“There are crowds of thousands at the cosmodrome, the police are pushing back onlookers behind a hastily erected barrier. However, this does not apply to us. We are not onlookers, or rather, not at all. We are employees of Earthstar, the only organization in charge of space flights beyond the solar system. So we are from inside the barrier and are at the cosmodrome on duty. Although it would be just fine without the three of us here...”