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Prologue 3: Antony Deckart (post 1 of 4)
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That same night a lone figure stood atop DPD central station. The man stretched and inhaled the chill winter air. A smile crossed his face when he picked up the distinct scent of a freshly unpacked electronic device. It basically tasted like electricty.
“C’mon, girl, time to spread your wings!” the man spoke into the direction of a small surveillance drone.
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The man’s name was Antony Deckart, and he was DPD central station’s equipment officer. Everything from handguns through cars up to the patrol androids were his responsibility, a duty the officer enjoyed a lot.
Tonight Antony was testing the latest addition to his carpark, a basic, store bought drone. But the fact that it was the device’s virgin cruise combined with the other fact that municipal institutions rarely got anything new, made the occasion feel like early christmas.
Antony donned his Goggles and connected them to the drone. When he was satisfied with the flow of information, he started the hummingbird.
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The rotors started whirling and then Antony’s newest toy took off into Detroit’s nightsky...
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The drone took flight. From up high - and it didn’t even have to be exceptionally high, just rooftop level - there was nothing Antony couldn’t spy while being connected to the drone’s feed through his goggles.
Every suspicious lurker in a street corner...
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...the smallest activity in some apartment art studio...
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...and every last, however petty, traffic offense, Antony saw as if through his own eyes.
When he was satisfied with the device’s performance, Antony looked up into the sky. He felt gravity pull at him hard, unlike the free-wheeling surveillance drone. But the same power that grounded him also forcing the stars in line was a comforting thought for Antony.
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How awesome would it be to leave this meat body behind? Not as in dying, but to merge with a robotic form that had inherited everything modern computer technology was able to do as its damn birthright! A bit like an android, only fully sentient.
But of course humans were humans and machines were machines. Androids only appeared lifelike and humans could only borrow machine senses for a short while, using clumsy interfaces.
This is perhaps a good time to clarify that androids in this setting are fully sentient, the humans are only in denial about it. The servos are animal-like, closer to service dogs than slaves.
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That same night a lone figure stood atop DPD central station. The man stretched and inhaled the chill winter air. A smile crossed his face when he picked up the distinct scent of a freshly unpacked electronic device. It basically tasted like electricty.
“C’mon, girl, time to spread your wings!” the man spoke into the direction of a small surveillance drone.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/cd1dad78bfc2fb676003c71b62995995/36d932b32ac4889b-48/s540x810/262efed849981ae1c489bb7ecb4b148f55fe3deb.png
The man’s name was Antony Deckart, and he was DPD central station’s equipment officer. Everything from handguns through cars up to the patrol androids were his responsibility, a duty the officer enjoyed a lot.
Tonight Antony was testing the latest addition to his carpark, a basic, store bought drone. But the fact that it was the device’s virgin cruise combined with the other fact that municipal institutions rarely got anything new, made the occasion feel like early christmas.
Antony donned his Goggles and connected them to the drone. When he was satisfied with the flow of information, he started the hummingbird.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/0780c1c69d6c9d2afb3d58f670bb7eb4/36d932b32ac4889b-ef/s540x810/678a2fa58e1be422c34f948b75401d4b9f68b456.png
The rotors started whirling and then Antony’s newest toy took off into Detroit’s nightsky...
https://64.media.tumblr.com/db85e7a7ff6b121274967ce7e6eef427/80155fb82561f36b-21/s540x810/42a6222e52539ea35b02bae94306cb9ee10dd2cf.png
The drone took flight. From up high - and it didn’t even have to be exceptionally high, just rooftop level - there was nothing Antony couldn’t spy while being connected to the drone’s feed through his goggles.
Every suspicious lurker in a street corner...
https://64.media.tumblr.com/6a3ed8fc4e1a1279669a18be1c4d9c72/80155fb82561f36b-26/s540x810/a240a8cd2a154c5cb94574fc441a81b4d14e5e5d.png
...the smallest activity in some apartment art studio...
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...and every last, however petty, traffic offense, Antony saw as if through his own eyes.
When he was satisfied with the device’s performance, Antony looked up into the sky. He felt gravity pull at him hard, unlike the free-wheeling surveillance drone. But the same power that grounded him also forcing the stars in line was a comforting thought for Antony.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/11af1a781b78879acf49d6fab3d16179/80155fb82561f36b-21/s540x810/7a507572aa066e4262a40f9db176142c6f67377e.png
How awesome would it be to leave this meat body behind? Not as in dying, but to merge with a robotic form that had inherited everything modern computer technology was able to do as its damn birthright! A bit like an android, only fully sentient.
But of course humans were humans and machines were machines. Androids only appeared lifelike and humans could only borrow machine senses for a short while, using clumsy interfaces.
This is perhaps a good time to clarify that androids in this setting are fully sentient, the humans are only in denial about it. The servos are animal-like, closer to service dogs than slaves.
