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[Alex and Ash are leaning over the control consoles. Alex has her hands over her ears. A horrible grating, screeching noise seems to emanate from everywhere at once.]
Alex: "What is that god-awful racket?"
Ash: "I don't know. It started at the same time the alarm went off. I think something crashed into the Tef. I managed to keep it from manifesting in this dimension, but it's not going away and neither is the noise."
Alex: "I really appreciate the firewalls, but maybe we should just let it through and then kick it back out again."
Ash: "All right, I'll let it through." [Pause. Silence.] "Look outside. Do you see anything different? New terrain, visual distortions, invaders with big guns...?"
Alex: [Peers out the window.] "Yeah, I see something in the middle of the Ring. It's not moving, though. It looks like some kind of blue box."
Ash: "Then we're ahead of the game. Usually when people come looking for us, it's bad news."
Alex: "Point. I'll send Kay and Chris out to check for trouble."