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Conscience
Chapter 7 Part 3
Angela sent a signal to the container. The lock was unlocked like four petals. But, the arhan stopped here. It wasn't possible to take out the contents quickly. Kristine and Veronica had caught up too. The arhan grabbed the top of the container and pulled and the container bent even more. A part of the bottom, near the ground, became an improvised shield, protecting her from the weapons of Kristine's and Veronica's arhans. For such tools, the container was too strong. It was not so easy for the energetic and armor-piercing bullets to break through.
Meanwhile, Angela took out the contents of the container. She took out melee weapons, a sword, and a shield. Only with the strength and speed of her arhan could the force of this weapon be fully revealed. However, it wasn't very easy to provide the tactical support, the pilot must have the skill and also excellent flair.
The shield was installed on one of the manipulators, the sword on the other. The identification of the equipment was done automatically, fire control was switched to control mode. The container was barely holding back the attacks now. While Angela was trying to figure out what was what, the pair tried not to let her get closer.
Veronica changed the type of shells of her large-caliber rifle. She charged high-explosive grenades, aimed at the container and fired. Having met its target, the grenade exploded. The remains of the fuel used in the rocket engine during landing caught fire.
There was an explosion. Angela's arhan got a serious blow. One leg was literally nailed to the ground. But, it withstood the fierce explosion. The whole cockpit was shaken. Angela, gritting her teeth, clung to her seat. Parts of the container flew in different directions, but she managed to hide behind the shield. However, a warning on the screen showed that the actuators on every joint were under more pressure than normal. The system had some problems.
"I'll show you!"
Angela took control, went into a fighting position and squeezed the gas pedal. The engine roared. She escaped from the smoke cloud made by the explosion and appeared right in front of Veronica's arhan. Veronica was dumbfounded by such an appearance and began to aimlessly fire from her large-caliber rifle.
A grenade hit the shield and exploded but, it couldn't break through the electromagnetic protection. Without slowing down, Angela struck a blow at Veronica. She approached the overturned enemy arhan. With the sword's help, which was in her right hand, sparks came from the barrel of the rifle. Then she swung her sword again and pierced the control module located in the abdomen.
Sparks sprang up due to the strong vibration of the blade which entered the arhan's body deeply. Veronica's arhan was cramped with a spasm, it was no longer able to continue the battle.
Breathing heavily, Angela withdrew the blade from the enemy's body. There was only Kristine left, she turned around and immediately received a strong blow to her shield, knocking her back. Kristine took advantage of her acceleration to strike.
Angela got up immediately. She looked at the black arhan. And then came the shots from the lasers. Angela heard Kristine's voice through the communication system.
"Stop it, Angela. Why are you helping an uncontrolled AI?"
Angela answered, "Pioneer, as reasonable and sensible creature as we are."
"Huh? What nonsense?"
"It's not nonsense. Before the nano-catastrophe, he began to implement a project to develop deep space, and he's been working alone for over a century to implement his plan. He isn't an enemy to Deva. He is doing all this for the sake of the future of mankind. Yes, he is awkward in communication. But that doesn't mean that you have to simply destroy him."
Kristine chuckled, "And this was worth betraying the security service and getting into the archive? What a fool."
"What?"
"Can you tell me whose life is more valuable to you: yours or this AI's?"
"Both!"
Lowering her blade, Angela jerked forward. Kristine opened fire from the lasers. All of them were deflected by the shield. But this was just a test. Angela wouldn't have been able to avoid the arhan's attack right away.
To avoid the cutting blow from Angela, Kristine needed to just move the upper part of the body, after which she grabbed the edge of the shield. Pulling it to herself, she got Angela off balance. The device for fixing the shield on the manipulator was unlocked. Kristine threw away the shield and immediately opened fire from the lasers. Angela jumped up, avoiding the energy attacks. Increasing the distance between them, she landed and put the sword in front of her, holding it with both hands.
Standing in front of her, Kristine said, "Surrender. I believe you have an ally here, but soon all the forces of the security service will arrive here. You can't win."
Angela said nothing. She was looking for a chance to attack. Kristine sighed in disappointment.
