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t "So uh, "Director", what makes this "Harmonica Robot" different from all the other Rovers we've sent to Mars?"

t "Well, the Harmonica Robot is actually a so sophisticated piece of artificial intelligence technology, he has to play the harmonica to keep himself from being lonely. We believe he'll be able to discover a lot more then we ever could with our limited Rover faculties.

t Mission date 2035. Harmonica Robot lands on Mars and finds evidence of life, microbes hidden deep within the soil, too deep for any previous rovers to have discovered. Shortly afterwards contact with Earth abruptly ceases.

t Mission date 2050. Using the observatory still operational aboard the orbiter, the Harmonica Robot discovers an asteroid headed for Mars with a 97% chance of collision. The asteroid is massive enough to cause planet-wide destruction.

t Mission date 2075. Harmonica Robot's self adjusting neural network becomes self aware.

t You are Harmonica Robot. Your task: bootstrap an ecosystem and civilization advanced enough to do something about the impending impact. Or get you the hell home.

t End of transmission.
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