Crisis-1

We need to talk to the other sites, help them with what they've gotten from the heptapods. We're blacked out. China just threatened to destroy their shell. We're on our own. But this says that all of the pieces fit together. And I'm telling you that no one else cares. Two hours ago, we pulled this audio off a secure channel in Russia. Someone on the science team there was broadcasting wide. In their final session, the aliens said, "there is no time. Many become one." I fear we have all been given weapons. If anyone is receiving this, please... Well, I mean, there are a lot of ways you can interpret what he said. I don't need an interpreter to know what this means. Russia just executed one of their own experts to keep their secret. Many become one could just be their way of saying some assembly required. Why hand it out to us in pieces? Why not just give it all over? What better way to force us to work together for once? Even if I did believe you, how in the world are you gonna get anybody else to play along and give up their data? We offer ours in return. Yeah? A trade? It's a non-zero-sum game. Non-zero-sum game. That's it. Yeah. Thanks. Nine of the landing sites have gone total comms blackout. Only way to reach them is to physically drive there and yell at the border guards, which we're doing, but it won't be fast enough.