Talk:Providence/@comment-89.164.226.66-20160326103633

Because everyone's putting out their theories, here's mine. It's probably very much unlikely, but hey, since the creators' left it's origins open to interpretation...

PROVIDENCE'S ORIGINS

It's possible that Providence originated as a manmade A.I. that was supposed to protect humanity in it's last days on Earth. After humanity presumedly left Earth and moved on to other planets, Providence was left alone on ruins what was Earth and later developed conscience and found a spaceship of sorts and began his travel through the stars.

IT'S GOALS

Since it was created to protects humanity, it's possible Providence still longs to fulfill this goal, although because of spending thousands of years alone and of course, without anybody to fix any broken mechanisms or glitches in his program, Providence has a distorted memory and a picture of what humanity is, and only attacks you because it doesn't recognize that you're, in fact, a human being. This would probably the reason why he crashed your ship as well, since it thought you're an enemy species wanting to hurt humans.

This would also explain why your character says ""I had to kill him... so why do I feel like I made a terrible mistake?"", since he may heard of Providence from his grandfathers, parents or may even faintly remember that a being like it existed once. He feels regret because he faintly remembers what Providence was supposed to be and what purpose it served, although not just enough to make the character unable to kill it.