I just had a brainflash! With all the time our probes have spent with the ipsos, we might be able to start getting a rudimentary base for their "language". Sure, at this moment we have a chance to understand about as much of their language as a baby does of understanding its parents, but it's a start. After all, some linguist created an entire language for a sci-fi tv series, based on just a couple of words (Klingon in ST). We should try to start establishing a basic set of colors=moods ie:
dark purple= embarrasment/great anger
yellow= joy (?)
etc. etc.
Would anyone be willing to take on such a task, to look back through all inbounds in which the ipsos "spoke and to correlate intelligent guesses as to their meanings? We could also ask the probes (especially the trapped ones) for help. I'd do it myself, but I lost my Outbound access password.
Hamlet