A new purpose

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Valravn Citadel was unique compared to a cold desertic planet. Some humans looked more like cyborgs than anything else and some looked like an ordinary human but with a will to learn more about the unknown rather to destroy first and learn after. The artificial intelligence was more silent and solitary. It mostly avoided any direct contact. But then, a technocrat approached the artificial being. It was a man within the thirties, brown hair and his shape was a proof of his carrier, a military force of the Technocracy of Auxo. There was a scar on the right cheek, probably a war scratch from a previous job. While the man was getting closer to the unit, this one was already observing a group of people some meters away.

-Greetings, unit.

It was a soldier’s voice. The unit turned on itself to look behind. There was a man staring at ‘him’. A head taller than the man, the unit was answering the stare. Both were seemingly studying each other. The man looked at the physic of the humanoid of the artificial intelligence and he said:
-It is a magnificent vessel you got there. But if you ask me, beauty is not your strength, is it?

The unit only answered.

-Affirmative.

The man was not surprised of the weird voice with no tone like humans do. Finally, the man was taking his leaves and before to do so, he told to the unit that if it wanted a brand-new humanoid vessel, the research and development could make one and more sophisticated than what it actually uses. His words were noted in its memory but right now, it was not the purpose of its presence. It wanted to evolve. Walking a bit everywhere, Unit-9467F reached a corridor having a view of the Planet Elgin, an icy planet. It was a planet like Gammu but in difference of the size and the fact that Elgin was not irradiated by radiation. Perhaps it could be a planet on which it could hide for a while and not to forget that The Core or Corsairs were far away of this system.

After the second day on Valravn Citadel, the artificial intelligence ‘fused’ with the drone. By fusing, the humanoid vessel simply entered inside the drone. After being stored, the consciousness of Unit-9467F took control of the drone and the engine of the drone turned on. The vessel left the hangar for space.

Planet Forres was a planet that could support life forms if there was not a disastrous global warming 35 million years ago according to the scans made while the artificial intelligence gathered. The temperature was going from a minimum of 56 to a maximum of 94 degrees. The drone entered the atmosphere. Due to the friction with the hull, the same phenomena with an asteroid occurred. It was not a big deal for the hull. Oceans were covering a high percentage of the planet and the rest was lands and islands. After several time spent in the sky, the vessel landed on land with plains and a forest. Engine turning offline, the drone rejected the humanoid vessel of the unit and then, Unit-9467F started to explore. It was the first time it had discovered something else than ice and rocks. The location itself would make a perfect place to settle an outpost but with the lack of knowledge of construction, it was an impossible thing. It would take the help of humans but those trusted and capable of building something. The list was short but depending on the Technocrats simply for an outpost with no real purpose would be a waste of time.

Night was coming and stars were slowly showing up. On the land, where it landed, the only life sign was itself. It did not bother the sentient machine. After all, for years it was all alone. Another philosophy moment occurred…

-What should be my new purpose?

It thought about it. It was unfortunately difficult to find a new purpose. Some ideas were slowly made. One of them would be to assist the Technocracy of Auxo in their enterprise of knowledge and even giving a hand to suggest ideas to upgrade their own technology. This idea was mostly advantages. If it contributes, perhaps as compensation, the Technocrats will bring upgrades to the sentient machine and help it to evolve into a complex artificial intelligence far from the understanding of a simple human. The only disadvantage would be to comply with orders but would it be more different than a routine? Yes and no. A routine is mostly a code written in the program. We could consider this as permanent orders but the difference with an order, it is given by someone suddenly and directly. That is its understanding from what it observed on Valravn Citadel.

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Rhodeia --- Unit-9467F --- K'Halaesh

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