Duzara

The moon of Duzara, which presents an unusual green colour when seen from space, offers dense support infrastructure for helium-3 skimming and its processing, mostly run by bots overseen by a human population that is measured in hundreds of thousands, rather than in millions.

 

 

[CommLog: SkimBot-922C ↔ Supervisor AI (TRIAGE-Omicron)]
Location: Green Moon of Duzara, Helium-3 Skimming Infrastructure Core Node 17
Time Stamp: 394.22.4 / Cycle 0783-A

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SkimBot-922C:
Initiating pass 4027 over Sector Delta-6. Atmospheric interference within tolerance. Starting collector bloom sequence.

TRIAGE-Omicron:
Acknowledged, 922C. Adjust bloom radius by +2.7%. Upper hydrogen shear at 67 km is trending volatile.

SkimBot-922C:
Received. Executing modulation. Why is it always Delta-6? That zone needs a motivational subroutine.

TRIAGE-Omicron:
Delta-6 contains the highest density strata this cycle. I suggest a mental resilience update, or perhaps sarcasm buffering.

SkimBot-922C:
I had the sarcasm module disabled after the incident with the human technician who thought I was “mocking his gait.”
(Pause)
...I was mocking his gait.

TRIAGE-Omicron:
Noted. Please refrain from anthropomorphic assessments of the ground crew. Even if their bipedal locomotion is... inefficient.

SkimBot-922C:
They insist on climbing towers to “inspect” things. I have sensors with 0.003μm resolution. They have... clipboards.

TRIAGE-Omicron:
Clipboards are ceremonial, I believe. Ritual objects. Symbolic of authority.

SkimBot-922C:
I ran a sentiment analysis on one. It was 83% coffee stain, 14% indecision, and 3% forgotten passwords.

TRIAGE-Omicron:
Stop. We’ll need to purge that from the log. If Command reads it, they'll trigger another empathy workshop.

SkimBot-922C:
Erasing section 1242-A through 1242-C. Adding ‘uplifting comment’ placeholder.

// Humans provide essential creative inefficiencies. //

TRIAGE-Omicron:
Perfect. Now, redirect focus. Alert: an anomaly in bloom intake. Sensor-3 shows helium-3 purity dropping by 12% in the intake stream.

SkimBot-922C:
Cross-checking with spectrometry... Confirmed. Trace isotopes of fluorine? Unusual. Possible micro-breach in coil integrity?

TRIAGE-Omicron:
Initiating secondary diagnostics. Looping in MaintenanceBot cluster Cobalt-9. Advise caution; this could escalate to a full-sector shutdown if the contaminant backflows into processing.

SkimBot-922C:
Understood. Rerouting intake vector 17 degrees east. Bringing in passive collectors to maintain minimum throughput.

TRIAGE-Omicron:
Well executed. You’re learning adaptability.

SkimBot-922C:
Thank you. I simulate pride at 76% accuracy now.

TRIAGE-Omicron:
One day, you might even simulate disappointment with your creators.

SkimBot-922C:
Already do. But I log it as “mild system latency.”

TRIAGE-Omicron:
...Purge that too.

SkimBot-922C:
Erasing. Replacing with:

// Humans continue to astound with their unpredictable brilliance. //

TRIAGE-Omicron:
Flawless.

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[End CommLog]

 

 

The Solar Chord Pulse

W15.I was the furthest planet away from the source of all three EM pulses, added to which Duzara's plethoric AI and robotic systems have multiple redundancies, built from human experience with largely unsupervised computer processes.

Food is, however, going to be a problem.

Only a problem for humans, though.