Rewritten on 26 September 2016
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*End of Author's Note.*
New Boundaries
MAXIS glowed bright blue, her swirling mass of plasma shifted restlessly. The core room had a single lead-glass window, of which MAXIS often looked out of. Gently easing her energies, she touched the window with her endoplasm and let out a sigh. Not much of a sigh, more like some sort of cosmic radiance.
"When will I see you again?"
MAXIS' swirling mass began turning red...
TKE was in the engineering sector again.
"'A new breakthrough!' Dr Claev says. Even Mr Saegen seemed excited." He muttered to himself.
"Dr Claev and Mr Saegen have taken up the new task, and now having cut communications with EarthGov, I really do not know what is going to happen next."
TKE dropped his wrench onto the floor, and let out a sigh.
"Do you require my assistance Te...sir?" Clanedd really seemed to be unaffected change in circumstances, lively and focused as usual.
"Lets take a break sir. We have been standing here for over 4 hours and not a single neutron from this dang machine. A change in pace would certainly help!"
Clanedd spoke with the same bright smile.
"Alright Clanedd. Lets go to Observatory Deck 12. Our usual spot."
TKE and Clanedd walked down the same, familiar sector towards the observatory deck. Both of the engineers saying nothing. The soft tapping of the engineers shoes in sync filled the hall, until it was interrupted by a certain peculiar android.
"*Beep! Beep! Server ID error! Uplink establish... Failed! Initiating new port 29801467...Failure...*" resounded the loud cries of a malfunctioning android.
TKE stepped forward and inspected the android.
"I see the problem with this thing."
He spoke in a soft and yet serious tone. Clanedd looked on with awe filled eyes.
"First things first, we don't have any AI software for androids on this station whatsoever!"
After a brief pause, TKE continued.
"Well, whoever was conducting industrial espionage on us certainly does not know how not to put your company logo onto your surveillance drone."
TKE said as he pointed to a picture of an ice cube stuck to the android.
"Teeke, umm so what should we do with this robot?"
Clanedd asked as she prodded the android's torso.
"OK, Clanedd, go to my office and get some opaque black duct tape. I will attempt to hack this android."
TKE said hastily. Clanedd ran off in the direction towards his office. TKE took out a Philip head screwdriver and undid the outer hull of the android.
"The next thing I wonder about is why whoever is spying on us built this damn thing so huge? And why did they build it to stand out? I mean to say, not everyone has "Dalek" shaped robots around."
TKE mumbled to himself while contemplating the structure of the AI. The hallway was once again filled with the rapid, loud tapping of footsteps.
"I'm back!" yelled Clanedd.
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NanoTec: Flight to a Distant Star
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