[ WP ] An alien race has arrived to our solar system , but instead of arriving on a space ship they brought their own planet and position it on the opposite side of earth 's orbit , they just send one message every year : `` We mean no harm '' .

The convoy raced across the surface of Groom Lake towards the smoke cloud in the distance. Ambassador Muffley adjusted his tie and nervously looked at the burly ex-military men flanking him in the uparmored Explorer's seats. 
 
 First contact. 
 
 Muffley had felt somewhat let down when the President had assigned him this particular ambassadorship. `` The quiet neighbors'' as they had come to be called did n't require a lot of statesmanship. Since they had pulled their planet alongside earth they had been remarkably quiet. In fact, they were great neighbors in many ways. They salvaged space junk constantly, had managed to scrub a great deal of CO2 from Earth's atmosphere ( it was widely believed the used it for energy ) and sent a message once a year in several hundred languages that espoused that they meant the earth no harm. They picked a different holiday to send this message every year and no matter how many messages were sent in return, no one had ever received a reply. 
 
 Before today most of Muffley's job had simply been convincing other states not to blow the suspicious planet out of the cosmos. Some states were distrustful of the lack of communication, especially in the first two years. China had promised to shoot anything down that entered Earth's atmosphere and North Korea had unsuccessfully fired several dozen nuclear warheads into the sky. 
 
 But not today! Today was the day Ambassador Muffley was to make world history. He adjusted his toupe as they sped towards the crash site. A ship had crashed and drones overhead reported seeing two bipedal creatures walking upright away from the wreckage. 
 
 The smoke curled around the sides of the Explorer as it slowed to a halt. The doors swung open and both of the armed guards dismounted and stood behind the doors as planned. Muffley followed suit and stepped onto the dry lakebed. 
 
 Four large black eyes like saucers greeted him. The creatures were bipedal, grey, and hairless. The both waved pleasantly. 
 
 `` Greetings visitors... err... neighbors'' Muffley stammered. 
 
 Muffley heard a voice that seemed to come from inside his head. The rumors of telepathy must have been true. 
 
 `` Greetings. Ambassador Muffley. We mean you no harm, nor earth any harm. I am Captain Gorp.We were on an important mission from our planet and require your assistance. We meant to land at your installation, as you have a great number of antennae and other surveillance equipment there and we assumed many great minds were here that could help us with our needs. Unfortunately, our ship was not prepared for the change in atmosphere and struck a rather large particle on the way down.'' 
 
 Muffley looked at the ship and noticed the rather large carcass of a hawk was wedged in the canopy. Muffley nodded and in his most statesmen like voice spoke to the creatures: 
 
 `` Captain Gorp. I hope this is an okay way of addressing you and speaking. I sincerely apologize for the trouble you had in landing and can assure you that we will assist your planet so that we may develop a friendly and mutually beneficial relationship. What is the problem?'' 
 
 Gorp responded `` Ambassador Muffley, our people have learned to enjoy signals from your planet a great deal, our people have great emotional attachment to them. In the past, we had to wait many months for these signals, this was our original reason for moving our planets closer. Today however, we prepared to receive one of our favorite signals, and it cut out as we began to receive it. We need to know the contents of this signal. Our planet is discontent.'' 
 
 `` You must be referring to SETI, they send you hundreds of messages daily. I do n't know why you did n't receive them...'' Muffley was immediately cut off but the voice that seemed inside himself. 
 
 `` No Ambassador... not the spam from your government. We are referring to the signal known as `` Game of Thrones'' we must know the fate of the human known as Jon Snow!'' 
 
 Muffley tapped his foot impatiently. He felt horribly miffed for the second time in his life. 
 
 `` So your cable is out... that's it....I think I have it TiVo'ed I can gt your planet a recording.'' 
 
 Captain Gorp's expression did n't change, but his eyes turned to a pale blue. He nodded and `` spoke.'' 
 
 `` Muffley you will be a hero to our people for centuries to come!'' 
 
 `` I'm glad to be of service... is there anything else you want to ask?'' 
 
 Captain Grop shuffled and looked at his feet. 
 
 `` Ambassador, if it is n't too much to ask... we also need a cup of sugar... please.'' 
 
 `` Neighbors... they are the same everywhere'' Muffley thought to himself. 