"Are you quite despaired? I will ask for your punishment to be softened. And if it doesn't help, I'll get into top management and bring you back."
"It's not that," Angela said quietly, "Deva isn't Paradise. We locked ourselves up in our dreams and dream about fake freedom. I understood this."
"What? So you understood, that there is real freedom? You're just an arrogant fool, that doesn't understand what she's saying. I don't want to hear it."
"I'm not saying that I understand what freedom is. But it's definitely not there. Such a Deva won't be able to last long."
"What are you talking about?"
"If you get enough memory, you can do anything. And to provide this memory, you need to get rid of what can be considered useless. Rock and the exploration of space, so many inconceivable things. Look at the real world. People live in this terrible world. They don't seek Deva. They don't need it. Do you know why? There's no versatility. Our world is too fixated on itself. You… also understand this right?"
"No, this can not be. Deva is the root of the human mind. It is the crown of the development of mankind. What you're saying turns the whole evolutionary path that humanity has gone through upside down. The peculiarity of our technical existence is not some kind of dream. And in order to develop, the security service is constantly in office. You, in fact, also believed in this when you joined."
"Hey Kristine, evolution is the adaptation to the surrounding environment. Progress and technological development is something completely different. What is Deva adapting to? All I see is that it's trying to protect itself from the whole world… This is exactly what I see today."
"Nonsense."
Dropping it, Kristine began to direct her lasers.
"Say what you want, but I will protect Deva. Because it is my home."
The lasers fired. The dusty air lit up.
"Yes," Angela mumbled sadly, calculating the movements of the lasers and avoiding them. Quickly accelerating, she flew up.
She raised the sword above her head. Kristine's arhan tried to avoid the blow but was a little late. The blade collapsed on the left manipulator. The severed limb fell to the ground. Angela returned the sword to its original position and was going to inflict another blow, but the arhan wasn't moving like before. Its reaction was slowed down. The consequences of that explosion. The system reported that the actuators began to fail. Self-healing mechanisms worked at the expense of nano-machines, but there was no time to restore to an efficient level.
Kristine wasn't going to miss such a chance. She pounced on her. She stepped on the new model, lying on the ground. The manipulator with the sword was pressed on by the foot. She placed the other manipulator in the chest, where the cockpit was located.
"Idiot. Quickly return to your backup drive and rest calmly."
Holding her breath, Angela strained. An electronic sound was heard and a pop-up appeared. There was Dingo. He stood in his flesh, it seemed that neither the explosions nor the enemy arhans had touched him. Understanding that he was seen, he gave a signal. Dingo was located next to the buggy, two hundred meters behind Kristine's arhan. And with him was a sniper rifle.
"What a pity that her antenna, providing her support, is completely exposed. Get ready, Angela!"
Dingo shot, The bullet burst from the barrel. It hit the antenna on the black arhan's back. This one was followed by five more shots. All hitting the target.
"What? I was shot?"
Suddenly, the satellite connection was gone and Kristine became panicked. She tried to restore it again, but it would take time.
Angela took up her sword again. The black arhan couldn't resist. The blade collided with the enemy. Flying off with sparks in every direction, the blade went through the black arhan's body. Separated from the bottom, the top part of the body fell to the ground. After it, the feet also fell. Kristine's operation was stopped. Angela's face was full of feelings, she spoke to Pioneer.
"Did reinforcements arrive?"
<Yes. The second group is on the north-east, 8 arhans. In total there are five groups with a total of 40 units registered.>
The information display showed an image of heavily armed arhans entering the city ruins. The communication channel with Dingo closed. Only the closed channel with Pioneer was left, which couldn't be intercepted.
"How is the preparation for the launch?"
<5 more minutes.>
Five minutes would be enough for 40 arhans to fully deploy their troops. When the rocket takes off, it will become an excellent target for them all. If possible, it was necessary to reduce their numbers as much as possible.
Angela frowned.
"This isn't easy…"
Dingo's voice sounded tired.
"Hey, don't you dare give up. After all, the conscience will not let us back down. We'll do this."
Dingo headed for the next trap on his buggy. Agreeing with him, Angela nodded confidently. She headed to the next container, ready to resist the army of arhans.
