982 Optimized

She lacked the adaptive coloration that the colonists had, and she remained pale gray as she sat in the seat and the door closed, so Max was almost completely certain that this really was the same species, even without a full genome check.

That would be a relief to the medical staff when they got back, as they would already have treatment data for anything that was wrong with her, and the unit on board could take care of anything urgent.

Max reached out to shake her hand, a tradition that both cultures held in common and suddenly, the System jumped to life in his mind.

[Biological entity in need of Optimization. Optimize now?] It asked him.

That was new. Normally, it only worked on Mecha and combat-related items.

[Fine, Optimize.] Max agreed.

He saw a bit of blood leak out of his finger and soak into the alien before the System gave him another message.

[Genetic disorder is being Optimized. Estimated time to completion: 1 hour.]