  Large time-domain surveys, when of sufficient scale, provide a greatly
increased probability of detecting rare and, in many cases, unexpected events.
Indeed, it is these unpredicted and previously unobserved objects that can lead
to some of the greatest leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. The events
that may be monitored include not only those that help contribute to our
understanding of sources astrophysical variability, but may also extend to the
discovery and characterization of civilizations comprised of other sentient
lifeforms in the universe. In this paper we examine if the Large Synoptic
Survey Telescope (LSST) will have the ability to detect the immediate and
short-term effects of a concave dish composite beam superlaser being fired at
an Earth analog from an alien megastructure.
