Cold Machines

Chapter 2

Hello again People It's me BattleUnit3. Seeing as people actually liked my story here is chapter 2. Feedback is always appreciated.


...Reactivating… Booting up GETH terminal 1264…Transferring Geth programs…

…All 874 Geth programs have been transferred… Reinitializing ocular sensor…

The Geth "awoke" to a complete mess. A quick scan showed that this ship was beyond saving. Bent metal, burning consoles, half the vessel was missing, possibly burned out in the atmosphere. Running a quick diagnostic showed that the terminal they reside had surprisingly taken none damage. The Plasma rifle on its back was fully charged, mechanical servos showed 100% readiness, databanks were untouched, at least it wasn't a total waste. This Geth were sent to observe(spy) on the organics and had gathered plenty of valuable information from mating habits to historical data.

After the diagnostic that machine took its first step forward and quickly fell face first. Geth ships have artificial gravity to minimum, unfortunately for them that went down with the other half of the ship. A quick math later it was able to adjust to the world's gravity which was surprisingly close to the Thessian gravity. This time walking was a lot easier once you factor in gravity. Rising from the cold metal floor the unit looked around. There wasn't much to salvage. Its memory showed that before crashing down it was able to launch a distress beacon. Therefore its priority was to survive until rescue, if it came. Salvaging batteries, thermal clips and spare parts for the Geth platform were the most important.

Any organic would have left the crash site immediately trying to avoid toxic fumes and immense heat. Geth however had no problem with such nuisances. Explosion wasn't possible, the eezo core and everything dangerous was in the other half of the ship.

After several minutes of locating the appropriate supplies for extended survival in a hostile environment, the Geth reached a consensus that they should investigate the outside world. Reaching the airlock wasn't as easy it should have been, mainly due to the corridor leading to it being crushed into the size of a ventilation shaft. The heavy creaking and small spaces were a nightmare for any claustrophobic individual but the Geth platform was neither of those two things. The airlock itself had fared better that its surroundings.

After a scan it showed no significant damage to it and it could be opened. The Geth spent a total of 3 nanosecond considering if this was a good idea. A consensus was reached that it was. The airlock door slowly turned. The sound of metal meeting metal filled the room as if there was an unknown beast dying slowly and painfully in the same room.

While the doors were opening the Geth were recounting what they knew of this world. Last scans showed abnormally low temperature for a world in its position. The atmosphere was 1/5 oxygen 4/5 nitrogen with margin for error for other gasses. By all right this should be a garden world. Maybe they landed in the poles. That thought process was stopped once the doors opened completely.

The freezing air came in with a massive force slamming into the Get terminal almost knocking it down. Thermal sensors were almost fried by the sudden change in an attempt to adjust to the temperature readings. Several programs sent alerts about small malfunctions all over the unit due to the sudden change. Damages were quickly repaired by the on-board systems. The heaviest damages were to the ocular sensor as a thin layer of ice quickly formed on it. The Geth modified the body to be able to fight off the cold.

Due to their synthetic nature usually Geth didn't need to be bothered by things like temperature unless it was in the extremes. Such as the corona of a star. But this was different. In but a few exceptions extremely low temperatures meant lack of atmosphere. But here a layer of frost was covering the Geth terminal. Such conditions weren't met often and thus the intelligence had little knowledge of. The only information it could get was to fight the cold with a heat source. After some calculations the Geth decided to kick several systems into overdrive making them consume excessive amount of energy and heating up. Such an action would normally lead to the unit exploding due heat build up. But due to the extreme conditions such a thing would not happen.

Not freezing to death was avoided. Now it was time to leave the ship. Something that filled the Geth with, so called by the organics, dread. A step outside and it was assaulted by the bright light. The ocular went to overdrive to compensate. After a few milliseconds a realization dawned the lone machine. The ship crash site was a crater. But there was no dirt, rocks or fire, no there was just snow.

Climbing out was easier said than done. The soft substance was crushed under the platform's feet. Eventually the Geth were able to leave the crash site only to meet an endless desert of white. Sensors started to scan the area. There was nothing. There was no horizon. It was almost impossible see the difference between the sky and ground. A sense loneliness consumed all. Except the Geth for there was 874 of them.

The power drain of running several system on overdrive to ward of the wind was becoming a problem. The Geth decided that finding shelter should be top priority. Once again they scanned the area hoping to find something. This one returned positive. Around 4 kilometers south there was unnaturally occurring hill. Possible cave.

Packing all of the scavenge supplies, the Geth terminal set off for the cave. The walk was slow, even for a synthetic the environment was taking its toll. Energy supplies were dropping fast. Organics always tried to find the good in the bad. After several calculations the Geth concluded that due to the cold the Geth thermal clips would be far more efficient than normal. Not only that but sending system into overdrive without the blowing up gave them boosted strength, speed and reaction time. In the event of an attack the units combat efficiency would be increased by 60%. Of course the drawback would be consuming massive amounts of energy something that is currently a non renewable resource. And there is the fact that there is probably nothing alive out here to attack them.

They finally reached the cave only to find out it wasn't a cave at all. No it was a building buried in the snow. There was a giant metal door with a sign: "Welcome to Winterhome Research Station 3".


I have been reading reviews, which i am happy to do since it means people are actually reading the story hooray for me and here are some answers

Fecyrineu: Sorry but the system the Turians discovered isnt Sol. The geth fell from the mass less corridor between two relays. Sol is completely separate from the rest of the galaxy. It would be a good idea adding several different story arcs. But its my first time writing so i try to keep it small.

Artyom-Dreizehn: I was thinking about just following the adventures of Gethy the RoboAlien. He would be meeting new people and automatons. Learning about humanity. Trying to not freeze to death. Maybe if i dont mess this up there could be sequel where humanity goes to the stars and meets everyone. But humanity in the that fic won't be like the System Alliance. They would tough as nails, taking sh*t from no one, and if you threaten them, well better bunker up honey cause a global wide catastrophe couldn't kill them what makes you think those toy guns are going.

Thank you all, i hope i don't disappoint you. If you have a problem leave a review.

May the Holy Generator's warmth guide you through this cold reality!