[He looks a little injured at that.] Hey now, give me some credit - I've spent half my life living in orbit. It's interplanetary travel that's new. [Sort of. Traveling between alternate dimensions doesn't really count.]

[But then it's back to business.] A space-traveling military faction certainly sounds like something useful to have on our side. I'm assuming you know what kind of encoding they'd be looking for - I should be able to set up a signal if you can give me parameters for it.