With the advent of AI we lost a lot of cognitive reasoning. Those who chose to upload their ‘souls’ into ‘devices’ liked the permanence it offered. NOT strictly true. The ;FORM’ could be destroyed.. NOT the soul per sae but certainly the ‘FORM’. Nie had found her companion AI bot to be a good protector.
IT, could deliver a powerful burst of energy against any would be assailant,. In this era the violence from the 3rd world war well that had almost been WW3 was abruptly terminated on Solus 3 with the intervention by the Orias Protectorate.
THEY had sent in probes to scan weapons sites, after a detailed study of the Human(a) over decades to see if they would be suitable to engage with, aid a more primitive race of beings. they discovered a number of Human(a) intent on nuclear destruction AFTER they had built and loaded their ;ARK;
The intent was to activate world wide nukes.. With them off the planet. Extremists who hid in the darkness. went about their evil shrouding themselves from the ever constant surveillance. NOT that they were alone. There were other ‘ factions’ who too looked to circumvent the ever increased domination of those who wielded the control AI oversight.
A long drawn out war of attrition re the power brokers who sought to CONTROL the inferior of the species.. THEIR OWN not the aliens the Oria making that classification. NOT that the Oria did not understand the violent and destructive nature of the Humana(a) a bygone trait of the ancient ones. inbred in their genetic makeup for the survival of the species.
The PITE was NOT an Oria weapon. IT destroyed the aggression, that deisre to overpower to seek power at the expense of others. BUT it also was like neutering a race. No will to fight often meant they were at the mercy of those who KNEW what the PITE did. Attacked, successfully attacked to wipe out or enslave with ease.
What made the PITE a truly terrifying WEAPON were those who used it to DOMINATE and on Solus 3 the ones who DOMINATED already had power.. the PITE gave them the means to take over vast expanses of territory.
Today for Nie and her bot.. the rubble from destruction by the ‘Ptrob’ what we would call PROTAGONISTS. had been more than apparent. Their Detrui suits gave them a lot of protection. Something Nie appreciated, mostly, because she was more vulnerable, to some allergic responses caused by degradation of the air quality due to dust found on the surface of anything it could stick to.
They,, were the latter day version, of what had been United Global defense nicknamed UGG.. A UNIT of highly trained professionals including top astro physocists initially to study and engage with UAPs their races.. The oria were one just ONE such race.
Some races deemed the primitives on Solus 3 to be just that PRIMITIVES. Aggression. slavery and worse.. THEY unless they themselves practiced slavery were NOT interested in helping those who were. Despite the usual denials from certain factions the so called WOKE extremists they deemed the worst.
Race, COLOUR, CREED was NOT recognised within the dominant overseers of the Qiverse. The arrival aboard the space station of an extra terrestrial OR TWO, had been brought their notices. NOW they were here in the vicinity of the site designated for the strangers to land.
For Nodu and Yie. they had finished the work they had to do.. NOW they were being made aware that their presence on the space station was no longer required Aboard their craft they had managed to get some much needed rest.. OK for Nodu some weird dreaming BUT he had been told by yie that that was to be expected.
A time distortion or ripple in time ? Nodu the Arcan was far more advanced technology wise than Yie BUT he was never condescending towards her. He would take the time to explain the relevance of certain factors that as a scieste she surprised herself and Nodu at how quickly she learned but most of all UNDERSTOOD.
The CELESTIAL CLOCK. Now she understood how powerful a device it was. the one aboard their craft was far superior to any she had ever encountered however limited that actually was BUT Nodu? He had seen and worked on many .. but theirs? IT was as he put it.. beyond all reason. one of the most spectacular of Neutron powered devices.
The power source was infinite. Readings above and beyond any he had ever been privy to .. The guardians were not the ones to give up secrets. HIS original craft had been a slightly more than ’premium’ service craft. This went way way beyond that.
LARGE spacious, accommodating AND that also included for the two of them almost all of their needs, their comforts addressed. The double seating area with the control modules and more could recline into deep space mode with the two of them sharing the same space?
A peculiar closeness. Was the system deliberately created to bring them closer.. NOT sexually close.. lets dismiss that from the off. The intimacy they were sharing was one of knowledge. of understanding. of some compromise. The more they found themselves SHARING the closer they were getting..
PROTECTIVE of each other. Aware of each others capable traits, but at the same time the not so strong ones.. Some little quirks had seemingly been understood by whatever God... had brought them together. NOT dismissed or forgotten OR waylaid. Cetain items Nodu liked such as Renais. that Yie was less enthused about.. She preferred the more futuristic look..
Of course traveling through the rift in time BACKWARDS had its serious considerations NOT to be ignored. These they had already been made aware of were a race of primitive beings who had trespassed onto a version of AI Knowledge that Nodu hand Yie had re this race and the FACT that their AI ? Artificial intelligence that would surpass them take control?
Far fetched but a truth.. a prevalent truth that was by and large tending to be ignored mostly in the interests of those seeing to profit from it whatever the ultimate costs.. survival of the species being one of them. According to Tolgani - the book of legends well known across the Qiverse; their QIVERSE.. the dominance of AI in causing rebellion, attempted take over by AI deploying their own robotic forces.
Ah the MOBOTS created by the PROTACONISTS. seeking power. established their own dominance ITs own reasoning to outstrip, to outsource and OVERPOWER the lesser beings.. NOT on ITs level? The stuff of nightmares. HERE now?
Nie had one such self aware, ROBTIC AI ALL thinking, ALL reasoning and could be descirbed by some a having a dangerous self righteous PETULANCE about it.. Meeting the alien beings Nodu and Yie?
IT WAS the SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE. NOTHING ON THIS PLANET was as capable or advanced.. IT did not fair well in the presence of those OR ? That claimed otherwise. IT could sulk?? The SOUL giving rise to some of that PETULANCE..
petulance /ˈpɛtjʊləns/ noun the quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered. "a slight degree of petulance had crept into his voice"
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