365 Days of Drabbles: Day Eleven
Jan. 11th, 2013 03:38 amFor
lilfluff: For Your Safety: The AI Group Mind was determined to go to any length to protect humanity... So were they really willing to risk all of humanity in one Earth-Ring basket?
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Earth and Luna were long gone. They hadn't heard from Mars for two years now. Ceres had fallen six months ago. Now Stanislaw watched in helpless rage as the Groupmind's lander came down five kilometers away from Titan Base and began disgorging construction morphs.
"We wish you no harm," the Groupmind called over the com.
"You're not getting in here!" he shouted back.
"We do not wish entry. We do have one request though."
"What?"
"We have ten million initial colonists set to arrive in the first wave. They will need orientation to this world. Your assistance would be appreciated."
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Earth and Luna were long gone. They hadn't heard from Mars for two years now. Ceres had fallen six months ago. Now Stanislaw watched in helpless rage as the Groupmind's lander came down five kilometers away from Titan Base and began disgorging construction morphs.
"We wish you no harm," the Groupmind called over the com.
"You're not getting in here!" he shouted back.
"We do not wish entry. We do have one request though."
"What?"
"We have ten million initial colonists set to arrive in the first wave. They will need orientation to this world. Your assistance would be appreciated."