This story is a sequel to Out from the Cradle

It's been two years since the races of Equuis have reached out to the stars. Two years since the first jumpship, Seabound, first hopped between planets.

Now, while running a VIP around on a tour of the Six Worlds they've claimed, the Seabound has the luck (no matter how cursed it might seem) of meeting the nearest galactic neighbors. The same neighbors whose jumpship crashed from the sky years ago, who ponies and griffons copied the technology of to reach the stars: humanity.

It's first contact.

The story covers the first jump of Equestria's first starship, and the thoughts of it's jumper, Twilight Sparkle, the night before the voyage.

The story proper is fairly light on dialogue, predominantly focusing on Twilight's thoughts on the changes that have gone through Equestria and the rapid advancement of technology.