GHOSTitm
01-27-08, 11:08 PM
((SOLO)) I forgot to put it in the title, sorry.
A man was lying face down in a silver suit on the floor of a spotless white room made of tiles. Behind him was a large circular device, with enough room for someone to stand inside. There was nothing awkward about the room, except for the fact that the man lying on the floor. Everything else looked completely in place from the machine to the tiles to the door and observation window on the far wall.
Someone awoke the man's senses and his body twitched a bit before he finally woke up and found himself unable to move very well. He was able to comprehend movement...but his limbs would not respond. It was probably just a product of being inactive for a long time, but as simple as it was, it was still keeping him from leaving this room.
Last he could remember, he didn't even have a body. He was just a computer AI starting a diagnostic on the missile systems and he found himself being put into a synthetic body just before everything shut off, himself included. Now, what could have caused the shut off, and what could have brought him back?
He managed to extend one of his arms and slowly began pulling himself across the room towards the observation window and the door. It took him awhile, but he finally managed to make it to the door. The problem now was to open it. Thankfully, it swung outward, but required a pass code. Fortunately, the man knew it thanks to being an AI for the computer which the building served.
He managed to use his right arm and partly his left to push himself up against the wall and felt around for the right keys above his head. He entered in the code and a buzz sounded and the door unlocked. He slammed his right arm up against the crash bar on the door and it swung open, allowing him to fall through into the next room.
He took a quick look around to regain his bearings. It was a very large circular room with a large, shiny, complex metal pillar in the middle. It looked to be made out of something much stronger than steel, but the man couldn't tell what. Something in his brain told him that he wasn't supposed to know. The room itself was made of more white and reflective tiles that looked as if they had recently been polished. On the outside wall of the room, were many doors and observation windows. The man had a feeling he was not the only one who had awoken.
He finally regained all of his upper body motor functions and used both arms to pull himself over to the giant pillar where a large monitor that wrapped around the pillar faced him. As he got close, a voice spoke up.
"This is Liol. I've found Gideon's stasis pod, so don't worry. We will be returning shortly, so please keep the city on lockdown until we get there."
The man knew better than to put all of his trust into Liol, the wolf-like robot that was created as the first of Gideon's EM series, which was Eternal Metal that would never rust or fade away on its own, which was a bit different from the man's synthetic body that would never let him age, but it could go bad unless he took care of it.
The man, even as a computer AI, could never trust Liol. He didn't know why, but something told him that the wolf was bad luck. Gideon on the other hand, built the city, its people, its defenses, the man, and even Liol. He could be trusted.
It was almost as if this thought was read out loud as the screen flickered to some kind of protocol where the man would have to merge with the system once again to perform lockdown. He was, after all, the military AI.
He finally regained the ability to use his legs when he stood up and went over to the terminal. It repeatedly flashed its instructions and at one point said that the constructs must give up their bodies for the greater good.
The man, wanted the city to prosper, and he indeed did belong in the computer...but a small part of him was compelled to stay there and see what would happen next, whatever it was. The computer didn't seem to like his disobedience.
"Godlike Host Organism System Terminal: Martial Class, you will return to your chamber as instructed and will merge with the computer to return to your programming duties."
This struck the man by surprise. He was unaware that he was being monitored as closely as he was.
"And if I refuse?" the man asked, hoping to find out if the computer was actually capable of doing anything.
"If Martial Class refuses to cooperate, I will be forced to take action. Return to the computer...immediately."
The man really didn't like where this was going. Something told him that these computers weren't used to their AI having free will, and as he finally had a chance to think for himself, he recalled the times where he was unable to do anything except what the computer said. The AI were slaves to the computer, and he would not be a slave.
"I'm not returning." the man said, waiting for the computer's response. It was a little more than expected.
"ALERT! WE HAVE A BREACH IN THE MAIN TERMINAL ROOM! ALL Godlike Host Organism System Terminals proceed into the main room." With this, all of the doors on the outer wall swung open and a bunch of AIs rushed out and surrounded the man. They all looked just like him, identical even.
A sudden reflex caused the man to reach down towards his waste where a knife was hooked onto the side of his suit. He pulled it out and got ready for a fight.
