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Subject: {ASSM} RP: the Michael Collins Anthology (ASFR, ScFi, act, rom, adv) [10/26]
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10. Upgrades

     As mentioned earlier, being an android does have its advantages.
     One of the prime advantages is being able to be made better if the
     opportunity should afford itself.

     Dr. Carson wanted to do just that for his eldest child, and
     Michael would soon discover that he's been given even more unique
     and special abilities as a result of it.

     However, would these new-found abilities end up being a blessing
     or a curse? Only time will tell.

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Michael awoke to find himself standing upright and naked, next to the work
table. He saw Julie, sitting at her keyboard. It was daylight outside, and
Dr. Carson was standing behind him; his hands in Michael's back.

``What happened?'' Michael asked, but his voice was scrambled, high pitched,
and extremely oscillated.

``Good afternoon!'' he said, poking his head around from behind his back.
``Let me make some adjustments before you try to speak again, okay?''

Michael nodded, and simply looked forward. A minute later, Dr. Carson
finished with the adjustments. ``There we go,'' he said. ``Much better!''

``What time is it?'' he asked.

``It's 4:14PM.''

``Fuck! What about work?''

``Shhhh,'' Julie said. ``I called you in sick with the flu.''

``How long have I been out?''

``For about 14 hours,'' Dr. Carson told him.

``What did you do to me?'' he asked.

``We gave you some upgrades,'' Julie said pushing herself towards him.

``I thought you went to sleep,'' he asked her.

She walked up to Michael and ran her hands down his arms. ``I tried to,''
she said. ``But I couldn't sleep. I walked downstairs looking for you and
noticed Dr. Carson here working on you so I offered to help.``

``You've got a wonderful woman here, Michael.'' Dr. Carson said, closing the
access panel in his back.

``Wanna see all that we've given you?'' Julie asked gleefully.

``Sure.''

She sat back down at her computer, and plugged in a small box with a
flexible antenna to the hub for their home network.

She pressed some keys then all of a sudden he was able to move.

``Wow!'' he said, surprised. ``How did you do that?''

``I've fitted you with a wireless Ethernet transceiver,'' Dr. Carson said.
``Pull up your diagnostics window and look at the dmesg boot history.''

Michael did as he suggested and found the logfile. He hadn't noticed it
before, but it revealed many wondrous things!


Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
DBSD 4.0-MOPCA+DARPA #2: Mon Jan 5 06:54:39 GMT 2000
jrc@mocpa.berkeley.darpa.gov:/usr/src/sys/compile/MOPCA
CPU0: Motorola MC68240 (666.67-MHz CPU)
CPU1: Motorola MC68240 (666.67-MHz CPU)
CPU2: Motorola MC68240 (666.67-MHz CPU)
CPU3: Motorola MC68240 (666.67-MHz CPU)
CPU4: Motorola MC68240 (666.67-MHz CPU)
CPU5: Motorola MC68240 (666.67-MHz CPU)
CPU6: Motorola MC68240 (666.67-MHz CPU)
CPU7: Motorola MC68240 (666.67-MHz CPU)
Origin = ``Motorola'' Id = 0xff2

