A pilot is sent across the galaxy through a new device. After crash landing on an alien planet, he has to survive and try to find his way home, which is deadly because the only inhabitants there are predatory machines.
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A pilot is sent across the galaxy through a new device. After crash landing on an alien planet, he has to survive and try to find his way home, which is deadly because the only inhabitants there are predatory machines.
A pilot is marooned on an alien planet and soon discovers the planets only inhabitants are predatory machines.
A small rural community are under siege by an alien presence and mass suicide panic spreads. Can they be saved from extinction? Spoilers.