A day on Essassani

Essassani is about 500 light-years away, toward Orion. It's in another dimension, so we can't see it.

A day lasts about 25 hours. And you'd weigh about 15% less than at home.

It's about 72 °F (22 °C) all year, with almost no seasons.

The air has more oxygen. Visitors feel a bit dizzy for the first few days.

There are about 150 to 200 million Essassani. At any moment, three out of four are on city ships.

They're the third of five hybrid races, peoples born from mixing humans and Greys.

They don't eat or sleep anymore. They take in energy straight from their world's energy field.

First-contact specialists train by reliving the contacts older specialists made.