During a rescue excavation in the Black Forest, archaeologists have discovered a unique Roman military signal and intelligence station. The site yielded a cache of charred but legible wax tablets, containing dispatches that appear to be coded scout reports regarding Germanic tribal movements along the Limes Germanicus.
The fortlet was equipped with a reinforced wooden tower and a small scriptorium for administrative tasks. The discovery of specialized 'intelligence' tablets suggests that the Roman military operated a far more nuanced network of deep-forest surveillance than the standard border patrol duties traditionally ascribed to these frontier outposts.