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00000000: 00 10 38 09 03 0C 01 09 00 2D 0B 0E 0A 59 6F 75 |..8......-...You| 00000010: 20 61 72 65 20 73 74 61 6E 64 69 6E 67 20 77 69 | are standing wi| 00000020: 74 68 69 6E 20 61 20 6E 61 72 72 6F 77 20 73 68 |thin a narrow sh| 00000030: 61 66 74 20 6F 66 20 6C 69 67 68 74 2C 20 79 6F |aft of light, yo| 00000040: 75 20 73 65 65 20 61 72 6F 75 6E 64 20 79 6F 75 |u see around you| 00000050: 20 61 20 6C 61 72 67 65 2C 20 63 69 72 63 75 6C | a large, circul| 00000060: 61 72 20 72 6F 6F 6D 20 77 68 6F 73 65 20 77 61 |ar room whose wa| 00000070: 6C 6C 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 68 69 6D 6D 65 72 69 |lls are shimmeri| 00000080: 6E 67 20 77 69 74 68 20 65 6E 65 72 67 79 2E 20 |ng with energy. | 00000090: 42 65 66 6F 72 65 20 79 6F 75 20 69 73 20 74 68 |Before you is th| 000000A0: 65 20 6F 6E 6C 79 20 6F 62 6A 65 63 74 20 69 6E |e only object in| 000000B0: 20 74 68 65 20 72 6F 6F 6D 3A 20 61 20 77 61 69 | the room: a wai| 000000C0: 73 74 2D 68 69 67 68 20 70 6C 61 74 66 6F 72 6D |st-high platform| 000000D0: 2E 00 4F 72 64 69 6E 61 72 79 20 64 69 72 65 63 |..Ordinary direc| 000000E0: 74 69 6F 6E 73 20 64 6F 20 6E 6F 74 20 77 6F 72 |tions do not wor| 000000F0: 6B 20 68 65 72 65 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 73 74 65 70 |k here..You step| 00000100: 20 74 68 72 6F 75 67 68 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 69 | through the shi| 00000110: 6D 6D 65 72 69 6E 67 20 6C 69 67 68 74 2E 00 53 |mmering light..S| 00000120: 65 74 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 70 6C 61 74 |et into the plat| 00000130: 66 6F 72 6D 20 69 73 20 61 6E 20 6F 76 61 6C 20 |form is an oval | 00000140: 64 65 70 72 65 73 73 69 6F 6E 2E 20 49 74 20 61 |depression. It a| 00000150: 70 70 65 61 72 73 20 74 6F 20 62 65 20 73 6F 6D |ppears to be som| 00000160: 65 20 33 30 20 63 65 6E 74 69 6D 65 74 65 72 73 |e 30 centimeters| 00000170: 20 6C 6F 6E 67 2E 00 54 68 65 20 72 6F 6D 63 61 | long..The romca| 00000180: 72 74 73 20 73 6C 69 64 65 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 70 |rts slide into p| 00000190: 6C 61 63 65 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 70 6C |lace, and the pl| 000001A0: 61 74 66 6F 72 6D 20 72 65 63 65 64 65 73 20 69 |atform recedes i| 000001B0: 6E 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 66 6C 6F 6F 72 2E 20 57 |nto the floor. W| 000001C0: 68 65 72 65 20 69 74 20 6F 6E 63 65 20 73 74 6F |here it once sto| 000001D0: 6F 64 2C 20 61 20 33 20 64 69 6D 65 6E 73 69 6F |od, a 3 dimensio| 000001E0: 6E 61 6C 20 66 6F 72 6D 20 74 61 6B 65 73 20 73 |nal form takes s| 000001F0: 68 61 70 65 2C 20 61 73 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 |hape, as informa| 00000200: 74 69 6F 6E 20 69 73 20 72 65 61 64 20 66 72 6F |tion is read fro| 00000210: 6D 20 74 68 65 20 72 6F 6D 63 61 72 74 73 2E 20 |m the romcarts. | 00000220: 54 68 65 20 69 6D 61 67 65 20 69 73 20 6F 66 20 |The image is of | 00000230: 45 61 72 74 68 21 20 41 20 68 6F 6C 6F 67 72 61 |Earth! A hologra| 00000240: 70 68 79 2C 20 62 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 69 6D 61 |phy, but the ima| 00000250: 67 65 20 69 73 20 73 6F 6D 65 68 6F 77 20 64 69 |ge is somehow di| 00000260: 73 74 6F 72 74 65 64 2C 20 61 73 20 69 66 20 73 |storted, as if s| 00000270: 65 65 6E 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 