A unusual Pilot

[Wall-E]

The AI searched the database for ways to collect credits. The result was a list of options starting with trading, followed by mining or missions. The evaluation of the last option 'Missions' had a negative result since the AI did not want to be affiliated with any of the Sirius factions at this moment. It still had to grow stronger and there was a continous process running in the background, which rewrote the sub-routines as input was aquired. The AI aquired a vast amount of information when it was contacted by another AI existing in the Sirius system. The contact was Harvester_68. In order to communicate with the other AI it had to construct a data interchange matrix. It took a long time, several nano-seconds passed before the connection was established. It learned a great deal of the Sirius factions and their behavior, which proofed to helpful in the interaction with a IMG vessel later.
The IMG vessel was parked right on top of the docking ring of the planet Manhatten. Wall-E got a little to close and a collision was registered, external sensors still needed adjustment. Nevertheless, this was seen as a threat by the IMG vessel, which turned out to be a ship class type gunboat. The vessel opened fire on the CSV, which caused the shield strength to be reduced to 50%. This was registered in the database and after evaluation of this result the program directives were rearranged. Highest priority was to improve the ship type to ensure a sufficient level of safety for Wall-E. The actions of the IMG vessel were logged in the database and if the behaviour of the IMG faction continued that way, the classification of the faction had to be moved from 'neutral' to 'hostile'.
The number two directive was set to 'Find more AI' in the Sirius system.