A gigantic spaceship entered the solar system and orbited Earth:


    “Hello, Earthlings! We’ve come from afar!”


    “How do you know English?” asked One-Earth Space Command.


    “We’ve analyzed your broadcasts …”


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    An alien ambassador sat down with a delegation of Earth scientists to answer questions:


    “How did you survive the journey?” asked a cosmologist.


    “We harvested building and fueling resources from asteroids, planets, and comets.”


    “But how did you eat and drink?” asked an exobiologist. “Surely you needed sustenance.”


    “Well …” The ambassador peeled a synthetic skin. “We uploaded our consciousness. There’s no way as organics we could’ve survived the trip!”