"Weapons? What kind of a project is this?" Kerr demanded.
"An exploration of fringe worlds a long way from Earth. The explorers would need to defend themselves from... shall we say unexpected threats. And they will need self-destruct commands deep-coding so they can be destroyed if they fall into the wrong hands."
Torr's jaw dropped. Shock ran through Bryn, closely followed by fear. "Self-destructs?" Torr said, his voice shrill. "You can't be serious! The AIs are high-level intelligences. It isn't ethical. We can't..."
"You have a choice," Wolf interrupted. "You can take the project, or let Exoviron Systems collapse. Which is it to be?"
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