DEAD SPACE MARTYR PART FIVE COLLAPSE Part 54, 55
54 It was Showalter who made the initial breakthrough by suggesting a possible function for the Marker. The symbols, he theorized, were mathematical codes that symbolized DNA. The Marker itself was a representation of a DNA sequence. The scientists set about decoding the sequence. Another scientist, a radio astronomist named Grote Guthe, made the next breakthrough, suggesting that the Marker ’s signal could be read as a transmission of a sequence of genetic code. Field made sure that Altman heard about both. Showalter’s team sequenced the Marker itself, and came up with a genetic profile that was, so he told Altman, remarkably similar to that of humans. “So something like humans?” said Altman. “Maybe,” said Showalter. “Maybe even something exactly like humans. I think that the Marker has the DNA code for our ancestors.” “So it records our genetic code,” said Altman. “So what?” “Not just records,” said Showalter. “We think the pulse transmits it as well, deliberately changing genetic structure slightly in …
