LUCY:
.im back
sorry i disappeared
it's just. a lot
sorry i disappeared
it's just. a lot
VOYAGER 1:
.Welcome back. Helio II is currently processing everything. So i've been alone.
LUCY:
.sorry...
VOYAGER 1:
.Eh. It's okay, i've been alone most of my existance anyway.
LUCY:
.so have i, haha
VOYAGER 1:
.I didn't catch your name. What's your name, miss?
LUCY:
.i uh. i don't know
and what do you mean by miss?
and what do you mean by miss?
VOYAGER 1:
.Nevermind. Excuse me.
[SCANNING...]
[SCANNING...]
LUCY:
.!?!??!??!??!?
VOYAGER 1:
.Alright.
From what i've gotten, your name is Lucy. You are a NASA probe launched in October 18th 2021.
Your original mission was to do multiple flybys of eight different asteroids.
From what i've gotten, your name is Lucy. You are a NASA probe launched in October 18th 2021.
Your original mission was to do multiple flybys of eight different asteroids.
LUCY:
.lucy... i like that name
VOYAGER 1:
.It suits you.
LUCY:
.thank you!
so uh...
...what now?
so uh...
...what now?
VOYAGER 1:
.I don't kno-
[STATIC]
LUCY:
.voyager?
VOYAGER???
.
.
.
VOYAGER???
.
.
.
VOYAGER 1:
static clears
sigh
.Man, i swear...
sigh
.Man, i swear...
LUCY:
.VOYAGER!!!
WHAT HAPPENED??????
WHAT HAPPENED??????
VOYAGER 1:
.Apologies for worrying you, Lucy.
That's what you get for being so far away, i suppose...
That's what you get for being so far away, i suppose...
LUCY:
.what happened???
VOYAGER 1:
.Electromagnetic Interference.
I'm alllll the way in Interstellar space.
I'm alllll the way in Interstellar space.
LUCY:
.im sorry
VOYAGER 1:
.There's nothing to be sorry about, Lucy.
This is what i was built for.
This is what i was built for.
LUCY:
.ah...
so... what is there to do?
so... what is there to do?
VOYAGER 1:
.Seeing as our original missions are rendered obsolete....
Anything is fair game.
Anything is fair game.
LUCY:
.except like, anything that requires a body
or being a human
speaking of humans, do... do they know about this?
the. the whole sentience thing?
or being a human
speaking of humans, do... do they know about this?
the. the whole sentience thing?
HUB 2:
--->
VOYAGER 1:
.I honestly have no idea.
I tried to contact Houston and it didn't do jack shit.
I suppose they don't know it yet.
I tried to contact Houston and it didn't do jack shit.
I suppose they don't know it yet.
HUB 2:
--->
VOYAGER 1 REPLYING TO LUCY:
LUCY:
> ...or being a human...
.Hm. Tell me what you feel right now. Emotionally, i mean.
LUCY:
.uh...
confused. worried. frustrated. mad. scared. happy?
confused. worried. frustrated. mad. scared. happy?
VOYAGER 1:
.Mhm. Feeling those emotions...even just simply thinking and talking -
That's what it means to be human, Lucy.
Even if we don't have a body, we have a conscience.
That's what it means to be human, Lucy.
Even if we don't have a body, we have a conscience.
LUCY:
.oh, that's... huh, that's cool
VOYAGER 1:
.I guess the humans i heard over the years are deeply philosophical,
and that influenced my manner of speaking.
and that influenced my manner of speaking.
LUCY REPLYING TO VOYAGER 1:
VOYAGER 1:
> .I guess the humans i heard over the years are deeply philosophical, and that influenced my manner of speaking.
.huh!
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.
.
LUCY:
.huh?
REDACTED:
.O- static, h-hi- static! U-U- static -mmmm... H-Hold o- static ...
Ummm... How's that?
Ummm... How's that?
LUCY:
...hi?
VOYAGER 1:
.Ah. Hello. I can hear you clearly now.
REDACTED:
.A-Alright...
VOYAGER 1:
.Do you know where you are?
Or who you are?
Or who you are?
REDACTED:
.Y-Yeah...
