Saru: It is possible they do not yet see us as sentient beings.
Rillak: We have a spaceship. We warped here. Clearly, we're sentient.
Hirai: Compared to them, our technology's primitive. They've achieved Level 2 on the Kardashev Scale, maybe beyond. It's like comparing a human to a monkey with a rock.


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Ndoye: Is taking on that level of risk really prudent?
Hirai: We won't get a different response without a different input.

Culber: We collected sixteen complex hydrocarbon compounds from the Ten-C's former planet. Each conveys a different emotion -- terror, love, sadness, curiosity, peacefulness...
Hirai: ... which is the one that concerns us now. Our contingency plan entails using that hydrocarbon to try to start the communication process. Basically, 'we come in peace,' in chemical form.