cmd general cmd general no estimate possible. quemos theory almost complete. states that mechanism built on principle of worm gear. repeat. worm gear. today instructed fromer’s crew to jiggle moving parts of mechanism at random. parts would not jiggle. fromer states that r’thagna bar sleeps all time and color changes to blue and red on stomach. this significant? bullard sec hdq bullard, com. rly. 43.4sc important you amplify last message. red and blue on stomach? why [pg 15]r’thagna bar undressed? investigate! president orders help sent. help on way. repeat. why r’thagna bar undressed? [pg 15] cmd general cmd general fromer advises tell you ships physician has put r’thagna bar in refrigerator. quemos sec hdq bullard, com. rly. 43.4sc take out of refrigerator! this an order! why undressed? cmd general cmd general bullard making model of my drawings. ready soon. r’thagna bar out of refrigerator as requested but ships physician very angry and wants to put back in. color on stomach pink and yellow with blue squares. this significant? quemos It went on like this for several more days. Hansen, at first amused, was now alarmed and completely convinced that both Quemos and Bullard were thoroughly useless. The messages were his only source of information, since both “experts” were too immersed in their work to talk with him. As his alarm grew, he decided that he might at least try to strike up a friendship with