The Principate Decoy Beacon is a small, cylindrical device with a small broadcast dish on the top. It has been programmed waith several falsified Severian Principate starship signatures and personnel DNA in order to lure enemies of the Principate to a specific location for an ambush. It was created by members of the Restorers sub-faction of the Severian Principate, and this one was issued by the Restorers to the most valiant Brotherhood members of that sub-faction.