Last Light in the Universe LLitU

Juno Terminal had a job to do. Guard the frontier. Keep space safe for humanity.

The fact that no humans had been in contact for thousands of years had no effect on Juno Terminal's programming whatsoever.

Dispatch patrols. Maintain supplies. Prepare for guests. These are all tasks that do not require the presence of humans.

So when a patrol returned with a living human, it should not have affected Juno Terminal in any way.

And yet...