Incoming hail · Origin unknown
A ship nobody has seen before
A ship of no known design has dropped out of warp off your bow, and she’s hailing you.
The universal translator has their words. It can’t tell you what they mean. They speak in images from their own stories, names and places you’ve never heard of, the way the Tamarians did: “Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.”
Listen for which phrases come back, and what they’re doing when they say them. Write your guesses in the notebook. Then answer them in their own words.
Their patience runs out after five misunderstandings. Each encounter is a new language.
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