PACOYMA: First Contact Landing

Description

How does the first contact with alien beings take place? This is one such tale.

A navigational failure leaves the factory ship Pacoyma lost in the depths of the dark matter stream used by their interstellar drive. The alien humanoid race exits that space and lands on Earth. The numadi, a species with a hive mind, seek aid in returning to their sector of the galaxy, if they can find it.

This is their story and the tale of the ad hoc team assigned to help them. Major Reece Strong develops a symbiotic relationship with the advanced Artificial Intelligence onboard the saucer. His help becomes instrumental saving the ship and the numadi crew members during a mining expedition to the asteroid belt. Major Strong leads the unarmed factory ship to victory over a marauding insectoid species.

His military expertise is what the numadi need and the AI integrates the human into their hive mind. Major Strong acts with a single-minded determination to help arm the defenseless numadi, but will they find their way home?