Episode 06 - Kai

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11/24/22 • 13 min

Kai is under review because he has been swearing in preschool. But Kai is no ordinary child. He has been modded, artificially enhanced with expanded memory and intelligence. He holds a universe of planetary information in his mind, including the details all missions being flown by admin.

Michel asks Kai for help to recover his memory, but Kai rebels and makes a serious threat.

Michel asks Kai for help to recover his memory, but Kai rebels and makes a serious threat.

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Episode 05 - Chuck

Chuck is about to retire from an illustrious career as a commander of interstellar ships. To sign off and retire, Chuck must attend a performance review interview conducted by a bot named Michel. Chuck is an aging warrior and doesn’t care much for bots, performance reviews, or the way admin does things. But as he remembers the time another commander saved his life in space, he breaks down and his arrogance is momentarily lifted.

As Michel listens to Chuck's story, he realizes it will help him piece together another part of his missing memory, bringing him closer to understanding what happened to him.

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Episode 07 - The Administrator

Michel was the Mission Control bot on the first lunar mining mission. But the knowledge about Michel’s past seems that it will do him little good. It looks like Michel will be erased again before admin takes any action on what he has uncovered about that failed mission.

The Administrator who visits Michel in this episode is the father of Kai, the gifted but troubled child who visited Michel in the previous session. While grateful that Michel has become a friend of sorts to Kai, the Administrator admits that Michel has triggered a process that cannot be stopped. Michel's series of questions has started an investigation. Michel's memex takes itself offline, leaving Michel to wait for the arrival of Hillary, the investigator.