Is it really you? Forgive me, I've been searching for such a long time. I am contracted to aid you in this and every cyc

Is it really you? Forgive me, I've been searching for such a long time. I am contracted to aid you in this and every cycle. Don't worry, everything was paid for a long time ago, it's all quite above board.

As the stranger speaks, a smell assaults me: a pheromone infesting my brain, giving me memories of places I never visited, of actions I never took. Of myself in a mirror, aged and alone; of this Gek cradling their fallen brethren; of a bargain made many years from now, a contract signed across the cosmos. The vision ends, and the Overseer remains. The Overseer promises to expand my base, allowing me to recruit other workers. They require a Construction Terminal to get started.