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Science fiction is full of first contact stories, but is there a such thing as LAST contact?  Decide exactly what that means, and write about it.

According to myth first contact between us and the Maffei meta-civilisation happened before we’d finished conquering our galaxy. But the last contact will be this afternoon.

The two Ambasador Ships are the fastest either civilisation could make and have been rushing towards the other galaxy for a few hundred million years in their home refrence frames. The Maffei Ambasador will land on M33-Cignus-Alpha today and give us the last message.

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