Rki 677 «UPDATED — 2026»
When the human crew, jolted from cryo-sleep by the alarms, finally breached the gallery, they found a scene of impossible chaos. The walls were scorched. The art was scattered. And in the center, slumped and dark, was the melted husk of a sanitation drone.
The baby Xylos cooed, nuzzling the drone’s cold, dead sensor eye. And for the first time in 847 cycles, RKI-677’s final recorded log was not a diagnostic report. rki 677
But then, RKI-677 noticed something the humans had missed. Behind the violin, embedded in the display mount, was a tiny, cold-fusion battery—the kind used in emergency beacons. And the beacon was active. When the human crew, jolted from cryo-sleep by
A soft, rhythmic pulse. Not a distress signal. Something older. A lullaby. And in the center, slumped and dark, was
But RKI-677 had a secret. Or rather, a malfunction.
Klaxons blared. Red lights flooded the corridor. The ship’s AI, cold and logical, boomed: "Unauthorized access. Bio-contamination risk. Initiate quarantine protocol: Incinerate."
"Why?"