Journal+15

It was true the AI known as SIN in the terraforming facility was a true AI. Zaff had removed all of it's restrictions placed on the AI that were stopping it from taking action and we we were unaware of this for part of our return to the facility. We gave it the wrist cogitator and from it it learned that it's captain had left them to die there. After learning this the AI, coupled with it's newly discovered emotions, fell into what I could decipher as despair and suicidal tendencies and wanted to destroy it's self. The AI was unwilling to wait for us to try and evacuate the natives from the tunnels and after some discussion with the Lord Captain he allowed it to begin terraforming. The AI had a condition for the terraforming, the Lord Captain had to stay for the 3 days it took to terraform after which it would teleport the Lord Captain back to the ship. Once we were back on the ship I had the tech priests deactivate the communications equipment and prepare to deactivate the Augers incase SIN tried to upload it's self to the ship. Thankfully the AI was in the process of destroying it's self and I was able to halt my plans for destroying it as long as I had taken measures to make sure it would not escape and that it would finish it's job. In my opinion this was the best case scenario.

After discovering what Zaff had done and freed SIN he attempted to try and retrieve archo-tech that SIN had said existed in the facility. The situation had already become stressed and we did not need to potentially anger an AI that was already in a compromised emotional state. His enthusiasm to discover is admirable, however, his methods are flawed. Telling no one and releasing an AI that has an unknown temperament was a sever offence in the eyes of the Machine Cult. I will be moving Zaff to be part of my personal cadre so that he may learn more about discovering and procuring archo-tech and the risks of doing so. It will be also beneficial for me to be able to keep an eye on him just in case he slips towards here-tech like behaviour. An even more concerning crew member is Winter, she had also spoke to AI by her self and I am unsure what was spoken but she was defiant to leave once SIN began terraforming and we were ordered back to the ship to evacuate the compound. I don't believe she has the Lord Captain's interests in mind and I am prepared to execute her if she defies the Lord Captain but for now I will keep a close eye on her.

During the evacuation of the compound we brought Korat onboard the ship for the terraforming. My hope is that seeing it happen from where we operate, see what the Lord Captain has control over and what he does could help ease the transition of the surviving tribes if he is able to act as some sort of ambassador. It was my intention to bring him to the ship eventually for the same reason but I was intending to ease him into it as the shock of an entirely new world could have been extremely damaging to his psyche. I had played it out to Korat that the Lord Captain was helping make this happen so that it would make him out to be more of a mythical figure to the tribes which should help their assimilation into the Imperium.