A Message from Deep Space

Katy stared at the computer monitor in stunned silence. The message displayed was monumental, something that would forever change humanity.

A month ago, she was selected as the director of a joint U.S. Cyber and Space Command surveillance team tasked with analyzing Chinese space-based communications satellites utilizing quantum computing codes. The Chinese have made significant advances in quantum computing and artificial intelligence in the past ten years. There were fears in the U.S. national security enterprise that the Chinese would obtain technical dominance. The U.S. government…