Total SMP Processor Speed: 5.34GHz
real memory = 4294967296 (4194304K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel ``vmunix'' at 0xffffffffa0
Probing for devices on PCMCIA bus 0:
cel0: <Motorola Pocket CelModem> rev 0x00 int c irq 9 on
pcmcia0.9.0
Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
xwl0: <3Com Wireless 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> rev 0x24 int a
irq 11 on pci0.11.0
xwl0: Ethernet address: 00:10:5a:09:d1:71
xwl0: autoneg complete, link status good (half-duplex, 2Mbps)
Probing for devices on PCI bus 1:
raid0: <DARPA RAID50 2Tb Array> rev 0x00 int a irq 10 on pci 10.1
raid0.0: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int b irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.0
raid0.1: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int c irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.1
raid0.2: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int d irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.2
raid0.3: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int e irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.3
raid0.4: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int f irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.4
raid0.5: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int b irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.5
raid0.6: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int c irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.6
raid0.7: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int d irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.7
raid0.8: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int e irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.8
raid0.9: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int f irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.9
raid0.a: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int b irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.a
raid0.b: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int c irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.b
raid0.c: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int d irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.c
raid0.d: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int e irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.d
raid0.e: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int f irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.e
raid0.f: <DARPA MICRO RAID5 128Gb Array: SCSI FWD> rev 0x02 int b irq 10 on
pci1.10.1.f
Probing for devices on aux bus 0:
bus0: <Systems Bus: Audio Input Subsystem> on aux0
bus1: <Systems Bus: Visual Input Subsystem> on aux0
bus2: <Systems Bus: Audio Output Subsystem> on aux0
bus3: <Systems Bus: Speech Control Subsystem> on aux0
bus4: <Systems Bus: Power Control Subsystem> on aux0
bus5: <Systems Bus: Fluid Waste Processing Subsystem> on aux0
bus6: <Systems Bus: Solid Waste Processing Subsystem> on aux0
bus7: <Systems Bus: Motor Control Subsystem: Head> on aux0
bus8: <Systems Bus: Motor Control Subsystem: Neck> on aux0
bus9: <Systems Bus: Motor Control Subsystem: Shoulder: Left> on aux0
busa: <Systems Bus: Motor Control Subsystem: Shoulder: Right> on aux0
busb: <Systems Bus: Motor Control Subsystem: Limbs: Left Arm> on aux0
busc: <Systems Bus: Motor Control Subsystem: Limbs: Right Arm> on aux0
busd: <Systems Bus: Motor Control Subsystem: Chest> on aux0
buse: <Systems Bus: Motor Control Subsystem: Waist and Hip> on aux0
busf: <Systems Bus: Motor Control Subsystem: Pelvis> on aux0
bus10: <Systems Bus: Motor Control Subsystem: Limbs: Left Leg> on aux0
bus11: <Systems Bus: Motor Control Subsystem: Limbs: Right Leg> on aux0
bus12: <Systems Bus: Guidance Control Subsystem> on aux0
bus13: <Systems Bus: Balance Control Subsystem> on aux0
bus14: <Systems Bus: Diagnostic Control Subsystem> on aux0
bus15: <Systems Bus: External Control Interface Subsystem> on aux0
bus16: <Systems Bus: Memory Review and Playback Subsystem> on aux0
bus17: <Systems Bus: Logic and Reasoning Subsystem> on aux0
bus18: <Systems Bus: Ego Subsystem> on aux0
bus19: <Systems Bus: Conscious Subsystem> on aux0
bus1a: <Systems Bus: Autonomic Subsystem> on aux0
bus1b: <Systems Bus: Unconscious Subsystem> on aux0
bus1c: <Systems Bus: Communications Control Subsystem> on aux0
bus1d: <Systems Bus: Self Awareness Control Subsystem> on aux0
bus1e: <Systems Bus: Self Protection Control Subsystem> on aux0
bus1f: <Systems Bus: Personality Control Subsystem> on aux0
npx0 on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
Now mounting volumes:
/ on /dev/raid0a ... SUCCESSFUL
/usr on /dev/raid0c ... SUCCESSFUL
/var on /dev/raid0d ... SUCCESSFUL
/tmp on /dev/raid0e ... SUCCESSFUL
/proc on /dev/proc0 ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael on /dev/raid0f ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael/bin on /dev/raid0g ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael/memory on /dev/raid0h ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael/memory/shortterm on /dev/raid0i ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael/memory/longterm on /dev/raid0j ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael/etc on /dev/raid0k ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael/proc on /dev/proc1 ... SUCCESSFUL
/home on /dev/raid0l ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael/config on /dev/raid0m ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael/dumps on /dev/raid0n ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael/debug on /dev/raid0o ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael/corebin on /dev/raid0p ... SUCCESSFUL
/Michael/systemdata on /dev/raid0q ... SUCCESSFUL
/DMOPCA on /dev/raid0r ... FAILED: mountpoint nonexistent
/DMOPCA/instructions on /dev/raid0s ... FAILED: mountpoint nonexistent
/DMOPCA/memory on /dev/raid0t ... FAILED: mountpoint nonexistent
Now starting daemons...
bootstrap ... SUCCESSFUL
vmmanager ... SUCCESSFUL
gpsd ... SUCCESSFUL
inetd ... SUCCESSFUL
michaeld ... SUCCESSFUL
dmopca ... FAILED: path not found

