Word-Codes · 12:58am Feb 23rd, 2019
Since I'm close to done with the next one, and no-one appears to have spotted the non-listed codewords in the last chapter, or at least no-one's claimed their virtual cookie for doing so, here's the relevant disclosure:
3. Planetary civilization contacted is WORLDBOUND (special anomaly) and MULTIPOLITAN. Landing-local civilization is preliminarily profiled as FRIENDLY (indeed, here friendship seems ubiquitous) and EXOCURIOUS, with governance within the parameters of diplomatic acceptability. Technological level based on preliminary profile is ANOMALOUS (estimate Gwyath 5+ in general use, varying to big angelic, possible SKYSHOCK BLUE-equivalent.) Probable PRECURSOR FUGUE DAWN.
4. Communication has been established successfully. I detect no signs that my interlocutors have been in any way mendacious. While current communications depend on big angelic translation technology provided by the autochthones, I anticipate becoming quite polyglottal.
Yes, it's an Expanse reference. Fortunately, this being Equestria, the I-am-not-being-coerced words of the day were not "donkey balls", which would have been fun to explain away.
(Universe sidenote: while it's not going to come up, fortunately, one thing that would have helped make this fun to explain is that the IES embeds the codewords in an unconscious part of the mind, so that the user isn't aware that they're using them or which words they are. After all, you can't disclose, even involuntarily, something you don't know.)
That last part is mildly creepy yet awesome at the same time. Should I be impressed, or concerned?
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Both, probably.
The unconscious embedding would make "donkey balls" an especially bizarre code word. "Huh. Not sure why I slipped this one in. Kind of undercuts the professional tone of the report. Oh well."