WAR 4:04 Battle
The hours that passed seemed like days.
Anderson arranged for a burst of encoded information about their predicament to be transmitted, but not to Earth. A signal was sent using a directional array with a deliberate disregard for focus. The communications team targeted a star a similar size to the sun, located between the spiral arms, ensuring the signal strength would be barely visible from Earth. By putting Earth on the outer reaches of the radio cone, they hoped to alert Earth without giving away its exact location.