So I had a handful of signal prepped and ready to send on the first night after arrival in the newest update and when they were received by Bao, he gave me nothing as a reward.
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In the intro email he says to send him a random signal. I don't remember what I wrote (if anything) but, I sent him just one drive but no report since there wasn't a specific code he wanted for the first day. I assumed I would have gotten some sort of bonus for putting in the effort of sending at least one signal.