A new type of weaponry

"Captain… Just one more thing before you can access the rest of the ship…" The AI replied. Hugo noticed that it had begun to sound more intelligent as they carried on their conversation.

[Is she evolving?]

"What is it?" He tried to push his doubts about the AI to the back of his mind.

"I am programmed to only allow access to the armory if the Captain makes a soul binding oath to fight against the civilization that Gaians call the Colonialists sometime within the next 10 years." The AI replied.

"The colonialists? Are you really enemies with them?" Hugo recalled his conversation with Freya earlier. The fairy mentioned that the explorers had probably been foes of the colonialists. But she hadn't sounded entirely sure.

"My creators are." The AI replied.

"Why so?"