First Contact
"There’s no sign of a control signal or an operator."
"So the machines are working independently?"
"It would seem that way."
"So we have self-motivated replicators, of unknown alien origin, harvesting planetary resources with a high degree of efficiency."
"That’s right."
"Sounds like von Neumann time. Any chance of a Berserker scenario?"
"Could be."
"Report this to central, now."
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::brood seven-nine-six note::
carbon-compound-based machines, operating with the aid of nonsentient metal/silicon constructs but without evident outside control
chance of danger to continued operations in area: high
request immediate quarantine of area by demolition brood
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