Subject: [FFML] Re: [Fanfic][EH] Alchemy, part 1
From: "DB Sommer" <sommer@3rdm.net>
Date: 8/10/2004, 12:16 PM
To: <ffml@anifics.com>, "Alfred J Correira" <correira@flash.net>


Wee. Haven't read abn EH fic in a while:

Alfred J Correira wrote:



Note:
First effort, and first part of a trilogy
(although it didn't start out that way :)

Alchemy, Part 1: Deus ex machina

since this is only 3 parts, I'd ditch the individual part names. This is
just one moderate sized work, not a huge on needing names to individual
chapters.


Based on OAV I (Nights 1-7) only.

Thank you. You chose the best stuff. :)


Personal Log, Day 742: Today marks my tenth anniversary
here at the lab. And

lab, and

 over two years since I began this log.
I've been here longer than anyone but Director Hamadiah,
but then he's been here since the lab first opened. The War
had already been going on for twenty years at that point.
Who would have thought it possible that any war could last
this long? They say that the will to live can survive under
any trial but, still, who would have thought that people
could endure this much slaughter and destruction and still
continue to fight on, still continue to carry on living?

Hmm. Sounds like the war Ifurita was created for then

willing to irrevocably commit their precious androids and
risk losing them, and the war as well? Instead, we trade
brutal hit-and-run strikes with massive, but "manageable"
loss of life and "replaceable" loss of androids. But no
strategic thrust to tip the balance, and the war goes on.

It is amazing to see how far android technology has come
since the first primitive Alpha series androids were
introduced.

Oh? And they actually named a series Omega? I'm surprised, since it sounds
like they are admitting they can't one up themselves anymore.

this? It was inevitable that android technology would be
put to use to wage war,

Hey, when the first neanderthal used a rock instead of his fist to hit
someone, it was all over. :)

There have been rumors for several months now that the
enemy has "something quite awful"

capitlaize that, given the emphasis on it.

Still, what do they expect from us: a miracle in a month?
It took almost three years to develop the first Omega
prototype: what gives them the right to think that we can
pull off an accomplishment like that in a fraction of the
time? Is it cluelessness, arrogance or simply naked fear
that drives our leaders?

It's better than the edict 'Find us a way off the planet in six months, or
you can stop worrying about your pension plan'


We'll need an external concentrator (maybe some kind of
power control rod that the android can carry) for focusing
and launching newly acquired attack modes, since we won't
be able to design that in as we would have if we could
start from scratch with a new android design.

I have to admit, not being a big fan of hard sci fi, I did just skim over
the explanations.



I didn't mention the behavior to anyone else, although I
probably ought to.

Yes, you really ought to.



Personal Log, Day 997: I finally figured out what was
bothering me: at one point late in the demonstration, one
of the cameras scanned her face. It was the look in her
eyes: not at all like the eyes of a battle android. Her
eyes had a look of... what? Anguish? Melancholy? ... in
them. Almost like the look in her eyes when she was
singing. Where could that response have come from? Her
former programming should be completely suppressed at this
point. Maybe I'm just reading too much into the tape -- no
one else seemed to notice anything.

Heh. I do like this as a background for Ifurita, BTW.

Very nice work. I'll try to get to the next two parts as soon as I can.

DB Sommer



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