In Syntactic Labyrinths the core quest is preserving our collective knowledge. And as there is little hope left of preserving it on Earth—we sent out an unmanned space vessel, the Library, towards the Andromeda Galaxy.
All in the hopes of it being found by an intelligent species who will understand our syntax.
[1]: Dreams of Blauw are any form of crystallised thought based on honest expression. Sometimes they linger a shade of blue in your after-image.