Hawk and the two Rhaokins entered the elevator.

“So fifty years, eh?” Hawk said once the doors had shut.

“Fifty years,” Golf repeated. “We sent minor probes first, small enough that you wouldn’t notice. A few of our larger satellites were spotted, but so infrequently and by so few that those who had observed us were just assumed to be crazy by the rest of you.”

“What about the nuts who claim alien abduction?”

Golf and Solar exchanged a shameful look. “Yes, well, as you have criminals in your...