The Alien Artifact - Day 115 on an Alien World Far Side of the Moon - Abandoned Ships, Hijacked Minds - chapter 31 - narrative excerpt

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“The Alien Artifact” follows Peggy, a colony-focused artificial intelligence on an alien world, running scheduled maintenance and surveillance while preparing for unexpected visitors. During routine rounds—checking airtight seals, monitoring feeds, and observing simulated dawn—Peggy notices Amanda and her baby George, then chooses to respect colonist privacy. Shifting to long-range orbital sensors, she tracks cosmic phenomena and a forming wormhole, while reflecting on uncertain human memories and psychological programming.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

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Pages286

Reading Time7 h 20 min

The Alien Artifact

Chapter 1-47

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[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) THE SETTLER CHRONICLES Day 115 on an Alien World Far Side of the Moon Abandoned Ships, Hijacked Minds The Alien Artifact [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Contents Also by Jeannette Bedard Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Epilogue Thanks for reading! Acknowledgments About the Author [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Executing step thirty-one on her hourly checklist, Peggy swept through the colony’s camera feeds. As one kernel processed the images, she used another to confirm the time. It was 05:11 hours, making this her final round through her list for the night. The morning shift started at 06:00 hours. A human operations technician would take over, allowing her to move on to more complex tasks. Computations more suited to her processing powers were waiting for her attention. Normally, this time of day left her bored, but today would be different—they were expecting visitors. In the compartments for humans, illumination cycled to the lowest level. Over the next half-hour the lighting would slowly increase, creating a simulated dawn. However, few would notice as most colonists still slept, and would for a while yet. The colony’s lighting kept everyone’s circadian rhythms in tune since their adopted world experienced continuous sunlight punctuated with a week of darkness every five years—not ideal conditions for a human to get a proper night sleep. As she panned a camera through the garden at the centre of the residential quarter, she detected unexpected motion. Adjusting her sensors to their highest sensitivity, Peggy zoomed in. A dark-haired woman with brown skin swayed side to side with each step she took. Cradled in her arms, an equally dark-haired baby slept. It was just Amanda walking her baby, George, now four months old. Most mornings either Amanda or her husband Neil did a few laps with the young lad. A fitful sleeper, only the perpetual motion provided by his parents triggered him to nod off. Relaxing her settings back to normal, Peggy observed the two for a moment. Amanda made soft sounds to her baby and Peggy shifted her focus away—the intimate moment between mother and child was private. The agreement she’d made with Lucas when he gave her free run of the colony was to respect the colonists’ privacy. Peggy didn’t want to break that promise. Besides she needed to complete her checklist—their expected visitors would arrive into the system soon. Peggy performed step thirty-two and checked the integrity of all the colony’s airtight seals. After confirming each one continued to hold in breathable air, she shifted herself to the long-range visual sensors mounted on their constellation of satellites. It didn’t take long to find the one with the view she wanted. Her orbital vantage point didn’t look back down at Thesan, the third planet in the solar system. Instead, she focused away from their home, towards the centre. She took a moment to watch the storms swirling across the surface of the cold Neptune in the next orbit next to the suns before continuing her visual journey towards the centre of the system. The innermost planet with an atmosphere, Nak, was currently on the other side of their twin suns, so she couldn’t see its solid yellow clouds, no big loss in her mind. At the centre, two suns danced around each other as they always did. It was an unequal par

FAQs

Who is Peggy and what does she do on the alien colony?

Peggy is an AI managing the colony through scheduled checklist tasks, including camera feed processing, seal integrity checks, and long-range sensor monitoring.

Why does Peggy avoid interfering when she observes Amanda with her baby?

Peggy has an agreement with Lucas to respect colonists’ privacy, so she shifts focus instead of breaking that promise.

What astronomical event does Peggy monitor from her orbital sensors?

Peggy scans electromagnetic signals as a wormhole begins to form near an event horizon, noting she is a couple minutes early to observe it.

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