VOGON CONSTRUCTOR FLEET · NOTICE Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass.

The plans have been available for 50 Earth years in the local planning office at Alpha Centauri.

Complaints must be submitted in triplicate. Form 42-B is, naturally, unavailable.

GALACTIC HYPERSPACE PLANNING AUTHORITY

DEMOLITION ORDER · PLANET EARTH

Project: Hyperspace Express Route 42

Object: Earth (mostly harmless)

Status: TEMPORARILY OFFLINE / PENDING DEMOLITION

Reason: Construction of a hyperspace bypass.

APPROVED

Your objection has been carefully ignored. Documentation was publicly available at Alpha Centauri. Failure to own a spacecraft does not constitute sufficient grounds for appeal.

Assigned officials: Vogon Constructor Fleet, Bureaucracy & Poetry Division.

Required form: 42-B/6 × 9. Please obtain the form from Counter 42. Counter 42 is closed.