The impending destruction of the Universe brought the killer robots to feel a new emotion. They felt....unfulfilled. They were depressed. They were no longer happy about their deed. "The robots aren't enjoying it, sir." 193. In skirmishes they, "raise their weapons to fire and suddenly think, why bother?" 194. They just do quadratic equations and sulk. This robot reminds me of my favorite manically depressed robot, Marvin. As it turns out, Marvin is the one controlling these robots. He has since stopped them from harming the protagonists and Zaphod. All the robots took on his personality when he was hooked into the computer controlling them.
The Krikkits wanted to exterminate the universe because the space around the planet is filled with a dust cloud which provides the blackest possible night and the utmost feeling of aloneness. Once they discovered other people, they wanted to be truly alone so they set about killing everyone. They seemed to have changed their minds somewhat due to their wanting to play sports with other galaxys, but they ultimately decided that sports and politics should not mix and decided to just kill everyone.
Trillian, motivated by her desire to keep the universe intact, talked her way up the chain of command to Hactar, the Krikkits' leader. Ford has stopped being cowardly because the time has called for it. Arthur is being brave to impress Trillian. Together Arthur and Trillian manage to SPOILER ALERT: get Hactar to cancel his plan for world domination. He seems to not care whether he fails or succeeds. This was a ploy for later though when he tries to destroy the universe again.
The characters in this book are mostly static, which provides a good sense that you actually know the person because you can predict what he or she will do. All the main characters were motivated by their desire to save the universe or their desire to destroy the universe.
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