Signal in the dark in Alpha Centauri | World Anvil

Signal in the dark

The call of the void

When asteroide Mors suddenly changed trajectory scientist were desperately looking for an answer. They sent multiple research satellites out to the point of change to hopefully figure out what had happened.
But the first satellite to get there disappeared before it was even possible to get a response from it. The second one however, successfully arrived just outside the point of change. It picked up a weird signal, that almost seemed random at first, but closer investigation suggested it wasn't random at all.   We know it isn't just static or background noise, the signal has a pattern that repeats every 2 minutes. We can locate the signal, but when we point to the sky with our telescopes, there is nothing to see.  
There is nothing there. The signal got very strong when we were approaching the point of change. We know it's not some kind of background noise, it has a pattern. We haven't yet been able to figure out if it even means anything. For all we know, it's just some radioactive rock or something.
  But it certainly wasn't just some rock, as they would soon find out. It was something far more strange.  

Satelite HC-2

 
 
T
he second satelite HC-2, which stands for Human Curiosity, were the first device to pick up the faint signal.

It was like something was connecting this exact spot to something far away.
 
by CatRobi
 
  Some calls it The call of the void and others believe something or someone is trying to send us a message. That is why we began our travels to the Alpha Centauri system. Curiosity. It was like it was telling us to come here. Like a distress signal.

Source

Unknown  

First discovered

In 2101, shortly after Asteroide Mors changed its trajectory.  

Other details

The signal repeats itself every 2 minutes app.

Cover image: by CatRobi

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