 What are the aliens in line hoping will happen?
The aliens came in every shape and form, in all colors and textures—and all of them eager for a Corrigan contract. The Galaxy is full of bizarre beings, but there's barely a species anywhere that can resist the old exhibitionist urge. Stuff like this: Want to visit Earth—see the Galaxy's most glittering and exclusive world? His last visit to the Caledonia Cluster until 2937, so don't miss your chance! It's the best of its kind, the only really decent place where Earthmen can get a gander at the other species of the universe. A Terraphile alien who goes to the extent of rechristening himself with a Terran monicker would work for nothing, or even pay us, just so long as we let him get to Earth. Before then, anyone could visit Earth. After the gate clanged down, a non-terrestrial could only get onto Sol III as a specimen in a scientific collection—in short, as an exhibit in a zoo. Every alien wants to see Earth once in his lifetime, and there's only one way he can do it. At the same time, we had turned away a dozen ursinoids, fifty of the reptilian natives of Ghryne, seven Sirian spiders, and no less than nineteen chlorine-breathing Procyonites wearing gas masks. "I happen to be a representative of the only Earthlike race that exists anywhere in the Galaxy but on Earth itself.
 that they will get to work for the Corrigan Institute
 that they will get paid to work at a zoo on their home planet  their talent will win them a trip to Earth  that they will be able to pay for a chance to see Earth  that they will get to work for the Corrigan Institute