New Worlds: Machine Uprising (2026)

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[engine shutting down]

[Computer] Activating

rescue engine.

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Scanning for life.

Scanning for life.

Scan... scan...

scanning for life.

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Warning. Black hole detected.

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Warning. Gravitational

pull increasing.

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Activating rescue engine.

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[debris hitting spaceship]

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Rescue engine lost.

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No more rescue engines.

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Manual control activated.

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[indistinct radio chatter]

[Astronaut] 2423 live.

Look at the mobile station.

[indistinct radio chatter]

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[laser buzzing]

[heavy breathing]

- Okay, pops,

it's time for happy hour.

- Yeah, I'm only half full here.

- First round's on

you, then, old man.

- Old man?

[laughs]

Yeah, this old man's got five

more combat tours than you do.

- An excuse?

- No, it means I got two

steel replacement knees

better to kick your a*s with.

[laughs]

Don't you mess with me, Eva.

- Uh-huh.

- Hey,

smart a*s.

You gonna help me up or what?

- Fine.

Just don't sh*t on me.

- Ha!

No promises.

[grunts]

All right.

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

[thunder rumbles]

[groaning]

- Second round's on you, kid.

- I can't remember.

- Ah, hell.

Surprised we can breathe at all.

You know, they just started

terraforming this sh*thole.

- Ain't too bad, actually.

Good flavour.

- Heh.

[g*nsh*t]

- Dad!

[tense music]

[Eva panting]

f*ck!

[heavy breathing]

- Come, brother.

Altridus discovered

a stranded vessel.

and the spoils are bountiful.

[thunder rumbles]

Praise be.

[tense music]

[gentle music]

[sighs]

- I am sorry for your loss, Eva.

[clears throat]

Just know that

you are not alone.

- I've been alone

most of my life.

Orphan

grew up on the streets.

- He was your foster father?

- Broke into his place once.

I was hungry.

He never let me go.

Now he's gone.

And it's my fault.

- Nonsense.

You know you have

no control over...

Excuse me.

- f*cking sick and tired

of not having control.

- Yes,

well,

these things are never easy.

We all want control.

If only I had control,

things would be different.

But they're not.

Things aren't different.

Things are what they are.

And today you decide if

you want to change them.

It takes

a special person.

- I'm not special.

- To be able...

- I'm f*cking angry.

[beeping]

- I'm afraid that's the end

of our complimentary session.

- Seriously?

- You can sign up for

our monthly program

and don't forget the deposit.

- We were just getting started.

Come on, doc.

- No money, no healing, honey.

- Here's your deposit.

[sighs]

[suspenseful music]

[bike engine roars]

[electronic dance music]

- Bye.

[traffic rumbling]

[Eva retching]

[siren wailing]

- I've been sitting here

for three f*cking hours.

How long does it take

to load a few crates?

- It takes as long as it takes.

Listen, the unions

are on strike...

- f*cking ridiculous.

I'm just going to

load them myself then.

- What's ridiculous is

that eye make-up, honey.

What'd you do?

Sneeze when you put it on?

Take a hike, lady.

- I'm gonna get you fired.

- Ooh, good, I can eat my lunch.

- Yeah, go eat a d*ck.

- Now we're talking, yeah!

What?

- Sorry, but I think there's

a mistake on my manifest.

[yawns]

Scraps, that'll barely

cover fuel costs.

- You want it or you

don't want it, kid?

- You couldn't fill

it up at least?

[laughs]

- I ain't filling anything up.

The unions are on strike.

All right?

Okay. Hello?

- I have a fuel request in?

- My fuel, what do you mean?

- You know,

you know what I mean.

[laughs]

[sighs]

- I'm never gonna pay

off this f*cking ship.

[indistinct background chatter]

- Rosser says you're

headed to Mortos.

- I guess.

- Name's Eva.

Got any room?

- Oh, I'm a cargo haulier.

I don't take people.

- 5000 enough?

That's about three times

what you'll make otherwise.

No offence.

- What exactly are you asking?

- There's a claim I

want to scope out.

I'm a freelance miner.

- You don't look like a miner.

- My ride's in the shop.

Otherwise, I do it myself.

Won't take long.

- You can pay me up front?

- What's your name?

- Jade. Star runner.

[beeping]

- Got a turret gunner?

Gonna need one.

Especially out there.

- I usually can't afford them.

- Count me in.

[gentle music]

How long have you been

running ash and trash?

[Jade] A few weeks.

What about you?

[Eva] Helped my old man

start a mining business.

It really rocks.

[Jade laughs]

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- Sorry, but it's getting late.

