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“Like what?”

“If the bots in open ocean are being given directives, shouldn’t we be able to intercept those signals?”

“Theoretically,” Marchetti said “But we’d have to move closer to them”

“Closer?” Leilani said

That didn’t sound great to Paul either “How close would we have to go?”

“Depends on the type of transnal or a shortwave burst Those would cover a wide area and could be sent froht transmission from an aircraft, ship or satellite It’s even possible that the signal is sent to one part of the floating swaraht place at the right time even to pick it up”

“It sounds easier to force the information out of Otero,” Leilani said

“All things being equal, the simplest solution is usually the best,” Paul said “What type of transmission would you use?”

Marchetti paused for a e coded broadcast,” he said eventually “High-frequency”

“Then that’s e’ll look for”

“It will likely be an extremely short broadcast,” Marchetti warned “On the order ofat intervals, but very fleeting Without knoe’re looking for, it round noise of the atmosphere Static, other radio transs could be a problem”

“You’re a wet blanket,” Paul said, feeling as if every solution came with its own roadblock

“We don’t have to pick it out,” Ga here that will do it for us” She waved a hand over the samples “All we have to do is record the chatter, watch for the little bots to wake up and then dissect the transmission after the fact”

Marchetti appeared impressed “That should work,” he said “That should work perfectly I’ll direct the island toward the edge of the swarm Based on the last plotted location, we should reach it in thirty-six hours”

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