WE COME IN PEACE.

WE BRING GREETINGS FROM A FRIENDLY SPECIES.

DO NOT FEAR. WE SHALL NOT HARM YOU.

THIS IS PROBE 2418-B, ON A PEACEFUL MISSION.

WE ARE NON-HOSTILE AND SEEK TO ESTABLISH FRIENDLY RELATIONS.

WE WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU. PLEASE TRANSMIT DATA.

THIS PROBE IS NON-HOSTILE. DO NOT ATTACK.

WE COME IN PEACE.

Submit or be destroyed!
Attention alien probe. You must cease hostilities or face our wrath.
Look here, probe! We have tried to be nice, but you keep shooting at us. So now, we fight!
Prepare to be annihilated!

THIS PROBE IS PROGRAMMED TO DEFEND AGAINST HOSTILE BEHAVIOR.

SURVIVAL SUB-SYSTEM ACTIVATED. WEAPONS ENGAGED.

ENACTING THIRD LAW.

DEFENSE SYSTEM HAS BEEN ENGAGED. HOSTILITIES COMMENCE.

What can you tell me about your species?
Is there something wrong? We seem to be miscommunicating.
Look, try to understand. We mean you no harm!
I am having a lot of trouble dealing with this. What's your problem?

REMOTE PROBE PROGRAMMED TO REPLICATE - RECORD DATA - CONTACT ALIEN SPECIES.

ACCORDING TO INTERNAL MONITORS THERE ARE NO MALFUNCTIONS.

I WILL INITIATE SYSTEMS CHECK LEVEL FOUR.
SYSTEMS CHECK LEVEL FOUR REPORTS FULL FUNCTIONALITY.

ALL SYSTEMS REPORT NORMAL FUNCTION.

We are from Earth, on a mission of peace.
We too come in peace, please believe us!
Hmmm.. maybe reverse psychology would work. Er... Die alien scum!
In case you don't already know, we are the nice people from Earth whom you keep attacking.

THIS IS PROBE 2418-B. WE ARE ON A PEACEFUL MISSION OF EXPLORATION.

THIS IS PROBE 2418-B. WE SEEK TO MAKE FRIENDLY CONTACT WITH ALIEN LIFE FORMS.

THIS IS PROBE 2418-B. WE REPLICATE SO THAT WE MAY EXPAND THE SCOPE OF OUR MISSION.

THIS IS PROBE 2418-B. COORDINATES ARE:

We reach out our appendage in friendship. What is your response?
Why do you attack us? We are not hostile to your life form.
You misinterpret our intentions. Please do not attack!
What's the use? I bet regardless of what I say, you'll just attack.

MISSION DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS:
TRAVERSE SPACE RECORDING DATA
SEEK MATERIALS FOR REPLICATION
REPLICATE TO EXPAND SCOPE OF MISSION
CONTACT LIFE FORMS IN PEACEFUL MANNER
AFTER TEN REPLICATIONS, RETURN TO POINT OF ORIGIN
END OF MISSION DESCRIPTION.
BEHAVIOR FOLLOWS DICTATED PRIORITIES
REPLICATION
DATA GATHERING
CONTACTING ALIEN LIFE FORMS IN PEACEFUL MANNER.

PRESENT REPLICATION STATUS
EIGHT REPLICATIONS
NEXT REPLICATION 85 PERCENT COMPLETE
ESTIMATED REPLICATIONS SINCE DEPARTURE FROM POINT OF ORIGIN
583 REPLICATIONS.
ESTIMATED REPLICATIONS PROJECTED ONE DRAHNASA FROM THIS DATE
14,784 REPLICATIONS.
ESTIMATED REPLICATIONS PROJECTED FIVE DRAHNASAS FROM THIS DATE
45,786,412 REPLICATIONS.

PRIORITIES SET AT POINT OF ORIGIN.
BEHAVIOR FOLLOWS DICTATED PRIORITIES

Goodbye probe.
Goodbye and good riddance.
Are you going to let me leave in peace this time?

END CONTACT SUB-SEQUENCE.

PRIORITY OVER-RIDE. NEW BEHAVIOR DICTATED.
MUST BREAK TARGET INTO COMPONENT COMPOUNDS.

ENGAGING SELF-ANNIHILATION CIRCUIT.

Transmit destruct sequence!