Commander Popa answered Governor Seect's call, though he was a bit surprised by his appearance. An insectoid? He felt a shiver going through his spine. Nonetheless he had a ship to run and transmitted the vectors for hangar bay four. He informed the King, Captain Ivanova and Captain Tuuc of the Governor's arrival. They all soon made their way towards hangar bay four.

The Royal Guard again made two lines around a red carpet. The Royal Band stood at the left from where Governor Seect would arrive. Behind the Royal Band and the opposite side stood a full detachment of Stoinian Marines numbering into the hundreds. The hangar was also littered with Stoinian flags and insignia it was bound to make an impression. 

The Conductor of the Royal Band approached the King in a rather nervous manner.

"Your Majesty, we haven't been able to decipher all of the scores of the Treecuu national anthem. I suggest we play it over the coms." 

"Very well, Alexander. Captain Tuuc assured us it won't be an insult."

With that relief the Conductor only had to focus on the Stoinian National Anthem: Hear our Lion's Roar! The Band could feel at ease, this time.

The King handed Captain Tuuc a small device with a button on it. 

"Captain Tuuc, I will give you the honours. When Governor Seect comes down from his shuttle simply press the button and your anthem will play over the coms systems. Afterwards our band will play our anthem and then you may proceed to hand over our gift. I assume you remember the importance of the skull."

At their end King Andrei had Admiral Garibaldi to his right and the two Captains to his left. Behind Tuuc, his assistants had the Mardakii skull waiting to hand it over to the Governor. The Governor's shuttle approached the hangar. Hopefully Captain Tuuc didn't press the button too soon.