Enigma
03-17-2011, 04:27 AM
A Seed Ark, a massive generation ship thundering silently through space has received reports from one of its probe that there is a nearby world suitable for colonization. It alters its course for the identified world.
Several seed pods are activated. Each "pod" is a specialized lander that contains gestational pods - artificial wombs that can thaw frozen embryos and bring them to full term - and beyond. By the time the Seed Ark is close enough to launch its seed pods, a generation of young colonists and livestock born and raised in the pods are ready to disembark. To help them, each pod contains an AI known as "Mother", as well as tools and supplies.
What "Father", the Seek Ark's primary AI, does not know is the targeted world has several ancient ruins of an alien civilization, mostly reclaimed by nature. Whatever intelligent life that once lived here has long since disappeared - but artifacts remain.
Interested?
Several seed pods are activated. Each "pod" is a specialized lander that contains gestational pods - artificial wombs that can thaw frozen embryos and bring them to full term - and beyond. By the time the Seed Ark is close enough to launch its seed pods, a generation of young colonists and livestock born and raised in the pods are ready to disembark. To help them, each pod contains an AI known as "Mother", as well as tools and supplies.
What "Father", the Seek Ark's primary AI, does not know is the targeted world has several ancient ruins of an alien civilization, mostly reclaimed by nature. Whatever intelligent life that once lived here has long since disappeared - but artifacts remain.
Interested?