In response to the growing evidence that the alien invaders may be capable of communicating with our own galaxy, First Emissary Merjan Kathrada has announced the appointment of Ome Dziga as head of a new inter-system cryptography team. Dziga was responsible for early work on the Aragoth fragments (see fragment 3532 below) and is widely rumored to be one of the few scholars with first-hand knowledge of the fabled Landauer documents of 61 Cygni. Dziga's other work on Gate harmonics was ceremoniously recognized by the both the Second and Third Council Sessions of the Jenquarum. Many believe the alphanumerics employed by the invaders will hardly test the Sha'ha'dem skill, yet Dziga insists the invaders should not be underestimated."They know about the codex," Dziga explained. "And they know how to use our Gates. Several Jenquai are planning a gathering of data in an upcoming alien watch designed to plot the routes the invaders take through the galaxy. However," Dziga continued, "it seems fairly obvious that the aliens know of the Progen expedition to Deneb and reacted quickly to the opening of the Appian Gate. This indicates a channeling with Aragoth, possibly with the Ancients themselves."
Rumors about alien messages abound in all sectors. At first, small formations of alien ships offered mere repetitions of LaGrange's equation and other elementary formulas. More recently, pilots in Sirius and Mondara claimed the invaders are now trying to reach out to human beings in our language. A variety of messages collected at several checkpoints are being studied and compared to the crypto records on file in the vast libraries of the Sha'ha'dem.
"The problem isn't the patterns they choose," says Dziga. "It's more a matter of why they chose those patterns, what that says about their estimations of our galaxy and what it is they want to say."
Pilots are urged to collect alien transmissions and to relay them to the proper authorities. At present, over thirty types of alien message have been identified. Many cryptographers, including Dziga, believe these fragments can be reassembled into a whole.
"What we have now if many tiny pieces of a complex message," Dziga added. "It's time we sat down and tried to synthesize them into a whole."
Aragoth fragment 3532:
Of all the mysteries of Aragoth, the greatest may be the unraveling of fragment 3532, an encrypted text researchers like Dziga believe may have been left by the Ancient. The fragment was not literally "discovered," but was rescued in pieces from various pirates who thought they were carrying treasures from Varen's Girdle to various black market contacts and nothing more. It was the recovery of fragment 3532 that led to the first restrictions on the trade of Ancient artifacts. It is reproduced here through the kind permission of First Emissary Merjan Kathrada, Cryptographer Dziga, and the most revered council of the Jenquarum:
Aragoth Fragment 3532
H3ST4RY3SM2R2LYTH2N2V3T1BL24RG1N3Z1T34N
4F45R4WNJ5ST3F3C1T34NS2NT1NGL2DD2P2ND1NT
3TSD3ST1NC2F1LS2B2C15S2T3M23S1L32N44N2
L3V2SY2ST2RD1YN4N23NH1B3TT4M4RR4WN4W
3STH24N2ST1T24FL3F2TH2PR2S2NT3STH2S3NGL2
R21L3TYWH3CHC1NN4TB2CR21T2D4RD2STR4Y2D
1ND3TSM21N3NG3S4BV345STH2G1T21NDTH2
ST1RS1NDTH2CRYST1LN4W3STH2T3M2F4RTH4S2
WH4C1M2B2F4R2T4D2M1ND1N2WR21L3Z1T34NFR4
M4RD3N1RYL3V2SY451R2N4T1L4N2Y451R2N4T
3S4L1T2Y451R23NC4MPL2T2TH2M21N3NG4FTH2
T4MB2V1D2SY45TH2M21N3NG4FTH2G1T22V1D2S
Y45TH2M21N3NG4FTH2WH4L22V1D2SY45L2T
N5MB2RSG3V2W1YT4TH45GHTS1NDW4RDSS22
WH1T3S1SC2ND3NG1NDS5RR2ND2RWH1T3S45RS
