30 Stories in 30 Days #18 – “Faulty Programming, I”

Faulty Programming, I

Stepping from her hibernation chamber, it took Huytr a few moments to notice the time readout on the console. “Ship,” she asked, “why did you wake me thirty-seven cycles early?”

“One of the bio-simulates on Planet 764978-03 is not acting in accordance with its programming.”

“It what fashion?”

“One of the sub-groupings of sentient beings on Planet 764978-03 governs themselves through a primitive representative democracy. The bio-simulate in question has been elected to the hi...