That sounds funny too!
Well, who knows what could happen on Cydonias way back home? Its an old destroyer, so engine trouble is not impossible.
The goal of the Cydonia and its crew would be to pick up this craft and bring its passengers safe back to earth, learn more about them, their culture, etc... and later maybe show them earth or so.
For the Loroi, their goal would be holding the shuttle together long enough for the humans to arrive, establish some form of relation with the humans, helping them on their way home and try to understand them and their habits.
The crew of the Cydonia would consist of the following personnel:
-Captain (NPC): Jeremiah Blake, age: 65, nationality: British, on his last command before retirement, a skilled and cautious commander, maybe a little short (1,68m "tall") and
old-fashioned (he still prefers glasses instead of a small surgery
), fancied by his crew, but not liked by this superiors for his sometimes strange ideas and habits, ...
-Weapons Officer (NPC): Yannick Metzger, age: 22, nationality: German, best gunner of his year on the academy, on his first mission, can´t keep his mouth shut, likes 20th century music
, ...
possible Human character slots (always open for suggestions):
-science officer: responsible for the scanners, examination of alien artifacts/transmissions/etc..., can speak a little trade, ...
-medical officer: keeps the crew and their guests healthy as the name suggests
-communications officer: fluent trade speaker, handles Cydonias communications, translates, etc...
-head of security: responsible for security on board the Cydonia, good shooter, experienced in hand to hand combat, ...
-Chief Engineer: keeps the Cydonia going, repairs broken stuff, etc...
-...
The Loroi (former crew of the "Blaze"-class frigate "Argent Fire" (as for all Loroi names: better suggestions are very welcome...)):
On their way to establish diplomatic contact with "humaniti", based on the informations that have been obtained by the lone survivor of the Naam incident. The frigate and its a bit unusual crew stumbled over a lonely Umiak scout, although outgunned, they have been able to destroy the enemy, but the "Argent Fire" suffered hevy damage and only few crewmembers could escape the following destruction of the frigate, as its reactor-control failed. Stuck on a small and damaged shuttle, their only hope is that alien ship, that slowly approaches them...
-Soroin Mallas (NPC): spoken name: bein rezei "copper spear", age: 22, raised on Deinar, red hair, pigtail, "Captain" of the ship (her first command), she is eager to fight but knows when to follow orders, has a harsh voice and is short tempered, ongoing disagreements with the Mizol Losat about the chain of command on board the "Argent Fire", barely escaped the destruction, badly injured ...
possible Loroi character slots (always open for suggestions, all Loroi PC and NPC can speak/understand English):
-Mizol Losat: leads the diplomatic mission, ...
-Listel Sininran: "science officer", ...
-Teidar Sezon: responsible for the security of the diplomatic mission, ...
-Tenoin Narrat: helmsman and current shuttlepilot, ...
-...
If there are only few people who wants to play, it would be better to choose one side.
And sorry for any spelling errors.