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<blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 5304422" data-attributes="member: 11437">June 16Lloyd called me this morning.&nbsp; I thought maybe he had a breakthrough on deciphering the second burst transmission.&nbsp; Unfortunately, he's as stumped as ever.&nbsp; Lloyd is concerned that his government minders might be spying on him and his activities.&nbsp; Luckily, they don't really have the ability to spy on our sub-space conversations; they are short-wave and cannot be picked up unless a receiver is within perhaps a kilometer of either orbital station or between the two.&nbsp; Lloyd told me that he suspects that the transmission is indeed a message and not random beeps.&nbsp; This confirms my initial feelings about these transmissions.&nbsp; Someone on Earth must agree.&nbsp; They wouldn't have passed my report on up the chain unless they had deciphered something more than the generalities Lloyd had come up with.&nbsp; What do they really know and why do they keep it from me?My thoughts turn to the combined NASA - Red Star team now deployed in the EROS vehicle on Mars' surface.&nbsp; What do they know about the transmissions, if anything?&nbsp; If they do know anything, they certainly didn't tell me during their twelve hour stay on Deep Red.&nbsp; That Nemekov certainly seemed to be behaving strangely.&nbsp; I wonder if my scientific instruments could somehow track what the team is doing down there.&nbsp; Maybe I'll give it a try.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Insight, post: 5304422, member: 11437"] [i]June 16[/i] Lloyd called me this morning. I thought maybe he had a breakthrough on deciphering the second burst transmission. Unfortunately, he's as stumped as ever. Lloyd is concerned that his government minders might be spying on him and his activities. Luckily, they don't really have the ability to spy on our sub-space conversations; they are short-wave and cannot be picked up unless a receiver is within perhaps a kilometer of either orbital station or between the two. Lloyd told me that he suspects that the transmission is indeed a message and not random beeps. This confirms my initial feelings about these transmissions. Someone on Earth must agree. They wouldn't have passed my report on up the chain unless they had deciphered something more than the generalities Lloyd had come up with. What do they really know and why do they keep it from me? My thoughts turn to the combined NASA - Red Star team now deployed in the EROS vehicle on Mars' surface. What do they know about the transmissions, if anything? If they do know anything, they certainly didn't tell me during their twelve hour stay on Deep Red. That Nemekov certainly seemed to be behaving strangely. I wonder if my scientific instruments could somehow track what the team is doing down there. Maybe I'll give it a try. [/QUOTE]

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