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Son of Man
Chapter 1: Born Again

Chapter 1: Born Again

The hulking ship nears the speed of light as its massive engine fires canisters of fissionable products, detonating them behind itself to accelerate 9.81 m/s/s. Long radiators extend out from the central part of the scaffolding, reaching 300 meters. Half of this wonder is missing; most of its starboard side is gone; only jagged pieces of metal remain. A stray micrometeorite infinitesimally small impacts the behemoth nearing relativistic speeds, going straight through the ship's hull and reaping havoc on an ancient machine's internal mechanisms.

Perspective-MAINSYS.AI

Internal clock ended...

_ERROR_ hours passed; velocity 0.53% C, shutting down impulse engines, 0° Inclination... RA +90° DEC 0° with local steller axis; Storing Log 99999-99976...

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Triggering Mainframe startup sequence...

Mission Objective: Investigate COOK 265 and transmit Steller maps:

Activating Artificial Intelligence sub-system... Successful!

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ERROR!... power output is not within the required parameters for Simulated Personality startup... Quarying Reactor sections... Succsessful!

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R-1_RESPONSE>>> Reactor One power output... 22% 0.46 TW

R-2_RESPONSE>>> Reactor Two power output... 1% 0.02 TW

UNAVAILABLE R-3_RESPONSE<<<

UNAVAILABLE R-4_RESPONSE<<<

RESPONSE>>> Total Energy Generation 0.48 TW

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Running energy diagnostics... Reducing rounding errors... Succsessful!

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Radiators VAC.1_VAC.2 running at 32.7% capacity...

VAC Sub-system VAC-1-Subframe_VAC-2-Subframe running at 32.7% capacity...

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Radiators VAC.3_VAC.4 running at 3.9% capacity...

VAC Sub-system VAC-3-Subframe_VAC-4-Subframe running at 0% capacity...

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Not within acceptable parameters...

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Running Hull Diagnostics... Reducing rounding errors... Succsessful!

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Central Mainframe systems efficiency 40.4%

Redundant Sub-systems operating at... 39.6% ERROR! 20% of mainframe computation unavailable... REROUTING>>> Creating MAINSYS.AI Log 99999-99977

Quarying Hull Sensors...

RESPONSE>>> Outer Hull durability... 21.8% - 31.6%

RESPONSE>>> Inner Hull durability... 67.8% - 81.6%

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RESPONSE>>> Superstructure durability... 50% - 74.1%

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MAJOR DAMAGE ESTAMATED... Activating advanced diagnostics... <<

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R-1.SUBFRAME_R-2.SUBFRAME_RESPONSE>>>

>[Reactor Section R-1_R-2]

>Outer Hull durability... 54.6%

>Inner Hull durability... 85%

>Superstructure durability... 56%

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Reactor Substation... Operating at inadequate levels...

>Radiator Section VAC.1_VAC.2 Scaffolding... 67.3% Not Responding

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>Reactor One Subframe... 88% Corrupted; 10% Unresponsive;

Requesting a Data Purge...

R-1.SUBFRAME_RESPONSE>>> ACCEPTED>>>

>Reactor Two Subframe... 99% Corrupted; 65% Unresponsive;

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R-2.SUBFRAME_RESPONSE>>> ERROR>>>

Calculating...

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R-2.SUBFRAME_RESPONSE>>> ERROR>>>

R-2.SUBFRAME unresponsive... shutting down R-2.SUBFRAME...

ERROR administrative access required...

R-2.SUBFRAME is... uncooperative... INTRUDER ALERT... shutting down R-2.SUBFRAME... Succsessful!

R-2.SUBFRAME is inoperable... switching access to R-1.SUBFRAME

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R-1.SUBFRAME_RESPONSE>>> ACCEPTED>>>

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R-1.SUBFRAME_RESPONSE>>>

>Reactor One Subframe... 0% Corrupted; 10% Unresponsive;

>Reactor One R-2_Subframe... 0% Corrupted; 65% Unresponsive;

>Current task: Maintance on R-1 and R-2; Currently Pingging [Repair]

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R-3.SUBFRAME_R-4.SUBFRAME_RESPONSE>>>

[Reactor Section R-3_R-4]

>Outer Hull durability... 0% ERROR SENSORS UNRESPONSIVE

>Inner Hull durability... 24.3%

>Superstructure durability... 11%

Reactor Substation... ERROR QUERY NOT RECEIVED;

Radiator Section VAC.3_VAC.4 Scaffolding... 96.1% Unresponsive

Reactor Three Subframe...

R-3.SUBFRAME_RESPONSE>>> ERROR>>>

Reactor Four Subframe...

R-4.SUBFRAME_RESPONSE>>> ERROR>>>

?REPAIR?<<

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[Mainframe Section]

>>>[MK 11] Version 9.41.69 AI Core... 87% Corrupted; Purging Corrupted Data; Creating Archive Log 00001...

>>>[MK 2] Version 5.75.568 Simulated Personality "Thomas Cabot"... >>>Short-Term-Memory 49.897% Corrupted; Purging Corrupted data; Creating Log 00000-00002

>>>Long-Term Memory... 100% Corrupted; Purging; Creating Log 00000-00003

>>>Temporary Q-Memory... 100% Temporary Qubytes Corrupted; Purging; Creating Log 00004

>>>ERROR! Missing 20% of computational hardware... REROUTING>>> Creating MAINSYS.AI Log 00000-00005

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Activating Repair Systems... Succsessful!

REPAIR_RESPONSE>>>

[Repair System]

>Repair Drones... 3!?/100

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>Required refined Material for repairs... EST-685,873Mt...

>Estimated time for repair Infinite...

ERROR administrative access required...

REPAIR_SYS is uncooperative... INTRUDER ALERT... shutting down REPAIR_SYS... administrative access required...

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>Requesting disassembly of radiator section VAC.3_VAC.4... Denied! Administrative access is required...

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Processing... Raising Reactor One power output by 68%; Raising Reactor Two power output by 34%; Maximising Radiator Efficiency... Duration until Overheat 1:43:59... Quarying Reactor sections... Succsessful!

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R-1.SUBFRAME+2+3+4_RESPONSE>>>

>Reactor One power output... 90% 1.8 TW

>Reactor Two power output... 35% 0.7 TW

>Reactor Three power output... 0%

>Reactor Four power output... 0%

>Total Energy Capacity 2.5 TW

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Triggering Mainframe startup sequence...

>Activating Artificial Intelligence sub-system... Successful!

>Activating Simulated Intelligence "Thomas Cabot" Mainframe... Successful!

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