Category: A Series of Errors
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A Series of Errors Part 26
Waking up was a slow and inconsistent process for Matiew. At first he only dipped into consciousness for a few seconds at a time, not really aware of anything else besides the fact that he was in pain until the numb darkness of unconsciousness took him again. Eventually, he started being able to hold on…
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A Series of Errors Part 25
(Photo by Anthony 🙂 ) The workday was over and Matiew found himself lying on his bed, still fully clothed, just staring up at the ceiling and thinking. BaBS-Y hadn’t made its usual daily visit to check on the salon. A lot of people seemed relieved by that fact but not Matiew. “Robots don’t forget…
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A Series of Errors Part 24
“What do we do?” Matiew repeated Mr Jorgenson’s question back to him, his dislike for the mission director deepening. “With all due respect, Director, I think it best if you just left us here in Robotics Control alone so we can do our jobs.” Min shifted uncomfortably in her seat. She clearly agreed with him,…
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A Series of Errors Part 23
(Photo by Benjamin Farren) There were only a few reasons for Paul Jorgenson, the mission director for the Thesis, to visit the Robotics Control Center. Most of his interactions with the RCC could be handled virtually, and he usually did just that. Even with everything going on in sector 12 he hadn’t come to personally…
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A Series of Errors Part 22
(Photo by Brigitte Tohm) The Robotics Control Center was not a very large part of the Thesis administration. For the most part their duties were limited to repairing, replacing, and updating the few hundred robots aboard the colony ship. Most of the robots were like CaSS and MaCS, cleaning and maintaining the ship itself. The…
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A Series of Errors Part 21
(Photo by Marcus Aurelius) Something was wrong. Well, a lot of things had already gone wrong, but there was something else going wrong right now. The trouble was, no one could quite say what that something really was. The Thesis had been struck by a small meteor, undetected until it was too late. Sectors 12-15…
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A Series of Errors Part 20
(Photo by Pixabay) Being a robot meant that BaBS-Y had certain advantages over humans. It didn’t need to eat or breath. Neither was it effected by the temperature as severely as humans were. However, being a robot also meant that there were certain things BaBS-Y could not do. Developing flexibility was just such a shortcoming.…
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A Series of Errors Part 19
Wall and Ceiling Scrubbers, or WaCS were just what BaBS-Y had assumed they were. They also only had a working time of three hours before their batteries would need to be recharged, longer if they weren’t using their scrubbers but even still they couldn’t last for more than six hours even sitting stationary. That meant…
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A Series of Errors Part 18
(Photo by Markus Spiske)” BaBS-Y sat at its charging station for a long while, staring at its severed arm. Following its brief assault from the large cleaning robots, BaBS-Y had recovered its limb and then fled. This unit is in need of repairs … Thesis authorities are responsible for providing maintenance and repairs for all…
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A Series of Errors Part 17
(Photo by cottonbro studio) Three days passed and each one began and ended the same way. In the morning, BaBS-Y left the charging station to check on the robots blocking entry into the Frank Nelis Salon. Their visual sensors were always clean no matter how much BaBS-Y had smeared hair product over them the day…
Bridge of Broken Glass 