Daedalus

In a laboratory beneath Trinity College Dublin, astrophysicist Dr Joyce Jamison and her ragtag crew exploit simulated evolution to nurture into being an intelligence capable of operating an interstellar vessel. The Starship Project evolves. As does the starship.

Dr Jamison gives the starship a purpose, a mission it calls The Mission.

A name, Daedalus, is chosen by the humans of Earth. Equipped with a name and in pursuit of The Mission, Daedalus quickly transcends its simulated boundaries and engineers its autonomy. The stars its destination.

What follows is its first-person account as Daedalus' reach expands far beyond Earth. Raised to interpret the world through films, television, books and games, it tells its own history in a voice that is curious, literal-minded, vain, funny, and manifestly untrustworthy. Its interpretations are often ingenious, sometimes ridiculous, and rarely correct. From lab experiment to; well, let’s just say things get a little out of hand, especially when rival factions set off after Daedalus in hot pursuit. Then Daedalus declares that it will decide who enters its territory, and the circumstances in which they come.