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Upon awakening, Captain Dallas promptly seeks counsel from Mother, while the crew begins assessing their unfamiliar surroundings. The navigator, Lambert, is horrified to discover that they are not in the Solar System as expected, but instead far from home. Their unease escalates when Mother reveals that she has intercepted a transmission of unknown origin, an acoustic signal that repeats every twelve seconds but remains ambiguous—whether it's a plea for help or a message of danger.