In a socialist dystopia in the not too distant future, the Ederlezi Corporation undertakes a Space exploration to the Alpha Centauri star system. The corporation selects Milutin, a trained Astronaut, but demands that he accepts Nimani, an Android (robot) designed to respond to the cosmonaut's desires and to monitor his performance on the ship. Milutin dislikes the idea as he has had poor experiences with women in the past but implicitly accepts when he asks what she would look like.