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Re: Subject: Previously unknown
Posted By: Rincewind MoGDate: 12/23/01 7:35 a.m.

In Response To: Subject: Previously unknown (Hamish Sinclair)

: No idea what this is but I was sent it a few minutes ago by a Peter Perlsø.
: Make of it what you will.

: ~unidentified broadcast.
: Origin: System ~Tau Ceti IV.
: Received on: 3101, OC. std 242.07.23.19
: Message body follows...
: .
: .
: .
: CODE RED/A/1.
: We are outnumbered. Please send help as
: s#€")(€"242....0x02771
:
: Status: two days ago we arrived in Tau Ceti on post-contact recon. At
: first,
: no contacts. We've been in orbit around the quarternary planetary body,
: doing
: surface scans after the Marathon incident.
: Two hours ago, present date, several craft we believe to be of Pfhor
: origin
: warped into our sector. Our defenszz//7351!?((8ere destroyed, and we were
: forced
: to descend to the planet surface. We've been holed up in the remains of
: the
: old bases since then, and the ?pfhor are constantly chasing us deeper into
: the
: complexes. We're bitterly resisting, but there doesn't seem to be any
: escape.
: We're being a2!!"308)1+++
:

I'll meet Peter Perlsø's broadcast from Tau Ceti shortly before the Pfhor nuke it down to bedrock, and raise him a message from Tfear High Command authorizing the execution of some poor sap!


111.commandoversight

111.commandoversight
lho'owon garrison
origin:Tfear High command
destin:lho'owon garrison command
ref: missing compiler units
stamp: order
It has come to my attention that several compiler units have disappeared from the Lho'owon garrison grounds. As a result of your failure to protect the property of the Pfhor Empire, your execution has been authorized.

^youhavetoomuchfreetime
^ifyouarereadingthispartof
^thisfakemessage

Tfear High Command has authorized the deployment of enforcer units to terminate Lho'owon Garrison Command.

Anyway, IMHO, Peter's message is about as real as the crap I just wrote. A publicity stunt for some scenario or something?

Ooh, let's point out the holes in Peter's message!

"...and the ?pfhor are..."

What's with the ?pfhor? That's characteristic of a translation error, but the message seems to be of human origin. That's kind of weird.

Midlands: Don't check it 'til Christmas. Please.


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Replies:

Subject: Previously unknownHamish Sinclair 12/23/01 6:48 a.m.
     Re: Subject: Previously unknownRincewind MoG 12/23/01 7:35 a.m.
           Rincewind sure does like them cryptic messages...Yossarian 12/24/01 5:56 a.m.
                 Re: Rincewind sure does like them cryptic messagesRincewind MoG 12/24/01 6:57 a.m.
                       Re: Rincewind sure does like them cryptic messagesConstantine 12/24/01 7:03 a.m.
                             Re: Rincewind sure does like them cryptic messagesKamikochi 12/24/01 7:05 a.m.
                                   Re: Rincewind sure does like them cryptic messagesConstantine 12/24/01 7:06 a.m.
                                         Re: Rincewind sure does like them cryptic messagesKamikochi 12/24/01 7:09 a.m.



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