Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

into,” he said, “so they must have made some progress. Allthe fabricator programming for his instrumentation was inthat package.”“Right, it could be that this whole phenomenon he'spicking up is part of a self-replicating network that wasreleased by Brasil a hundred years after we left. Think aboutit," she said, "If one guy, Thom, by himself while onexpedition, can detect them as a hobbyist, what have theremainder of mankind's universities, governments andcorporations discovered in the two hundred years they'vebeen working on it full time with teams and budgets?"7:07pm Thu. Mar. 1, 2384After weeks of work, Alan finally figured out what Thomwas doing. It was just an antimatter trap with ultra high speedquantum state analyzers. Thom had tried the tangler atvarious angles, aimed in various directions with files full ofresults. Alan got lost in those files for a long time, trying tomake sense of it. He had to remember that every bit they tookwas destroyed, so it was like every channel tapped wasbroken. He had to remember not to do this while Ava wasaround or she would soon leave him for the same reason sheleft Thom.There definitely seemed to be some sort of informationcontent. It was pulse code, the frequency and duty cycle71