The Signal

14 March 2047. 03:17:44 UTC. 47 minutes and 33 seconds of pulse-sequence on the hydrogen line that should not exist.

Maren receives the signal, submits a paper, watches it rejected, and is approached by a government that already knew. She is the only person in her field who understood what she was hearing. She is also the only person in her field who refuses to stop saying so.