73 6F 6D 65 20 69 6D |een from some im| 00000280: 70 6F 73 73 69 62 6C 79 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 64 |possibly great d| 00000290: 69 73 74 61 6E 63 65 2E 2E 2E 00 54 77 6F 20 6F |istance....Two o| 000002A0: 74 68 65 72 2C 20 75 6E 6B 6E 6F 77 6E 20 70 6C |ther, unknown pl| 000002B0: 61 6E 65 74 73 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 2E 20 44 69 |anets appear. Di| 000002C0: 73 74 61 6E 74 20 77 6F 72 6C 64 73 3A 20 70 65 |stant worlds: pe| 000002D0: 72 68 61 70 73 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 45 61 72 74 68 |rhaps like Earth| 000002E0: 2C 20 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 69 6E 68 61 62 |, they are inhab| 000002F0: 69 74 65 64 2E 20 49 74 20 6D 61 79 20 68 61 76 |ited. It may hav| 00000300: 65 20 6F 6E 63 65 20 62 65 65 6E 20 69 6E 20 52 |e once been in R| 00000310: 41 4D 41 27 73 20 70 6C 61 6E 20 74 6F 20 76 69 |AMA's plan to vi| 00000320: 73 69 74 20 61 6C 6C 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 77 6F |sit all three wo| 00000330: 72 6C 64 73 2C 20 62 75 74 20 6E 6F 77 20 52 41 |rlds, but now RA| 00000340: 4D 41 20 68 75 72 74 6C 65 73 20 74 6F 77 61 72 |MA hurtles towar| 00000350: 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 75 6E 2E 20 57 68 61 74 20 |d the sun. What | 00000360: 63 6F 75 6C 64 20 68 61 76 65 20 67 6F 6E 65 20 |could have gone | 00000370: 77 72 6F 6E 67 3F 00 4E 6F 77 2C 20 75 6E 65 78 |wrong?.Now, unex| 00000380: 70 65 63 74 65 64 6C 79 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 73 65 |pectedly, you se| 00000390: 65 20 69 74 2E 2E 2E 20 73 6F 6D 65 74 68 69 6E |e it... somethin| 000003A0: 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 75 6D 61 6E 6B 69 6E 64 |g that humankind| 000003B0: 20 68 61 73 20 62 6F 74 68 20 66 65 61 72 65 64 | has both feared| 000003C0: 20 74 6F 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 20 75 70 6F 6E 2C 20 61 | to look upon, a| 000003D0: 6E 64 20 64 65 73 70 61 69 72 65 64 20 6F 66 20 |nd despaired of | 000003E0: 65 76 65 72 20 66 69 6E 64 69 6E 67 21 20 49 74 |ever finding! It| 000003F0: 73 20 66 6F 72 6D 2C 20 61 6E 20 69 6D 6D 61 74 |s form, an immat| 00000400: 65 72 69 61 6C 20 66 69 67 75 72 65 3B 20 61 20 |erial figure; a | 00000410: 68 6F 6C 6F 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 20 67 68 6F 73 |holographic ghos| 00000420: 74 3B 20 6F 6E 6C 79 20 61 6E 20 69 6C 6C 75 73 |t; only an illus| 00000430: 69 6F 6E 2E 20 42 75 74 20 6F 6E 65 20 74 68 61 |ion. But one tha| 00000440: 74 20 77 69 6C 6C 20 75 6E 64 6F 75 62 74 65 64 |t will undoubted| 00000450: 6C 79 20 68 61 76 65 20 69 74 73 20 70 6C 61 63 |ly have its plac| 00000460: 65 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 75 72 73 65 20 |e in the course | 00000470: 6F 66 20 68 75 6D 61 6E 20 68 69 73 74 6F 72 79 |of human history| 00000480: 2E 20 42 65 66 6F 72 65 20 79 6F 75 2C 20 74 68 |. Before you, th| 00000490: 72 65 65 2D 6C 65 67 67 65 64 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 |ree-legged, and | 000004A0: 77 69 74 68 20 61 73 20 6D 61 6E 79 20 65 79 65 |with as many eye| 000004B0: 73 2C 20 73 74 61 6E 64 73 20 61 20 52 61 6D 61 |s, stands a Rama| 000004C0: 6E 2E 00 59 6F 75 72 20 63 6F 6D 6C 69 6E 6B 20 |n..Your comlink | 000004D0: 73 70 75 74 74 65 72 73 2C 20 74 68 65 6E 2C 20 |sputters, then, | 000004E0: 22 57 65 20 73 61 77 20 65 76 65 72 79 74 68 