In the twenty-second century, humanity came into contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. For the average person, not much has changed. The planet still lived its own life, and almost no one saw the real aliens. The neighbors in the galaxy were not interested in our minerals, or living space, or anything else. There is so much of this in space that a thousand generations cannot be mastered. In addition, it is unprofitable - the solar system is too far away, on the very outskirts of the galaxy. In general, aliens did not fly to us, but we to them. But few still got there. Including me. I am my first kind.