Day 1: We've recieved initial contact. A flurry of voices fill our instruments. We are not alone in the universe.
[[Broadcast back]]                        [[Wait and listen]]
Day 1: We've recieved initial contact. A flurry of voices fill our instruments. We are not alone in the universe.
Broadcast back                        Wait and listen
A short message is sent in return, confirmation that there's [[someone else out there->Voices]].Day 1: We've recieved initial contact. A flurry of voices fill our instruments. We are not alone in the universe.
Broadcast back                        Wait and listen
We listen for [[further communication->Voices]]The spattering of voices grow loudser, mixed with other sounds. Music?
[[It sounds nice]]                        [[It sounds terrible]]The spattering of voices grow loudser, mixed with other sounds. Music?
It sounds nice, like vibrations in water
[[triangulate origin]]The spattering of voices grow loudser, mixed with other sounds. Music?
It sounds terrible, like a creature dying
[[triangulate origin]]We've discovered the planet of origin. A team is sent to meet them.
[[I volunteered for the mission]]                        [[I was forced to go]]We've discovered the planet of origin. A team is sent to meet them.
I volunteered for the mission                        I was forced to go
I couldn't wait to [[meet them|war]].We've discovered the planet of origin. A team is sent to meet them.
I volunteered for the mission                        I was forced to go
I didn't get to [[say goodbye|war]].We're off. The ship sails smoothly through the cosmos. The signals grow more sophisticated. (link-reveal:"Images")[, video]. Of (link-reveal:"Speeches")[, war]. (link-reveal:"Great accomplishments")[, new weapons].
Our ship speeds towards their system, their signals change again. Their technology advances leaps and bounds, they begin to reach for the stars.
[[Their optimism is exceptional]]                        [[Their rockets are archaic]]
Our ship speeds towards their system, their signals change again. Their technology advances leaps and bounds, they begin to reach for the stars.
Their optimism is exceptional                        Their rockets are archaic
Joy and hope pours through them.
[[01001000 01000101 01001100 01001100 01001111]]Our ship speeds towards their system, their signals change again. Their technology advances leaps and bounds, they begin to reach for the stars.
Their optimism to exceptional                        Their rockets are archaic
Many die trying to escape the planet’s gravity
[[01001000 01000101 01001100 01001100 01001111]]A new message. A response. They've noticed us. They're saying hello.
(link:"hi")[=
(link:"how are you?")[=
A flurry of new [[messages]], they're scared. We enter the system. Images of people, videos of the planet, all continue to be broadcast. But not from the planet itself.
(link: "The planet is empty")[=
(seq-link:"A deserted wasteland","A ghostly shell","A dead world")[=
All gone.
We trace the signal to
[[A golden disc                        A little metallic messenger]]We enter the system. Images of people, videos of the planet, all continue to be broadcast. But not from the planet itself.
We trace the signal to
A golden disc A little metallic messengerWe enter the system. Images of people, videos of the planet, all continue to be broadcast. But not from the planet itself.
We trace the signal to
A golden disc A little metallic messenger
Echoing the memory of a (link: "dead civilization")[(goto-url:"https://media.istockphoto.com/id/502274709/photo/concept-of-global-warming.jpg")]We enter the system. Images of people, videos of the planet, all continue to be broadcast. But not from the planet itself.
We trace the signal to
A golden disc                        A little metallic messenger
Echoing the memory of a (link: "dead civilization")[(goto-url:"https://media.istockphoto.com/id/502274709/photo/concept-of-global-warming.jpg")]