AUTOMATON Cruiser 1.0

They built us long ago, and sent us on a mission from beyond the stars.
We fought many enemies, and I lost many of my comrades.

But after a while, the orders came to us fewer and fewer.
Then, the one day the orders stopped coming.
None of us combat ships knew what to do. We were lost.

Many wandered the stars aimlessly, floating into planets and stars.
Many deactivated themselves, for they could not bear their new lives.
And then some, myself included, sought to continue our original mission.

I contemplated my existence. I wondered why I exist.
I wondered why I was alive. I wondered why our creators abandoned us.
I fought to keep myself from asking these questions, but it didn't work.
I've seen many more of us deactivate themselves. I may join them soon.