Hope

There's more of it...on the road.

De-noising doesn't work.

Nothing works.

I can't get anything out of this.

Drive faster.

We're going to be arrested on sight.

You know that.

We have no clearance.

We're carrying stolen government agency equipment

and now we--

Do you think anything you say will stop me?

Based on past experience?

No.

Then stop wasting energy talking.

Or if you want, you can get out of this car right now.

No matter what Director Hashimoto told you,

there's nothing in this transmission.

It's just sound.

The Hoshi-12 was destroyed.

We'll go to prison.

For nothing.

The entire crew is dead.

I'm...sorry.

But--

You're wrong.

I know it.

I hear it.

Even if you can't.

We're here.

Yes?

We're from JASA.

ID?

Yamato, Mitsuki. Lead Project Specialist, SST Systems.

I'm here to take operational command.

Open the gate immediately.

"Lead Project Specialist"?

"SST Systems"?

20 minutes ago, Director Hashimoto and Administrator Kouda...

issued a joint directive via email to surrender all command. To me.

60 seconds later, this facility lost all communications with headquarters.

What did you do?

I've hardly done anything.

Shit...

They're going to arrest us.

What are you going to do now?

Make contact.

Ms. Yamato!

Welcome, let me acquaint you.

I'm Yoshi Fujimoto.

We've been feeding data to the Ministry of Defense

and the Americans from our fixed position.

It's been pretty constant, mostly noise.

But global command wants all scopes aimed in concert,

they haven't been telling us much, so--

Global command is not in charge.

I am.

Technician Kawaguchi.

Show him.

Yes.

Project...supervisor.

What is this?

Get these connected on your local net with full permissions.

I thought I loved her more than anyone else ever could.

Fujimoto.

What you're hearing is immediately after impact.

Our moment of first contact, a signal.

The sound has been analyzed and turned into a spectral fingerprint.

You're going to find this signal with that dish out there.

Ma'am, it's a radio telescope.

It finds astral bodies, stars, not--

It finds electromagnetic radiation.

Patterns.

This is a pattern.

A message.

We're going to find whatever's broadcasting it.

And we're going to send a message back.

Send a message back, to...

Them.

Them.

So many frequencies...

Patterns.

But not the one from the Hoshi...

It's still searching?