In 2029, a small nonprofit called Starcloud intends to release a probe into the dark between stars — aimed at Alpha Centauri, 4.37 light-years away, with an expected arrival in roughly 80,000 years. Funded by just $15 million and guided by artificial intelligence, the mission is less a journey than a gesture: humanity placing a question into the cosmos and trusting that the cosmos, or some future intelligence, will receive it. At its heart, the mission confronts the Fermi Paradox — the haunting silence of a universe that, by all probability, should be full of voices.