Sol-Arshan First Contact

Sol Account

Eight months into the expedition, having covered a little less than two-thirds of the distance travelled by the Jameson Expedition when they made first contact with the Varkesh, Samuel Larigo made first-contact with another ship. With the recent loss of the Jameson Expedition still on everyone's minds, Larigo and his team were cautious but open to communication. This proved difficult at first due to the differing languages, but members of Larigo's team found a good portion of the language familiar - It was similar to English, enough so that proper communication could be started after only a few days of work. This similarity to the same language used by the Varkesh, however, only caused the expeditionary team - And the Sol Empire itself - to remain even more cautious with this meeting.

The vessel identified itself as the ACV Harold and a member of the United Arshan Federation, a nation of humans descended from one of the colony ships that had left Earth centuries ago. The Harold also stated they were the naval garrison flagship for the 'New Sibir' star system, of which the Larigo Expedition had entered. Word of this spread throughout the Empire like wildfire, and the previous fear of a repeated Varkesh incident turned to a new unifying event: The Sol Empire had finally found more of its own kind and had found proof that the efforts to preserve Earth's population in colony ships had succeeded.