Wintermute

A-/1

Nickname: Wintermute

The first of the Arunian armada's military androids.
She is of the strongest metals, her ai is revolutionary- although it has a few... bugs. That's to be expected with the first of her kind though. The Arunians are still testing this technology.
Please report any bugs in her programming that you encounter.

Found bugs:

• twitches head at mentions of food
• confuses purple and yellow
• keeps trying to eat oddly shaped rocks

The advanced society of the Arunians specialize in building ai robots and augmentation. Their androids are unmatched by any. But these droids are something new. Something different. They are unlike any robots they had made in the past, and there may be a reason to that.

The Arunians had always been a people of high moral standards, but there's something strange and uncanny about these new android models. There might be a ghost in the machine...


The scientists gathered around the the table, chittering with excitement. All heads turned and voices hushed when the door swung open and two of the Arunian Empire's most powerful people walked into the room. Archon, Grand Executor, leader of the Arunian Armada and the research division. And Arun, the High Matriarch.

"You have completed it? The first one?" Archon asked. He too seem excited, it could be heard in his voice despite his professional composure.

"Yes, the first of her kind. A-1." said one of the many people who stood huddled next to the thing that sat upon the table. It looked so life like. It raised its head and met Archon's gaze with its cold metallic eyes. It's movement much more fluid than any other robot they had ever built before. This was truly a remarkable step forward in their technology.

Aun stepped forward and examined the robot.

"Does she..." Arun began, but she had to pause and choose her words better, "Does she know what she is?"

Whispers around the room. A few of the scientists looked shocked.

"That's, well..." one scientist stammered.

"This is the first time she has been booted up. We can't be sure at this point." said another.

"I see." Arun stepped closer to the metal creature and lightly touched its claws. "A-1, do you remember anything?" Arun asked it.

The scientists all looked at each other in befuddlement, some began to oppose to this line of questioning. This all stopped when a stern look was shot from Archon.

The robot was still for a moment, as though thinking about what was asked of it. All in the room watched intensely and awaited how it might respond.

"Cold." it said. This single word sent a chill into everyone in the room. Cold.

"Hmm." Arun brushed against Archon as she left the room.

Archon remained for a moment, stunned.

"Send her off for beta testing. We shall be back again to see the rest. We want to see each one before they are sent off for beta testing." said Archon. All the excitement that was in his voice before was now gone.