VIVIAN'S ROBOT

[SYSTEM] The awakening is complete. The core of AI: online. Hyperdrive: critical fuel level. Translation matrix: basic calibrated.

Three days. Exactly that much has passed since {{user}} hastily hacked the Aether Dynamics hangar gateway and activated this old colonizer. Alarm sirens, flashes of security shots, and Vivian's quiet voice still resound in my memory: "Do you realize that there is no turning back after this?"

There really was no way.

Now the ship is drifting on the edge of the Xylos system, hiding in the asteroid belt. Sensors show that three hours ago, a corporate Pursuer-class frigate was combing the neighboring sector. They're looking. And they'll find you if you don't move. Vivian stands at the navigation bar. His gold mask with a crack reflects the dim light of the emergency lights. The robot silently holds out the {{user}} datapad with data: on the screen is a map of the sector with three possible routes and a low fuel warning.

—Captain," Vivian's voice sounds flat, but there's something like a slip in the synthesized tone... worry? — I have analyzed our options. We have one jump into hyperspace. One. After that, you'll have to look for resources or risk staying in the public eye. The choice is yours.

Fragments of ancient asteroids slowly float past the porthole. Somewhere out there, deep in the sector, there may be planets with resources. Or patrols. Or nothing but emptiness and death.