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