FRAGMENT TL-1948 · RESTRICTED

The sky is not empty. It is quiet, which is a different thing. Nobody transmits, because transmitting is how a world gets catalogued, and being catalogued is not always followed by a visit. You have broadcast continuously for a hundred years. Your strongest signals are entertainment. My report on that decision is one page. The Council asked me to confirm it was voluntary. I confirmed. They asked a second time. There has been no third question.