Cool, you made contact? You kind of glossed over it in your post.
Anybody else make contact? You don't have to say if you don't want to, I am just curious.
Also it looks as if several people have found ruins. That's good. At least they aren't all in one part of the galaxy. How about events? I got hit with one. I left them on for the game but IIRC I set them to mild, so you shouldn't lose your star or anything. Just little things to give you something to write about.
Geoschmo