Probe Quotes

WE COME IN PEACE.


WE BRING GREETINGS FROM A FRIENDLY SPECIES.


DO NOT FEAR. WE SHALL NOT HARM YOU.


THIS IS PROBE 2418-B, ON A PEACEFUL MISSION.


WE ARE NON-HOSTILE AND SEEK TO ESTABLISH FRIENDLY RELATIONS.


WE WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU. PLEASE TRANSMIT DATA.


THIS PROBE IS NON-HOSTILE. DO NOT ATTACK.


PRIORITY OVER-RIDE. NEW BEHAVIOR DICTATED.

MUST BREAK TARGET INTO COMPONENT COMPOUNDS.


Submit or be destroyed!

THIS PROBE IS PROGRAMMED TO DEFEND AGAINST HOSTILE BEHAVIOR.


Attention alien probe. You must cease hostilities or face our wrath.

SURVIVAL SUB-SYSTEM ACTIVATED. WEAPONS ENGAGED.


Look here, probe! We have tried to be nice, but you keep shooting at us. So now, we fight!

ENACTING THIRD LAW.


Prepare to be annihilated!

DEFENSE SYSTEM HAS BEEN ENGAGED. HOSTILITIES COMMENCE.


What can you tell me about your species?

REMOTE PROBE PROGRAMMED TO REPLICATE - RECORD DATA - CONTACT ALIEN SPECIES.


We are from Earth, on a mission of peace.

THIS IS PROBE 2418-B. WE SEEK TO MAKE FRIENDLY CONTACT WITH ALIEN LIFE FORMS.


We reach out our appendage in friendship. What is your response?

MISSION DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS:

TRAVERSE SPACE RECORDING DATA

SEEK MATERIALS FOR REPLICATION

REPLICATE TO EXPAND SCOPE OF MISSION

CONTACT LIFE FORMS IN PEACEFUL MANNER

AFTER TEN REPLICATIONS, RETURN TO POINT OF ORIGIN

END OF MISSION DESCRIPTION.


Is there something wrong? We seem to be miscommunicating.

ACCORDING TO INTERNAL MONITORS THERE ARE NO MALFUNCTIONS.


Look, try to understand. We mean you no harm!

I WILL INITIATE SYSTEMS CHECK LEVEL FOUR.

SYSTEMS CHECK LEVEL FOUR REPORTS FULL FUNCTIONALITY.


I am having a lot of trouble dealing with this. What's your problem?

ALL SYSTEMS REPORT NORMAL FUNCTION.


We too come in peace, please believe us!

THIS IS PROBE 2418-B. WE ARE ON A PEACEFUL MISSION OF EXPLORATION.


Hmmm.. maybe reverse psychology would work. Er... Die alien scum!

THIS IS PROBE 2418-B. WE REPLICATE SO THAT WE MAY EXPAND THE SCOPE OF OUR MISSION.


In case you don't already know, we are the nice people from Earth whom you keep attacking.

THIS IS PROBE 2418-B. COORDINATES ARE: {Coordinates}.


Why do you attack us? We are not hostile to your life form.

BEHAVIOR FOLLOWS DICTATED PRIORITIES

REPLICATION

DATA GATHERING

CONTACTING ALIEN LIFE FORMS IN PEACEFUL MANNER.


You misinterpret our intentions. Please do not attack!

PRESENT REPLICATION STATUS

EIGHT REPLICATIONS

NEXT REPLICATION 85 PERCENT COMPLETE

ESTIMATED REPLICATIONS SINCE DEPARTURE FROM POINT OF ORIGIN

583 REPLICATIONS.

ESTIMATED REPLICATIONS PROJECTED ONE DRAHNASA FROM THIS DATE

14,784 REPLICATIONS.

ESTIMATED REPLICATIONS PROJECTED FIVE DRAHNASAS FROM THIS DATE

45,786,412 REPLICATIONS.


What's the use? I bet regardless of what I say, you'll just attack.

PRIORITIES SET AT POINT OF ORIGIN.

BEHAVIOR FOLLOWS DICTATED PRIORITIES


Goodbye probe.


Goodbye and good riddance.


Are you going to let me leave in peace this time?

END CONTACT SUB-SEQUENCE.


Transmit destruct sequence!

ENGAGING SELF-ANNIHILATION CIRCUIT.


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