``Michael Collins'' Auxilliary Personality ... LOADED
Michael Collins Personality
Copyright (c) 1997 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
CLASSIFIED - NOT FOR EXPORT
Initializing Audio Input Subsystem
Initializing Video Input Subsystem
Initializing Audio Output Subsystem
Initializing Speech Control Subsystem
Initializing Power Control Subsystem
Initializing Fluid Waste Processing Subsystem
Initializing Solid Waste Processing Subsystem
Initializing Motor Control Subsystem: Head
Initializing Motor Control Subsystem: Neck
Initializing Motor Control Subsystem: Shoulder Left
Initializing Motor Control Subsystem: Shoulder Right
Initializing Motor Control Subsystem: Limbs: Left Arm
Initializing Motor Control Subsystem: Limbs: Right Arm
Initializing Motor Control Subsystem: Chest
Initializing Motor Control Subsystem: Waist and Hip
Initializing Motor Control Subsystem: Pelvis
Initializing Motor Control Subsystem: Limbs: Left Leg
Initializing Motor Control Subsystem: Limbs: Right Leg
Initializing Guidance Control Subsystem
Initializing Balance Control Subsystem
Initializing Diagnostic Control Subsystem
Initializing External Control Interface Subsystem
Initializing Memory Review and Playback Subsystem
Initializing Logic and Reasoning Subsystem
Initializing Ego Subsystem
Initializing Conscious Subsystem
Initializing Autonomic Subsystem
Initializing Unconscious Subsystem
Initializing Communications Control Subsystem
Initializing Self Awareness Control Subsystem
Initializing Self Protection Control Subsystem
Initializing Personality Control Subsystem

ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONING WITHIN ESTABLISHED PARAMETERS

Power: Bus 0: 47.974 vdc
Power: Bus 1: -48.1 vdc
Power: Bus 2: 24.2 vdc
Power: Bus 3: -21.675 vdc
Power: Bus 4: 12.01 vdc
Power: Bus 5: -12.0 vdc
Power: Bus 6: 5.25 vdc
Power: Bus 7: -4.9875vdc
Power: Bus 8: 117.14 vac
Power: Bus 9: 117.13 vac

CPU0 Temp: 98.6 deg. F
CPU1 Temp: 98.5 deg. F
CPU2 Temp: 99.2 deg. F
CPU3 Temp: 98.7 deg. F
CPU4 Temp: 98.6 deg. F
CPU5 Temp: 98.6 deg. F
CPU6 Temp: 98.7 deg. F
CPU7 Temp: 99.0 deg. F

Fluid Reservoir: 0 %
Seminal Reservoir: 100 %
Solid Waste Reservoir: 1 %
Hydraulic Pressure: Nominal

Free Disk: 87 %
Free Memory: 76 %

Est. Months Remaining Before Memory Reindex: 36

Sending Android WakeUp Signal..........

``I'm looking at it now,'' he said. ``It looks complicated.''

``You're a complicated being,'' Dr. Carson told him.

``Some things failed.'' he said, noticing the several FAILED lines in the
file.

``I know. I removed the combat personality,`` Dr. Carson said.

``You've also upgraded my CPUs,'' he said.

``Yes, tripling your processing power. That's why your speech was messed up,
I needed to compensate for the increased clock speed; your audio subsystems
were getting data too fast. But, the CPUs upgraded were just in your core.
Your subsystems still have their originals.``

``What's the cel0 device for?''

``Ah!'' Julie said. ``That's my favorite! Watch.``

She picked up their phone and dialed a number.

                             INCOMING VOICE CALL

...Flashed in green in front of him.

``Woah,'' he said out loud. ``How do I answer it?''

``Just think about answering the phone and it should stop ringing.''

Michael did as Dr. Carson suggested.

``Hello,'' he said out loud.

``You don't need to speak out loud to answer your phone,'' she told him.
``Your audio input, output, and speech control subsystems are tied into the
phone.''

Julie hung up the phone, and hooked up an old Sportster modem.

``Now, check this out,'' she said with a grin, as he heard the modem dial.

                             INCOMING DATA CALL

...Flashed in green, in his field of view.

A small terminal window appeared in front of him:

Julie entered some keystrokes and logged in.

