Space Squalor

The cryptic radio signals have arrived; mankind has sentient neighbors broadcasting from planet Kepler. But during man’s 16-year space journey to greet them, the aliens’ society collapses. The crew of Salut arrives with a torturous decision: live and die on the alien dystopia or return to Earth while playing board games for another 16 years.

One disgruntled astronaut, Dixon, won’t dare meddle with the vulnerable aliens. He fears that human germs will annihilate the already depopulated specie...