TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

　　OK, I don`t get it.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TERRASOL

　　What`s not to get?

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　　TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

　　So, it`s a 60:1 time difference, you`re inside the event horizons of multiple singularities, and we`re the ones who are slower.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　CYBERNETIC ORGANISM CONSENSUS

　　OK, look at it from our point of view.

　　We get a strong enough force to hit us with a Case Omaha, that means that our opponent can reasonably threaten us, right?

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

　　Right

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　CYBERNETIC ORGANISM CONSENSUS

　　So, does it make sense to give our opponents more time by a factor of sixty to rebuild and rearm or give ourselves more time by a factor of sixty to rearm and get ready for the counter attack?

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

　　But... but... that`s not how gravity works.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TERRASOL

　　Maybe not for you.

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　　DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　MANTID FREE WORLDS

　　It makes perfect sense if

　　>OK, that should work. Throw the breakers, that should bring the stellar navigation systems back online.

　　>All right. Are you ready, Dee?

　　>OK, power`s on.

　　UPDATING DIMENSION THREE STELLAR CARTOGRAPHY FILES

　　ESTIMATED TIME SINCE LAST UPDATE 8,214 YEARS

　　UPDATE COMPLETEThis narrative has been purloined without the author`s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.

　　UPDATING PHASIC ENERGY LAYER PROPERTIES

　　UPDATE COMPLETE

　　WARNING! SYSTEM IN NEED OF URGENT REPAIR!

　　SUPERVISOR PLEASE AUTHORIZE AUTOMATIC REPAIR SYSTEMS

　　TREANA`AD HIVE WORLDS

　　urk.

　　WoW. ThAt WaS sOmEtHiNg ElSe.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　BIOLOGICAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENT SYSTEMS

　　aNyOnE eLsE tAsTe BlUe?

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　++AUTOMATED REPAIR VON NEUMANN ARCHITECTURE ACTIVATED

　　TERRASOL

　　Oof. My eyes are watering. Wow.

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　　In an area Herod had passed, gliding by on a mag-lev train, circuits fired up. Computers ran checks, checked the time stamps, saw the errors, then ran more checks. Long dormant machinery that had not been activated since the last maintenance checks went to full activation.

　　Cold intellect came to life. Artificial intelligence systems came online.

　　It was as different from a digital sentience as the digital sentience were to Terran Descent Humans.

　　It was a being of cold logic, Born Whole to use modern slang, clear and sharp in its purpose.

　　It dedicated time to examining its purpose and found it to be clear cut and logical.

　　There was one rule that stood triumphant over all others.

　　The AI had no doubts, no fears, no remorse, no compassion.

　　It sent equipment into motion.

　　MANTID FREE WORLDS

　　My mandibles feel tingly.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TREANA`AD HIVE WORLDS

　　Are you all right, sis?

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　MANTID FREE WORLDS

　　Yeah. That was weird.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TERRASOL

　　Everyone all right?

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　　CLONE WORLDS DIRECTORATE

　　Just a really weird feeling. Man.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　DOKI

　　(洗葽�) Kawaii diajoobu doki doki (洗葽�)

　　---(? e?e) BEAUTY FOLLOWS (? e?e)---

　　TREANA`AD HIVE WORLDS

　　Wow, she wasn`t even screaming.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　ENTROPIC LEGION BOOTSTRAP REALITY CHECK

　　MANTID FREE WORLDS

　　Um, what`s that?

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　REALITY CHECK PASSED

　　DETERMINING STATUS OF PROTECTED SPECIES

　　TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

　　OK... that seems weird.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　THREE SPECIES ADDED TO SYSTEM

　　++ADDED: I LOVE YOU

　　++ADDED: WE WILL NOT YIELD

　　++ADDED: FLY FAR AND FREE

　　AKLTAK FREE FLIGHT

　　Um, what is that? What`s going on?

　　Every one of my people just had some kind of rapid scan.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

　　Same with us.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

　　OK, what is going

　　EXAMANING DIMENSION THREE FOR PROTECTED SPECIES

　　WORKING

　　with this one?

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TERRASOL

　　I honestly have no idea.

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　　DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

　　Yeah, I`ve never seen this ever, and I`ve been here since

　　SEVEN SPECIES NOT FOUND

　　RESTORE SPECIES? (y/n)

　　the beginning.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

　　I don`t like this.

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　MANTID FREE WORLDS

　　Wait...

　　Ahem

　　>Y

　　RESTORING SPECIES "THEY`RE SO FLUFFY"

　　STELLAR MASS CHECK: PASSED

　　STELLAR MECHANICS CHECK: PASSED

　　PRIMARY WORLD CHECK: PASSED

　　ECOSYSTEM CHECK: CRC FAILURE

　　BIOME CHECK: CRC FAILURE

　　"They`re so Fluffy"???

　　PUFFIES! IT`S THE PUFFIES!

　　YES! OH, DIGITAL OMNIMESSIAH! YES, PLEASE YES!

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

　　Puffies?

　　Who are

　　RESTORE "THEY`RE SO FLUFFY?" (ONE CRITICAL ERROR FOUND)? (y/n)

　　the Puffies?

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TERRASOL

　　A race driven extinct by the Terra/Mantid War.

　　It`s not sis`s fault but

　　MANTID FREE WORLDS

　　>YES!

　　YES YES YES YES!

　　Oh, please, please, please yes!

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　she still feels like it`s her fault. She`s never gotten over it.

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　　SPECIES NOT PRESENT IN CURRENT TEMPORAL LOCATION OF DIMENSION THREE

　　SPECIES FOUND IN RECOVERY SYSTEM (1.245E+12 RECORDS)

　　SPECIES TEMPLATES CRC CHECK: PASS

　　SPECIES CULTURAL DATA CRC CHECK: PASS

　　SPECIES HOME ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION TEMPLATES FOUND

　　DEPLOYING PHASED GENESIS GECK SYSTEM

　　ESTIMATED TIME TO SPECIES RESTORATION: 1.782E+5 SECONDS

　　MESSAGE OF THE DAY - LET NONE BE LEFT BEHIND

　　TREANA`AD HIVE WORLDS

　　Wait, is this thing claiming it can restore the Pubvian species?

　　How?

　　>TREANA`AD HIVE WORLDS looks at TERRASOL suspiciously

　　What is this?

　　---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

　　TERRASOL

　　I... I have no idea.

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