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Ohhhh wise watch is a play on smart phone. I was wondering about the strange combination of words. X.x

Consider... in a decade the yeh smart phone might be gone if all phones are smart. "Camera"has already undergone this shift. No one says"digital camera" or DSLR anymore. In reverse, you say analog camera to refer to a non smart camera. Phones will eventually follow this pattern. If you're doing this just for world building ignore this consideration

hah.... not sure how useful that feedback is seeing as I didn't still to one answer.

Having a personal AI that always responds on the party line keeps things deliciously interesting. It also makes it more awkward to scour the local maps database for feminine hygene products when in mixed company. I approve!

I decided to have them outlawed by the Geneva convention as weapons otherwise they compete with the story for attention.I'd recommend a similar approach in yours - once you get them into combat it's hard to tame them

Hmm. He has X amount of time left. Provided that air loss continues at a constant rate and that no loose objects (or people) plug the hole and restrict the air loss. The AI made a prediction based on the information it had. The prediction was not mathematical certanity but a guess based on information the AI had at the time (eg: what if one occupant died earlier than expected leaving more air for the others?)

I mean if during a drive to Vancouver (ew!), my AI predicted my fuel would run out in four minutes but it lasted eight, I'd think it was off by fifty percent due to reasons outside its control (temperature, expansion of the pipes, bad sensors, squirrels in the gas tank). The ratio is too low to be a miracle. When I reach my destination, I'll hardly emerge a born-again Christian.

if you want a miracle-in-doubt I recommend you give it a really long time. Like four hours. They get rescued. The leak is still there. The ship's oxygen tanks are empty as the AI said. It's clear the AI's calculation of death -- no matter how affected by outside factors -- is valid

No field day.

Writing a story about someone who's actively trying *not* to take action is difficult. One of my mains (the amazing [K a j o]) falls into that category. I basically surrounded him in people he grows to like and slowly take them away from him as a penalty for inaction until finally he's spurred to move. At the end of his book one, in the final chapter, he's finally like "okay fine, I'll get up and do something" -- the end.

This is a tough structure to write... after all why should the reader care about my MC if he can't be bothered to lift a finger for himself? We tend to want to read about someone motivated. If they aren't motivated, the story has to do backflips to keep us tagging along. Samuel Beckett had this ability. And Robertson Davies.

I know this doesn't help. Just some thoughts.

I say get to the lovey dovey

1. I forgot the sunscreen
2. I'm wearing a red shirt
3. BBQ
4. Liquify
5. Reactors look balmy compared to this
6. Mushroom cloud
7. The sun is jealous
8. Sh*t, I just melted the planet
9. We don't need no stinkin' solar system
10. Big bang

You have the makings of a nice 3 pillar story here, should Maya side against both the Empire and the Scofflaws.

Most would suggest carbon. It's available in abundance from cells, allowing for replication. Probably need a bit of silicon (not sure where theyd get that) and iron (easily obtained from the bloodstream). In my story, they latch onto the mitochondria for juice

There are more missing chunks, which I'll try to hit when I reach that point. You're possibly experiencing the fear of overexplaining. It's a legitimate concern.

s lazed = a laser

You poor thing. Here's a cookie