First Contact (Galactic Axia Adventure) - Plot & Excerpts
The outside night air was cold and crisp. But inside the hidden lab the stale, humid air was rife with tension. For what seemed like countless hours the secret research team had labored over the signals recorded on the purloined disc. Their efforts to decipher each signal taxed their combined ingenuity. Frequently, after considerable effort, they’d find a signal to be just a variation of one of the naturally occurring radio signals from nearby stars—nothing but stellar static masking those irregular and artificial signals denoting intelligence and life.After discarding many false leads, the team ended up with a few signals they couldn’t easily explain away. All were virtually within the regular electromagnetic bands already familiar to the scientists. It was while examining each of the few signals they’d gleaned from this group that one of the scientists had an epiphany.“How many are within the capabilities of our own equipment?” the woman asked, looking up from signal readings spread out in front of her on the work table.“All but about four or five,”
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