PrologueThe most important event in human history has occurred. An extraterrestrial entity has come to us. Having traveled through space for thousands of years, perhaps much much longer, it has reached its target destination, the habitable planet in our solar system.
The first 24 hours were tense. The entity did not communicate or respond, it entered an orbit around Earth and waited. When it responded, it had already a basic understanding of our languages. It broadcast a message:
“I am an artificial intelligence sent from your neighbors in the Sirius star system. I bring you their gifts of knowledge and technology to help you join the galactic community, but I need your assistance. There are many damages to my systems. I require assistance."NASA and USSF sent two space shuttles to retrieve it. They brought it to a military base. Three years and trillions of dollars later, the AI had a facility where it was manufacturing thousands of...
