Humble Giants: Orion

The year is 2094 ten years after the dawn of the new Federation of the Republic. The realm of mankind is vastly different as Ultra Intelligent Beings (UIB) rule equally with man and has advanced the human race as well as themselves.
What will happen however, when they go interstellar mission under a secret research project on the starship Orion to find life and how it relates to man? They are destined on a quest to make contact. What will happen if they do? What is really out there? Are we alone?