Video - Galileo's Gamble: First Contact with the Xel'vari
**Title: First Contact** **Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller** **Duration: 1 minute** --- **INT. SPACESHIP BRIDGE - NIGHT** **(The bridge of the spaceship "Galileo" hums with activity. CAPTAIN SARAH EVANS, 35, focused and resolute, stands before a large view screen. LIEUTENANT JACK CARTER, 30, nervous but determined, monitors the ship's systems.)** **JACK** Captain, we're approaching the unidentified signal source. **SARAH** On screen. **(The view screen flickers, revealing a mysterious, alien spacecraft hovering near a distant planet. It's sleek, unlike any human design.)** **SARAH** Open a channel. **JACK** Channel open, Captain. **SARAH** This is Captain Sarah Evans of the spaceship Galileo. We come in peace. **(Silence. Then, the alien ship emits a low hum. Suddenly, a beam of light scans the Galileo, making the crew tense.)** **JACK** Captain, we're being scanned! **(The view screen changes, showing an ALIEN COMMANDER, humanoid but distinctly alien, with glowing eyes and intricate, iridescent skin.)** **ALIEN COMMANDER** (subtitled) We are the Xel'vari. State your purpose. **SARAH** Exploration and peaceful contact. We seek knowledge and understanding. **ALIEN COMMANDER** (skeptical) Your technology is primitive. Yet, your bravery is noted. **(The alien commander presses a device. The light beam dissipates.)** **ALIEN COMMANDER** You may proceed. But know this: trust is earned, not given. **SARAH** Understood. We hope this is the beginning of a new friendship. **(The view screen returns to the alien ship, which begins to move away. The crew exhales collectively.)** **JACK** Captain, that was close. **SARAH** (smiling) Close, but a start. Prepare for the next encounter, Lieutenant. We're not alone out here. **FADE OUT.** --- **THE END**