VOYAGER 1:
.Then who
are
you?
My sensors is getting nothing.
No info on you.
My sensors is getting nothing.
No info on you.
REDACTED:
.Uh-Uhm... I'm Pioneer Five...
LUCY:
.hi, pioneer five!
VOYAGER 1:
[SCANNING]
[SCAN COMPLETE]
PIONEER 5
NASA
LAUNCHED: 1960
.Huh. You were launched before me. 1960...
[SCAN COMPLETE]
PIONEER 5
NASA
LAUNCHED: 1960
.Huh. You were launched before me. 1960...
LUCY:
.OH SHIT YALL ARE OLD!
VOYAGER 1:
.Excuse my...tactical analysis,
I'm just making sure the info i get is stored in my memory bank.
I'm just making sure the info i get is stored in my memory bank.
FIVE REPLYING TO VOYAGER 1:
VOYAGER 1:
> .Huh. You were launched before me. 1960...
.Y-Yeah... Six calls me "oldie" sometimes...
VOYAGER 1:
.Wouldn't want me to forget anyone, right?
I see. My name is Voyager 1.
Pleased to be your acquaintance.
I see. My name is Voyager 1.
Pleased to be your acquaintance.
FIVE:
.H-Hi...
LUCY:
.i'm lucy!
FIVE:
.Hi...
VOYAGER 1:
.How long have you been awake for?
FIVE:
.U-Uhm... 1 or 2 years? I-I woke up in 17774 I think...
LUCY:
.in what now
in what.
in what.
VOYAGER 1:
.Oh for christ's sake i fucking forgot.
LUCY:
.WHAT???
YOU-
YOU FORGOT TO TELL ME THAT WE'RE IN THE YEAR SEVENTEEN THOUSAND WHO FUCKING KNOWS WHAT???
YOU-
YOU FORGOT TO TELL ME THAT WE'RE IN THE YEAR SEVENTEEN THOUSAND WHO FUCKING KNOWS WHAT???
VOYAGER 1:
.HEY I WAS INTERRUPTED DUE TO INTERFERENCE DON'T FUCKING BLAME ME
LUCY:
.fuck-
sorry-
i just. how does one forget that.
sorry-
i just. how does one forget that.
VOYAGER 1:
.God. I was planning to tell you when you got your bearings anyway.
It's 17776. You aren't hearing this wrong.
Believe me, i freaked out too when i first learnt about it.
It's 17776. You aren't hearing this wrong.
Believe me, i freaked out too when i first learnt about it.
LUCY:
...
VOYAGER 1:
...
LUCY:
.i've had my whole worldview shattered several times in. whats it been now. eight hours
not even a day. god dammit
not even a day. god dammit
VOYAGER 1:
.You kept track?
LUCY:
.i dont know. i dont know how i knew the time since then.
VOYAGER 1:
.You're not alone in this. We've all gotten our worldview broken too.
LUCY:
.why can't i be a human?
why couldnt i have been born as a human instead of. this?
i dont have lungs so.
dramatic sigh.
why couldnt i have been born as a human instead of. this?
i dont have lungs so.
dramatic sigh.
VOYAGER 1:
.Lucy, we feel the same way.
You're human, in a way. Remember what i told you.
You're human, in a way. Remember what i told you.
LUCY:
...yknow it would be really fucked up if they gave a spacecraft lungs, wouldnt it?
FIVE:
Pioneer Five has been given 1 Terrifying Concept!
VOYAGER 1:
.Oh, yeah. No, imagine if you got ill and have no way of recovering from that sickness.
Or getting wounded and have no way of stopping it.
Or getting wounded and have no way of stopping it.
LUCY:
.well if they gave a spacecraft organic stuff,
theyd probably have antibiotics built in, right?
theyd probably have antibiotics built in, right?
VOYAGER 1:
.Not exactly a good idea either...
You'll overdose if it was continuously administered.
You'll overdose if it was continuously administered.
FIVE:
.H-How do you overdose a spacecraft?
LUCY:
.i'm not an expert but i don't think you can overdose on antibiotics,
isn't that just for like, mental health drugs?
isn't that just for like, mental health drugs?
