NPC LCARS Message Handling subroutine - return to sender

[Jalana]

((Message handling subroutine, LCARS, USS Constitution-B))

 

LOG: 239808.12, 11768 messages processed, 134 identified as spam or fraudulent, 245 with incorrect addresses (rerouted), 12 undeliverable; 11 sender notified. 

 

ERROR: Cannot deliver message "Quantum Tunnelling Event Danger." Recipient record corrupted. Recipient rank: Lieutenant Commander. Recipient name: corrupted.

 

ERROR: Cannot notify sender of message failure. Cannot record match sender; "Dr. Hfie" at High Energy Particle Systems (Starfleet laboratory, Earth). 

 

Note: possible partial match; Eyra Hfie, PhD (particle physics); DECEASED, 239304.11. Evaluation: unlikely, no indication of time-delay delivery. Disregard.

 

ERROR: Cannot deliver message. Retracing message route.

 

ERROR: Message origination route trace failed: mismatch of identification serial number on subspace relay Alpha-54-Bravo-112. 

 

ERROR: Message header corrupted.

 

ERROR: Message signature corrupted.

 

SEARCHING: message content. 

 

ERROR: message corruption, estimated 89%.

 

ANALYSIS: Attempt message reconstruction.

 

PROCESSING.

 

RESULT: Message partially reconstructed. Reconstruction confidence: low.

 

MESSAGE: [...] do not [...] error in Higgs [...] calculation[/calculator] [...] ANY CIRCUMSTANCE [...] consequences. [...] import[/importance] [...] fix this and try [...] until then [...] before. I owe you [...]

 

MESSAGE END. 

 

ANALYSIS: possible phishing attempt–threat of danger, identity theft of expert, corrupted message, mismatch of metadata. 

 

CONCLUSION: Delete message, send metadata to Starfleet for operational security. Noted in ship communications log.

 

 

MESSAGE DELETED.

 

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LCARS Message Handling subroutine

 

as simmed by

Lt Commander Lazarus Davis
Chief Science Officer
USS Constitution-B

IDIC team member
ASDB team member
C239510LD0

(he/him, character)
(they/them, writer)