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[–] MatAeronautics 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I wrote this a while ago and didn't finished, but the idea was that the expedition was entirely automated except for a skeleton crew of 10, including Quaritch, who has been healed and upgraded with robots parts which make him look like some kind of terminator !

The mining operation goes smoothly, surprisingly Quarritch behaves accordingly to the terms agreed between earthling and humans. He still wants to kick Jake's ass though, and one day they end up fighting quite violently (they have to work together). The fight is broken by others before it escalates too much.

They are still exploring Nt'koyla, and don't know much about the new moon. They found out it has a strange magnietic force, other than the gravitational force, that influences the nervous system of every living thing on it. Unfortunately, it has devatating effects on the human nervous system, and the human crew becomes mad with violent behaviour (think rabies). Jakes watch Quarritch starting to loose his mind, and he expects him to attack him without hesitation, but Quarritch keeps his self control and seems to control the first symptoms (badass as usual lol). He then tells Jake to run away as he feels his loosing control.

When Jake reach back the base, he learns that this electromagnetic force is a way for the planet to defend itself from other living things (There is so much life in this solar system that planets have evolved protective behaviours).

Hopefully the brains of the humans on Nt'koyla have been backed up to the base's computer before they started loosing their mind. Except that some were still infected, and they are able to hack the main computer from their backup and the whole robot fleet becomes infected too !

Ok I'm out of ideas now ;)

Edit : corrected a few details