[ WP ] You are the being that discovers the gold record on the Voyager .

**Initial report from the elected internal historian: ** 
 
 **Time designation 5.3.20569** 
 The probe was discovered approximately thirteen light years outside of our solar system. A delegation was created to retrieve it. As a member of the lowest caste, I was chosen as the historian and therefore the individual to retrieve it, as I am expendable. 
 
 **Time designation 5.3.20570** 
 Remote retrieval of the probe was successful. It is constructed of primitive metal alloys with no silicon pathways in which to proceed. We have tethered it to our transport and will prepare silicon submersion on satellite 1 for more intense scrutiny. 
 
 **Time designation 5.3.2072** 
 Quarantine was prepared. Myself and the probe were auto-piloted to the submersion tank. With proper access to it, I attempted firs to communicate with the structure. It failed to respond to either electrical or frequency modulation. I was able to examine the external structure of the probe. It has no access streams. Internal mechanisms are alloy-based with silicone components. Instrumentation appears to be very primitive with sensors that only detect the bare physical components of the universe. I discovered what appeared to be an interface, and upon entering, I was able to obtain a bare electrical response to my own modulations, but it was in no way intelligent. 
 
 A perfectly elliptical disk plated in gold was recovered. Grooves in a non-random pattern adorn one side. Upon fully manipulating the disk, a second, shallower set of radial grooves cover the surface of the disc, and mimic primitive frequency modulation. Translation matrices will be prepared. 
 
 **Time designation 5.4.20571** 
 **Final evaluations by the internal reception committee: ** 
 
 Extra-stellar probe is a primitive sensory vehicle created by a species that seems to not be silicon-based. No frequency or electrical modulation interfaces exist within the device. The shallow set of grooves on the disk discovered by the late historian – empire thank him for his sacrifice – translated to an unintelligent modulation with no discernable translations. 
 
 The presence of densely packed mineral variations on the surfaces of the device denote that perhaps the originating species communicated through light detection and modulation, rather than the more advanced electrical and frequency modulation that our own species employs. Absence of silicon pathways for transport denote the species were possibly static in nature and un-malleable. Further study is required to ascertain how such a primitive and inflexible species would have been able to create an extra-stellar conveyance. 
 
 **Comments on the internal elected historian: ** 
 The historian expired within one stellar rotation of entering quarantine with the device. Official reports state foreign debris contamination of his substructure and external membranes were the fatal factor. In acknowledgement of the historian ’ s role in retrieval and initial exam of the device, we thank his cycling tree by bestowing upon them a temporary rise in their caste status. 
 
 

