Video Communication
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Perhaps due to their confidence in their own strength, the Nair Civilization did not deploy all 73 of its Lake-class warships in the face of the human Flagship Lyra and the transport ship fleet led by two Lake-Class Warships; only three ships came.
Perhaps it is also related to the purpose of their visit.
Regardless, what humans saw was only three warships arriving, which was seen as a gesture of goodwill.
Therefore, the New Government on the Lyra were in a good mood, with a feeling that "there are benevolent civilizations even among Low-level Civilization" and "there is truth, goodness and beauty among Cosmic Civilizations".
Just as they were imagining things, the Nair Civilization sent a reply.
Yue Yuan and his group quickly read through the letter and understood the contents of the Nair People's reply.
The letter began by welcoming the humans, at least literally. The following content responded to the humans' previous message about discussing supplies. However, the Nair People didn't specify the details of the supplies in their reply; they simply promised that they would arrange them.
Finally, the Nair People proposed that the current back-and-forth, letter-like communication method was too inefficient, and therefore they planned to establish video calls or video conferences with humans.
Given previous communication, the translation of information between Human Civilization and the Nair Civilization was not a major problem. However, as the Nair People said, such communication was indeed inefficient.
Therefore, Yue Yuan approved of the Nair People's proposal, and others probably thought it was a good choice as well.
The two sides have made formal contact, but since they are not from the same planet, it is impossible for them to go to the same environment in person to discuss things. Therefore, they can only do so via video.
Secondly, it allows one to see what form the other takes. At some point, many human scientists came to believe that seeing each other's biological characteristics is a form of trust.
Of course, wearing Tactical Armor to the location designated by both sides is one way, but after going there, you still have to go through all sorts of disinfection work when you come back, which is too troublesome.
Therefore, establishing Video Communication is the preferred option.
However, establishing Video Communication is technically quite different from the current back-and-forth letter-style communication.
In the past, the envelope-style communication between humans and the Nair Civilization was based on the Nair Civilization's language. After all, the first message was sent by the Nair Civilization using a dictionary, and so it has been used ever since.
Moreover, information translation, to put it simply, is based on regular Electromagnetic Wave signals. In the past, information was received and then translated one by one according to the fluctuation pattern of the Electromagnetic Wave signals in the information and a dictionary.
However, if real-time Video Communication is required, then communication experts and Computer Expert will need to write a separate set of dedicated Underlying Code.
The reason is that this communication method requires both devices to be constantly exchanging data.
Therefore, various things such as sequences, Image Group, Bit String, number systems, Strip Coding Structure, Block Coding Structure, and Bitrate Control Algorithm need to be interoperable; otherwise, real-time communication cannot be established at all.
In addition, there is the underlying operating logic of both computers, and on this basis, the data transmission protocols, video decoding and display data are interconnected, and so on.
In short, there is a lot of work to be done, but it is not a difficult task for Human Civilization or the Nair Civilization. As long as both sides agree on the various protocols used for Video Communication, it should not take long to develop.
As for whether to use the human or the Nair People Network Protocol, or to establish a separate system, that depends on the negotiation process between the two parties.
Yue Yuan didn't really care about this, so he simply told the Communication Department to discuss the issue with the Nair Civilization themselves.
Of course, because real-time communication requires maintaining data exchange, Yue Yuan also reminded the relevant experts that they must do a good job in building Firewall. He didn't want to fight a Network War with the Nair Civilization.
If the Nair Civilization hadn't also been Level 2 Civilization, the New Government would never have agreed to establish real-time Video Communication.
Thus, after both parties reached an agreement, they conducted consultations on various Network Protocol for more than ten days. Finally, with the joint efforts of communication and computer experts from both sides, a system specifically designed for communication between the two parties was developed.
After the system was completed and passed all tests without any problems, Yue Yuan summoned a group of scientists and scholars from various fields to the Lyra Command Center and set up a long table. Once everyone was seated and at the agreed-upon time, he sent a communication request to the Nair Civilization.
The Lyra is currently on the same orbit as the three warships of the Nair Civilization, but there is still a distance of more than 30,000 kilometers between them, and the communication delay is about 266 milliseconds, or 0.266 seconds.
The latency isn't high, and video calls are perfectly fine.
While preparing for communication, the large screen in the Lyra Command Center was lowered from its high position to be level with the long table through a mechanical movement structure.
Therefore, when the screen lights up, Yue Yuan and his group can see all the people of the Nair Civilization appearing on the screen by looking straight ahead.
When their images appeared on each other's screens, both humans and Nair People seemed to have agreed beforehand, staring blankly at each other as if they had forgotten to speak.
Including Yue Yuan, no one expected that the Nair People would grow up to look like this, with double claws, Compound Eyes, a dark carapace, and two tentacles on their heads. They were simply enlarged versions of arthropods. Of course, they were bipedal arthropods.
Oh, if we look at the overall structure, it should be a species that combines the appearance of an alien with the characteristics of an arthropod, except that it has no tail.
At first glance, this body shape gives people a cold, evil, and uncomfortable feeling, which is completely different from the senses that furry animals give people.
Many people hadn't realized it before, but after seeing the Nair People's appearance, they were surprised to find that those furry Dog-Headed People were actually quite cute.
Like humans, the Nair People were also shocked when they saw the human form, and each of them involuntarily cracked their pincers at a certain frequency.
If humans weren't unfamiliar with the Nair People's so-called 'expressions,' they would surely be able to sense how shocked they were.
Indeed, compared to humans, the Nair People were seeing extraterrestrials for the first time in a true sense, so they were much more shocked than humans.