Rife, the sentient AI hiding in the information matrix of the ancient tomb, said it could have killed us but it did not, because our party suits made it clear that we were not DERAIL agents, even me, the newcomer.
I am not sure that it has a lot of agency beyond the nanite swarm or whatever ancient defense mechanisms this tomb has.
It now implores our help, to escape back to the UNF. It has promised us that in return it would reveal the location of other ancient ruins and -to me- it said it know the location of important Amarrian artifacts. Rife is bargaining, that is certain, but I am not sure it will be able to hold up its end of the bargain.
So I am placed in a dilemma. Law requires me to inform concord, and they will send in DERAIL to terminate Rife. Imperial decrees forbid us to create artificial sentient life. But what if it is already created? Should it then not be treated as other sentients? Should the efforts not go towards stopping the creation of new sentient AI's, rather than terminating existing ones?
We are in a dilemma. Mitsiro and I have been pondering the question over the last few days, taking care not to come to a hasty conclusion. I am trying to quiet my mind, and listen to my conscience.
It tells me to remain lawful. It also tells me not to kill.
