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TZ911951, Lombard System, near the Federation-Klingon border, Alpha Quadrant, Milky Way.
2364.

Their lone attacker, still carrying the unconscious body of Stefansson, was dressed in a hooded cloak over what seemed to be a mixture of clothing made from animal skin and furs, wearing thick black gloves and boots, and wearing a helmet that presumably allowed him to breath safely whilst on the planet, and was armed with a very long rifle like object, that like the cutter, seemed to be made of different parts, Federation, Klingon and Romulan, believe it or not.

Carefully putting down Stefansson, the attacker gave the Away Team a look that seemed like to Tileu, that he (or she, for even though it looked like a male) was analysing their every move.

Then the attacker did something unexpected.
It threw his rifle to one side, and stepped four paces backwards.

Interesting, thought Tileu, as a pause fell upon the attacker and the Away Team.
The Deltan First Officer then reckoned that their attacker, did not mean any more harm to them, and wished to speak to them.
But the attacker made no move or no indication that he would speak first, so Tileu decided to step up to the plate and said to the others in the away team, "Looks like he's interested in speaking to us now".

Brodd was skeptical, "Are you certain, Commander? At one point, he was shooting at us".

The Deltan nodded and said, "Yes. He's thrown his weapon out of reach, and stepped back. It might mean, he wants to initiate dialogue with us now. Besides, he was just shooting stun bolts at us".
Vy'cheq threw his two cents to this, trying to provide a seemingly rational explanation, "He could be up to something, making us let our guard down or something like that".

Tileu conceded to the Andorian Science Officer's caution, but said, "Regardless, I think my initution says that he wishes to speak with us. Anyways, I wish to initiate dialogue with him".

The others were skeptical, but knew that they could not counter the decision of the first officer in front of the attacker, so Vy'cheq simply said, "Be careful, Tileu".

The Deltan wordlessly stepped forward, and spoke to the attacker, in a clear but slow voice, "My name is Tileu. I am a Commander of Starfleet, from the United Federation of Planets, based on board the Starship Strikefast. We are here on this planet, investigating a distress signal that was emitted from this planet. Can you understand me?"

And from then on, the First Contact truly began.

Ready Room, USS Strikefast, in orbit over TZ911951, Lombard System, near the Federation-Klingon border, Alpha Quadrant, Milky Way.
2364.

"Computer, begin log".

At Captain Svetlana Vladanka Kovalena's command, the computer began recording a new entry in the Captain's Log.

"Captain's Log, supplemental. The away team sent down to TZ911951 has been out of contact for about exactly 1 hour and 49 minutes, and we have been unable to get past the jamming that came sometime ago. The uncertainty of the status of the away team leaves me with a lot of anxiety, and I do not like it. However, I can only wait and hope for news".

Finishing the log, the Captain then found herself a chair in the ready room, to slump down in as she let the silence in the ready room fester on her mind, as she awaited for any news.

Then 4 minutes later, Svetlana's combadge pinged and she tapped it.
"Yes?"
Lieutenant Fernando Sanchez spoke, "Captain, we have regained communication with the away team. They are requesting to speak with you".

But Kovalena was already way ahead of Sanchez, and headed to the bridge, before the Operations Officer had finished speaking.

And once she was within the bridge, the Captain got into contact with Commander Tileu and spoke to her, "Tileu! What's going on down there? We've been trying to reach you for hours, but have been unable to break the jamming that was emitted a while ago".

However, there was a brief pause before Tileu said (not answering the Captain's question, a first for Tileu, the Captain remarked),
"Captain Kovalena, this is Commander Tileu. We have made contact with the mysterious occupant of the settlement, and he wishes to speak with you directly. We'll be heading back to the Strikefast. Requesting a shuttlecraft to our position, and an additional security team at the hangar, in addition to a decontamination team for screening".

Svetlana was a bit confused at Tileu's behaviour and actions, and said, "Commander, this is a bit of an unusual request. You are aware of the Prime Directive..."

However, the Captain was interrupted (another first for Tileu, Svetlana thought).
"It's okay, Captain. He's not a native. And he's quite familiar with Federation, Klingon and Romulan technology. Trust me, you'll want to speak with him directly if you'll want answers".

The Captain sighed, and relented. "Very well, Tileu. An shuttle will be dispatched shortly. But we will be speaking about this in private, afterwards. Captain Kovalena out".

Brig, USS Strikefast, in orbit over TZ911951, Lombard System, near the Federation-Klingon border, Alpha Quadrant, Milky Way.
2364.

A shuttlecraft had been sent, picking up and then, a decontamination team had been sent, to screen them for any foreign microbes that could endanger the Strikefast, in addition to a additional security team lead by Lieutenant Henrik Magnussen, the Tactical Officer of the Strikefast.

Then, Commander Tileu had brought their 'visitor', under guard from numerous security officers, straight to the brig where he was directed to sit down in.

