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Yes, I could see that being a story line. The inhabitants of the COW would definitely be quite shocked by the arrival of the Koliada as they have only ever visited the solar systems within a few light years of their own (imagine their local group of stars, the Mbili region, was Earth; in terms of travel and communication the COW is about on the level of the early European empires). The only other civilisations they are familiar with are the ZCM and the Khoikapek. They are capable of faster-than-light travel but this capability is limited.

However, the COW is quite tolerant and accommodating, so they would probably be very interested in the Koliada after the initial shock.

Be warned that the whole COW-ZCM-Khoikapek dynamic which exists in the Mbili region may not be as simple and clean-cut as 'good-guys-bad-guys'.