He could see everything she was typing. It was fantastic! Then, before he
knew it, Julie had accessed his maintenance and diagnostic systems and
without warning, he was standing on one leg.


RING
ATA
CONNECT 26,400 BPS

login: root
password:

# echo PATH=/Michael/corebin:$PATH
# control -v -mib self.limb.leg.left -action raise -override yes -when now

DMOPCA Control Utility
Version 0.9.2b8
Copyright (c) 1998, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
* * * CLASSIFIED * * *

-> Finding OID .................................................. DONE
-> Analyzing Request ............................................ DONE
-> Request Mode Override? ....................................... TRUE
-> Execute Time? ................................................ NOW
-> Attaching to SubSystem: [Motor Control] Bus [10] Dev [aux0] .. DONE
-> Sending CPU_INTR Signal to Device: [aux0:10] ................. DONE
-> Sending Command: [raise] to Device: [aux0:10] ................ DONE

RAISING limb LEFT LEG now

-> Polling Device: [aux:10] ..................................... DONE
-> Result: ...................................................... SUCCESS

Result:
Left leg has been raised. Subsystem override active.

# control -q -mib self.limb.leg.left -action lower -override yes -when now


Result: Left leg has been lowered. Subsystem override active.

# control -q -mib self.limb.leg.left -action release

Result: Left leg control released back to AI.

# D

+++
NO CARRIER

``Hey!'' Michael said, disgruntled. ``I don't think I like this.''

``You can set it not to auto-answer if you wish,'' Dr. Carson said. ``In
fact, I recommend that. Also, be careful what you use it for; it is a
cellphone, and you will receive the bill. It's more designed for emergency
communications.``

``Wanna surf the Internet,'' Dr. Carson asked Michael.

``How?''

``Well, your cell-modem will give you a 33.6kbps PPP connection to your ISP;
but your built-in Ethernet transceiver is connecting you to your home LAN
here, too. Think about surfing the Internet and watch what happens.``

Michael did as instructed and mentally thought about surfing the Internet. A
window appeared, somewhat blocking his vision.

``Netscape Navigator!'' he said cheerfully. ``But how?''

``It's open-source now,'' he said. ``I compiled it for your architecture and
added the necessary interface hooks to its API. Go to an address`

Michael thought about going to Yahoo!. Almost immediately the webpage
loaded.

``That was fast,'' he said.

``Yeah, you're tied into your cable modem here at the house.''

``Awesome! Any other surprises` Michael asked; closing the window.

``In due time,'' Dr. Carson replied.

Michael reached for his pants which were set on the table, put them on, and
walked upstairs. Julie and Dr. Carson weren't far behind as they followed
him up the stairs.

``Can I fix you something Doctor,'' Michael asked as he and Julie entered
the kitchen.

``A ham and cheese sandwich would be fine, thank you.''

``Julie?'' he inquired, turning to face her.

``Nothing for me, hon.'' she replied.

He prepared Dr. Carson's meal, and brought it into the living room where he
and Julie were talking. As he handed him his plate, he sat down on his chair
and listened.

Dr. Carson was explaining to Julie the principals of his design.

While still listening to them, he got up to look out the backdoor into the
yard. There were squirrels chasing each other over a fresh layer of lightly
packed snow.

``Is everything allright?'' Julie said, getting up and placing her hand on
his shoulder.

``I was just wondering: why me?'' he said aloud, turning to face Dr. Carson.

``What do you mean?'' he replied.

``What made you come up with me?'' he retorted.

Dr. Carson sighed for a moment, setting his plate down on the coffee table.
``Come over here and sit down,'' he said; patting the couch next to him,
motioning for Michael to come over.

``You are capable of much grander things,'' Dr. Carson told him. ``I didn't
want to see you blown up in Kosovo or some bullshit war like that. Had your
project not been canceled, you would have certainly been sent over there.``

``But I don't know what's real anymore,'' he told him.

Like a father comforting his son, Dr. Carson moved to put his arm around
Michael's waist and pulled him in closer.

``You are real! Your life is real,`` he said. ``I gave you some minimal
memories and broad direction. You've made your life your own.``

Julie came over to sit down next to him. Jonas removed his arm as Julie's
took his place.

