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// Intermission: Drafting a Message Home 
// Story: Friendship is Sufficiently Advanced 
// by Cordial Nova 
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FROM: FLT. CMDR. CORDELIA VINTAR-ITH-VIDUTAR, COMMANDING CSS ISTRY LOCHRAN
TO: OVERSIGHT*, ADJUNCT CONSTELLATION 219

*** WILDFIRE
*** IES SECURE E4096
*** CONTACT CONTACT CONTACT

1. This is a SERAPH BLUE ALERT, origination point IGS 254672 III. Event footprint includes OVERLOOK HIGH, PATTERNED EM, and DIRECT ENCOUNTER class indicators. Contact event type INTENTIONAL and INTERPLANETARY.

2. I regret to report the loss of CSS Istry Lochran, hull number 1129, in the course of the contact event. Contact was NOT, repeat NOT, HOSTILE. Negative casualties; souls and substrates intact. Negative loss of small craft. Severe impact on starside mission readiness; minimal impact on groundside mission readiness.

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+ (1) in general use, varying to big angelic, possible SKYSHOCK BLUE-equivalent.) Probable PRECURSOR FUGUE DAWN.



1. The Gwyath logarithmic development scale is an attempt to wrap a whole bunch of different indicators of technosocial progress, acknowledging the non-linear, fractal, branching nature of these things, up into a relatively simple number. In technical terms, a Gwyath 5 would be roughly equivalent to Earth in 1890-1920, but like the lady said, it's anomalous.



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.

5. PROVISIONAL NEGATIVE on CASE DEMIURGE DREAMING. However, I advise readiness for CASE GOLDEN SUNRISE.

6. Nomenclature designations follow:




 Star IGS 254672 :: PHOSPHOROS (system designating entity)

 Planet IGS 254672 I :: EPONA (moons pending designation)

 Planet IGS 254672 II :: RHIANNON (moons pending designation)

 Planet IGS 254672 III :: EQUUS

 Moon IGS 254672 IIIa :: LUNA

 Anomaly IGS 254672 IIIb :: CELESTIA



7. Open sophont species file as follows: PONY (pl. PONIES), homeworld EQUUS. Note: species may be polytaxic (three primary subspecies); also note additional sophont species share homeworld. Details to follow.

8. Open contacted governance file as follows: DIARCHY OF EQUESTRIA, throneworld EQUUS. Note: no single planetary governance exists. Based on limited data at this point, suggest listing system under this designation as space-capable governance (see special anomaly above).

9. Suggest provisional hold on transfer of all systems within two links and all golden worlds within Adjunct Constellation 219 to Accord administration, pending further evaluation. In absence of other contact reports, suggest preliminary designation of Adjunct Constellation 219 as EPONIAN CLUSTER.

10. For confidence of local governance, request that you discontinue overdue response and send no further vessels into Phosphoros System until further advised.

11. Revised mission continues according to standard IES first contact protocols. Mission status is shiny-optimal. Request bounce transmission of mission codeword redesignation and secure pad to gate relay for postal hold.

12. More follows.

13. AUTHENTICATION SLICE GLACIER KINETIC HIVE WYVERN PLUME / 0x0ae01b2d339684aa

ENDS.