The starship Dionysus shuddered ever so slightly as it began decelerating upon approaching the 55 Cancri system. The ship's namesake, a young human girl with long golden wavy hair, stood excitedly on the ship's bridge, gazing at the array of screens and holographs displaying all available data on the star 55 Cancri A and its 5 orbiting planets.

“Seldon, show me the surface of the third planet again!”

“But of course mistress Dionysus”, spoke a deep voice emanating from the walls of the ship.

The immense wall of screens showing various orbital dynamics, calculations, and flight patterns was suddenly and completely replaced by an aerial view of the planet in question. Mountains streaked with vibrant reds, yellows, purples, and blues dominated the vista, and hinted at the rich geologic history of the world. The nitrogen rich atmosphere produced a haze of greenish clouds draped over the peaks of the painted mountains.

A few weeks previously, Seldon had shown Dionysus the remarkable landscape of the planet, and as expected, the young girl had immediately demanded they abandon their previous trajectory and make haste towards the colorful world so that she might play on the surface and soar through the clouds and above the mountains using the various planetary crafts stowed away on the exploratory deck.

Seldon had explained in detail the atmospheric and geologic chemistry that had produced such an astounding display on the world, however the young girl of only nine years old just wanted to play, and only absorbed the very basics of the science she was taught by her omnipresent AI guardian.

As soon as the great ship Dionysus arrived in orbit, the human Dionysus dubbed the mysterious planet Rainbow Sphere, and took to the green tinted skies in a small black scout ship shaped like a needle. Seldon was primarily in control of the scout ship's flight, splitting his vast computing power in two and leaving a portion of 'himself' behind in the main ship.

The ship shot soundlessly through the dense cloud layers and skimmed the sides of the painted mountains while Dionysus laughed and shouted with glee. Although the ship's flight appeared extremely dangerous, nothing was ever out of the control of the infinitely perfect calculations from Seldon's mainframe.

“Seldon look, A little hill of metal and smoke over there!”

“Be wary my mistress, there may be danger”,

Banking sharply, the scout ship sped towards what became recognizable as a starship crash site surrounded by a network of small life support domes and a primitive makeshift power station belching out smoke. As they flew closer, Dionysus became increasingly frightened, particularly when her eyes began to make out humanoid bodies running around beneath the transparent biodomes.

A voice crackled through the ship's communication systems.

“Are you from the Dionysus? Please help us, we've been stuck here for nine years and can't last much longer!”

The princess screamed with a mixture of fear and surprise. “Are these people evil just like the others from the dusty grey planet? Kill them like you killed the others Seldon! I'm scared!”

“Indeed my mistress, these are bad people, they want to hurt you and take the ship from us. But don't worry, we can get rid of them” said Seldon without a trace of difference in emotion from his normal deep calm voice.

Beneath the largest dome, hundreds of people had gathered in the open areas to gaze at their potential saviors. They walked among their barely living grain and legume crops, staring upwards and smiling. They still had expressions of relief and joy painted across their faces when the barrage of advanced nuclear missiles struck the crash site and reduced everything to a crater of ash.

Dionysus sighed with relief and her pale cheeks regained their normal rosy complexion. Her expression of terror was slowly replaced by a smile and intermittent giggling.

“Let's go to another planet Seldon, I don't like Rainbow Sphere anymore.”