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[every single omnicomm on the ship is getting some sort of noticeable alert for this message]

Hello, fellow friends and crewmates, and thank you for taking the time to view this message. For those who have not yet personally met me, I am Dhianeila Y Leisha Altoria Ol Yunos, one of the elected council members aboard this ship.

During our recent mission just outside of the planet NiSaris, both myself and Setsuna F. Seiei were able to accomplish a very brief, personal encounter with the Ohm. I would like to share with all of you what we have learned from this encounter, although I much apologize if your curiosities, as frustrating as they are, are not completely satiated from this information, due to the very small window of opportunity that was presented to us. But I believe any further information is a great thing for us who are still lost, and not completely sure of our own circumstances.

Many of us on board have voiced fears of the Ohm being an emotionless, violent hive mind. What we learned from our encounter is that they are, in fact, not any of those things. Each of them possessed their own thoughts and feelings. And though not a hive mind of any sort, they communicate with each other in such a way ... where their entire race has developed a mental connection between one another. And together they speak, deliberate and act as a result of this unique form of communication. Some were surprised, frightened at our alleged intrusion -- our attempt to speak with them. Though they do not communicate and speak the same way many of us on board this ship do, what they conveyed was still understandable to a very general extent. As unfortunate and heartbreaking as our losses have been, they do not simply seem to be acting on unexplainable violence. For a reason, some reason we still have yet to discover, they relayed a strange feeling of sadness, wrapped in an opinion and view of us ... as having done something terrible. There is a reason for their actions, and it is my strongest hope that we can discover this reason and more as soon as we possibly can, for the benefit of all.

Our limit of opportunity to learn these things was very short-- a few moments at most, before we were pushed away and swept back into the battle ensuing around us. So I do not have any more information aside from what I have just explained. Still, do not hesitate to speak to me, other council members, and each other about anything regarding this. Together we all wish for the same thing; for the Ohm to stop their actions, to save those in danger of losing their homes and to somehow find a way for us to restore our own. And it is only working with and trusting in one another that can get us there. Please wish Setsuna a quick recovery, as if it were not for him and his help, this would not have occurred. I thank you for your time.