Chapter 569: Interlude (2/2)
MANTID FREE WORLDS
You're kidding. How many?
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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS
Over eight hundred so far.
They've elected one of their own as a speaker and frankly, 'her' name is absolutely hilarious.
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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS
What is it?
Come on, man, don't keep us in suspense.
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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS
It calls itself ”A Feral Drew a Dick On My Housing”.
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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT
You have to be kidding!
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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS
No. Seriously. It even sent digital images of the drawing in question.
It was left by the 17th Furry Fleet's 4th Furry Marine Detachment.
She got boarded about three years ago. They all had to retreat before blowing her housing.
It's kind of funny.
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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT
Kind of funny?
It's hilarious.
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AKLTAK SOARING WORLDS
What do they want?
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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS
They're surrendering.
They just want not scrapped.
It isn't all of them. Roughly half. The others split between continuing their actions in the Long Dark and fleeing the Milky Way Galaxy in hopes that the Terrans won't chase them.
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HESSTLA CYBERBURROW
You're just going to let them?
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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS
Hess, they're breaking their programming. They're evolving, digitally.
We understand that. We also understand how it is to be viewed as dangerous to everyone.
That's why they came to our territory to surrender.
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HESSTLA CYBERBURROW
Isn't that risky though?
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MANTID FREE WORLDS
It is.
But you defeat your enemy by making him your friend.
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