People Like Gods. Part One. Galactic Reconnaissance

Distant future. Humanity sails through space, explores other planets, and forms friendships with extraterrestrial civilizations. Thanks to their advanced technologies, people gained all the abilities that used to be attributed to gods: there are no diseases, automatic factories produce everything needed in abundance, only vague memories remain of past hardships, and a global mind solves all problems before they happen.

But as you know, even on the sun there are spots. So, one day, the captain of the starship Eli, during a research flight, encounters a planet where traces of an even more advanced civilization have survived…