A story from the collection Aquarius Rising A small and underdeveloped colony on the recently discovered planet Harmony receives information that an Alien fleet is about to attack it. The distant Earth sends the military to Harmony, but after a while the connection with the ships of the earthlings and the metropolis itself completely disappears. There are only a few days left before the aggressors arrive. The chairman of the settlement, in order not to cause panic, orders the signalman not to inform people that there will be no help, but he is not at all sure of the correctness of his decision. It becomes more and more difficult to hide the truth every day, and, in the end, the colonists learn that they have no one else to rely on...