Spiders: Send the spiders into a room with three buttons, each emitting a different tone. Send a series of two tone beeps. One tone is for zero, the other is for one. Count to one, then to two, then to four, then to eight. Each count should end with a pause and a third tone, which will indicate the end of the series. After this, count again, stopping on random numbers, and wait to see if they respond. (I had intended the mathematical sequences to be sent as a series of taps or beeps, not in English, but was unclear.)
Have the spiders been communicating with each other via sound? Have they responded to any of the tests with sounds?
Old universe (formerly known as Factory verse - the one with the dull red stars.) Send probes to coordinates within about an AU of each of the discovered planets. These probes should have active and passive sensors to detect livable conditions and evidence of life and civilization.
Living Planetverse (formerly analverse) send a probe to a location near the wall of the lumen, but at a significant distance from any of the planetcreatures. Have the probe launch some drones, which will approach the wall lights on, and sending data back continuously. Have one drone examine the wall various electromagnetic wavelengths. Have another test for atmosphere close to the wall. have others take samples from the surface, if such is possible (planet droppings and other material). Have a fourth attempt to biopsy the wall itself.
Edit: have a probe in analverse, several thousand miles outside of the planet creature, attempt to communicate with the team inside the creature.
Finally, if time and workload permit, send phase one probes to new universes
0, 3, 3,
3, 0, 3
3, 3, 0
3, 3, 3
((planet sized treelike creatures walking on the inside wall of a dyson sphere-esque enclosure ... the planets appear to be the mian/only source of gravity. I wonder if the universe is that small, or if this enclosure is like the ones in cavernverse, writ much larger? Also, I wonder how those creatures keep from collapsing into spheres. that much mass, and they can still be pine shaped... what an odd and exciting world.
PW, this mission is what I envision the basis of a post ER game to be - a series of universes to explore for fun and profit [and need, since humanity's new home might not be tailor made for it like our old one was].))