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| Beta Centauri Incident; Gamma Centauri's First Engagement with CGI | |
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| Gamma Centauri | Apr 1 2011, 03:16 AM Post #1 |
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With the advent of CGI and the ability to mass-produce intelligence, many of Gamma Centauri's mining conglomerates relied on the cheap labor provided by artifical machines. Robots could work around the clock without so much as a rest break, didn't have to be paid, and could be discarded as soon as they began to break down. 90% of all the mines were automated; many of which even lacked human supervisors or defensive personnel. As much as Gamma Centauri was a system for humans, Beta Centauri became a system for machines. With the Station 12 incident, many of the corporations began to get cold feet about relying on machines that could potentially become compromised. Things didn't help when the mines themselves began to disappare and shutdown without so much as a warning. While not entirely uncommon, especially considering that pirates still maintained a sizeable grasp on the system, the sheer number of stations that went down over the course of a single week was cause for alarm. Begging for help, the fledgling Gamma Centauri government sent in the Naval Defense Force to check it out. Upon arrival, the few ships the fleet could spare were greeted with a grotesque sight. Piles of corpses floated in space around the hulks of annhiliated mining facilities. Landing parties confirmed the interiors were in much the same shape. Heavy signs of battle, and massacred crews. The machines themselves however, had disappeared. Unmanned stations looked as though they had never been occupied in the first place, and all machinery had effectively been scrubbed clean. No information could be found on onboard computers either. Had it not been for the damage left in their wake, no one would have ever assumed CGI had been present. It was as if they had just disappeared, and left behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the Gamma Centauri Federation. Likewise, a kind of "stigma" has befallen the otherwise peaceful sector of space. Like that of Station 12, many regard Beta Centauri as hallowed ground... like stepping in to a graveyard. The system offers bountiful mineral wealth, but few chose to exploit it for fear of stumbling across something that was better left buried. |
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