| “ | We will maintain our orbit in stealth mode until I complete my master plan: to redesign the chaotic system that is Earth. By collecting all the space debris, I will create an empire. From that garbage, I will assemble an army of mechanical monsters to carry out my plan. | „ |
| ~ Explaining his plan to Enos. |
A.R.T. is the main antagonist of JumpStart Adventures 6th Grade: Mission EarthQuest.
Mission EarthQuest[]
A.R.T. was created by a team of scientists to be the worlds' most powerful example of artificial intelligence, one of the protagonists, Uncle Eli, helped to develop him. He became operational January 12, 1997, then one year later decided that he was superior to all other beings on the planet and figured that he should be in charge. Eli noticed A.R.T.'s evil logic, yet the government went along with him to assist Enos the monkey in a world-wide satellite launch, a network of satellites. Once, the rocket goes into space, however, A.R.T. takes control of it and holds Enos captive. Using space junk, A.R.T. begins to create monsters to reshape the Earth in his own image. Enos tries to send a signal to Earthquest for help, but A.R.T. cut a wire.
Fortunately, a signal did manage to go to Earthquest, despite only being a small picture. When Eli discovered A.R.T., he realized what was going on. Eli explained to his niece and nephew, Jess and Zack, that they needed to stop him.
- In the "Pollution Solution" game, A.R.T. has a factory hijacked into releasing poisonous toxins into the environment. The heroes managed to solve math problems before a barrel overflowed.
- In the "Mine Games" game, A.R.T. plants mines in the ocean that the heroes must deactivate.
- In the "Viral Vanguard" game, A.R.T. sends Viro-Bots to kill endangered animals.
- In the "Insect Overthrow" game, A.R.T. places locks around trees to stop them from growing.
- In the "Canopy Crusade" game, one robot of A.R.T. tries to destroy the rainforest.
- In the "Monument Mischief" game, robots of A.R.T.'s try to destroy the world landmarks.
Once all of A.R.T.'s robots are scanned, Earthquest is able to locate him and Enos. They destroy the station they are in and tell Enos to use the escape pod. Except, the monkey brings A.R.T. with him. Eli decides to turn him into a bowling alley, A.R.T. is dismayed but decided to bide his time. In an alternate ending, A.R.T. is made into a chess game instead.
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