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our resources were depleted...but we ran out of time. Our greatest achievement as a species was the artificial intelligence known as EIN. If you are hearing this message, it is because EIN is as brilliant as we believe him to be. With EIN's help, all four million members of our species have entered a state of cryogenic sleep. While we sleep, the hopes of an entire planet rest with EIN and his creations aboard the Little
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planet is found. An advanced artificial intelligence known as EIN is placed in charge of finding a new planet while all of humanity is put into a state of cryogenic sleep. EIN constructs a small scouting vessel known as the "Little
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Season 1, Episode 3, Mission Log 001: 'We were the last survivors of a planet called Earth. Four million members of our species fled Earth on a spacefaring vessel called the Big
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animal characters. After each character presents its plan for resolving a given situation, the player must select the ideal AI to solve the problem. Star
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