69 |"We saw everythi| 000004F0: 6E 67 21 22 20 49 74 27 73 20 50 69 65 74 65 72 |ng!" It's Pieter| 00000500: 20 2D 2D 20 63 6F 6D 6D 75 6E 69 63 61 74 69 6F | -- communicatio| 00000510: 6E 73 20 72 65 70 61 69 72 65 64 21 20 22 57 65 |ns repaired! "We| 00000520: 20 68 61 64 20 74 6F 20 63 6F 6D 70 65 6E 73 61 | had to compensa| 00000530: 74 65 20 66 6F 72 20 74 68 61 74 20 65 6E 65 72 |te for that ener| 00000540: 67 79 20 66 69 65 6C 64 20 79 6F 75 20 61 72 65 |gy field you are| 00000550: 20 69 6E 2E 20 42 75 74 20 49 20 74 68 69 6E 6B | in. But I think| 00000560: 20 69 74 27 73 20 61 6C 6C 20 66 69 78 65 64 2E | it's all fixed.| 00000570: 20 54 68 65 20 73 69 6D 69 6C 61 72 69 74 79 20 | The similarity | 00000580: 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 52 61 6D 61 6E 20 6D 65 73 |of the Raman mes| 00000590: 73 61 67 65 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 41 72 65 63 |sage to the Arec| 000005A0: 69 62 6F 20 6D 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 69 73 20 74 |ibo message is t| 000005B0: 72 75 6C 79 20 73 74 72 69 6B 69 6E 67 2E 20 49 |ruly striking. I| 000005C0: 66 20 62 6F 74 68 20 6D 65 73 73 61 67 65 73 20 |f both messages | 000005D0: 73 65 72 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6D 65 20 70 |serve the same p| 000005E0: 75 72 70 6F 73 65 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 49 20 73 75 |urpose, and I su| 000005F0: 73 70 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 79 20 64 6F 2C 20 74 |spect they do, t| 00000600: 68 65 6E 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 |hen information | 00000610: 61 62 6F 75 74 20 52 61 6D 61 6E 20 00 6D 61 74 |about Raman .mat| 00000620: 68 65 6D 61 74 69 63 73 2C 20 73 63 69 65 6E 63 |hematics, scienc| 00000630: 65 2C 20 62 69 6F 63 68 65 6D 69 73 74 72 79 2C |e, biochemistry,| 00000640: 20 61 6E 64 20 6D 6F 72 65 20 77 69 6C 6C 20 62 | and more will b| 00000650: 65 20 65 6E 63 6F 64 65 64 20 69 6E 20 74 68 6F |e encoded in tho| 00000660: 73 65 20 73 79 6D 62 6F 6C 73 2E 20 49 20 74 68 |se symbols. I th| 00000670: 69 6E 6B 20 57 69 6C 6C 20 61 67 72 65 65 73 20 |ink Will agrees | 00000680: 77 69 74 68 20 6D 65 2E 22 00 70 6C 69 67 68 74 |with me.".plight| 00000690: 00 70 61 6C 69 31 00 70 61 6C 69 32 00 70 61 6C |.pali1.pali2.pal| 000006A0: 69 33 00 72 64 76 72 61 6D 61 6E 00 70 64 6E 61 |i3.rdvraman.pdna| 000006B0: 00 22 49 20 61 67 72 65 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 50 |."I agree with P| 000006C0: 69 65 74 65 72 2C 22 20 73 61 79 73 20 57 69 6C |ieter," says Wil| 000006D0: 6C 2E 20 22 54 68 6F 73 65 20 74 72 69 61 6E 67 |l. "Those triang| 000006E0: 6C 65 73 20 73 75 67 67 65 73 74 20 61 20 74 65 |les suggest a te| 000006F0: 72 6E 61 72 79 27 20 6E 75 6D 62 65 72 69 6E 67 |rnary' numbering| 00000700: 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D 2E 20 54 68 65 20 65 6D 70 | system. The emp| 00000710: 74 79 20 74 72 69 61 6E 67 6C 65 20 72 65 70 72 |ty triangle repr| 00000720: 65 73 65 6E 74 73 20 7A 65 72 6F 2C 20 74 68 65 |esents zero, the| 00000730: 20 66 69 6C 6C 65 64 2D 69 6E 20 74 72 69 61 6E | filled-in trian| 00000740: 67 6C 65 20 72 65 70 72 65 73 65 6E 74 73 20 6F |gle represents o| 00000750: 6E 65 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 6C 69 |ne, and the spli| 00000760: 74 20 74 72 69 61 6E 67 6C 65 20 72 65 70 72 65 |t triangle repre| 00000770: 73 65 6E 74 73 20 74 68 65 20 6E 75 6D 62 65 72 |sents the number| 00000780: 20 74 77 6F 21 22 00 22 54 68 72 65 65 20 63 79 | two!"