I took in the widening stares of the UNSC officer that was meeting with us, they hadn't realized we were humans. Yet. We didn't use a video transmission to alert them. Well, I am technically the most inhuman of the bunch, even if I consider myself fundamentally human.
"You are humans?"
"Of course! I am Inquisitor Faras, I am here to represent the Imperium of Man in this meeting." Faras spoke first, the Inquisitor was the one chosen to lead the contact with the UNSC Officer and the Imperials.
The Officer regained his bearings, before speaking. "I am Commander Nowell, I am the Command of the Solar Unity Bridge and representative of the UNSC."
"It is a pleasure to meet you Officer. I am pleased we managed to arrive here in time to protect humans from those xeno scum." The polite phrasing of the xenophobe alerted the Commander someone according to my emotional reads.
"I suppose I should introduce myself as well? I am Glop, representing the Glops." I said, turning their attention to me. Curiosity was through the roof.
"It is interesting to meet the two of you. Shall we have a seat before we discuss?" The Commander was trying to make things more comfortable before we talked.
"There is no need Commander, why don't you show us around and we can discuss along the way?"
The man froze for a second, they weren't allowed to give tours to unknown aliens, as we could possibly get some information we shouldn't have access to in their eyes. Such as the layout of their ship… Mind reading via emotions is pretty BS magic stuff.
I decided to defuse the situation. "Why don't we just accept the hospitality for now Inquisitor, they may still have difficulties on the ship due to the fight with the Covenant."
The Inquisitor focused on me, a bit upset at my interference. It was on purpose, a sort of power play, to get the UNSC to appease us, and make them more vulnerable to integration. Fascinating, unfortunately for the Inquisitor, the goal isn't to subjugate the UNSC, but to observe them and their growth, to see how other humanities grow in his absence.
I consumed his frustration, and the Inquisitor sighed. Before continuing on. "I suppose. We can see more of the ship later then, for now, let us discuss."
We sat down in a room with a wide viewport. Showing the stars, and a distinct green Imperial battleship. Technically it would be golden if you took my green Glop material off of the top layer. But my glop material was excellent defense.
"I'm sorry I don't have a good diplomatic representative here Inquisitor Faras." The Commander apologized, "As you can tell, things were not going well."
I interrupted. "Hey, where do you want me to drop off the UNSC survivors?"
He focused on me, "UNSC Survivors?"
"The Covenant ships had some UNSC prisoners, and there were some life pods stranded around the battlefield, they are currently safe with the rest of the Glops, I'd just like to know where I can drop them off at."
"There is a port at the colony on Hellas, can you land there?"
I shook my glop body up and down. "Yes, I'm sending a Glop down there right now." A green blob detached from the Imperai Ship and headed down towards the colony. "I recommend having some medical support there, most of the survivors I found are patched up, but they will need some long-term medical support."
The man nodded, thankful-ness echoed out, it was delicious. The Inquisitor was a bit upset with the loss of leverage but shrugged it off after he remembered we were not trying to integrate the UNSC at the moment.
"So what is the Imperium of Man?"
The Inquisitor perked up. "The Imperium of Man serves the Emperor of Mankind to bring his light to the greater galaxy! For Mankind!"
I shrugged, "What he said mostly, we are an Imperialist Society that follows the Emperor, an Immortal Human with a ton of power. The Imperium is here to assist the UNSC in defending itself from the Covenant… For a price."
My final sentence dimmed the Commander's hopes for a bit. However when I said imperial a few echoes of disgust came from the UNSC Soldiers nearby. May cause issues in the long term.