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Directive A-113

posted 9 years ago by sofiademagalhaes
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I don't quite get the reasoning behind Directive A-113.

It seems weird to me that they'd deem the whole thing a failure and cancel Operation Recolonize just like that. I mean, if it really did end up failing, no plant would ever grow on Earth. It seems to me that there would be no need to program a secret directive into into the Autopilots.

Moreover, Shelby Forthright seemed to be coerced into delivering that speech in which he announced the cancellation of Operation Recolonize.

Initially I thought this was all a robot ploy to keep the economy going inside the crusader, but I haven't found any evidence to support this theory.

What do you guys think?

[–] geearf 9 years ago

I thought he was drunk when he gave that order, because as you wrote, it's a useless order. If no plant is ever found he doesn't need to give that order.. and if a plant is found then Earth is ready so the order is not productive...

[–] Tarquin_Q_Zanzibar 9 years ago

Remember that message was sent a long time ago when they thought the Space Cruisers were just a temporary measure. Human beings are very poor at long-term planning, so the CEO probably thought that if Earth was not going to be habitable for the foreseeable future they may as well move on out to Space permanently - I doubt they envisioned that the people in the ships would simply stay in the same place doing the same things for hundreds of years.

I saw nothing to suggest he was being "coerced", merely that he was being hurried - because I suppose either the escape ships were due to leave or (recalling the breathing apparatus he was carrying) it was dangerous to linger there.

But yes, it was a pointless instruction to the Autopilots, I suppose the CEO was by that stage panicking and not thinking too clearly.

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