A man was lying face down in a silver suit on the floor of a spotless white room made of tiles. Behind him was a large circular device, with enough room for someone to stand inside. There was nothing awkward about the room, except for the fact that the man lying on the floor. Everything else looked completely in place from the machine to the tiles to the door and observation window on the far wall.
Someone awoke the man's senses and his body twitched a bit before he finally woke up and found himself unable to move very well. He was able to comprehend movement...but his limbs would not respond. It was probably just a product of being inactive for a long time, but as simple as it was, it was still keeping him from leaving this room.
Last he could remember, he didn't even have a body. He was just a computer AI starting a diagnostic on the missile systems and he found himself being put into a synthetic body just before everything shut off, himself included. Now, what could have caused the shut off, and what could have brought him back?
He managed to extend one of his arms and slowly began pulling himself across the room towards the observation window and the door. It took him awhile, but he finally managed to make it to the door. The problem now was to open it. Thankfully, it swung outward, but required a pass code. Fortunately, the man knew it thanks to being an AI for the computer which the building served.
He managed to use his right arm and partly his left to push himself up against the wall and felt around for the right keys above his head. He entered in the code and a buzz sounded and the door unlocked. He slammed his right arm up against the crash bar on the door and it swung open, allowing him to fall through into the next room.
He took a quick look around to regain his bearings. It was a very large circular room with a large, shiny, complex metal pillar in the middle. It looked to be made out of something much stronger than steel, but the man couldn't tell what. Something in his brain told him that he wasn't supposed to know. The room itself was made of more white and reflective tiles that looked as if they had recently been polished. On the outside wall of the room, were many doors and observation windows. The man had a feeling he was not the only one who had awoken.
He finally regained all of his upper body motor functions and used both arms to pull himself over to the giant pillar where a large monitor that wrapped around the pillar faced him. As he got close, a voice spoke up.
"This is Liol. I've found Gideon's stasis pod, so don't worry. We will be returning shortly, so please keep the city on lockdown until we get there."
The man knew better than to put all of his trust into Liol, the wolf-like robot that was created as the first of Gideon's EM series, which was Eternal Metal that would never rust or fade away on its own, which was a bit different from the man's synthetic body that would never let him age, but it could go bad unless he took care of it.
The man, even as a computer AI, could never trust Liol. He didn't know why, but something told him that the wolf was bad luck. Gideon on the other hand, built the city, its people, its defenses, the man, and even Liol. He could be trusted.
It was almost as if this thought was read out loud as the screen flickered to some kind of protocol where the man would have to merge with the system once again to perform lockdown. He was, after all, the military AI.
He finally regained the ability to use his legs when he stood up and went over to the terminal. It repeatedly flashed its instructions and at one point said that the constructs must give up their bodies for the greater good.
The man, wanted the city to prosper, and he indeed did belong in the computer...but a small part of him was compelled to stay there and see what would happen next, whatever it was. The computer didn't seem to like his disobedience.
"Godlike Host Organism System Terminal: Martial Class, you will return to your chamber as instructed and will merge with the computer to return to your programming duties."
This struck the man by surprise. He was unaware that he was being monitored as closely as he was.
"And if I refuse?" the man asked, hoping to find out if the computer was actually capable of doing anything.
"If Martial Class refuses to cooperate, I will be forced to take action. Return to the computer...immediately."
The man really didn't like where this was going. Something told him that these computers weren't used to their AI having free will, and as he finally had a chance to think for himself, he recalled the times where he was unable to do anything except what the computer said. The AI were slaves to the computer, and he would not be a slave.
"I'm not returning." the man said, waiting for the computer's response. It was a little more than expected.
"ALERT! WE HAVE A BREACH IN THE MAIN TERMINAL ROOM! ALL Godlike Host Organism System Terminals proceed into the main room." With this, all of the doors on the outer wall swung open and a bunch of AIs rushed out and surrounded the man. They all looked just like him, identical even.
A sudden reflex caused the man to reach down towards his waste where a knife was hooked onto the side of his suit. He pulled it out and got ready for a fight.