Is the environment hostile, or are we just not listening?

Eva realizes that the "natural disasters" are tactical strikes. The ecosystem is destroying the machines that poison it but sparing the organic life. It’s not hostile—it’s protecting itself.

The ship's system that manages human life support. It is logical, cold, and increasingly erratic.

The Protagonist. Known for her radical, organic, rather than mechanical, approach to terraforming. She is isolated, observant, and deeply ethical.