Comic #2401: 2011-12-10

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Description

Panel 1:

• Background: Dark blue.
• Character 1 (a woman with brown hair and glasses):
  • Text: "We debated whether to send signals to space."
• Character 2 (a man with a beard):
  • Text: "Finding intelligent life would be huge, but… what if we're advertising our existence to a hostile alien species?"

Panel 2:

• Background: Light blue.
• Character 2:
  • Text: "But when we began to discover Earth-like planets, the temptation became overwhelming."
• Character 2 (continued):
  • Text: "This planet is only 30 light years away, and it's in the right ranges for life! We need to say hi!"

Panel 3:

• Background: Light purple.
• Character 3 (a woman with long hair):
  • Text: "60 years later, a signal came."
• Character 3 (continued):
  • Text: "We've received a message. It was so broad and powerful, it was detected by even our most distant satellites."

Panel 4:

• Background: Dark gray.
• Character 3 (continued):
  • Text: "Turns out they had similar fears to us."
• Reaction (a short expression):
  • Text: "Huh."
• Character 4 (a man with short hair, holding a tablet):
  • Text: "Translation: 'Dear invaders! The tastiest life is on "Earth," which can be found between…'"