Lightning laser gun when?

Just speculation but it would be totally plausible for a helix shaped galaxy or star (possibly being pulled into a black hole) oriented from an odd angle, with either a gap or a cloud of some sort blocking one part of it and it just happens to look like a common glyph.

But I’m no starologist

When you also can escalate certain crimes (like cannabis) to target portions of the population it gets pretty dystopian already.