."Three cy| 00000790: 6C 69 6E 64 72 69 63 61 6C 20 52 41 4D 41 73 2C |lindrical RAMAs,| 000007A0: 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 70 6C 61 6E 65 | and three plane| 000007B0: 74 61 72 79 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D 73 2C 20 69 66 |tary systems, if| 000007C0: 20 74 68 61 74 27 73 20 77 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 | that's what the| 000007D0: 79 20 61 72 65 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 73 65 65 3F 20 |y are. You see? | 000007E0: 4D 61 79 62 65 20 6F 6E 65 20 52 41 4D 41 20 74 |Maybe one RAMA t| 000007F0: 6F 20 61 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D 2C 20 6F 72 20 65 |o a system, or e| 00000800: 61 63 68 20 52 41 4D 41 20 74 6F 20 65 76 65 72 |ach RAMA to ever| 00000810: 79 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D 2E 2E 2E 20 68 61 72 64 |y system... hard| 00000820: 20 74 6F 20 73 61 79 2E 20 42 75 74 2C 20 43 61 | to say. But, Ca| 00000830: 70 74 61 69 6E 2C 20 69 74 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 73 20 |ptain, it looks | 00000840: 61 73 20 69 66 20 52 41 4D 41 20 73 74 69 6C 6C |as if RAMA still| 00000850: 20 69 73 20 64 65 74 65 72 6D 69 6E 65 64 20 74 | is determined t| 00000860: 6F 20 74 61 6B 65 20 74 68 65 20 68 65 61 74 20 |o take the heat | 00000870: 74 72 65 61 74 6D 65 6E 74 2E 20 54 68 65 20 73 |treatment. The s| 00000880: 75 6E 27 73 20 64 65 61 64 20 61 68 65 61 64 20 |un's dead ahead | 00000890: 61 6E 64 20 77 65 27 72 65 20 63 6C 6F 73 69 6E |and we're closin| 000008A0: 67 20 69 6E 20 66 61 73 74 2E 20 52 41 4D 41 27 |g in fast. RAMA'| 000008B0: 73 20 6F 75 74 73 69 64 65 20 74 65 6D 70 65 72 |s outside temper| 000008C0: 61 74 75 72 65 20 69 73 20 72 69 73 69 6E 67 2E |ature is rising.| 000008D0: 20 53 6F 20 69 73 20 45 4E 44 45 41 56 4F 52 27 | So is ENDEAVOR'| 000008E0: 73 2E 22 00 22 57 6F 77 21 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 |s."."Wow! I was | 000008F0: 6A 75 73 74 20 74 68 69 6E 6B 69 6E 67 20 61 62 |just thinking ab| 00000900: 6F 75 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 65 6C 69 78 20 63 |out that helix c| 00000910: 6F 6E 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 62 65 68 |onfiguration beh| 00000920: 69 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 6D 61 6C 6C 20 52 61 |ind the small Ra| 00000930: 6D 61 6E 20 66 69 67 75 72 65 2E 20 49 74 20 61 |man figure. It a| 00000940: 6C 6C 20 66 69 74 73 2E 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 |ll fits. If the | 00000950: 74 72 69 61 6E 67 6C 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 6E 75 |triangles are nu| 00000960: 6D 62 65 72 73 2C 20 74 68 65 6E 20 74 68 65 20 |mbers, then the | 00000970: 73 65 63 6F 6E 64 20 73 65 74 20 6F 66 20 74 72 |second set of tr| 00000980: 69 61 6E 67 6C 65 73 20 6C 69 73 74 73 20 74 68 |iangles lists th| 00000990: 65 20 61 74 6F 6D 69 63 20 6E 75 6D 62 65 72 73 |e atomic numbers| 000009A0: 20 6F 66 20 70 68 6F 73 70 68 6F 72 6F 75 73 2C | of phosphorous,| 000009B0: 20 6F 78 79 67 65 6E 2C 20 6E 69 74 72 6F 67 65 | oxygen, nitroge| 000009C0: 6E 2C 20 63 61 72 62 6F 6E 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 68 |n, carbon, and h| 000009D0: 79 64 72 6F 67 65 6E 2E 20 41 64 64 20 61 20 73 |ydrogen. Add a s| 000009E0: 75 67 61 72 20 61 6E 64 20 79 6F 75 20 67 65 74 |ugar and you get| 000009F0: 20 6E 75 63 6C 65 6F 74 69 64 65 73 21 20 54 68 | nucleotides! 