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The crew of that Imperial scout might or might not have violated first-contact procedure he'd find out when he saw the tape Hovan had mentioned but it was certain they'd triggered an instinct-level reaction. They had come to the sleeproom by the time the Ranger reached that point in his thoughts.
The tape simply confirmed Hovan's account of the first human/Traiti meeting, adding little to Tarlac's knowledge except a sight of the guardship crew's intense horror when they saw women aboard an armed scout, being taken into danger only males should face. The human scouts had followed first-contact procedure, Tarlac found; the problem was the mixed crew, and there was no point in changing that.
Hovan did leave him time to study the first-contact tape and read the daily news summaries the Supreme had delivered as promised. Neither brought any surprises, though he paid close attention to the tape, trying to find some way the war could have been avoided. Doing so wouldn't solve this situation, but it might help prevent another first-contact disaster. He didn't find anything.
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