This has been a sort of initiation, so to speak, with more to come,” said Robert. “If you accept membership in our club you will be expected to pe...form in any fashion the members see fit. Along with the obvious sexual benefits, you will be fast tracked at work for promotion. Can I say welcome to the club,” Robert continued. At first I was tongue tied, but finally managed to stammer out, “Yes.” “Congratulations, and by the way, in addition to the regular partying here with the group, you will be. And, if there were any questions about how difficult sub service was, you could just look at the statistics for accidental (stupid) deaths and divorces. The boats led all the services in both. The service had a very good safety record on the boats, but when we got off and went home we tended to drink too much, party too much, fight too much, and the submarine service led the whole military in both "recreational deaths" and divorces.Congress had even passed laws about splitting the retirement. More like a robot or droid or something or other we would see in the movies on earth. It wasnt very big and didnt look very menacing, but we knew from the moment we saw it that we couldnt let it see us. We knew it was alien if it saw us our game was over. Think we should shoot it? Chris asked. Hell no! We dont even know if that would hurt it. Plus if it didnt it would know we were here then wed be dead. I whispered to him. Just then an alien craft appeared above the town and the machine. Even so, they were of a quality that suggested that he could afford to dress well. His face was serious. An observant person would have noticed the way in which he was passing the brim of his hat nervously through his fingers as he waited. As the chiming clock on the wall began to strike the quarter hour he looked up at it, startled by the sudden noise. ?Ah, you're here.? A woman's voice drew his attention away from the clock and towards the top of the flight of stairs in front of him. Her.