HIP 79884 Anomalous Signal

HIP 79884 Anomalous Signal

An Unregistered Comms Beacon can be found in orbit of HIP 79884 4. The transmission times of this beacon are not known. Reports indicate that a transmission occurred with the following:

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

Decodes by letter positions to:

NOWICRY

This message is the decryption key for an encoded Galnet article in the local Herald:

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 orbit of HIP 79884 1. This appears to be a permanent equivalent to the Distress Call (Threat 0) signal source sometimes seen in other systems.

Not of any known scientific interest.

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