The Unearthing (Sci Fi)

A massive alien artifact is discovered beneath the desert outside of Laguna, New Mexico. Before its existence can be concealed, the object unearths itself and news of the discovery is leaked to the international media. As religious leaders strive to reconcile the artifact’s existence with their faiths, and governments wrestle over its many secrets and how to exploit them, ordinary men and women around the world struggle to make sense of a perpetual onslaught of live and unfiltered news broadcasts about the object. When a survey team is sent in to examine and explore it, they discover that not only is the artifact still operational, but it is conscious and has been waiting for tens of millions of years... PRELUDE......Page 8 1 THE DISCOVERY......Page 11 2 EXCAVATION......Page 13 4 THE UNEARTHING......Page 43 5 REACTIONS......Page 60 6 OATHS OF OFFICE......Page 76 7 THE GREATER GOOD......Page 95 INTERLUDE......Page 116 8 CONTINUATION AND CONTRAST......Page 136 9 DISCOVERIES......Page 151 10 FIRST CONTACTS......Page 169 11 CRISIS......Page 186 12 INQUESTS AND INQUISITIONS......Page 204 13 DESCENT......Page 223 14 A NEW LIGHT......Page 253 SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT......Page 263 15 PROGRESS......Page 280 16 CONVERSATIONS......Page 294 17 INVITATIONS......Page 312 18 REVELATIONS......Page 332 19 BOARDING CALL......Page 344 20 PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE......Page 367 FINALE......Page 384