A unusual Pilot

[Wall-E]

Wall-E searched the databases of the ships systems, which were at that point fully integrated into the AI program. The sensor programs were enhanced so that the vast amount of external information could be processes in a drastically shorter time than usual.
The AI scanned the systems of the nearby planets and bases. The only systems the AI couldn't get access to were the warehouse systems on the planets. Wall-E has to land the vessel to explore. Several ships were scanned and the information was analyzed thorrowly.
It result of the analysis was to mine Helium in the Pennsylvania system. This computed to be the fastest way for the next ship upgrade. Wall-E had already picked the next ship - The 'Combat Service Freighter' with it's extended software capacity seemed to be the right choice. The collection of 2.7 mill credit was the new directive with the highest priority.
The mining seemed to be very easy. There were other vessels present, which goal seemed to be to shoot the rocks the Helium is embedded in. This made the mining operation very easy and accelerated the progression to fulfill the new number one directive.
Fly into the cloud - engage tractor - fly back to Planet Erie - repeat until 2.7 mill credits are cumulated.
Wall-E was hailed several times during the execution of it's prime directive, but was not able to interpret the communication. A Junker vessel approached a little later and started mining. The vessel contacted Wall-E and offered it's support.
The time spend on mining felt like eternity, but the result was the amount of money needed and a new ship. Once the code was transferred to the Combat Service Freighter, the program started to enhance itself again.

One fact became very obvious to the AI, the memory space available was limited, so what if the memory space is exhausted again - will there a ship suitable to serve as a host for Wall-E and allow for it's growth????