The colonized area the Ariga is returning to has been contaminated by a techno-virus known as Nanostray. According to the distress call, the Nanostray virus had infected the colonist technology from computers to war-machines and made each one hostile.
The Ariga is returning to a colonized area that has been ravaged by a techno-virus called Nanostray. This virus has infected all of the colonists' technology, from their computers to their weapons, turning them into hostile entities.