Edited by: Akshaythedon
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Conscience
Chapter 7 Part 3
Angela sent a signal to the container. The lock was unlocked like four petals. But, the arhan stopped here. It wasn't possible to take out the contents quickly. Kristine and Veronica had caught up too. The arhan grabbed the top of the container and pulled and the container bent even more. A part of the bottom, near the ground, became an improvised shield, protecting her from the weapons of Kristine's and Veronica's arhans. For such tools, the container was too strong. It was not so easy for the energetic and armor-piercing bullets to break through.
Meanwhile, Angela took out the contents of the container. She took out melee weapons, a sword, and a shield. Only with the strength and speed of her arhan could the force of this weapon be fully revealed. However, it wasn't very easy to provide the tactical support, the pilot must have the skill and also excellent flair.
The shield was installed on one of the manipulators, the sword on the other. The identification of the equipment was done automatically, fire control was switched to control mode. The container was barely holding back the attacks now. While Angela was trying to figure out what was what, the pair tried not to let her get closer.
Veronica changed the type of shells of her large-caliber rifle. She charged high-explosive grenades, aimed at the container and fired. Having met its target, the grenade exploded. The remains of the fuel used in the rocket engine during landing caught fire.
There was an explosion. Angela's arhan got a serious blow. One leg was literally nailed to the ground. But, it withstood the fierce explosion. The whole cockpit was shaken. Angela, gritting her teeth, clung to her seat. Parts of the container flew in different directions, but she managed to hide behind the shield. However, a warning on the screen showed that the actuators on every joint were under more pressure than normal. The system had some problems.
"I'll show you!"
Angela took control, went into a fighting position and squeezed the gas pedal. The engine roared. She escaped from the smoke cloud made by the explosion and appeared right in front of Veronica's arhan. Veronica was dumbfounded by such an appearance and began to aimlessly fire from her large-caliber rifle.
A grenade hit the shield and exploded but, it couldn't break through the electromagnetic protection. Without slowing down, Angela struck a blow at Veronica. She approached the overturned enemy arhan. With the sword's help, which was in her right hand, sparks came from the barrel of the rifle. Then she swung her sword again and pierced the control module located in the abdomen.
Sparks sprang up due to the strong vibration of the blade which entered the arhan's body deeply. Veronica's arhan was cramped with a spasm, it was no longer able to continue the battle.
Breathing heavily, Angela withdrew the blade from the enemy's body. There was only Kristine left, she turned around and immediately received a strong blow to her shield, knocking her back. Kristine took advantage of her acceleration to strike.
Angela got up immediately. She looked at the black arhan. And then came the shots from the lasers. Angela heard Kristine's voice through the communication system.
"Stop it, Angela. Why are you helping an uncontrolled AI?"
Angela answered, "Pioneer, as reasonable and sensible creature as we are."
"Huh? What nonsense?"
"It's not nonsense. Before the nano-catastrophe, he began to implement a project to develop deep space, and he's been working alone for over a century to implement his plan. He isn't an enemy to Deva. He is doing all this for the sake of the future of mankind. Yes, he is awkward in communication. But that doesn't mean that you have to simply destroy him."
Kristine chuckled, "And this was worth betraying the security service and getting into the archive? What a fool."
"What?"
"Can you tell me whose life is more valuable to you: yours or this AI's?"
"Both!"
Lowering her blade, Angela jerked forward. Kristine opened fire from the lasers. All of them were deflected by the shield. But this was just a test. Angela wouldn't have been able to avoid the arhan's attack right away.
To avoid the cutting blow from Angela, Kristine needed to just move the upper part of the body, after which she grabbed the edge of the shield. Pulling it to herself, she got Angela off balance. The device for fixing the shield on the manipulator was unlocked. Kristine threw away the shield and immediately opened fire from the lasers. Angela jumped up, avoiding the energy attacks. Increasing the distance between them, she landed and put the sword in front of her, holding it with both hands.
Standing in front of her, Kristine said, "Surrender. I believe you have an ally here, but soon all the forces of the security service will arrive here. You can't win."
Angela said nothing. She was looking for a chance to attack. Kristine sighed in disappointment.
