"If you're gonna be that friendly, we could always throw you back. Besides, you'd be too stringy for the cookpot. And it'd have been easier to let you roast in you're original container." He poked a thumb towards to wreck of the ship.

"The writing on it is basic English. I don't suppose NASA would be tracking you?" There wasn't much in the way of real hope there. Because some of the parts in the controls were NOT standard issue. "We're from a plane crash. According to the records we found we've been here a month, with no sign of rescue. So a nice NASA homing tranciever would be very good news."