An alien device hidden underwater interacts with marine life and human military technology, creating a three-way contact scenario where the ocean environment itself mediates between human and alien systems.
Models scenarios where contact occurs through an environmental intermediary, relevant to ocean-based SETI proposals and the possibility that alien artifacts could already be present in unexplored ocean environments.
Domains: First Contact and Alien CivilizationsClimate and Environmental Change
Scenario Types: Thought experiment / What-if
Outcomes: Ambiguous / Mixed
Tags: underwater-alienocean-mediated-contactwhale-communication