:40:00
Come on!
:40:03
It's restarting.
:40:06
Wait a minute.
Those are numbers.
:40:08
That was 3, before it was 2.
:40:11
Base 10 numbers.
Count and see how far we get.
:40:14
One.
:40:21
Seven.
:40:25
Those are primes.
:40:26
2, 3, 5, 7 are all prime numbers.
:40:30
No way that's a natural phenomenon!
:40:32
Let's just calm down
and pull up the star file on Vega.
:40:36
It doesn't make any sense.
The system is too young.
:40:39
It can't have a planetary system...
:40:41
...let alone life
or a technological civilization.
:40:45
Maybe they're not from there,
they're visiting.
:40:47
Spacecraft? This system's full
of debris. It'd get clobbered.
:40:51
Not if they used their
laser blasters and photon torpedoes.
:40:55
- That's not funny.
- How else can we explain it!
:40:58
He's right. If we go public
with this and we're wrong...
:41:01
...it's over. We're cooked.
:41:06
I wish Kent was here.
:41:08
Whatever it is, let's do something.
Vega will set.
:41:14
Position confirmed.
We've got 4.4623 gigahertz, confirmed.
:41:19
We've got 1 12 janskys.
:41:22
Do you have a source location yet?
:41:26
We put it right smack in the middle.
:41:29
Vega.
:41:32
Thanks. Keep tracking
and we'll get back to you.
:41:35
Right-o.
:41:48
101 . The pulse sequenced...
:41:49
...through every prime number
between 2 and 101 .
:41:54
Who do we call now?
:41:59
Everybody.