Summary

Zach and Xavier go to the now shut-down observation station, where they can speak privately. Xavier shows Zach an area where he has pinned up notes, pictures, and documents in his attempt to solve the problem.

Xavier shares that he has gained access to every one of the aliens’ attempts to communicate with humanity. Every year, on the eve of their annual attack, the aliens send a video clip that is cobbled together from news footage and science fiction moves and shows. From having watched these videos, Xavier believes that aliens have the technology to easily take out humanity and have only been staging pseudo attacks to test humanity. He believes this battle is the last test and if humanity chooses to use their greatest weapon of defense in an attempt to obliterate a civilization they know nothing about, they will fail the...