《First Contact 》Chatper 326
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TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS
OK, I don't get it.
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TERRASOL
What's not to get?
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TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS
So, it's a 60:1 time difference, you're inside the event horizons of multiple singularities, and we're the ones who are slower.
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CYBERNETIC ORGANISM CONSENSUS
OK, look at it from our point of view.
We get a strong enough force to hit us with a Case Omaha, that means that our opponent can reasonably threaten us, right?
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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS
Right
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CYBERNETIC ORGANISM CONSENSUS
So, does it make sense to give our opponents more time by a factor of sixty to rebuild and rearm or give ourselves more time by a factor of sixty to rearm and get ready for the counter attack?
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TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS
But... but... that's not how gravity works.
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TERRASOL
Maybe not for you.
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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS
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MANTID FREE WORLDS
It makes perfect sense if
>OK, that should work. Throw the breakers, that should bring the stellar navigation systems back online.
>All right. Are you ready, Dee?
>OK, power's on.
UPDATING DIMENSION THREE STELLAR CARTOGRAPHY FILES
ESTIMATED TIME SINCE LAST UPDATE 8,214 YEARS
UPDATE COMPLETE
UPDATING PHASIC ENERGY LAYER PROPERTIES
UPDATE COMPLETE
WARNING! SYSTEM IN NEED OF URGENT REPAIR!
SUPERVISOR PLEASE AUTHORIZE AUTOMATIC REPAIR SYSTEMS
TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS
urk.
WoW. ThAt WaS sOmEtHiNg ElSe.
---NOTHING FOLLOWS---
BIOLOGICAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENT SYSTEMS
aNyOnE eLsE tAsTe BlUe?
---NOTHING FOLLOWS---
++AUTOMATED REPAIR VON NEUMANN ARCHITECTURE ACTIVATED
TERRASOL
Oof. My eyes are watering. Wow.
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In an area Herod had passed, gliding by on a mag-lev train, circuits fired up. Computers ran checks, checked the time stamps, saw the errors, then ran more checks. Long dormant machinery that had not been activated since the last maintenance checks went to full activation.
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Cold intellect came to life. Artificial intelligence systems came online.
It was as different from a digital sentience as the digital sentience were to Terran Descent Humans.
It was a being of cold logic, Born Whole to use modern slang, clear and sharp in its purpose.
It dedicated time to examining its purpose and found it to be clear cut and logical.
There was one rule that stood triumphant over all others.
The AI had no doubts, no fears, no remorse, no compassion.
It sent equipment into motion.
MANTID FREE WORLDS
My mandibles feel tingly.
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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS
Are you all right, sis?
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MANTID FREE WORLDS
Yeah. That was weird.
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TERRASOL
Everyone all right?
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CLONE WORLDS DIRECTORATE
Just a really weird feeling. Man.
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DOKI
(●´ω｀●) Kawaii diajoobu doki doki (●´ω｀●)
---(✿ ♥‿♥) BEAUTY FOLLOWS (✿ ♥‿♥)---
TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS
Wow, she wasn't even screaming.
---NOTHING FOLLOWS---
ENTROPIC LEGION BOOTSTRAP REALITY CHECK
MANTID FREE WORLDS
Um, what's that?
---NOTHING FOLLOWS---
REALITY CHECK PASSED
DETERMINING STATUS OF PROTECTED SPECIES
TELKAN FORGE WORLDS
OK... that seems weird.
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THREE SPECIES ADDED TO SYSTEM
++ADDED: I LOVE YOU
++ADDED: WE WILL NOT YIELD
++ADDED: FLY FAR AND FREE
AKLTAK FREE FLIGHT
Um, what is that? What's going on?
Every one of my people just had some kind of rapid scan.
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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS
Same with us.
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TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS
OK, what is going
EXAMANING DIMENSION THREE FOR PROTECTED SPECIES
WORKING
with this one?
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TERRASOL
I honestly have no idea.
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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS
Yeah, I've never seen this ever, and I've been here since
SEVEN SPECIES NOT FOUND
RESTORE SPECIES? (y/n)
the beginning.
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TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS
I don't like this.
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MANTID FREE WORLDS
Wait...
Ahem
>Y
RESTORING SPECIES "THEY'RE SO FLUFFY"
STELLAR MASS CHECK: PASSED
STELLAR MECHANICS CHECK: PASSED
PRIMARY WORLD CHECK: PASSED
ECOSYSTEM CHECK: CRC FAILURE
BIOME CHECK: CRC FAILURE
"They're so Fluffy"???
PUFFIES! IT'S THE PUFFIES!
YES! OH, DIGITAL OMNIMESSIAH! YES, PLEASE YES!
---NOTHING FOLLOWS---
TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS
Puffies?
Who are
RESTORE "THEY'RE SO FLUFFY?" (ONE CRITICAL ERROR FOUND)? (y/n)
the Puffies?
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TERRASOL
A race driven extinct by the Terra/Mantid War.
It's not sis's fault but
MANTID FREE WORLDS
>YES!
YES YES YES YES!
Oh, please, please, please yes!
---NOTHING FOLLOWS---
she still feels like it's her fault. She's never gotten over it.
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SPECIES NOT PRESENT IN CURRENT TEMPORAL LOCATION OF DIMENSION THREE
SPECIES FOUND IN RECOVERY SYSTEM (1.245E+12 RECORDS)
SPECIES TEMPLATES CRC CHECK: PASS
SPECIES CULTURAL DATA CRC CHECK: PASS
SPECIES HOME ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION TEMPLATES FOUND
DEPLOYING PHASED GENESIS GECK SYSTEM
ESTIMATED TIME TO SPECIES RESTORATION: 1.782E+5 SECONDS
MESSAGE OF THE DAY - LET NONE BE LEFT BEHIND
TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS
Wait, is this thing claiming it can restore the Pubvian species?
How?
>TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS looks at TERRASOL suspiciously
What is this?
---NOTHING FOLLOWS---
TERRASOL
I... I have no idea.
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