I should get this

scrap delivered.

- Go ahead.

- I'm sorry?

- I appreciate your help, Jade.

- I can't just leave you here.

- It's not safe.

You should go.

- You can't stay out here alone.

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Are you f*cking crazy?

You don't even

have a respirator.

- Don't need it.

[Jade splutters]

I'll give you another five

to come back in three days.

- No way.

- 10,000.

- Stop this!

- 15,000, final offer.

- Eva, what are you doing?

- Finishing what they started.

- What are you talking about?

- Will be the easiest 15,000

creds you'll ever make.

- I'm not that desperate.

Eva, you're scaring me.

[thunder rumbling]

- Don't worry about me.

- Eva!

Eva!

[thunder cracks]

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[thunder rumbles]

[ship engine roars]

[singer chanting]

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[wind howling]

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[ship whirring]

That's right, you crazy b*tch!

[g*nf*re]

[console beeping]

sh*t, sh*t!

[engine roaring]

[console beeping]

- f*ck!

[expl*si*n booms]

[Jade gasping]

[Jade groaning]

- What happened?

- You got rail gunned.

What changed your mind?

- I don't know.

- Revenge is a

dangerous business.

- Better than trading.

At least for now.

[Jade gasping]

[sinister laughter]

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- You gonna sh**t?

[indistinct radio chatter]

- Only if I have to.

You're gonna listen?

[blade swishes]

[indistinct radio chatter]

- Only if have to.

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- James.

Did you intend to end your life?

- I needed to see.

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[bird squawking]

[coughing]

[child laughing]

[child chatting indistinctly]

[coughing]

[child chatting indistinctly]

[coughing]

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[knocking on door]

[coughing]

[child chatting indistinctly]

Daddy.

[coughing]

I want to go outside.

- It's okay, it's okay.

- I want to go outside.

- I know, I know.

Let's sing a song, okay?

Tell me why

The stars do shine

I know, baby.

Tell me why

- I want to go outside.

- I want to go outside.

- I know.

Tell me why

- I want to go outside.

The skies so blue

And I will tell you

Just why I love you

- Machine.

[coughing]

Keep him safe.

[Machine] I have heard your

order and will comply.

- I want to go outside.

- I want to go outside.

[bird squawking]

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Day 36 report.

Father, James continues

to grow and remains safe.

[child chatting indistinctly]

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[food splats]

[Machine] In the beginning

there was the creator.

He spun his finger and

the earth was formed.

With a thought, the plants and

animals dotted the landscape.

From him flowed man,

and from him all knowledge.

Man was gifted with

intelligence above all others.

With it, man made

machine in his own image.

Just as the creator

had made man in his.

Tell me why

The ivy twines

Tell me why

[sticks clacking]

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The manual version 6.0.13.

Reality perception.

Reality is a trickster.

Blue is only blue when

all agree that it is blue.

It is the nature of

sentience to question.

This text was born

from such questions

and lifts the burden from

man and machine alike.

We are now free

to live in comfort

with the knowledge that

our philosophy is sound.

Tell me why

The stars do shine

Tell me why

The ivy twines

Tell me why

The sky is so blue.

And I will tell you

Just why I love you

[fire cracking]

[sighs]

Because the creator

Made the stars shine

Because the creator

Made ivy twine

Because the creator

Made the sky blue

Creator made you

That's why I love you

[sobbing]

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[dramatic music]

- Did you intend

to end your life?

- I needed to see.

- You know, it is

forbidden by the manual.

If you had succeeded,

you would never see

your parents again.

- There was just darkness.

An absence of time.

I died.

And the next second,

here we are.

- Do not let this

bother you, James.

When our experiences

contradict the teachings,

we must re-examine

our experiences

and find the errors

in observation.

Our perceptions can deceive us.

The manual is our

only certainty.

Now, would you like to

hear your horoscope?

It is an exceptional one.

[rain pattering]

Day 13,527 report.

Father, James severed his ulnar

artery along his left wrist.

I found him with sufficient

time to perform my duty.

- Why did you report that?

- Your father instructed

me to keep you safe.

And he sees your pain

clearly from the next world.

You know what the manual states.

- I don't know what

the manual states.

[rain pattering]

I need something else.

I need to find something.

- We can resume our

search for people

if that is what will

give you solace.

Would you like to hear

your horoscope now?

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Man, machine and animal.

There is no room in the city

of the creator for animals.

The base instincts, with no

intelligent mind to guide them,

have no place in his city

where suffering is unknown.

When man and machine

pass through the gates,

ills and malfunctions

are left behind.

The flesh does not rot.

