Franklin Ahls:
The sighting at CVG wasn't the first. There were others. And every time we tried to establish contact with them using a variation of the Arecibo signal, we failed. They put the Fine-Structure Constant in their message to build a common mathematical language.
Derek:
Uh...
Franklin Ahls:
I didn't know it could be used for determining intelligence. In the new signal we received today, there are 19 decimal places. We can only measure it to 12. And this one is much more complex than anything we've seen. The last one was 14-bit, but this one is 42-bit. And not only is it laid out on a grid, it's three-dimensional. Which tells us a couple of things. One...
Derek:
They're a hell of a lot smarter than us.
Franklin Ahls:
And two, when we're trying to find them, we might be off by a lot. In their first signal, they sent two-dimensional coordinates here on Earth. In this new signal, I believe they sent...
Derek:
Three-dimensional coordinates in space.
Franklin Ahls:
Well, the focus of research now is not that it changes throughout the universe, but that it changes over time.
Derek:
Okay, so we have to work out a more accurate way of measuring the FSC.
Franklin Ahls:
Which means developing new technologies, new theories. And that could take five years or 500. Or five months, with your help. And you do understand what this means?
Derek:
We're not alone.
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