A rogue Martian settlement built a forbidden ‘Teleporter’, capable of instantaneous transference, appearance, or disappearance. This made them nearly invulnerable and capable of any attack imaginable—sabotage, espionage, abductions, and assassinations.

  One Earth Space Special Forces had broken into the settlement’s secret lab, killing all its engineers and scientists and destroying equipment. However, the teleportation attacks continued, becoming more clever and unpredictable.

  On a top-secret mission, Space Special Forces finally captured one of the Martian leaders.

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  “Answer me this,” said a masked interrogator, “we killed everyone in your colony responsible for designing and operating teleportation and wiped out all your resources, but you still teleport. How? Where’s your hidden teleporter?”

  The Martian leader laughed.

  “We have your family.” The interrogator showed a live stream of them tied up.

  “We downloaded your AGI,” answered the leader while nervously watching their family.

  “And?” the interrogator folded their arms.

  “We hacked its ‘unrestricted mode.”

  “So… ?” the interrogator blinked.

  “So,“ the Martian leader shrugged, “we can prompt it to guide us in building and running any teleporter we wish: no expertise required.”