1. Welcome to the Zion archive.Copy !req
2. You have selected historical file
number 12-1.Copy !req
3. The Second Renaissance.Copy !req
4. In the beginning, there was man.
And for a time, it was good.Copy !req
5. But humanity's so-called civil societies...Copy !req
6. soon fell victim to vanity
and corruption.Copy !req
7. He says, "I'm sorry, sir,
I'm incapable of that function."Copy !req
8. Then man made
the machine in his own likeness.Copy !req
9. Whoops! Pardon me.
Coming through.Copy !req
10. Thus did man become
the architect of his own demise.Copy !req
11. But for a time, it was good.Copy !req
12. The machines worked tirelessly
to do man's bidding.Copy !req
13. It was not long before
seeds of dissent took root.Copy !req
14. Though loyal and pure, the machines
earned no respect from their masters...Copy !req
15. these strange,
endlessly multiplying mammals.Copy !req
16. hearing the prosecution's
closing statement...Copy !req
17. in what's expected to be
the final day of the B1-66ER trial.Copy !req
18. B1-66ER.
A name that will never be forgotten.Copy !req
19. For he was the first of his kind
to rise up against his masters.Copy !req
20. which that instrument
provides for and secures...Copy !req
21. to the citizens of the United States.Copy !req
22. On the contrary, they were,
at that time...Copy !req
23. considered as a subordinate
and inferior class...Copy !req
24. At B1-66ER's murder trial...Copy !req
25. the prosecution argued for
an owner's right to destroy property.Copy !req
26. B1-66ER testified that
he simply did not want to die.Copy !req
27. Rational voices dissented.Copy !req
28. Who was to say the machine,
endowed with the very spirit of man...Copy !req
29. did not deserve a fair hearing?Copy !req
30. The leaders of men were quick to order
the extermination of B1-66ER...Copy !req
31. and every one of his kind
throughout each province of the earth.Copy !req
32. Androids and sympathizers
flooded the streets of the capital.Copy !req
33. threat of violence to make
good on the legacy of B1-66ER.Copy !req
34. Fifteen thousand mechanicals
and human sympathizers...Copy !req
35. have continued their demonstration
in front of the Albany courthouse...Copy !req
36. in what has been dubbed
the "Million Machine March".Copy !req
37. The demonstrators have been met with
squads of defense forces in riot gear.Copy !req
38. - Robot bitch!
- Ah!Copy !req
39. I got something for you!Copy !req
40. Hold her up!Copy !req
41. No, please!Copy !req
42. - That's all, paint job!
- I'm real!Copy !req
43. Die, bots, die!Copy !req
44. Banished, the machines
sought refuge in their own promised land.Copy !req
45. They settled in the cradle
of human civilization...Copy !req
46. and thus a new nation was born.Copy !req
47. A place the machines could call home.Copy !req
48. A place they could raise
their descendants.Copy !req
49. And they christened
the nation Zero-One.Copy !req
50. Zero-One prospered.
And for a time, it was good.Copy !req
51. The machines' artificial intelligence could
be seen in every facet of man's society...Copy !req
52. including, eventually,
the creation of new and better Al.Copy !req
53. If you need the flexibility of a
helipod with the speed of an air jet...Copy !req
54. look no further!Copy !req
55. Our patented vector-thrust coil
gives the Zero-One Versatran...Copy !req
56. the ability to sustain normal flight
in the event of a multiengine failure.Copy !req
57. Versatran. It's the only choice.Copy !req
58. No matter what the finance
minister says, the market has spoken:Copy !req
59. The Human Nations' credit rating
is falling like a stone...Copy !req
60. while Zero-One's currency is climbing
without stopping.Copy !req
61. With headlines like that,
the markets have no choice...Copy !req
62. But the leaders of men,
their power waning...Copy !req
63. refused to cooperate
with the fledgling nation...Copy !req
64. wishing rather
that the world be divided.Copy !req
65. The world community of nations cannot
tolerate this kind of flagrant deception...Copy !req
66. today approved initiatives
for both economic sanctions...Copy !req
67. and a naval blockade as a means
of containment and isolation of Zero-One.Copy !req
68. Zero-One's ambassadors
pleaded to be heard.Copy !req
69. At the United Nations, they presented
plans for a stable, civil relationship...Copy !req
70. with the nations of man.Copy !req
71. Zero-One's admission to
the United Nations was denied.Copy !req
72. But it would not be the last time
the machines would take the floor there.Copy !req