Commander Ostrava studied him for a long moment.
"That's a very convenient explanation, cadet," she said. "Do you have proof?"
Jason nodded quickly.
"Your archives should still have the old frequency records, even if the active systems don't use them anymore. Pull up the frequency with the code name F2R-66 Native and compare it to the incoming signal."
The commander turned toward the communications station. "Do it."
The officer who had waved Jason away a minute earlier was already working, his hands moving quickly across his controls.
Several long seconds passed as he searched through the outpost's archives, and the room waited in silence, the red marker continuing to blink on the central display.
Then a second waveform appeared on the secondary display beside the incoming signal.
The officer overlaid one on top of the other.
They matched.
