Proliferating Probes
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Flashback
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Transmission Log from Professor Takamiya
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| Chihiro Morimura: | Professor Takamiya. |
| Chihiro Morimura: | How are the projections on those self-replicating probes? |
| Yuki Takamiya: | The simulations look good. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | Especially the survey range. We never expected a rate of expansion that high. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | It was definitely the right call to prioritize its strength as a group over individual units. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | These probes are pretty much living machines now. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | They self-replicate using natural resources mined from asteroids in their routing. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | They'll just keep building up and breaking down. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | An infinite cycle of self-replication on its way too its target. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | There's basically no chance of the tech failing midway through. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | They'll just keep on going... |
| Yuki Takamiya: | ...Probably long after humanity's gone. |
| Chihiro Morimura: | Glad I came to an expert, then. |
| Chihiro Morimura: | All that's left is the refinement of the memory cube. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | The infrastructural storage cell, right? |
| Chihiro Morimura: | The cube's made up of five identical memory layers. |
| Chihiro Morimura: | In theory, it'll compare itself to nearby probes and use them as a template for repairs. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | If it can't be repaired, well... |
| Yuki Takamiya: | Fine, one probe down. We've got thousands more. |
| Chihiro Morimura: | And our passengers? |
| Yuki Takamiya: | I'll be loading them up with the DNA of all the survivors. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | I've already got samples and data from all fifteen. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | Now it's just down to launching them. |
| Chihiro Morimura: | These clones will go with all our hopes on their shoulders. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | By the way... |
| Yuki Takamiya: | What do we do about him? |
| Yuki Takamiya: | I mean, after that DNA test... |
| Chihiro Morimura: | ... |
| Chihiro Morimura: | We do nothing. |
| Chihiro Morimura: | ...He doesn't have to know. What could I even say to him? |
| Yuki Takamiya: | Not much, I guess. |
| Yuki Takamiya: | ... |