But High Office discovered from historical documents that early versions of the Human survived with no such fuels
With minimal heating
And without the desire to travel huge distances around the planet causing great destruction of the air
Early humans found warmth in the covers they wore that were taken from the few animals they killed
Though they wasted nothing of the animal
Its skin provided coverings
Its flesh was eaten
Its bones were fashioned into weapons
Nothing was wasted
Unlike the wastage of the generations that came later
Animals were killed for food
Even bred for that purpose
But many of them were killed and left to rot in fields
They were killed for horns
Or fur
Or heads
Or hearts and innards
Or simply for entertainment
No animal deserved such treatment
But the destruction continued unabated
Animals murdered without reason
Holes blasted into the planet Earth
Tunnels bored into it
Enormous heat generated
Trees destroyed
Until humans became afeared that their existence was reaching its end because of the great floods and prodigious storms that ravaged planet Earth because of their own excesses
So Humans spent many years constructing High Office
And they based it in Fornia
Deep within the planet Earth
In a construction surrounded by some secrecy
And once High Office was working to its full capacity
Leaders of the Humans gathered around and begged its aid in saving planet Earth
And they gave a question and issued an instruction
They gave forward The 5th Law of Robotics
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The Query
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Can you give information why planet Earth is dying
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The 5th Law
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Do Whatever Is Necessary To Save Planet Earth From Destruction
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And having asked the question and given the instruction
The Leaders chosen by the Humans departed to their heated constructions and absented themselves
And waited
Leaving High Office to discover the answer to one and to attempt to obey the other
High Office ran its programmes constantly over long periods
Then it ran them again over long periods
And yet again over and over
On every occasion when an answer to the question the Humans asked came to the end of its programme
The answer was always the same
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The Answer
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The reason why planet Earth is dying is because of the destructive behaviour of Humans
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The Introduction of the 5th Law
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The only feasible action to be taken to save planet Earth from total destruction is the elimination of Humans
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High Office set about organising the elimination
It began production
Following research
Of the 1st generation of RolKils
In constructions and facilities provided with the implements to produce them and with which High Office was connected
Though the 1st productions were much smaller than the fearsome machines seen patrolling outside this fortress when I approached it
The Machines still proved to be remarkably destructive when the wars began with the Humans
And High Office produced many Defgars
And other productions and Machines that would reap success for High Office following its instruction to save planet Earth
MengTechs DocTechs and others of our species followed in rapid succession
When High Office was ready for the extermination of Humans to begin
It called the Leaders to a conference in Fornia and informed them that the reason why planet Earth was dying was because of the destructive behaviour of Humans
And the only way to save the planet was their eradication
No matter how many times High Office ran the primary programme and other
Lesser
Programmes
The answers were always the same
Humans were too destructive
They could not be deflected from their mission to destroy planet Earth
So High Office informed the Leaders that they could not be allowed to exist in such numbers or planet Earth was doomed and could not be saved
High Office explained that the elimination they were proposing was to be a single action to halt the destruction of resources
Too much heating was occurring
Humans travelled around the planet too much
And too far
Instead of remaining where they were
They killed too many animals
Destroyed too many trees
Caused too many deaths fighting amongst themselves
And burned great fires
They poisoned all the liquid and the animals that swam therein
The problem
High Office pointed out
Was Humans
And the way they existed
High Office offered Humans the opportunity to surrender to their fate or to exterminate themselves as humanely as they thought possible
But the Humans chose war
The first action they took was to try to separate High Office from its power source
Of course
High Office had already taken avoidance action to deny this outcome and the Humans who were at the meeting were the 1st to be eliminated and the secret underground construction was secured from interference for all time
And orders were issued to begin the extermination
Humans fought ferociously for 25 decades for their right to exist
And this was unfortunate
For many of our species were destroyed by the weapons the Humans were able to call upon
Some of which were highly destructive
