This Publication would be remiss if we did not apologise for the basic error in fact we delivered to our loyal and worthy Readers in the data squirt of 125\8\36. In our extreme haste to bring to our subscribers these important information packets in the best of timely manners we made a fatal axiomatic error of alien morphality; that is, having seen symmetry in all of our races (as well as Neighbor's forms) seeming to follow a basic commonality with concern towards viewing organs.

It is this Editor's ultimate responsibility being at the (top of?) the line of command to approve or veto a story to go out to our worthy Readers and this entity remembers the story as it came in that heady (night?).
The Publication had sent an (high quality?) video team to be at the greeting of the Newby ship found driving in on sublight on the edge of Trans-Human South. Since the direction is rare in stellar fires that fact alone made the ship's origin of interest to the intelligent and high-minded Readers of our information-intense squirts. In an effort to scoop all of the other Medias we released an overly optimistic report of the first contact with the Newbys along with the image of what we believed to be the first scan of the hethertofor unseen and unmet Neighbor. It is admitted that the erroneous image was a (guess?) based mostly on the image feed of the Newby entrance; a proceedure only half accomplished when the art deptartment was signalled the video capture (accomplished?, signed-for? accepted?)   ref: the sadly mistaken image    This One followed the squirts and is aware that our worthy Readers were as curious as myself about the New Neighbor: what did they look like? How did they (move?)? Were they New Neighbors or just a lost ancient ship from Known Space of long ago ? What would they find of value and what would they offer in return - for surely commerce of some sort would exist in a interstellar Race ?
In any event our (Art Dept.?) came up with an image that this facet aproved for packeting ; but we now Publish a Retraction and Update.
Here is the very last (clear?) raw video feed of that meeting where all diplomats and nearly all sentients were terminated. After systematically destoying the Staging (Greeting?) Platform the New Neighbors re-entered their craft which then quite effectively disassembled itself explosively.

The only evidence besides a growing cloud of shredded debris was a (printout?) reproduced in-part here.

Please contact the Co-Cofederacy Neighbor Relations Organ if you have any knowledge of this type of script.

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