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“Then what are you proposing?” asked Sarah.<br />
“Nothing,” replied Brian.<br />
“We are in position,” the computer informed them all.<br />
“Fire the engines. Push them up beyond firewall limit,”<br />
Marilyn ordered.<br />
“Thrusters at maximum,” the computer responded, sending<br />
the ship straight in for a sundive.<br />
“Reaching orbital periapsis in 3...2...1. We have successfully<br />
passed the periapsis,” said the computer.<br />
“We are now rising up,” said Brian.<br />
Ten minutes later, they achieved a low solar orbit.<br />
“Computer, time check.”<br />
“We have successfully travelled exactly 1000 years into<br />
the future.”<br />
“Good. Set course for Earth,” said Marilyn.<br />
“Firing thrusters,” said the computer.<br />
“Wait, what’s that signal?” asked Sarah.<br />
A continuous radio transmission from Earth into unknown<br />
deep space was detected.<br />
“Check vectors. Triangulate the source of the signal,” said<br />
Marilyn.<br />
“Direction, constellation Orion. Bearing 273.54 Heading<br />
144. Distance: 1500 light years,” said Brian.<br />
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