet they were on and whether they supported the Empire or the Rebel Alliance. Most stalked off and said that they were going to call 'Police', whatever that was.
Eventually, they found someone who told them that they were on a planet called Earth, but that it might not be around much longer if 'things got worse'. When they asked what that meant, the man looked at them like they were stupid or something. Having not much luck, they returned to the landing zone.
Upon arrival, Sarah was reporting her meager findings when a pair of scouts ran in and interrupted. "Incoming from the west!" one of them stated. "Are they enemy?" Sarah asked. "We're... not sure. We've never seen their vehicles, weapons, or uniforms before, and they appear to be represented by this piece of fabric that they keep waving in front of them". Sarah looked at the scouts. "Uhhhh... don't shoot them but be prepared to shoot them just in case... um... yeah" Sarah said.
The scouts walked outside and relayed the orders.