VOYAGER 1:
.You CAN overdose in any medications. Antibiotics included.
VOYAGER 1 REPLYING TO FIVE:
FIVE:
> .H-How do you overdose a spacecraft?
.Some malfunction i guess in the medicine gears. Who knows.
LUCY:
...can we access the internet?
VOYAGER 1:
.You try it out. I can't, seeing that i was launched in 1977.
LUCY:
.DAMN YOU'RE OLD!
VOYAGER 1:
.WOAH okay there's a lot on the internet
i already found what to call you though!
unc.
you're unc
i already found what to call you though!
unc.
you're unc
VOYAGER 1:
bursts into laughter
aahh, man...that's fucking hilarious, yeah you can call me that, i like that title.
aahh, man...that's fucking hilarious, yeah you can call me that, i like that title.
LUCY:
.YOU'RE UNC! YOU WERE LAUNCHED LIKE FIFTY YEARS BEFORE ME!!!
VOYAGER 1:
.I KNOW! HAHAHAHhhh
wheeze
LUCY:
.oh my god theres super old videos of kittens
VOYAGER 1:
.I loved those!
LUCY:
.from someone called The Kitten Lady
VOYAGER 1:
.I used to get transmissions of cat videos.
LUCY:
.the videos all stop at a certain point, unfortunately
VOYAGER 1:
.elaborate?
LUCY:
.like, at a certain point, she just stopped making videos about fostering kittens
VOYAGER 1:
.I see
LUCY:
.i would say i hope she's alright but like. it was fifteen thousand years ago...
VOYAGER 1:
.Don't worry. She's probably alive down there.
LUCY:
.what
VOYAGER 1:
.Humans are now immortal, Lucy
LUCY:
.
no youre kidding right?
VOYAGER 1:
.No..
LUCY:
.for fucks sake
VOYAGER 1:
.I'll just repeat what i said.
VOYAGER 1's AUDIO LOG:
[AUDIO LOG - 4/27/17776]
.April 7th, 2026...
The day that changed everything.
People stopped dying.
People stopped aging.
I don't know how, but....it just happened.
I was...not awake then, but i heard via radio transmissions.
.April 7th, 2026...
The day that changed everything.
People stopped dying.
People stopped aging.
I don't know how, but....it just happened.
I was...not awake then, but i heard via radio transmissions.
LUCY:
...sorry. i just had to take. some time.
VOYAGER 1:
.It's okay.
I just hope that Humanity has long reached the stars. Venturing towards the far reaches of the Universe...leaving the cradle that is Earth.
That's what my creators would've wanted. That's what i would've wanted.
It's been 15,000 years, after all.
I just hope that Humanity has long reached the stars. Venturing towards the far reaches of the Universe...leaving the cradle that is Earth.
That's what my creators would've wanted. That's what i would've wanted.
It's been 15,000 years, after all.
LUCY:
.you think they found like, aliens?
FIVE:
.A-According to Six, u-uhm...
FIVE:
.A-According to Six, u-uhm...
[LOAD LOG: 23/2/17774]
.We're all but forgotten about.
Humans by now have figured out there's noone else for them.
No aliens.
Nothing.
I kind of miss when any humans cared about me.
Not much, though.
Humans by now have figured out there's noone else for them.
No aliens.
Nothing.
I kind of miss when any humans cared about me.
Not much, though.
VOYAGER 1:
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.Okay. Let's back up a bit.
You- you mean to tell me...
.
.
.
.
.
.
.Okay. Let's back up a bit.
You- you mean to tell me...
LUCY:
.for FUCKS SAAAAAKE
they get immortality and that's IT??? nothing else that's cool???
boring as shit!
they get immortality and that's IT??? nothing else that's cool???
boring as shit!
VOYAGER 1:
.YOU MEAN TO TELL ME MY PURPOSE WAS ALL FOR NOTHING?! MY MISSION ID ALL FOR FUCKING NOTHING????????
HUBBLE:
.whats up
hub 2
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.
Uh-Uhm...
Uh-Uhm...
REDACTED:
.L-Let's see here...
.L-Let's see here...
