Best First Impression

I made sure the sensors were recording and then began to put power into the system.

A moment later, an alien figure appeared beside me, a hologram of blue light. It, I assume, looked at the gravity manipulation system and then me. It seemed to be waiting for something. I was torn between making a good first contact, and wasting the several million dollars the test costed.

After a moment I made a choice and turned off the system and prepared to speak.

Turns out I was the first being to have a way to stop the runaway gravity cascade.