First Contact

[vh]

some wacky roleplay thing where extraterrestrial civilization visits earth.



An object is detected at a distance of 30 AU, just beyond pluto, but traveling at a speed of 1000 km/s towards the inner solar system. (130 times the speed of a shuttle). Size is about 1800 meters in diameter.

Oh, and then you receive the message

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in the direction of the object

(post your 'what to dooooo', below.)

[atomic7732]

send a ship to rendezvous it around Jupiter distance

and name it Rama

after discovering it has a rotation period of a few minutes

and send back:

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[FiahOwl]

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[Darvince]

I send 1 pulse.
Then 1 pulse again.
Then 2 pulse, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 pulses.

[Hellpotatoe]

The binary numbers = 3.14159653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286 = Pi
Why Pi?
Think about it.

[FiahOwl]

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[Hellpotatoe]

It's math, the universal language you dummy.

I know.
But aliens don't use math.
And binaries.

[blotz]

make giant welcome sign

[atomic7732]

But aliens don't use math.

Aliens don't use math.

Don't use math.

what

[Darvince]

It's math, the universal language you dummy.

But aliens don't use math.
And binaries.

then how the pony did they know how to get here

[FiahOwl]

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[vh]

send a ship to rendezvous it around Jupiter distance

and name it Rama

after discovering it has a rotation period of a few minutes

and send back:

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I send a series of pulses.

Two pulses, then three pulses, then five pulses, then 7 pulses, then 11 pulses, then 13 pulses, then 17 pulses, then 19 pulses, and then 23 pulses.

I send 1 pulse.
Then 1 pulse again.
Then 2 pulse, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 pulses.

after pointing the hubble and keck telescopes at Rama, it is observed that 8 smaller (100m) segments have seperated off the main ship, one headed in the general direction of each gas giant. a satellite is quickly built and launched into orbit around Jupiter where it contacts signals the object with both prime numbers and the fibonnaci sequence. In response, Rama emits temporary beacon of light. when analyzed with a spectrograph, is shown, the spectrum corresponds to Gliese 581. In addition, after monitoring radio transmissions of earth, Rama transmits the message, "Hello world", to the satellite around Jupiter in numerous earth languages.

[FiahOwl]

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[vh]

you wouldn't be able to approach it unless it decelerates greatly.

[blotz]

what about my welcome sign?

[Hellpotatoe]

It's math, the universal language you dummy.

But aliens don't use math.
And binaries.

then how the pony did they know how to get here

Idk.
Humans use math, aliens use (?).
Aliens never will be like us.
Ma engrish iz pérfekt tudai.

[FiahOwl]

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[Hellpotatoe]

But they use binaries? Okay.
Okay with pi too.
And speed of light? in kilometers/second or things like this? They can have different ways of measuring time and space. And numbers. We use 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0. And if they use 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,0,X,Y,Z? The number pi would be represented differently.

[FiahOwl]

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[Hellpotatoe]

I am a curious kid. I need of answers =P