[ WP ] You are part of an Alien civilization . Your planet has detected the Voyager 1 probe .

The Council stood in silence around the enclosure beholding its contents. 
 `` Science Director Ryyg, your findings please?'' 
 `` Of course Elder. The unit was found in deep space by a mining vessel searching for non-stellar bodies. Though small it registered on long range scans due to its high concentration of rare metals. Upon inspection it's artificial nature was apparent.'' 
 
 `` It looks like junk, how old is it? Better yet what is it?'' 
 `` Materials analysis and radiogenic dating estimate it was created one hundred twenty two thousand years ago. As for what it is: a primitive science probe.'' 
 `` An archeological curiosity to be sure Ryyg, but I fail to see how it is important enough to summon the Council itself''. 
 `` Because Elder it is not one of ours. The technology and design are wholly dissimilar to our own, nothing in even our oldest records match it. Most critically of all, it's makers left a message for us'' 
 
 Silence once again permeated the room as the importance of that statement sunk in. `` Show us''. 
 Ryyg tapped on his sleeve input device and holographic bars highlighted a golden plate in the enclosure amongst the debris. The images on it were transposed and transformed to indicate the simple encoding on its reverse side. The grooves were interpreted and a two dimensional plane appeared with a circle. 
 For the next several hours the Council was treated to several greetings in many languages, images, and music. 
 
 At the end the Council was awestruck and somewhat haunted. `` There were stellar maps in there, can we find the source?'' 
 `` We already have Elders, we know the planet well as a matter of fact. I sent a ship to recheck it. Whoever these people were, they are now long gone. The continents you saw have long since shifted and nothing remains of the civilization you've seen.''
