Raglan and Dutch, and a mysterious stranger in armor.
Where we've got to: Colonel Duncan Raglan and U.N. Space Marine Dutch Cornelisen have adopted a truce and together have flown into the lower depths of Mars, where they have discovered a vast cavern containing what appears to be a miniature sun that's spitting out plasma and adding to an ocean of lava. Upon an island rising out of the lava sea is a fortified structure, wherein they discover a giant robot. Raglan thinks this the legendary combat bruiser, the Battle Lord Kobayashi, but the robot denies this. Dutch scans the chamber and discovers the containers embedded in the walls are filled with human and robot parts….
The Asimov stories would have been a lot different if the robots had that option, for sure. More fun or less fun? Unknown, but share prices would plummet, for sure. Thanks for reading!
El Cid at 5:06PM, Dec. 13, 2017
See, this is why you don't program robots to not harm humans. Sometimes you'll want them to harm somebody; just not you!
dpat57 at 11:29PM, Dec. 17, 2017
The Asimov stories would have been a lot different if the robots had that option, for sure. More fun or less fun? Unknown, but share prices would plummet, for sure. Thanks for reading!