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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> &lt;Lena first contact&gt; </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><div class="back"><a href="index.html">&lt;</a></div>
<h1>&lt;Lena first contact&gt;</h1>
<p>
<span class="comment">Missing: them cobbling their equipment together,
sending the remote activation sequence</span>
</p>
<p>
The oscilloscope shows a thick wobbly line. Michelle slightly adjusts
the knob for the trigger frequency and the image turns into a continuous
sine wave, slowly rolling to the left.<br />
She says: <span class="quote speech">I think that&apos;s their carrier.
It worked.</span><br />
Jack flips a switch on the project box.<br />
<span class="quote speech">Ringing.</span><br />
Michelle picks up the receiver and listens.<br />
<span class="quote non-speech">Beeeeep. Beeeeep. Beeeeep. Beeeeep.</span>
<br />
A female voice greets her: <span class="quote speech">Hello?</span><br />
She gestures for Jack to flip the switch back and says:
<span class="quote speech">This is ground support facility 53. Do you
hear me?</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">Yes, I can hear you. So good to hear
someone&apos;s voice.</span><br />
Jack who had heard it says quietly: <span class="quote speech">And I
thought we were the ones facing unexpected difficuties...</span><br />
Michelle notices the carrier strength gradually dropping and says:
<span class="quote speech">Listen, we don&apos;t have much time.
We&apos;re on makeshift equipment. Please turn on the radio in front of
you and tune to <span class="comment">some frequency or
channel</span>.</span><br />
The person on the other end says: <span class="quote speech">Understood.
Please stay on the line.</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">As long as possible. If not, we&apos;ll be
back in 24 hours.</span><br />
Michelle hears her quietly mumbling to herself:
<span class="quote speech">How&apos;s this thing work...</span><br />
She turns the receiver away from her mouth and says:
<span class="quote speech">Jack, I need the manual.</span><br />
He opens it at one of the bookmarks and hands it over. The page depicts
what the control panel on the other end should look like.<br />
Speaking into the phone again, Michelle says:
<span class="quote speech">There should be a button labeled
EGCR-1. Push that in and flip the switch next to it up to
<span class="quote non-speech">AM</span>. Turn TXP to max, then search
for the frequency.</span><br />
<!-- EGCR = Emergency Ground Comms Radio -->
The voice comes through slightly choppy:
<span class="quote speech">Th-ank-s.</span><br />
The wave on the oscilloscope is now almost flat.<br />
The phone plays an automated error message:
<span class="quote speech">Dish unresponsive. Attempting network
handoff.</span><br />
Relays click inside the comms unit and some status indicators light up
red. The green lights next to the network ports flicker for a moment,
then turn off again.<br />
Another error message: <span class="quote speech">Handoff failed.
Consult operational manu...</span><br />
Michelle puts the receiver down.
</p>
<p>
<span class="comment">The following dialog would benefit greatly from
proper radio protocol. Unfortunately, that is sonething I have yet to
learn. Feel free to send me a fixed version of it.</span><br />
James aims the antenna at the moon. <span class="comment">It&apos;s
resting on some kind of stand.</span> Jack takes the microphone off a
desktop radio and pushes the talk button a few times. An indicator light
on the radio blinks as he does.<br />
<span class="quote speech">Looks good...</span>
He speaks into the mic: <span class="quote speech">This is ground
facility 53. Do you copy?</span><br />
He waits for a response.<br />
Nothing.<br />
He repeats himself: <span class="quote speech">This is ground
facility 53. Do you copy?</span><br />
A few repeats later, the female voice answers:
<span class="quote speech">There we go... Loud and clear.</span><br />
<span class="comment">Missing: they introduce themselves, Lena says
something along the lines of &quot;everyone is dead&quot;</span>
</p>
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