The Dragonship was vaguely spherical in shape, but large enough that up close it would appear to be nothing of the sort. The massive array of infrastructure and metal lattices only grew more intricate and complex as the ship approached.
It was massive. Six landing arms extended from the sides of the sphere, each one far taller than the United Worlds edifice. One struck down into the field outside the building, the rest striking into various parks and empty lots across the city. The shadow cast across for miles, setting off street lights and automobile headlamps.
The bottom hatch retracted with a hiss. Floodlights flashed on to illuminate the slender form of the reptilians.
Paprika watched with... almost horror at this point. At first she'd been worried that the dragons would be mountain-sized, or at least large enough to justify such a gigantic starship. The forms were large, yes, but a different realization struck her - this wasn't any regular starship. It was a palace.
The platform struck against ground with another hiss, three dragons - one with glittering golden scales adorned with gemstones, and the other two covered only in pure white - stood majestically on the surface of the Earth.
"Greetings, earthlings," said the golden dragon. "I am Akalatax. It is time now to discuss the fate of your world."