Date: June 7th, 2026 5:54 PM Author: Elite Antidepressant Drug Foreskin
it turns out they are sending out contact parties mostly in desperation. their society is full of anomie, the draftees on the exploration ships don't want to be there, and crew members spend their time taking drugs or selling drugs to the locals, etc. their representative is basically an angsty teen whose greeting is 'life sucks; who cares'?