It happened in an instant. The first to realize were the gamblers, who started getting the same numbers with each throw of the die, the same results for every game. At the same time, radio telescopes across the globe have all began receiving the same repeating pattern. (1/x) There was no longer the semi-random background radiation, but a clearly structured signal across a large part of the non-visible spectrum of light. Emergency meetings were called in every major capital (2/x)