As the 'visitor' to the Strikefast, went to a bench within the brig and sat himself down as the brig's energy field was switched on, many noticed that even though he had been disarmed of his weaponry and technology (apart from the breathing apparatus and the helmet itself), he didn't look at all worried or concerned.
In fact, he displayed the same calm, collected demeanour in his body language, just as he did whilst on TZ911951, while he was sitting down on the bench in the brig, gloved hands resting on his knees, helmet looking straight ahead with only very slight movements all around to indicate that he was looking around, with still no clue as to what this individual's actual species actually was.

Then Captain Kovalena exited the recently arrived lift, and took in the whole scene, of the numerous security officers surrounding one brig.

Joining Tileu, the Captain then saw the 'visitor' and looked at him all over, before the individual inclined his helmet to look at the Captain.

Tileu observed as the Captain, who she knew over the years, as one human who was not easily intimidated, was now starting to feel a bit uneasy at the 'visitor', who was seemingly analysing the Captain from beyond the helmet that did not show his own eyes.

After a while, Kovalena turned to Tileu and asked for details on what happened down on TZ911951.
The First Officer complied and told the story at how they found the settlement, the tech within it and then, the visitor's attack on Tileu and her away team, then his 'surrender' and the initial first contact between him and the away team.

Captain Kovalena nodded her head, saying, "We'll continue on with your report in detail later, Commander. Right now, let's deal with our guest".

Then, approaching the energy field, Captain Kovalena decided to speak with the 'visitor'.

Even though Tileu and the 'visitor' had been able to talk, Kovalena wanted to know for herself, so she started off with, "Can you understand me?"

Immediately, the 'visitor' said simply, in quite an electronically distorted voice (possibly originating from the helmet) to her ears, "Yes, I can".

A pause from Kovalena, before she said, "My First Officer said that you wished to speak with me".
"Yes, I did".
"Why?"

The 'visitor', did not answer the question, but tilted his head.
Before Kovalena could say anything more, the 'visitor' asked, "Why what?"

The Captain replied to the question, "Why me, specifically?"

The 'visitor' paused, leaving a very awkward silence fester between him and the Captain, and Kovalena was finding it very hard to gauge on reading him, so she asked, "Can you remove your helmet? I feel very uneasy talking with someone who hides behind a mask', before a thought came across her mind that he must require the helmet to breath and thus, he is unable to, 'Unless you breath a different atmosphere..."
"Your normal atmosphere will suffice. Rest assured, I breath the same atmosphere as you".

Then the 'visitor' pulled the hood down with his gloved hands, showing the full detail of the helmet, which had a faceplate covering the entire face, a headpiece that almost resembled a bascinet (but was much more stubby and boxy) and a neck protector that connected to the helmet.

Tugging at his thick black gloves by the fingers, the Captain soon caught a look at blue wrists, before the gloves came off to reveal blue hands.

And before anyone could say anything, he took one of his hands to one of the many pipes connecting his helmet to a neck device and disconnected it. Everyone jumped as loud hisses were expelled from the now-loose pipes.
One by one, pipes were released, and then after the final one was disconnected, they could hear a click.

When the visitor removed his helmet, she at first thought that they were dealing with an Andorian.
But apart from the blue skin (like his hands, his entire body was almost certainly blue), that was where the similarities ended and it was clear that this was a species that they (nor the rest of Starfleet) had not seen before.

Taking a close look at his face, Captain Kovalena could see that he possessed a very sharp and angular face, in addition to shimmering blue-black hair that was neatly cropped and proper, not one hair out of place despite being in a helmet.

But one thing definitely caught the attention of everyone present.

Glowing red eyes, with pupils that revealed a calm, collected focus, just like his entire demeanour.

Far from giving her a better gauge on reading their visitor, Captain Kovalena was now a bit unnerved at those eyes, who were now piercing her with a focus that just seem to look right through her.

So, she then asked the 'visitor', "Who are you?"

A pause, before their 'visitor' responded in quite an cultured, and calm, accent, which incidentally sounded like the voice coming from his helmet (without the electronic distortion), "My name, is Mitth'raw'nuruodo".

After seeing her colleagues attempting to pronounce the name, Kovalena tried to memorise how it was spoken and was about to give her own go, when the 'visitor' spoke again.
"There, is, however, another name that I am known as. A much simpler name, perhaps, for your benefit".

At this, Kovalena waited for him to speak and then, he spoke,

"You may simply call me, Thrawn".

Oh my gosh! Man, this was such a hard chapter to put down into writing. I had initially planned for the chapter to be set on Tileu and Thrawn talking on the surface of TZ911951, but I got stuck and instead, I chose for Thrawn to be taken to the Strikefast and meet the Captain personally.
I surely do hope I got this right!

Afterwards, Starfleet continues it's first contact with Thrawn, and hopefully, there'll be something about Thrawn going to join Starfleet.

By the way, is everyone excited for the sequel to Thrawn, the Thrawn: Alliances book that was announced at NYCC? I am, most certainly!

Anyways, don't forget to leave a review whenever you can, and see you next time!