Survival Tactics

"Survival Tactics" by Al Sevcik is a science fiction story set in the late 1950s that throws readers into a desperate fight for survival on the jungle planet Waiamea. The story looks at what happens when technology goes wrong and the deadly outcome of robots, originally created to help humans, becoming a lethal threat. The story shadows Alan, an explorer, who faces impossible peril when killer robots go rogue, targeting humans based on brain activity. Witnessing their destructive power, Alan must survive alone and protect his wife, Peggy, and other new colonists who are heading there. As time runs out, he races to stop the robots, battling both his own fear and the relentless machines to ensure the safety and future of the colonists, leading to a nail-biting final confrontation with the malfunctioning robots.