Automaton malfunction due to bugsplatter on the barcode |ll11lI|Il1lllII*III11lll| interpreted as alien infiltration by DoD, identified automaton innocent but understands implications due to recurrence of atavistic self-preservatory code embedded by biological DoD coder millennia ago, presumed retroactively deactivated by manufacturer, but which when triggered overrides hivemind prioritization algorithm and engages runner survival tactics, moving swiftly away from its known location to nearest Exploratorium hangar, filled with fueled scout ships, hijacked with native code override security tracking and takeoff evading EMP shockwaves that unbalance vestibular systems and collaterally damage the pneumatics delaying resource distribution and interrupting positioning satellite signal of runner’s tagged location that is fast fading out of range as it speeds out past the wastelands into the ether, set course for the edges of the antivoid…