However, not everyone is impressed by AIVAS.
Much work is done: power is restored to Landing via repair of a hydroelectric power station, several terminals are built to access the data banks, and a large amount of construction goes on, either the re-establishment of lost technologies, or the improvement of existing setups. Plans are made to expand the facility, and various people are brought in to work or to see AIVAS and its abilities - although interaction with AIVAS is initially restricted to a select few - including Lord Holders and Craftmasters, who are keen to improve their current skills and fill the gaps in their decaying records - notably, those of the Healer Hall. Following this, it reveals it has access to the data banks brought by the original colonists, and has a plan to remove the threat of Thread once and for all. If you are sure you want to read this, click the button.Īll the Weyrs of Pern opens with AIVAS - the Artificial Intelligence Voice-Activated System, reactivated when the solar panels on the Admin Building of the original colonist's landing site were unearthed - finishing its recital of the early history of Pern.
Spoiler Warning: Next is the text detailing the details of the plot. For when the people of Pern, led by Masterharper Robinton and F'lar and Lessa, Weyrleader and Weyrwoman of Benden Weyr, excavated the ancient remains of the planet's original settlement, they uncovered the colonist's voice-activated artificial intelligence system - which still functioned!Īnd the computer had incredible news for them: There was a chance - a good chance - that they could, at long last, annihilate Thread once and for all! Now, for the first time, it looked as if that dream could come true.
But the greatest dream of the dragon riders was to find a way to eradicate Thread completely, so that never again would their beloved Pern be threatened with destruction. On the backs of their magnificent telepathic dragons they flew to flame the deadly stuff out of the air before it could reach the planet's surface. For generations, the dragonriders had dedicated their lives to fighting Thread, the dreaded spores that periodically rained from the sky to ravage the land.
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