An Unregistered Comms Beacon can be found in the HIP 79884 system, orbiting body 4.

The transmission times of this beacon are believed to be on the hour, every 4 hours, with transmissions reported at: 00:00 / 04:00 / 08:00 / 12:00 / 16:00 / 20:00.

The transmitted message is the following:

14 15 23 9 3 18 25
(repeated four times)

Decodes by letter positions to:

NOWICRY

This message is the decryption key for an encoded Galnet article in the local Herald:
(Note: this Herald is no longer available – March 3310)

THE HIP 79884 HERALD
25 Oct 3302

***Compromised Carrier Signal***

November Delta Sierra 7 9 8 8 4 Echo Hotel Foxtrot
Mike Bravo Juliett Foxtrot Bravo Sierra Alpha Bravo
Foxtrot Delta Uniform Papa Quebec Bravo Echo Hotel
Victor Delta Bravo Alpha 1

The message consists of a series of words that can be interpreted as the NATO phonetic alphabet, yielding the message:

NDS79884EHFMBJFBSABFDUPQBEHVDBA1

Applying a Keyed Caesar cipher with the key of NOWICRY taken from the beacon yielded the message:

HIP79884CARGODROPNORISKLOCATION1

This leads to a “Anomalous Signal Detected” signal source in the HIP 79884 system, orbiting body 1. This appears to be a permanent equivalent to the Distress Call (Threat 0) signal source sometimes seen in other systems.