:34:02
There's something else.
:34:03
The primary signal is a cryptographic key...
:34:06
that unlocks the message
buried in the harmonic.
:34:08
So I compared the cipher text
against itself...
:34:11
and the coincidences between
the character strings. A deviation arises...
:34:15
from strings of intervals divisible by five,
bit repeats at shifts of 70 and 125.
:34:20
- What the hell are you talking about?
- I'm talking about this.
:34:29
What?
:34:31
That? That's a message?
:34:33
It's part of a message.
:34:35
This is the great pearl of galactic wisdom...
:34:38
that we've all been waiting for.
:34:41
I've been waiting for.
:34:45
Could there be more to the message
that's not being deciphered?
:34:48
There could be several cryptographic keys.
:34:50
Shift intervals can change, strings vary.
Endless possibilities.
:34:53
But it could still be uniquely random.
:34:55
- I just don't think so.
- Yes, but it's a possibility.
:34:58
- Anything's possible.
- I think Julian's right.
:35:00
- It looks extraterrestrial.
- You're all talking nonsense.
:35:04
No offense, Nyla.
:35:05
You wouldn't know an ETI
if it walked up to you and bit you.
:35:08
Neither would you. So why are you
so goddamn sure that it's not?
:35:11
Alexie, what do you think?
:35:14
I agree with Julian.
:35:16
Anything is possible.
:35:18
Everybody, I think you better come back
down to the maintenance bay.
:35:22
There appears to be a crease
in this thing's surface.
:35:25
Can we open it?
:35:27
If you can discharge it, I can pry it open.
:35:29
I can rig up something
to ground the charge.
:35:31
Maybe that's not a good idea.
:35:33
It's a way to find out if you're right.
:35:35
I'm not so sure it's a good idea, either.
There may be pathogenic organisms inside.
:35:39
- An infection could wipe out all our work.
- The labs are sealed environments.
:35:43
I say first thing tomorrow morning
we pop this thing open.
:35:47
If Julian's right, we go down in history.
:35:48
If I'm right, we eat linguini for a week.
:35:57
Okay, bring him in.