“Oh, so you guys actually fly Flying Saucers?”
“Yes, it’s the most efficient design for faster than light travel.”
“Okay, so what is up with all the probing?”
“That’s just how we greet people.”
“Oh… Yeah FYI that has a bit of a different connotation in human culture.”
It would be really cool if their faster than light space ship was some Jules Verne-ass steampunk contraption
Aliens “we thought youd be more comfortable with a design based on your own ideas of what a spaceship looks like. Really it can be any shape.”