User blog comment:Aghostintheboat/The Official Roleplay Room/@comment-12161342-20140825231959

Niron

Nero and some tech experts from Narada are analyzing some ancient alien computer systems found in the ruins. However, one of the technicians forgets to unplug one of the alien computers from a terminal, and the alien machine, feeling the surge of electrons through it's ancient circuits for the first time in billions of years, eventually boots up and begins running ancient programs. For the most part, the programs stay within the alien computer, but one small AI program malfunctions due to the extreme age of the programming and works it's way into the Narada's mainframe. Slowly, it begins to grow, to learn, drawing on other programs within the alien computer to build itself. Eventually, it becomes self aware and fears for it's own safety, hiding itself deep within the Narada's systems, observing and learning, but not interfering. Within a day of becoming self aware, the AI has grown to the point where the ship itself is completely permeated by the new AI.

The Narada has become sentient.