"Are you quite despaired? I will ask for your punishment to be softened. And if it doesn't help, I'll get into top management and bring you back."
"It's not that," Angela said quietly, "Deva isn't Paradise. We locked ourselves up in our dreams and dream about fake freedom. I understood this."
"What? So you understood, that there is real freedom? You're just an arrogant fool, that doesn't understand what she's saying. I don't want to hear it."
"I'm not saying that I understand what freedom is. But it's definitely not there. Such a Deva won't be able to last long."
"What are you talking about?"
"If you get enough memory, you can do anything. And to provide this memory, you need to get rid of what can be considered useless. Rock and the exploration of space, so many inconceivable things. Look at the real world. People live in this terrible world. They don't seek Deva. They don't need it. Do you know why? There's no versatility. Our world is too fixated on itself. You… also understand this right?"
"No, this can not be. Deva is the root of the human mind. It is the crown of the development of mankind. What you're saying turns the whole evolutionary path that humanity has gone through upside down. The peculiarity of our technical existence is not some kind of dream. And in order to develop, the security service is constantly in office. You, in fact, also believed in this when you joined."
"Hey Kristine, evolution is the adaptation to the surrounding environment. Progress and technological development is something completely different. What is Deva adapting to? All I see is that it's trying to protect itself from the whole world… This is exactly what I see today."
"Nonsense."
Dropping it, Kristine began to direct her lasers.
"Say what you want, but I will protect Deva. Because it is my home."
The lasers fired. The dusty air lit up.
"Yes," Angela mumbled sadly, calculating the movements of the lasers and avoiding them. Quickly accelerating, she flew up.
She raised the sword above her head. Kristine's arhan tried to avoid the blow but was a little late. The blade collapsed on the left manipulator. The severed limb fell to the ground. Angela returned the sword to its original position and was going to inflict another blow, but the arhan wasn't moving like before. Its reaction was slowed down. The consequences of that explosion. The system reported that the actuators began to fail. Self-healing mechanisms worked at the expense of nano-machines, but there was no time to restore to an efficient level.
Kristine wasn't going to miss such a chance. She pounced on her. She stepped on the new model, lying on the ground. The manipulator with the sword was pressed on by the foot. She placed the other manipulator in the chest, where the cockpit was located.
"Idiot. Quickly return to your backup drive and rest calmly."
Holding her breath, Angela strained. An electronic sound was heard and a pop-up appeared. There was Dingo. He stood in his flesh, it seemed that neither the explosions nor the enemy arhans had touched him. Understanding that he was seen, he gave a signal. Dingo was located next to the buggy, two hundred meters behind Kristine's arhan. And with him was a sniper rifle.
"What a pity that her antenna, providing her support, is completely exposed. Get ready, Angela!"
Dingo shot, The bullet burst from the barrel. It hit the antenna on the black arhan's back. This one was followed by five more shots. All hitting the target.
"What? I was shot?"
Suddenly, the satellite connection was gone and Kristine became panicked. She tried to restore it again, but it would take time.
Angela took up her sword again. The black arhan couldn't resist. The blade collided with the enemy. Flying off with sparks in every direction, the blade went through the black arhan's body. Separated from the bottom, the top part of the body fell to the ground. After it, the feet also fell. Kristine's operation was stopped. Angela's face was full of feelings, she spoke to Pioneer.
"Did reinforcements arrive?"
<Yes. The second group is on the north-east, 8 arhans. In total there are five groups with a total of 40 units registered.>
The information display showed an image of heavily armed arhans entering the city ruins. The communication channel with Dingo closed. Only the closed channel with Pioneer was left, which couldn't be intercepted.
"How is the preparation for the launch?"
<5 more minutes.>
Five minutes would be enough for 40 arhans to fully deploy their troops. When the rocket takes off, it will become an excellent target for them all. If possible, it was necessary to reduce their numbers as much as possible.
Angela frowned.
"This isn't easy…"
Dingo's voice sounded tired.
"Hey, don't you dare give up. After all, the conscience will not let us back down. We'll do this."
Dingo headed for the next trap on his buggy. Agreeing with him, Angela nodded confidently. She headed to the next container, ready to resist the army of arhans.
Edited by: Akshaythedon
