Humans are space orcs
Let me add my idea to the befuddled mess that is the, officer stabby/space orcs/space Australians
Humans are builders and tinkerers, so it only would make sense (to us) if a human (or a few) took an old RV after the first contact and/or warp drive and retrofited it to go to outer space and camp there. Just enjoy the veiw.
No the aliens have small transport ships, but those don't have FTL abilities. So when, in the middle of a space rout the detect a ship and approach it they come on this 80 foot long ship that is basically a self made 40 foot starlight engine wrapping entrails around a 40 foot box and there is just a human tethered to the roof looking at the stars. They are confused.













