Garbotalk: If the general public can’t see it, won’t that defeat your purpose of disclosure to the masses?

Reptiliandude: Nope. Look at what happened here when you expressed irritation that the thread had vanished. As if on cue, an Icke-ian drone pops up like a whack-a-mole and accuses me of “contradictions” thinking the thread was no longer available for inspection. What contradictions? The fact that I’m not a monster? That we are not the ones trying to take over the world? That I gave an accurate description of myself that doesn’t fit into a 1960’s Lizardman comic? Proof? I showed you a stela that is thousands of years old. I pointed out what the constellations were on it and that they point to an eighty year window of opportunity for a bunch of shit tossing monkeys to speak to the ones holding the keys to their cage. But the monkeys can’t conceive that the only thing they have to bring to the table is an amazing immune system. Put your money where your mouth is. Literally… Answer the beacon. Put together an information-based algorithmic currency. Show that this planet is so much more than a cosmic Petri dish.

Reptiliandude: Where your concerns should be, is that for about forty years now, your species has been playing, pin the tail on the accident as far as the WoW signal is concerned. You have about forty more prime window of opportunity to go… You need to examine what it’s saying to you because beacons always travel in pairs. One sends a primitive signal, while the other one, years behind it, holds up a jar of moths made of hydrogen. If I had told that hint to any other species but yours, I would have been accused of cheating. But I guarantee you have no idea what I’m talking about… There is a woman at CERN who might get it if you mention it to her… Her glasses might fall off when she understands that ancient stories are for a reason… What you need to do is to figure out how to speak in real time… Oh, and keep your eyes on the Taurids. There’s a flake of sugar on that doughnut that’s eventually gonna rock your world.

Garbotalk: I agree with all your critiques of humanity. I do not appreciate being a petri dish. If sending a beacon will prevent that and worse, I’m all for it. Shining a light on the problems at hand is the first step, and sometimes it takes an outsider do that.

Reptiliandude: Well, all the more good then. Do you now understand my comments earlier to you about how my particular species was not aligned with the United States in any way, but were somewhat cozy with the Russians? There are reasons for this far more important than the embarrassing political circus masquerading as democratic process in America. Your species has a limited window of opportunity. Answer the damn beacon. Those whose voices cannot be heard in real time will not be heard by the Assembly. Those who do not have a voice in the Assembly, do not have a voice in real time.

Garbotalk: The Russians are prey to a megalomaniac dictator who is the epitome of a pychopath. They need all the help they can get.

Reptiliandude: That “dictator” has already allocated funding towards the study of faster than light speed communication via subatomic particles. It doesn’t matter to us who discovers it, only that the beacon is answered in real time. Be advised however, that the one who responds to it becomes the de facto representative of your world.

Garbotalk: Then you should reach out to the U.S. and other space faring nations. I’m sure that is your plan anyway.

Reptiliandude: The United States is not budging, it is too polarized, too divided politically. It’s finest scientific minds are too much involved in infantile philosophical posturing between mechanism and vitalism. Russia does not have these hinderances. Putin supports Russian nationalism. He is supported by the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is also ambitious and would not hesitate to be a cautious representative for humanity. Besides, Russia doesn’t have all the baggage the US does, which might cause other species to question humanity’s sanity.

Garbotalk: And the next space race between the U.S. and Russia is on! First one to answer the beacon wins! Reptiliandude: The Russian scientific community will be unable to contain itself, this will prompt a rapid response from the United States Department of Defense. It will not however be the beacon they will be considering, but the rapidity with which weapons systems can respond. Either way, the technology will be developed. These hackings–the animosity fanned between your nations–It is not designed to provoke war, but another arms race. One where an old communications system is replaced with something new. Of course, only time will tell.