robkelk Wrote:If Noah Scott finds out that there are actually people like this in Fenspace, he's going to push hard for them to be classified as Boskonian. They want to commit genocide, after all...Yup.
Genocide is the least of it. Total extinction of all Life might need some new term. Omni genocide? Pan genocide?
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...rserker_probe#Berserkers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anvil_of_Stars
http://blogcritics.org/bo...iew-von-neumanns-war-by/
This would be an example of Berserkers without goodlife - "Anvil of Stars" is an interesting read. "Von Neumann's War" by John Ringo is recommended, assuming you don't object to stories where a lot o humanity is wiped-out.
http://www.berserker.com/FredsBerserkers.html
http://www.baenebooks.com/p-30-berserker-throne.aspx - free download (probably more elsewhere)
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