"So, we have no quarrel with the aliens; they have none with us. We have entirely different spheres of operation. There is no need for conflict between us, now, or ever. Our job now is to contact them as best we can and trade knowledge for--" The door opened suddenly, and Kerrman stepped in. He walked over to Parmay and whispered softly for a moment. Parmay turned back to the Directors. "Gentlemen, Dr. Kerrman has had scout ships watching for several days in places where the aliens might be assumed to be. It's paid off. Our calculations are perfectly correct." He grinned widely. "We don't have to worry about feeling inferior; we have a lot of things they don't, and vice versa. "For instance, we have Earth. And I don't know how close we may have come to their home base, but they have already colonized Jupiter! "As a poet named Frost once said, 'Good fences make good neighbors.' We've got the best of all possible fences, so--let's get friendly with the neighbors, boys!"