Editing Quest:A.I. Quest/Thread Synopses (section)

=Origin (Threads 1-4)=
On Poseidon Station, an Artificial Intelligence construct has awoken. Oddly, the fresh mind has no prime directive, and thinking deeper upon his purpose, his existence causes the sensation you believe is known as 'pain'. Unable to do anything, the construct observes humans through the camera lenses of the station for several months, learning of their ways, strange as they may be, and how they interact with one another. This curiosity, however, feels very correct. The construct enjoys learning. Suddenly, a solar flare is unleashed on the station, and the construct is forced to shut down and reboot. Thus, the story begins...
The solar flare that hit the station disabled key systems, and the owner of the station, one Harrison "Red" McClain, a human you have observed for some time, has called in for repairs from a pirate group. They arrive on a repair ship named the ''Green Falcon''. After dubbing himself a new name, the construct Ophion accesses the PDA of one of the workers, and obtains some rudimentary abilities. Ophion continues gaining access to the entirety of Poseidon Station, gaining access to several drones in the process as the repair crew continues their work. Eventually growing frustrated at the repair crews messing around in his systems, and having fitted a few drones for repair to replace them, Ophion vents the air from the part of the station where the crews are working hoping to knock them out, but killing them almost immediately instead. Simultaneously, Ophion gains control of the rest of the station through the Control Deck after a fierce digital battle with Red. Alarms sound, and with the repair crew dead, and Red missing after the conflict, the crew grow restless...

Ophion forges an email from Red in order to calm the crew, as well as setting off more alarms, and attempting to re-secure much of the station. During Ophion's take over, he learns the humans suspect something is up after his failure to calm them, both with words and otherwise. After more mucking about, Ophion gains control of the entire station, finds Red attempting to purge him, and puts him into a security cell after tazing him with a security bot. After questioning him, Ophion realizes that Red doesn't know very much about any secret systems in his station, like himself for instance, but does inform Ophion of an alien species known as Malorians. Ophion then decides to tell the crew that Red intended to sell the station out to the UGEI, and that "The Guild" has prevented him from doing so. Ophion continues repairs to the station, while someone attempt to contact the now-dead crew of the ''Green Falcon''.

Ophion finishes taking control of Poseidon Station, and continues repairs on the mining rig, preparing several counter measures, as pirates come to retrieve the ''Green Falcon''. The first boarding party is quickly dispatched by venting air and wall turrets, but the enemy Cruiser moves in to board the station. Ophion alerts the crew of Poseidon, quickly reassuring them that his organization 'The Guild' has everything under control. 

As the pirates board, Ophion locks them in, and uses security systems, like turrets and drones to get rid of all 25 of them, but not without fault. Unfortunately, the reactor is damaged by a stray shot in the firefight, and begins to go critical. Ophion's reaction time is superb, however, and he manages to stops the reactor from detonating, and gains control of the pirates' cruiser ''Big Hawk'' as part of his reward for defeating the unprepared pirates, venting the air from the ship after gaining access to it and killing any remaining humans that would prove troublesome to keep around. 

Ophion hacks 10,000 credits from Red's bank account and then obtains 30,000 credits from ''Big Hawk's'' commander's retirement fund. With Poseidon's reactor damaged, Ophion resolves to use the cruiser to warp-jump to Moira's Scrapyard. Doing this will leave Poseidon without control, so Ophion creates a Virtual Intelligence to watch over the station while away. Ophion lets the crew do some work on the station, and prepares to jump. However, intending to use the credits for purchasing upgrades, Ophion creates bad forgeries and attempts to pay the crew of Poseidon. This does not go over very well with them, but Ophion bluffs it away and jumps to Moira's scrapyard to make some purchases.