``Honey, I love you,'' she said. ``I loved you before we found out who and
what you were. This fact doesn't change anything.``

``But I'm a machine!'' he said loudly. ``How can you love a toaster?''

Dr. Carson got up and stood in front of me. ``Stop thinking like that!'' he
ordered. ``I'm a machine, too.'' he said.

``What?!'' they both said in unison.

``So is Julie,'' he continued, gesturing. ``Humans are nothing more than a
different kind of machine. I'm bio-electrical, you just happen to be
electro-mechanical.``

Michael knew he was right, of course.

``Look, kids, I've got to head back to Tennessee; but I think you're ready
for the next level, Michael.'' he told him.

Michael got up and walked with him to the door.

``Thanks again for all you've done for me,'' he told him. ``Will I ever see
you again?''

``Probably not,'' Jonas replied. ``I've got cancer, and it's terminal.''

The two men hugged for what seemed like an eternity, and slowly Dr. Carson
turned and walked down the steps. Michael followed him and his car with his
eyes as he got in, and drove away. He felt a rush of sadness pour over him
as he saw the old man leave.

Back inside, Michael sat down in his chair, and turned on the television. He
wasn't really watching anything that was on, but was pondering the events
which had happened in his life the past week.

Julie came back into the living room sometime later and sat down in his lap.
She wrapped her arms around his neck, reached over, and kissed him on the
cheek.

``You were so handsome when you were unplugged,'' she told him.

``Uh, thank you, I suppose.''

She got up and walked into the other room. When she returned, she had their
pillows from the bed, and several blankets.

``What are you doing with those?'' he asked her as she unfolded the sofa bed
in the living room.

``I thought we'd stay in here and watch a movie,'' she continued, laying the
blanket on top.

``What movie did you have in mind?''

``I was thinking The Companion,'' she said.

The Companion, was a story about a recluse author who purchases an android
for companionship for her while she retreats to the wilderness to work on
her book, and get over her boyfriend. Things go awry when she reprograms her
android to go beyond it's programming.

``Are you hinting at something here?'' he asked her.

Julie finished getting the bed ready and pulled him out of his chair.

Next, she took her shirt and shorts off and got down in the bed. Michael
followed her lead, and took off his pants, and got in. She started the movie
and snuggled up next to him as it started.

Michael had never seen the movie before, but he knew what it was about, and
thought it was kind of interesting.

About an hour into the movie, the two principal characters, a female author
and the male companion android, began to make love. Julie, who up to this
point had her head rested against Michael's chest as her hand stroked his
torso, let her right hand traverse down his body until she gently grabbed
the head of his cock with her fingers.

``Woah,'' he said out loud, feeling a wave of pleasure rush over.

``What?'' she asked. Michael could see her hand underneath the blanket,
masturbating.

``That feels good,'' he told her as his cock began to get stiff.

She got under the covers and maneuvered herself to his groin.

He could feel her hair brush against his abdomen, tickling him. The next
thing he knew, she guided his stiff cock into her mouth and wrapped her lips
around it. He could feel her tongue lick his shaft as she took his entire
cock into her mouth.

With Michael's cock fully enveloped by her lips, she massaged his balls as
she continued to give him a blowjob there, on the bed, in the living room.

Faster and faster her mouth moved up and down his piston to a rhythmic beat
until he was brought to a point where he couldn't hold off any longer.

``I'm coming,'' Michael whispered; his synthetic spew flowing into her
mouth.

Wave after wave; his juices spewed forth, his seminal pump primed from
before, fed Julie's hungry mouth with his SynChem jism.

``Mmmm,'' she moaned, swallowing the last drop. ``It tastes different,'' she
said. ``Like when we first made love!''

She took his now semi-spent penis back in her mouth and slowly suckled, her
tongue licking its head. The sensations Michael felt were both intense and
pleasurable, unlike nothing he'd felt before.

When she finished, she crawled back up to lay next to him and they cuddled,
and watched the rest of the movie.

Of course, the ending somewhat disturbed him! Granted, the android character
went totally ballistic, but ``did the main character really have to blow him
in half?'' he thought to himself.

Michael couldn't help but shiver with discontent at watching that scene.

He and Julie fell asleep together, there on the sofa bed. That evening was
the first time he had actually slept since becoming self-aware of being an
android, and to him, it felt refreshing.

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