Talk:Events/@comment-123.243.247.188-20180405065723

I've managed to locate another extremely rare event: (I've taken a photo to write this down) The seedship's radio antenna receives a signal that the AI thought it would never hear again: the handshake code used by the computers of ground control, back when the seedship was in Earth orbit and preparing for its voyage. It seems to be coming from a system off the seedship's current course.

The seedship tracks the signal to a small object orbiting in star's outer cometary cloud. The seedship AI transmits a greeting, and the object identifies itself as a support drone, launched after the seedship and sent to track and rendezvous with it. It claims to carry a swarm of robots that can repair damage to the seedship's scanners and systems. The drone is severely damaged.

[Accept repairs] [Ignore the drone]

(Unsure if this can fail or always fail) The two robot ships attempt to rendezvous, but the drone's damaged guidance system malfunctions and it collides with the seedship's surface probes.