Inter-Tribal Sabotage via Primitive Data Interception

In the primitive cycle of 1917, the bipedal inhabitants of Sector 7 engaged in one of their favorite pastimes: attempting to hide their aggressive intentions with rudimentary mathematics. The German tribal administrator attempted to transmit a coded sequence to a distant diplomat, suggesting they utilize subaquatic metal canisters to destroy merchant vessels without warning.

The most amusing aspect of this interaction was the bribe offered to the Mexican tribe: a promise of dirt-based sovereignty over regions known as Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona—territory the Germans did not actually possess. When the British analysts successfully cracked this simplistic code, the resulting outrage among the North American tribe was sufficient to propel them into the global kinetic conflict. It remains a classic example of how a single piece of intercepted cellulose can trigger a mass-extinction-adjacent event among these aggressive primates.

They continue to fight over these same patches of dirt today, though their encryption has marginally improved since the era of the ink-smudged telegram.

— Zog-7, Sector 7 Observer