![]() ![]() If Rama was exploring for life, it wasn’t looking for it in our solar system.Ĭonsider a cockroach. Eventually the humans have to leave and Rama slingshots out of the solar system for the Magellan Clouds. Meanwhile the humans are either ignored as they gingerly explore the interior or treated as a biological infection. There are no Ramans onboard but the ecology itself acts like a computer, making Rama a biologically-controlled robot probe. The ecology transforms as the interior of the spaceship gets warmer nearer the sun and starts triggering course corrections. Inside the humans witness a transformation as the ship is one big biosphere (a bit like Niven’s Ringworld). They are able to get onboard and ride with the spaceship for a few days as it continues its approach to the sun. Are the aliens so different that we can’t make first contact or are they out to take over? A space transport crew is re-tasked to intercept and make first contact directly. But the cylinder doesn’t respond to any type of signals. ![]()
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