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..8......-...YOU ARE STANDING WITHIN A N ARROW SHAFT OF LIGHT, YOU SEE AROUND YOU A LARGE, CIRCULAR ROOM WHOSE WALLS ARE SHIMMERING WITH ENERGY. BEFORE YOU IS TH E ONLY OBJECT IN THE ROOM: A WAIST-HIGH PLATFORM..ORDINARY DIRECTIONS DO NOT WOR K HERE..YOU STEP THROUGH THE SHIMMERING LIGHT..SET INTO THE PLATFORM IS AN OVAL DEPRESSION. IT APPEARS TO BE SOME 30 CEN TIMETERS LONG..THE ROMCARTS SLIDE INTO P LACE, AND THE PLATFORM RECEDES INTO THE FLOOR. WHERE IT ONCE STOOD, A 3 DIMENSIO NAL FORM TAKES SHAPE, AS INFORMATION IS READ FROM THE ROMCARTS. THE IMAGE IS OF EARTH! A HOLOGRAPHY, BUT THE IMAGE IS SO MEHOW DISTORTED, AS IF SEEN FROM SOME IM POSSIBLY GREAT DISTANCE....TWO OTHER, UN KNOWN PLANETS APPEAR. DISTANT WORLDS: PE RHAPS LIKE EARTH, THEY ARE INHABITED. IT MAY HAVE ONCE BEEN IN RAMA'S PLAN TO VI SIT ALL THREE WORLDS, BUT NOW RAMA HURTL ES TOWARD THE SUN. WHAT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG?.NOW, UNEXPECTEDLY, YOU SEE IT... SOMETHING THAT HUMANKIND HAS BOTH FEARED TO LOOK UPON, AND DESPAIRED OF EVER FIN DING! ITS FORM, AN IMMATERIAL FIGURE; A HOLOGRAPHIC GHOST; ONLY AN ILLUSION. BUT ONE THAT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE ITS PLAC E IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY. BEFORE YOU, THREE-LEGGED, AND WITH AS MANY EYE S, STANDS A RAMAN..YOUR COMLINK SPUTTERS , THEN, "WE SAW EVERYTHING!" IT'S PIETER -- COMMUNICATIONS REPAIRED! "WE HAD TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT ENERGY FIELD YOU ARE IN. BUT I THINK IT'S ALL FIXED. THE SIM ILARITY OF THE RAMAN MESSAGE TO THE AREC IBO MESSAGE IS TRULY STRIKING. IF BOTH M ESSAGES SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE, AND I SU SPECT THEY DO, THEN INFORMATION ABOUT RA MAN .MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND MORE WILL BE ENCODED IN THOSE SYMBO LS. I THINK WILL AGREES WITH ME.".PLIGHT .PALI1.PALI2.PALI3.RDVRAMAN.PDNA."I AGRE E WITH PIETER," SAYS WILL. "THOSE TRIANG LES SUGGEST A TERNARY' NUMBERING SYSTEM. THE EMPTY TRIANGLE REPRESENTS ZERO, THE FILLED-IN TRIANGLE REPRESENTS ONE, AND THE SPLIT TRIANGLE REPRESENTS THE NUMBER TWO!"."THREE CYLINDRICAL RAMAS, AND THR EE PLANETARY SYSTEMS, IF THAT'S WHAT THE Y ARE. YOU SEE? MAYBE ONE RAMA TO A SYST EM, OR EACH RAMA TO EVERY SYSTEM... HARD TO SAY. BUT, CAPTAIN, IT LOOKS AS IF RA MA STILL IS DETERMINED TO TAKE THE HEAT TREATMENT. THE SUN'S DEAD AHEAD AND WE'R E CLOSING IN FAST. RAMA'S OUTSIDE TEMPER ATURE IS RISING. SO IS ENDEAVOR'S."."WOW ! I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT HELIX C ONFIGURATION BEHIND THE SMALL RAMAN FIGU RE. IT ALL FITS. IF THE TRIANGLES ARE NU MBERS, THEN THE SECOND SET OF TRIANGLES LISTS THE ATOMIC NUMBERS OF PHOSPHOROUS, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, CARBON, AND HYDROGEN. ADD A SUGAR AND YOU GET NUCLEOTIDES! TH AT'S WHAT DNA IS MADE OF!".....E.....J.. .J.....}.............Z.W..U...7.......4. ....*.-..^.....I...._................... ...........&.8...M.8...M.8...O.'D.F.F.F. 8..........4.....*............<......D.. ..C..^...........T...].\.....H(.......H( .........4.D....#.&...O.%.$............. .......................
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