The Atomic Spyglass

I started to put the scan data through the translated filters, and interesting results popped out immediately. I recognized the three-phase waveform as coming from a Canopy. The apparent noise that I was observing was the overlap of many Canopy tracking waves. This helped to peel back the noise and peer into other parts of the spectrum.

Factoring out the triple taps of the three phase Canopy waves, I focused on the long period synchronized pulse. There were several tri-phasic signals that shared the temporal vicinity as the pulse, but only one of them remained stationary with respect to the pulse. It was in this direction that I oriented the axis of the shorty, aiming my Seven to improve the signal quality, and putting the Ones in a clear position.

I made the transfer to a switching orbit to get some time up on the One, and switched back to the appropriate library. The low and fast zip around the One gave me a much better scanning spectrum and helped to confirm the translation. It took several orbits before I caught the pulse while racing around the One. Everything matched, and I knew it was not just a random pulse. It was intentional. It was a marker twitch, and it was just like I remember.