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Or worse, you meet the super intelligent giant spider your human ancestor left behind, and you accidentally start a war with them because no one realizes the computer on the ancient satellite is made to behave like the project founder is trying to make first contact.
EDIT: If you haven’t figured it out, I’m describing the novel Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Or in a similar vein, the ship's cat has evolved into a suave humanoid with impeccable taste in fashion.
Paul likes this and attempts to kill you whilst flirting heavily
The ant powered consciousness was pretty cool 😁
Better than the sort of intelligent final evolution of the cat you released when the captain attempted to confiscate it that has a selection of fine outfits and hair gel.
I thought you were talking about the Adam Sander movie Spaceman
No, and that is based on the novel Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar which people thought was a rip off of Project Haily Mary by Andy Weir (which I read and loved). When the trailer for Spaceman was released, Weir had to go on social media and tell fans Spaceman of Bohemia was published before his novel.
EDIT: I did not read Spaceman of Bohemia.