Bab 207: Monitoring Log

So, you are the weaker party in a head-on conflict between two forces, and you are absolutely getting your ass wrecked with no chance of retaliation whatsoever. What do you do?

Brutally, the proper choice is to surrender and hope that you are given a pleasant fate, because if you continue your battle, your fate will be sealed anyway.

This was the decision this AI civilization made after just 10 minutes of battle. They sent multiple pings through a very basic and unencrypted quantum network to Dante, trying to establish contact.

When they did, Dante forwarded them to his base AI to negotiate terms of surrender while he himself sighed boredly and with a hint of complexity. In truth, he expected to see a scene of true heartfulness and defiance, the weaker party fighting with all they had to establish that freedom was more precious than life.