What do the signals between the Tolmekian ships mean before they arrive in the Valley of the Wind?

In the 1984 Ghibli film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, before the Tolmekian ships arrive in the Valley of the Wind, the corvette uses a signal lamp to communicate with the mother ship:

The corvette (the smallest ship)

The mother ship (the biggest ship)

I assume the signal is based on Morse code (because it blinks). What is the communication about?

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Best Answer

I decoded it as best i could and tried using context to understand the messages. The first message sent by the corvette was "- ..- .-.. -.... -.." or "TUL6D". It seems like gibberish until you understand that Morse Code signals have a lot of word and sentence simplifications and I had to use a lot of context to try to figure this one out, but I think I know what it says. TUL could be a simplification of Tolmekia and how you pronounce the first part, as for the 6, that is the number of airships in the convoy (One Corvette, Five Bumblecrows). Using this evidence, we could safely say that TUL6 means, "Six Tolmekian Airships". as for the D, I think it is a one letter simplification of "Move Down." Putting both parts together, we get "All Six Tolmekian Airships Will Move Down." The Bumblecrow responds with ".... -.. .- -.-. - " or "HDACT" Which I really struggled to figure out, but I think it means, "Heading Down Affirmative, Confirmed Target." That target being the Valley. Do not take my words as verbatim, but I might have figured it out

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What destroyed the world in Nausicaa?

The oneness of nature is shattered by human interference. But it is this rift which Nausica\xe4 ultimately heals, when she makes peace between the warring human factions and the swarms of insects about to lay waste to human lands.

What happened at the end of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind?

In the final act of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, the titular character gets trampled by the Ohmu stampede and lies motionless. The Ohmu then stop their attack, pick her body up, and do something which wakes her up again.

Where is the Valley of the Wind?

It is located on the edge of the Toxic Jungle, but the constant clean wind from the Ocean of Salt protects the Valley from miasma and spores, thus keeping the Toxic Jungle from creeping into the Valley.

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