In the face of the other disastrous news from the Eastern Sea Frontier, Mason’s report, and his laconic signal, was widely publicized as a success.
Laconica's name was a reference to the Laconic phrase, a particularly concise or terse statement the likes of which are famously attributed to the leaders of Sparta (Laconia being the Greek region containing Sparta).
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | Laconic phrase | The song came from a phrase (''gimme somme of that'') that Enrique uses with his girlfriend Anna Kournikova | Sensual Phrase | die hard (phrase) |