The Aryl AI
The system that went dark the instant Princess Formidable's failsafe was triggered — where the last season took place.
Story so far
Rishi asks Carl whether he knew that the Aryl system went dark the moment Princess Formidable hit The Failsafe. Carl corrects one detail — Formidable herself never made it to the failsafe, because The AI pulled her off her ship and dropped her into the ocean on the surface — but confirms he has heard the rest, and that the Aryl system is where the last season occurred.
Rishi nods but declines to elaborate on the point, leaving it hanging as one of the omens (alongside the mantids' flight) that convinced him this crawl had gone fundamentally wrong. He later notes that the system here has 'gone primal,' so the failsafe he once assumed would kill them all was never blown.
Role
A dark, silent system whose fate hints at what the failsafe really does.
Relationships
Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
- The prior season's AI, still functioning but silent for weeks before its entire system went dark.
- The system that went dark the instant Princess Formidable's failsafe was triggered — where the last season took place.