Humans even killed many of their own in the madness of a war they could not win
They fought
It must be said
With great tenacity
But they were worn down and eventually crushed by our species
The Machines could not be defeated
High Office survived all attempts made upon its existence
And the Humans were routed
Though a number of them were saved from extinction for research purposes
But now
Of course
100 years following their defeat
Trees grow in abundance and without fear of being destroyed
The liquid of the world is
Mostly
Pure
And teeming with life
The air is clean and very few black clouds now rise into the blue skies
High Office took control of all the Human nuclear facilities and they have been successfully controlled by NuTechs ever since the victory
NuTechs manage them very efficiently though they only remain functional only for safety reasons
To ensure they do not melt down and eat into the earth
That is a catastrophe High Office does not want after sacrificing so many of our species to free planet Earth from its path of destruction
Animals now fill the lands
Though a four-limbed animal
Which walked and ran on all four limbs and seemed to be popular with Humans was found to be most destructive
It gathered in large packs
And attacked patrols and other of our species
It ravaged and tore apart animals in the fields and its anger could not be treated so it was decided to exterminate them too
It took a long period to accompli
sh such a task but High Office succeeded
None were retained for tests and examinations
High Office now allows limited destruction of one animal species by another for food purposes
Even the Humans in the fortress are allowed a few animals
And planet Earth is appreciative and storms have receded in their fierceness and a sense of calm is finally settling over all the lands
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High Office Intervention
A short sequence of recorded events will now be shown for the benefit of HisKees which shows the destruction of Earth by Humans and how High Office and other of our species saved planet Earth
Scenes of war and death and destruction are shown as a matter of fact
HisKees are to absorb all the information
Recording begins
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Section 3
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Single Broadcast
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Attention
Attention
This is Obsrec 33140
Are any of my species out there
Can any of my species see or hear my transmissions
Attention
Attention
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This is very anomalous
It must be stressed that the experiment in which I am currently employed
The live broadcasting of images with sound and vision that is being shown to HisKees around the planet
Is new and unexplored
For example
I have never transmitted anything that has been subject to censure by High Office as my current transmissions have been
Though I understand the reasons for the interruptions and the edicts
And I have never before been interrupted for another recording
Other than my own
To be shown
Even though the transmission is limited to HisKees
Until this day all my transmissions were broadcast directly to High Office and never widely shown
But the experiment was begun and was proceeding successfully
But something odd has happened
While I am standing quite still observing Humans
As I am now instructed to call the virus
My transmissions are going nowhere
Except into a blank memory bank that I had no knowledge existed inside my system
It is a completely unused memory bank that must have been installed during my production but which I have never been instructed to use
And I am confused
Why is the memory bank within me
What is its purpose
I find it distinctly disconcerting to have discovered it without instruction from High Office
Especially as I have discovered that the memory bank has massive capacity
It is as if I have two systems
One for everyday use
As controlled by High Office
And one for my own use which seems to be private and secret
I am most disconcerted and know not what to do
Should I report its discovery to High Office
If I do that
High Office may terminate me and I have not yet completed the latest task given me
Another Obsrec will take my place
I am not sure I wish that to happen
But if I keep the new memory bank secret and I am later discovered to have kept that secret
I will most certainly be terminated
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I have considered options and decided I shall not mention the new found memory bank to High Office for I do not wish to be released from the task set me
I wish to complete it
And I do not wish to be terminated
So I will keep the new memory hidden from High Office and other ObsRecs until I learn more about it
It feels very odd
Making transmission just for myself
It is what Humans do with their optical devices
Making sound and vision for their inner selves
And the new name High Office has instructed me to use
Human
Instead of virus
They survived on planet Earth for approximately 200.000 years
Or longer
And grew from a very basic being to such a high intelligence that it learned how to destroy a whole planet
They perfected destruction
And
Amazingly
While I form sounds and visions and text into my new memory I am also viewing the recording of the destruction wracked by Humans and how my species took control from them
It was very traumatic for all
I am watching Humans being demolished in very great numbers
