self-replicating machine theme
There is a device of some sort that is able to create perfect copies of itself ad infinitum. Note: This is used for machines large enough to be seen; there is another theme for self-replicating nanodevices.
7 total · 1 major · 6 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Screamers (1995) | major | The titular Screamers are self-replicating, blade-wielding, burrowing robots that while originally built to kill enemy combatants, went about trying to kill everybody after having acquired sentience. |
| blackmirror3x06 | minor | The mechanical bees were able to form swarms and somehow reproduce themselves. |
| ds95x26 | minor | self-replicating mines were deployed around the wormhole to prevent Jem'Hadar convoy from entering Alpha Quadrant |
| ds96x01 | minor | self-replicating mines were deployed around the wormhole to prevent Jem'Hadar convoy from entering |
| ds96x04 | minor | self-replicating mine field deployed around wormhole |
| ds96x05 | minor | Dukat was working to remove self-replicating mines from around wormhole |
| movie: Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008) | minor | Spider-like replicator bots got loose on the Odyssey battlecruiser and went about disassembling the ship to make copies of themselves. |