That’s heavily implied in Defending Elysium. A phone company accidentally develops FTL communication and as a result an ambassador’s ship shows up but is easily shot down by our modern fighter jets when it enters our airspace. The diplomatic fuck up Is fixed by the phone company, which in turn becomes an extra governmental liaison between humanity and the rest of galactic civilization.
That’s heavily implied in Defending Elysium. A phone company accidentally develops FTL communication and as a result an ambassador’s ship shows up but is easily shot down by our modern fighter jets when it enters our airspace. The diplomatic fuck up Is fixed by the phone company, which in turn becomes an extra governmental liaison between humanity and the rest of galactic civilization.