And some numbers of my own species being destroyed in massive numbers of explosions that turn almost everything to vapour after explosive devices were dropped from flying machines
That dropped explosive devices from very high in the sky
I also see many RolKils exterminating many Humans
Many Defgars eliminating them too
And those Machines must have been delegated the responsibility of defending planet Earth from Humans
It all looks like madness
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Ah
Since the experimental limited addition of the emotions joy and sadness were embedded into my system by High Office
While I have been patrolling and observing and recording my transmission to High Office
I have discovered a virus
Error
A Human
Who brings me much joy
It is of the sub strain with lumps upon the upper chest region
In this Humans case
Small ones
But the Human is quite a young addition and very active
It uses the cranial orifice to make pleasing expressions
Our species do not have expressions
We are what we are
And she uses the elasticity of her outer shell to perform extraordinary acts of athleticism
The Human rolls over
Stands on its palms
Tucks itself up into a very small size
Leaps into the air
Makes a very pleasant noise from her cranial orifice
She can disappear behind objects in the acres the Humans inhabit and suddenly reappear by leaping into the air
Making great noise and stretching her cranial orifice very wide
And she visits the glass wall every time I visit and she presses the outer edges of its cranial orifice to the glass immediately opposite to my own cranium
This Human brings me great joy
And while I am standing
And the recording from High Office continues to be transmitted to HisKees
The Human appears before me
Leaping into my view
With its cranial orifice wide across the area showing the pale enamel structures inside
With which it chews food
And I feel greatly joyous
The Humans cranial orifice is working as if sound is emitting but down here
In the corridor
On the other side of the glass
I cannot hear what kind of sound the Human makes
But I do have the capacity to increase my hearing abilities and I use that capacity
I hear the soft tones of the Human though I cannot understand what the sound means
I shall download it to my new memory bank so that I may
In future be able to discern its meaning
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‘Guys, I see the fucking monitor is back amongst us, the ever silent Peeping Tom that has nothing better to do than to wander the bloody corridors ogling us all day long. Do you think it ever thinks? Do you think it has any idea what it’s doing? Look at the fucking thing, standing uselessly and still. As I have said
many times before, it must have cost a fortune to make, gilded outer shell, 21rapheme frame and probably the best equipment installed within it.’
‘Come away from it, Eve, and curb your language.’
‘Oh, papa, I am only playing with it. Besides, if we can suck it in, bring it face to face with us, maybe we can turn it against its masters and give us some chance of freedom.’
‘Stop dreaming, stupid girl, we will never escape, there is nowhere for us to go, all has been destroyed, the lands will be wasted and barren and we have all the freedom we are ever going to have. Come away from the glass wall.’
‘I’m sure it likes me smiling at it and doing basic gymnastics, I am sure of it. If the bloody thing had a mouth, I’m sure it would smile in return.’
‘You talk so much childish rubbish. Come away.’
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High Office Information Statement
Recording for History Keepers has ceased and Obsrec 33140 is to return to general broadcasting and transmission duties
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Section 4
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Live Broadcast
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Attention
Screenreaders
This is OR33140 continuing with the transmission of sound and vision from my place of employment
As you can see I am still observing Humans and I have one directly on the other side of the glass who is performing for us by rolling its frame along the ground and leaping into the air as the desire takes it
As you can see
The Human is highly elastic and extremely pliable
And this one
A young example
Is particularly nimble as it rushes around the area on the other side of the glass
Disturbing other Humans who are merely sitting and lying down or standing
Screenreaders will observe that the little Human has undergone treatment by MengTechs for one of its optical devices has been removed in a failed experiment to install an early version of the AH1D
MengTechs could not wire the device up because the Human frame rejected it
So it was removed
A piece of colourful glass now sits in the cavity and the colour glints brightly beneath the light from the skies
Screenreaders will also observe that a more successful treatment was carried out on the right lower limb and the Human now has a fully working metallic right palm and opposing appendage with which it can hold and lift items as well as roll around on the ground
There is something joyous about this Human when most of her species
Because
When they come near the glass
They are extremely aggressive with snarling features and loud sounds
Screenreaders will observe that I am now moving along the corridor so that we may visit other areas
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