A week later, on the Collective's ship.
Cloaking technology.
It wasn't the Collective's most advanced creation, but it was one of the most employed. They had used it to monitor countless primitive worlds.
The galaxy was filled with worlds with life, but rarely did they have enough knowledge to sense a cloaked ship.
Earth was one such world, especially without its technology.
That was why the collective had fearlessly stationed the ship off the coast of California as they prepared to leave the planet.
The interior of the ship was bustling as they were busy performing final preparations before exiting the planet. There weren't many of them, just nineteen personnel.
It was because the Collective had its observers spread throughout multiple star systems. In the name, they were short on responsible personnel. But how could that be when their collective population was over three trillion?