Bob Grant ran a mining operation on a lonely asteroid with his dog Muffin, controlling thousands of harvester drones.


    Throughout the solar system, he traded extracted resources using a skyhook hyper-transit auction system for goods he''d restore and resell for profit.


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    One day, Bob received something that seemed mysteriously off …


    "Check this out, Muffin." Bob placed the object on the table as it disintegrated.


    "Looks like someone''s trying to con me with counterfeit, shape-shifting nanites."


    Muffin growled and barked.


    "No problem," Bob smirked while reprogramming the nanites, returning them to sender.


    Bob''s reprogrammed nanites led to an extinction-level event.