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The UrDail and numerous other races who were not primary citizens of the Superiority were sent a message by [[Cuna]]'s agency seeking potential pilots for their military.{{book ref|sky2|8}}{{book ref|sky2|31}} Alanik was chosen as the UrDail's only emissary for the training mission;{{book ref|sky2|8}} Cuna presumably had particular interest in Alanik since she was a cytonic.{{book ref|sky2|31}} She was tasked with traveling to [[Starsight]] to train as a pilot, although she had an ulterior motive of learning more about her cytonic abilities.{{book ref|sky2|8}} The hope was that a successful trial by Alanik would lead to additional UrDail pilots joining the military and eventual citizenship for the entire species.{{book ref|sky2|10}}
Alanik never made it to Starsight; she heard Spensa's panicked [[cytonic]] scream after watching video footage of a [[delver]]{{book ref|sky2|5}} and was able to cytonically determine the location of Detritus.{{book ref|sky2|6}} She hyperjumped directly to Detritus but was unfortunately unaware of the planet's defense systems, and she took a path that led her too close to the platform-mounted automatic guns surrounding the planet.{{book ref|sky2|6}}{{book ref|sky2|7}} The [[DDF]] was confused by the presence of a single alien ship that did not behave like a [[varvax|Krell]] and scrambled some fighters.{{book ref|sky2|6}} Her ship barely survived atmospheric entry; its [[acclivity ring]] was damaged and one of the wings nearly detached, but Spensa could sense Alanik and was able to save the ship from total destruction by using her [[light-lance]].{{book ref|sky2|7}}
After Spensa helped land the ship, she tried to give Alanik medical attention. Alanik was able to speak to Spensa using a translator pin, and told her about [[Starsight (station)|Starsight]]. She cytonically placed the coordinates of the station in Spensa's mind and told her not to trust the Superiority before falling unconscious. [[M-Bot]] was able to hack into her ship's relatively crude computer systems and was able to fill in the blanks regarding her planet and her mission.{{book ref|sky2|8}} Spensa quickly hatched a plan to disguise herself as Alanik and go to Starsight in her place in an attempt to steal a hyperdrive.{{book ref|sky2|8}} The DDF did not fully understand Alanik's medical needs and they simply monitored her as she remained unconscious for the duration of Spensa's mission.{{book ref|sky2|i|1}} The UrDail tried to contact her; Spensa attempted to explain the situation{{book ref|sky2|13}} but the UrDail were also in contact with Cuna and did not seem to know who to trust.{{book ref|sky2|33}}
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