Not to be confused with Potatoes (Drone)
"Potatoes" is the third episode of Morphologis' POV in Season One of Group Survival. In this episode, Morph creates a mining machine that has unintended consequences.
Plot[]
4 days after the crash, the doctor continues to manually mine resources, having seen no evidence of other survivors. He heads back to base with his latest load of ore. Along the way, he strikes a deal with Tius to create a mining drone. Like the other Survivors, his access to nickel is limited, which in turn limits the options for powering a drone.
Construction continues with ongoing bickering between Morph and Tius, with Morph merely wanting Tius to assist as needed, and Tius taking that assistance to the nth degree.
By the end of the day, Morph has been forced to return to mining, in dire need of nickel, while Tius begins perusing Doctor Who episodes. Task completed, he returns to base and continues construction on the vertical mining drone.
After initial flight test failures, the design is corrected at about the same time Tius finishes Season 54 of Doctor Who; when questions why it took so long to review them, the AI reveals it spent additional time re-watching episodes involving the Daleks and Cybermen.
Full testing encounters some additional difficulties with Tius expressing concern. Morph orders the AI to download critical portions of itself to the drone, which comes to live with random gibberish such as "I'm sorry, we're all out of umbrellas," "Look, it's a bird," and "Beep beep, I'm a Jeep." Tius is unable to shut down the seemingly rogue AI or regain control of the drone, which announces its name is "Potatoes". Shortly after, it takes off after stating it sees the "birds" again, leaving a confused Morphologis and Tius in pursuit.
Random Trivia[]
The core construction of Potatoes is centered along two battery packs, a connector, and a medium cargo container, with redundant conveyor tube feeds down both sides of the craft.