Anomalous Cube

While [event_target:anomalous_cube_scientist.GetName] was examining the metallic cube on …, one of its surfaces unexpectedly rippled and parted to create an opening into the object's interior. Upon entering, we found a command console still occupied by the husk of a decayed molluscoid; whatever flesh it may have once held has now decomposed into a pale dust.

On the console, we found an unusual container from which occasional thuds and dull clangs can be heard as if something is moving inside. However, the container's seal is complex and [event_target:anomalous_cube_scientist.GetName] has thus far been unable to open it.

While data mining the cube's central console, [event_target:anomalous_cube_scientist.GetName] was able to recover and decrypt two short audio logs. They contain a series of guttural clicks and harsh glottal stops vocalized by a single speaker. By cross-referencing our linguistic database, [event_target:anomalous_cube_scientist.GetName] found a comparable ancient language and has produced a working translation of the first audio log:

'My presidium, you must hear me. There is still time to avoid this war. Your dynasts' confidence is injudicious, we cannot defeat …. They will destroy us!'

'Appeasement is our only option. My crate contains a gift, a likely token of peace: the secrets of our living metal mastery. The only way to avoid oblivion is to deliver it to them.'