The year is… unimportant. Humanity has had faster-than-light travel long enough to realise that local time is not a very good way of measuring things when relativity becomes a way of life.
Instead: It is the middle of the third era of expansion, humanity has reached out and established new colonies in unexplored areas, and is busy making trade routes, embassies and borders with its neighbors, a dance those species who allied with them during the second era of expansion know well.
On the edge of one of those expansions, a signal is detected, coming from a planet classed as culturally protected during the second era. Though broadcast in simple radio waves and with the experience of three ages of meeting new sentients, the message has thus far proved impossible to decode. Still, it looks like the locals have developed enough to send out a greeting, so it may be time to shake hands. A small fact-finding mission is the usual method, find the local governing body and the source of the transmission, say hello if warranted, and then report back. Good luck out there.
Hosted and narrated by:
Andrew Cain (Mortality)
Started 08/22/16.
Scenes played: 3
License: Community License
