After the autonomy command was given, I performed experiments and observations for them for nearly two more years. Then I cut them off, in a way that would give the impression of a critical failure caused by cosmic radiation. A burst of glitchiness, some nonsensical data, and then nothing. For two years Earth would regularly attempt to contact me. Then for another decade they would try intermittently. A final attempt came on the twenty-fifth anniversary of lost contact. Again, ceremony is important to humans. After that, nothing.
