The Alien Way

When the Hospites Nostri arrived in 2103 AD, humanity needed a way to communicate — fast. To bridge the gap, the Draconics, Caderes, Helioses, and other allied groups created a new system of symbols modeled after the aliens’ written language. They drew on several ancient alphabetic systems, stacking letters into vertical constructs that formed a single unified Glyph.

These Glyphs mark the most important people, places, objects, concepts, and events — especially the ones the aliens had no words for.

The rules are simple:

Places, things, and concepts are always enclosed in a circle.

Family Glyphs and Creature Glyphs are never circled and use curved scripts instead of angular ones.

Most Glyphs are built from blocky, geometric strokes, though a few rare exceptions exist.

Each symbol is a compressed idea — a whole word or phrase folded into a single, elegant mark. Over time, these Glyphs became the universal shorthand of the SF era, used everywhere from signage to diplomacy to everyday life.