I agree that the Beale cypher is the way to go. Assuming this is true, logically, the body of text HAS to come from a term in arrival.

Much to the detriment of my productivity at work, which has taken a dip recently, I've played around with some ideas. Here are the results. (btw, can SOMEONE please solve this ^%*%(*^% puzzle so I can stop obsessing about this?)

•At first, I figured that the perhaps each glyph would be taken from each terminal in succesion.

Pros - between arrival and bigger guns nearby, there are seven terminals -- the eight is never burn money.

Con - there's one terminal on arrival that's all garbage.

So scrap that.

The next step might be to find a logical space to work from, textually speaking. It so happens that if you take the first term (the glorious "today, at..," and start counting at "***INCOMING MESSAGE FROM LEELA***," count all the way to the end, you get... 112 words.

Just so that others don't have to go through this, I'm posting my findings here:

Here are the glyph's numbers, with appropriate words:

37 teleport
19 aboard
50 have
62 is
75 the
20 the
24 been

3 from
48 I
25 severely
11 Leela
38 terminal
37 teleport
13 of
70 can

33 current
22 I
0 ??
6 to
13 of
20 the
71 explore
14 the

50 have
13 of
26 damaged
22 I
112 area
37 teleport
8 marathon
7 the

15 two
51 a
9 I
0 ???
47 time
25 severely
22 I
2 message

10 am
4 leela
15 two
80 all
14 the
15 two
20 the
66 now

24 been
3 from
97 there
11 leela
83 doors
19 aboard
36 the
18 intelligences

Here is the section of text, with referring numbers:

***INCOMING 1
MESSAGE
FROM
LEELA***
Welcome 5
to
the
Marathon.
I
am 10
Leela,
one
of
the
two 15
surviving
Artificial
Intelligences
aboard
the 20
Marathon.
I
have
been
severely 25
damaged,
and
am
working
to 30
understand
the
current
situation.
Find 35
the
teleport
terminal
located
in 40
the
Hangar's
control
room.
By 45
that
time,
I
should
have 50
a
better
idea
of
what 55
is
going
on.
***END
MESSAGE*** 60
This
is
where
you
are 65
now.
From
here
you
can 70
explore
the
rest
of
the 75
Hangar
area,
although
not
all 80
of
the
doors
on
the 85
level
are
functioning.
There
is 90
a
pattern
buffer
at
this 95
location.
There
is
a
jump 100
pad
at
this
location.
Activate 105
the
terminal
to
leave
the 110
Hangar
area. 112

So far, to use my old college roomate's fave expression, all I had was jack and sh*t, and jack just left town. :)

Another way to count it is in this manner:

to 1
All
Marathon
Terminals>
Marathon 5
Emergency
Systems
Broadcast
Today
at 10
0820
hours,
the
Marathon
came 15
under
surprise
attack
from
unknown 20
hostile
forces.
The
Marathon
has 25
sustained
serious
damage.
At
0830 30
hours,
alien
forces
boarded
the 35
Marathon.
The
current
situation
is 40
dire.
All
personnel
are
required 45
to
arm
themselves
and
fight 50
for
their
lives.
posted
***INCOMING 55
MESSAGE
FROM
LEELA***
Welcome
to 60
the
Marathon.
I
am
Leela, 65
one
of
the
two
surviving 70
Artificial
Intelligences
aboard
the
Marathon. 75
I
have
been
severely
damaged, 80
and
am
working
to
understand 85
the
current
situation.
Find
the 90
teleport
terminal
located
in
the 95
Hangar's
control
room.
By
that 100
time,
I
should
have
a 105
better
idea
of
what
is 110
going
on. 112

Again, you end up with a neat 112 words. Again, my research came up with garbage. Either searching for full word meanings, or initials comes up with nothing. The advantage of this technique is that it includes the zeroes.

One more thing. When folks are figuring out how to make the words work, there are three ways, imho, to "count."

1) Linear, clockwise, G1, from 1 to 8, then to G2, etc...

2) Non-linear, by Glyphs' section, i.e., from one o'clock G1, to one o'clock G2, and so on, until you return to two o'clock G1, etc.

3) Enigma machine/rotor style. Start at G1, find a correspondent word on G2 that makes sense with G1, and rotate and lock G2 so that the positions fit. Rinse, repeat.