The metal does not rust.

[objects clattering]

I have located the map.

[footsteps tapping]

As you are aware, we have

cleared a radius of 200 miles.

So I propose we

start at zero degrees

and work our way clockwise

beyond the searched area.

It is a six-day walk

to the unexplored,

so we will need

provisions for it.

- Are you aware that

I am composed of meat,

blood, bone and meat?

I saw it in my arm.

- Yes, James.

You were not aware of this?

- I'm an animal.

A big version of a rabbit.

Or a little version

of a buffalo.

My body is going to turn

like their meat turns.

I'm going to putrefy.

And that is why

you will bury me.

You will put me in the ground

so you won't have

to deal with it.

- We bury the dead so

they can make the journey

to the next life.

- How do you know that?

How do you really know that?

- They are resurrected and

live in the city of the creator

where everything

is new and perfect.

There is no night or day,

no sun or moon.

His presence is the light.

A river flows through the city,

and on either side a tree

grows the food or drink

his people require.

There is no sadness,

no sickness, and no despair.

We could...

We could check on my parents.

We gain objective insights

into transcendence.

- And our search?

I thought you needed

to find something.

[suspenseful music]

You must confess your misdeeds.

Ill actions.

Ill thoughts,

rebellions and doubts.

A heavy heart cannot pass

through the creator's gate.

Do not hold tightly

to your sins.

They do you no service in

the city of the creator.

- Man and machine look upon

each other as equals.

Servants and masters

are indistinguishable

in his presence.

All beings are in isness,

a point of view from which

the surroundings are observed,

regardless of

their earthly form.

We are an impulse to power.

For where there is life,

there is the impulse to power.

[water lapping]

[shovel banging]

[tense music]

[James grunting]

[James grunting]

- It is late, James.

Please let me complete this

task so that you can sleep.

[rain pattering]

- Machine.

I order you to leave them be.

Once excavated,

do not disturb my parents.

- I have heard your

order and will comply.

The job is done.

The graves are empty.

[fast drum music]

[tense music]

[James grunting]

- No!

Ah!

No! No!

[tense music]

No!

No, no!

[shouting]

Ah!

What happened?

What did you do?

[james grunting]

- As the manual states,

as we both knew

would be the case,

they have transcended.

Would you like to hear

your horoscope now?

I think it would be

very appropriate.

- You seem upset, Machine.

- Do I?

If so, it must be a projection

of your own feelings of loss.

- Did you know them well?

Do you even mourn their deaths?

I served your parents as

my programming demands.

I loved them as my

programming demands.

- What about me?

What does your programming

tell you about me?

Are you my mother?

- Are you my mother?

- James!

- Are you her?

- I... I am your caretaker.

- Laugh, I order you to laugh.

Laugh.

[Machine laughs]

Cry machine, I order you to cry.

[Machine cries]

Ah!

[suspenseful music]

[James breathing hard]

No.

No!

[James grunts]

[James shouting]

No, no, not you!

Not you!

No, no, not you, not

you, not you, not you.

God! [sobbing]

Ah, Machine!

I don't believe it.

I don't believe any of it.

Machine!

Machine?

Anyone?

Anyone. Oh!

[James whimpering]

[rain pattering]

[gentle music]

[rain pattering]

[gentle music continues]

[Machine] James, version 6.0.13.

Your human emotional

simulation is complete.

Welcome to the real world.

[gentle music continues]

You will now hear

your horoscope.

March 21st, 2634 AS

You will be invited

into a new group.

You will lose an old friend.

The transition will be painful,

but worth it.

You will find the meaning

you have been searching for

and have everything

you have ever wanted.

Companionship.

Purpose.

Family.

Love.

Understanding.

And truth.

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[door creaks]

[drones whirring]

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[machine beeping]

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[horse nickers]

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[speaks foreign language]

[gentle music]

[Man on radio] I pray

it wouldn't happen

and that the situation

won't escalate

but with the technology those

countries have the world

will affect the whole world.

It could be...

[speaking foreign language]

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[horse nickers]

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[air raid siren blares]

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[building collapsing]

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[water gushing]

[birds singing]

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[ethereal music]

[grunting]

[robot beeping]

[tin clatters]

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[tense music]

[rocket fires]

[expl*si*n booms]

[gentle music]

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[robot beeping]

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[tense music]

[expl*si*n booms]

[high pitched frequency]

[robot rattling]

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[rockets firing]

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[rockets firing]

[metal clanging]

[rumbling]

[explosions booming]

[fire roaring]

[gentle music]

[robot beeping]

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[singer vocalising]

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