A smile of friendship is a baring of the teeth. So is a snarl of menace. It can be fatal to mistake the latter for the former.Harm an alien being only under circumstances of self-defense.TRUST NO ALIEN BEING UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.--From Exploration Ship's HandbookThe problem of separating the friends from the enemies was a major one in the conquest of space as many a dead spacer could have testified. A tough job when you could see an alien and judge appearances, far tougher when they were only whispers on the wind.