I did, yes. Galactic peoples, really, "aliens" is more like jargon. Galactics or aliens. Aliens has more of a, um-- denoting a different galactic group from your own, I suppose, some call "humans" aliens, too, so I suppose it's all relative. The meanings get a bit mushed together.

( She stops short. Rambling is a bad habit, not befitting an officer, and yet she still has to catch herself. )

Does that answer your question?