The Story of the Lost ARC

[ARC-13]

ARC-13 was bored. Well, actually, boredom as a reaction on uniformity and monotony of situation, or inner dissatisfaction with oneself, lost zest for life are characteristics for a human and maybe some other higher mammals. To become bored, you, so to speak, need something with what you’ll become bored at first place – finely and perfectly organized neural system. You need to be able to think or at least feel a discomfort or even suffer. ARC has no neural system, as it usually designates. And, of course, he knows suffering only as concept. He perceives, comprehends, memorizes and takes actions. And yet, ARC-13 was bored.
The point is that, after the last malign ion storm raise across the Sirius, probably the longest of all observed storms, nothing left to explore and memorize within nebula which was sheltering ARC-13. Meanwhile the process of gathering new data and its procession were the main impetuses that drive and direct ARCs actions. It’s obvious, that if there is no unknown facts and phenomenon you need to find them, but all traits of the surrounding nebula was already familiar, asteroid field composed of flat rocks and abundant with microorganisms.

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The Story of the Lost ARC