Annihilation

SA-542 is intent on completing her mission to destroy what is left of the human race, even while she struggles to reconcile her own need to understand humanity. As she and her squad proceed with their latest mission, it seems that the last handful of humans on the planet won't be able to offer much resistance. (For the curious: the message sent to GA-112 is encoded in base-64) A short story. 2, 802 words.