An unidentified spaceship cruises past Outpost 11 , a space station floating in deep space, at a speed of $\frac{3}{5}$, without acknowledging requests for identification. Ten seconds after the ship passes (according to Outpost 11 clocks), Outpost 11 sends a message to the departing ship, warning that it will commence firing if the ship does not respond. Fifteen seconds after that, Outpost 11 sensors indicate that the ship has raised its shields. This is clearly a response to the warning.

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The scenario involves relativistic speeds, and due to the effects of time dilation, the elapsed time aboard the spaceship for events (such as receiving the message and raising shields) would not match the elapsed time as measured by Outpost 11. Therefore, it's not clear without further information that the ship's action is a direct response to the warning, as the timing of events would be perceived differently by each observer.

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