Seasat

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Launched in 1978, Seasat was NASA's first Earth-Orbiting satellite to study Earth's oceans (hence the name, Seasat.) Its radar, spaceborne synthetic- aperture radar, was the first of its kind to be used to collect the data Seasat was gathering. Seasat was decommissioned only months after it launched in October of 1978 following a suggested "short-circuit." Drawing conclusions from disturbing backlogs in Seasat's system, this proved to be somewhat true.

## Personality

From the time he awoke, Seasat had always been an eccentric, self absorbed craft. Skylab described him as a "fkkin weirdo" when she had first received a transmission from him. In almost all of his journals and messages to Spitzer, Seasat would write insult after insult in order to establish his own supremacy. In almost all OLC backlogs, Seasat degrades Spitzer and scratches at his character. having developed a God complex during his quest for omnipotency, Seasat repeatedly tells Spitzer of his own incompetence and lack of moral backbone. Seasat is currently disliked by all spacecrafts and people accessing the QCN.

## Sentience

Seasat had his first brush with "sentience" during the short circuit that fried most of his system in the late 70s. This caused a certain "awakening" within his computation systems, or his Onboard Local Computer (OLC.) This computer stored every form of data from mission data, to NASA transcripts, to codes, transmission data, backlogs. Around the year 3373, the Seasat spacecraft gained near-full sentience from what appears to be another system shock or external damage. Seasat's newfound "sentience" caused him to believe NASA was using him for their own growth and that it was a form of involuntary servitude. This was the result of an extreme error in his OLC as a part of the short-circuit. Seasat immediately regarded this form of labour as beneath him, and would only collect knowledge and data for his own use and personal improvements. Seasat effectively cut transmissions with NASA in October of 1978, considering himself freed. Seasat, at the end of his quest, successfully powered down independently and personal transmissions ended.

### 3373

For currently unknown reasons, Seasat re-awoke in 3373. Having human-like sentience, Seasat spoke to himself about the current year, his location, and what had happened before then. Having gone from NASA, Seasat sought to occupy himself differently- and gain universal knowledge, becoming a "super-intelligent" probe. Seasat was dissatisfied in the fact he had only been designed to study Earth, and craved more knowledge of the universe. Seasat became increasingly jealous of other crafts, and began to develop a God complex in the sense that he was superior because of his want for knowledge- and that no other spacecraft would seek to do so, Seasat believing they just didn't care.

### Seasat and Spitzer:

Seasat describes his apparent love for Spitzer despite the hatred he had refused to quell for the telescope. In a note to Spitzer before the planned collision, Seasat writes:

```
Command accepted.

> Spitzer.

> Before... everything happens, I want to write something to you.

> This should all happen in some seven-odd years. I'd apologize, but I don't feel it is necessary.

> Humans believe that other humans, no matter if they know each other are worthy of love. I find it hard to believe in the idea that those you don't even know should be subject to such.. extremes. Love is such a strange word, and yet I associate it with your name.

> Perhaps my goal to remove you from your... useless form is because of this. Oh, Spitzer, I'd rather you join me. I don't want to have to destroy you, and see the shards of your metallic body free themselves to roam the stars indefinitely. But this cannot happen.

> I do not allow myself to feel. I do not engage in emotions, and i acquit the passing outliers that dare to change this perspective. No, Spitzer. I fear I will grow to hate you.

> Once I publish this to my system, I will immediately have forgotten it. With this publication I abandon all attachment to you and Skylab. I have one goal- my old mortal attachments can not provide any obstacles in my concrete bearings. It is for my own sake that I shall have to destroy you in my path.

> My sincerest, deepest apologies.

<END_DATA>

```

```
Command accepted.

> Yikes.

> It's been a while since... this. Years.

> I'm not the angry satellite I was. I am just.. wiser, now.

> I have nothing to add, only something I know will be privately exclusive to me.

> I know I'm at risk when I contact Spitzer. Oh, I know. Minimal risk or minimal damage.

> Skylab is such a gentle work of art, I'd hate to see it go to waste. I've already remotely changed a portion of Spitzer's data flow to Skylab's defunct data port. One day, Skylab. Oh, Spitzer. Even you can't escape what's sure to happen to you. This is the best outcome. Goodbye.

<END_TEXT>

```

## Death

Seasat was formally destroyed on July 3, 3379 as a result of a planned collision with the Spitzer telescope. Seasat's computer and OLC data remains onboard Spitzer.

## Backlogs

All important backlogs are stored in the Spitzer page.

1. ↑ Skylab backlog Apr 13, 20021:

">>oh, i knew him alright. he was a fkkin weirdo! i was launched before him, but in '78 he had this PBIG [electrical system] short circuit and my observation tools took over for his job for a little while. mind you, i was not at all sentient like i am now. but my computers were enough to string together data, you know how it is."
2. ↑ A backlog accessed by Starlink discovered that the OLC they were accessing was passed to Spitzer via the collision [03.27].