eDC1A-58

< what do you mean, you're getting a transmission from space? > < i literally cannot word it any differently. > < space. space. well. are we answering it? > < considering that's, yknow, our job, we probably should. > < right. for archival purposes, this is eDC1A-58, routing through comms channel 359.1 ... > Hello? Hi. We're receiving your contact. Can you identify yourself?

< U.S.S.? U.S.S... saints, this really is a situation. > < look. maybe this is nothing to be concerned about. still, maybe we should keep the fact we're pavilic on the downlow. we've got no idea if the war- or if we- even exist where this guy's from. > < noted. then let's say... > Copy that, Officer Lambert from the U.S.S. Hephaestus. You can call us the 58th. You're picking up on our radio, on Earth. We're not quite sure how. Could you give us some more information on where you're at, in space? What you're... orbiting, or whatnot?

< alright, who wants to take a crack at what a pulse beacon relay is? > < quiet. > ((This time, it's a different voice speaking.)) Hi. Pardon the change of tone, I'm a little more a familiar with these systems than the rest of us. No comms specialist, but I did work in that area for some time. I'm good with the materials. Our equipment isn't necessarily... special? It is unique. You said you're firing into a starfield? If your angle's weird enough- which it is, if this is what I think it is- the vibrations of the radio could be enough to knock a really specific pattern of minerals towards us. When we picked up, it would've created a link that pulled from the power in our unit, creating a near-instantaneous line from those mineral structures to us, and then to you. They're... very interesting minerals. It's rare. But possible. Does raise some questions, though. And, uh- don't worry about who we work for, not for now. Either way. Lambert, what's the date for you, right now? Do you have any information on what Earth's like? It could be incredibly different from ours, depending on what exact star you happened to fire into.

...2010? 2010. Uh. Alright. So, we're receiving you in... it's 1983. July 29th, 1983. Which would explain some things. I don't know how to break this to you, but where we're from- that is, the 58th, and the rest of our world- there's a very high concentration of a certain class of elements and minerals, that've allowed certain sets of people to... control things? You'd probably call it magic. Wouldn't blame you if you did, especially because I don't have time to give a full lecture on Cast Applied Mechanics And Biology, but maybe sometime. More or less, it's- ((Something clicks. There's a disgruntled shout in the background, but the "original" speaker is back.)) Look, Lambert, what grandpa over here is trying to say is that our Earth isn't your earth. Whatever star you fired into is doing some funky things, and transmitting a signal across some kind of parallel universe boundary. Think of it as a blessing from our Hand of Lights! Not that you'd know who that is, but. Well. I don't know what you were looking for. Perhaps aliens, perhaps more. Whatever it was, you found us, and our whole shtick down here is that we have too much time on our hands. I, at least, want to hear about whatever the hell you're doing in space. We don't really have space travel, yet? I mean, there was the space race a decade or so ago, but our country didn't really get in on that. There's so much of the planet to keep researching, the stars can wait, y'know? What's your mission, up there? Are you looking for aliens? Who do you work for?

< what do you mean, you're getting a transmission from space? > < i literally cannot word it any differently. > < space. space. well. are we answering it? > < considering that's, yknow, our job, we probably should. > < right. for archival purposes, this is eDC1A-58, routing through comms channel 359.1 ... > Hello? Hi. We're receiving your contact. Can you identify yourself?

< U.S.S.? U.S.S... saints, this really is a situation. > < look. maybe this is nothing to be concerned about. still, maybe we should keep the fact we're pavilic on the downlow. we've got no idea if the war- or if we- even exist where this guy's from. > < noted. then let's say... > Copy that, Officer Lambert from the U.S.S. Hephaestus. You can call us the 58th. You're picking up on our radio, on Earth. We're not quite sure how. Could you give us some more information on where you're at, in space? What you're... orbiting, or whatnot?

< alright, who wants to take a crack at what a pulse beacon relay is? > < quiet. > ((This time, it's a different voice speaking.)) Hi. Pardon the change of tone, I'm a little more a familiar with these systems than the rest of us. No comms specialist, but I did work in that area for some time. I'm good with the materials. Our equipment isn't necessarily... special? It is unique. You said you're firing into a starfield? If your angle's weird enough- which it is, if this is what I think it is- the vibrations of the radio could be enough to knock a really specific pattern of minerals towards us. When we picked up, it would've created a link that pulled from the power in our unit, creating a near-instantaneous line from those mineral structures to us, and then to you. They're... very interesting minerals. It's rare. But possible. Does raise some questions, though. And, uh- don't worry about who we work for, not for now. Either way. Lambert, what's the date for you, right now? Do you have any information on what Earth's like? It could be incredibly different from ours, depending on what exact star you happened to fire into.

< what do you mean, you're getting a transmission from space? > < i literally cannot word it any differently. > < space. space. well. are we answering it? > < considering that's, yknow, our job, we probably should. > < right. for archival purposes, this is eDC1A-58, routing through comms channel 359.1 ... > Hello? Hi. We're receiving your contact. Can you identify yourself?

< U.S.S.? U.S.S... saints, this really is a situation. > < look. maybe this is nothing to be concerned about. still, maybe we should keep the fact we're pavilic on the downlow. we've got no idea if the war- or if we- even exist where this guy's from. > < noted. then let's say... > Copy that, Officer Lambert from the U.S.S. Hephaestus. You can call us the 58th. You're picking up on our radio, on Earth. We're not quite sure how. Could you give us some more information on where you're at, in space? What you're... orbiting, or whatnot?

< what do you mean, you're getting a transmission from space? > < i literally cannot word it any differently. > < space. space. well. are we answering it? > < considering that's, yknow, our job, we probably should. > < right. for archival purposes, this is eDC1A-58, routing through comms channel 359.1 ... > Hello? Hi. We're receiving your contact. Can you identify yourself?