Aliens: Brood War

IDEOLOGY

Mic slowly emerged from the shadows, getting the new group's attention. The lead Engineer lowered his weapon upon seeing who it was. The threat of a back-and-forth firefight was unlikely now.

"Identify yourselves," Mic said.

The other 'Mic' raised his hands and slowly stepped forward. "My name is Walter," he answered. "We come in peace. Now you, my fellow android, are?"

Mic then noticed one of Walter's hands, his left hand specifically, resembled a black biomechanical glove. It resembled the Engineer's pressure suit. "Michelangelo six" he replied.

"Ahh, a revised combat model," Walter said. "I am familiar with your predecessors."

The other humans came out of hiding, while the Engineers hovered over the dead Decon's body to examine it at a distance like looking at a dog's feces.

Walter looked at them, then over at Kai's body. "How many of you are alive?" he asked.

"It's just the four of us," Shaw answered. "Mic here showed up just in time."

Walter looked at Mic. "Mic?" he asked.

Mic shrugged. "Easier and faster to say." He answered.

Walter then looked back at Shaw curiously. "According to David's files, you look remarkably like Dr. Elisabeth Shaw."

"My Sister," Shaw exclaimed. "You know her, where is she?"

Walter then looked at Mic and said. "It would probably be better if she heard it from you. I take it you have a wireless neural uplink?"

Mic nodded. "I have one," he said. "However, you must understand that as I am a combat model you'll only have restricted access to some of my files whereas I will have full access to yours."

"That is agreeable," Walter said. "How else would I gain your trust?"'

"Can't you just tell me?" Shaw angrily asked.

"You will know in a moment," Walter replied. "It may take time to explain and coming from a friend, you'll trust it more."

Mic took a step closer to Walter. "He is correct," he said to Shaw. "It is like when you transfer files from one computer to another."

"More precisely," Walter said. "It is akin to switching brains with another for a few seconds. One would instantly detect a lie. We synthetics sometimes share information this way to update each other."

"This is rarely done," Mic said. "However, the only alternative is to take his word. I on the hand, won't lie to you."

"Ready?" Walter asked.

Mic nodded. "Ready." He replied.

Facing each other, both's eyes turned pure white. It looked like they had no irises.

"Creepy," Layton said.

Zima holstered her pulse rifle and checked the motion tracker before saying. "Besides those giant men, I'm not picking up anything."

Shaw looked back and forth between Mic and Walter. "I've only read about his," she said. "Never seen it done."

"I've heard about this," Eastman said. "It's supposed to be super fast."

Both android's eyes returned to normal.

Mic immediately looked at Shaw. "Sorry if that took long," he said. "These Engineers have provided Walter with a wealth of information."

"Engineers?" Shaw asked.

"It is the name your sister gave to these aliens standing before you," Mic said, then nodded to the two Engineers. "The bigger one is named 'Wolfgang', the other is 'Rembrandt."