In fact, you may point your flashlight (or laser pointer, if you prefer) at the Andromeda galaxy. There is a non-zero probability that one or more of the photons will be seen by some alien in that galaxy when they happen to glance into the sky at the Milky Way. However, you must take care to aim your flashlight not where Andromeda appears now, but where it will be in 3 million years. Good luck!
To push the enslaved to produce more crops. to render the enslaved powerless as to not revolt. to provoke fear in the enslaved to repay their cost. to harden the enslaved and ready them for auction.
