Very intriguing concept! For me, the surreal description of the droid makes this story all the more believable.

I don’t know if this is just my inexperience talking, but in your description, I would have held off on revealing what the artifacts really were,been more vague about it, so when the ending twist came readers would be hit with the realization of both. What do you think?

I deleted one sentence. Hopefully that leaves a little more mystery? I keep writing these little stories where the tags reveal more about the story than the story itself. :P

I think its just that im not much of a scifi person. but this went over my head. I still think it was really well written i just didnt get it.

I partly missed the end as well. You lost me with the last line. Otherwise I like the imagery of the drone and its quest.

Alright, revised this a little more. I guess it was too mysterious. :P

The idea is “radio archeology.”

In the far distant future, a space probe is sent out to travel faster than light to catch up to all the radio and television broadcasts humans emitted centuries ago. It’s like trying to out-run sound so you can hear what you said 5 minutes ago.

I got it! I think its clever. :)