Maki frowned at the response from the shuttle's computer. "Looks like we are on our own for a bit" she commented. Perfect, radio cuts out right when it is needed most, she mused.
"First contact" she agreed with Saki. "If you will cover my back, I will go and see if the natives want to say hello" she concurred with her fellows plan. "Though, usually my kind of first contact isn't this kind" she grinned. Usually she conducted first contact by assassination. "Well, guess there is no time like now" she grinned.
Maki shouldered her rifle, leaving her hands open and made some adjustments to her MINDY's systems, she pulled her armor's defense fields to full power, stepped into the open and slowly let her active camouflage drop, revealing her blue power armor to the world. "Greetings!" she called out on her armor's external speakers. She slowly walked towards them, arms out, hands open palm up to to show she had no weapons in hand. "I am Joto Hei Nagato Maki of the Yamataian ship Aeon" she identified herself. "We come in the spirit of peaceful exploration"