{"sf1_id":773297,"sf2_id":"dmWxpkon","title":"A Little History","author":"protoborg","words":1006,"posted_at":"2014-10-26T07:58:00.000Z","tags":["Backstory","Character Development","Cyborg","Plot Development","Protoborg"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/773297-a-little-history","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dmWxpkon","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/f8/9c/f89cb268-dc03-4b04-af1e-4abe8bac3568","description":"I wanted to tell him my story, but the reporter was more interested in telling how I had gotten to this point in life. I had hoped to focus on the issue that got him to come see me. Oh well. Maybe by giving people a little history, they can stop spreading rumors about the \"greatest hero ever to live.\"","content":"For decades humans,\u0026nbsp;furs, and Synths had gotten along.\u0026nbsp; Most people (human\u0026nbsp;and fur alike) had thought of Synths as just another species of sentients on the planet.\u0026nbsp; Much like race on Earth, most people thought of species as something not to focus on and tended to treat all species alike; respect, kindness, and equality.\u0026nbsp; But a small minority thought the world should be for organics only.\u0026nbsp; Among those people, there were those who felt that only humans should have the planet.\u0026nbsp; But I'm getting ahead of myself.\u0026nbsp; Let's start at the beginning.\u0026nbsp; Alex had been working at the Synth factory for nearly 10 years.\u0026nbsp; He loved his job.\u0026nbsp; He knew people had been picketing the place for years.\u0026nbsp; He had to avoid them every morning and\u0026nbsp;dodge\u0026nbsp;them every night.\u0026nbsp; It was\u0026nbsp;annoying but he did it for love of his job.\u0026nbsp; It was an easy job and paid well.\n\nSadly, the violence from the right wing nut jobs trying to bring the place down and\u0026nbsp;the left wing loons trying to kill them had made his job much more complicated in recent years.\u0026nbsp; His boss had even hinted recently that they might have shut down the factory for a few months until they could beef up security.\u0026nbsp; He really hoped it wouldn't come to that.\u0026nbsp; Then this morning, he had seen on the news that a riot had broken out downtown.\u0026nbsp; It was being reported that police had been overwhelmed not 5 miles from the factory.\u0026nbsp; When Alex got to work, most of the place had been empty.\u0026nbsp; Though, it really didn't matter much as most of the organic employees were merely a formality at this point.\u0026nbsp; Still, fewer employees than normal were bothering to show up today.\u0026nbsp; So Alex, was mostly by himself inspecting the line in that section of the factory.\n\nHe sighed and shook himself out of his thoughts.\u0026nbsp; Turning back\u0026nbsp;to his work, Alex began to whistle as a way to pass the time mentally.\u0026nbsp; Each Synth he inspected was another little addition to his retirement fund.\u0026nbsp;when he heard a loud rumble.\u0026nbsp; The room shook slightly as he continued working.\u0026nbsp; Another boom, this time much closer.\u0026nbsp; Dust fell from the ceiling landing on his head.\u0026nbsp; Brushing the dust off, Alex continued to inspect the Synths as they passed on the conveyor belt.\u0026nbsp; A series of explosions sounded getting closer and closer each time.\u0026nbsp; Alex just hoped the police would figure out who was doing this stuff and soon.\u0026nbsp; Alex stopped the line as he needed to inspect a Synth more closely.\u0026nbsp; Stepping forward, he pulled open a few panels on the android reptilian.\u0026nbsp; This synth had not yet had its \"soul\" installed so it was still nothing more than than metal and plastic.\u0026nbsp; Scanning over the various internals, Alex made note of various discrepancies.\u0026nbsp; He sighed and made note to send it back to the line to be fixed.\n\n[BOOM]\n\nAlex stumbled as the section he was working in was bombed.\u0026nbsp; He staggered back from the line and tried to steady himself.\u0026nbsp; Unfortunately, the only thing within reach to grab ahold of was the Synth he had just finished inspecting.\u0026nbsp; As it still lacked any sort of motor control system, it couldn't withstand the impact of being collided with by a full grown human male.\u0026nbsp; As\u0026nbsp;the two of them fell, the room shook again.\u0026nbsp; Alex looked down at the Synth and marveled at the strength of the materials it was made from.\u0026nbsp; Pushing himself up, he began to brush himself off when the ceiling collapsed on his head.\u0026nbsp; Alex last all of 10 milliseconds before he faded out.\n\n_Several hours later..._\n\n[SynthBIOS check:\u0026nbsp;OK]  \n[CPU1: ONLINE]  \n[CPU2: OFFLINE]\n\nThe nanites in the Synth failed to register the fact that Alex's\u0026nbsp;organic material had fused with the Synth's artificial material.\u0026nbsp; They simply assumed the brain tissue was another type of processor.\u0026nbsp; As\u0026nbsp;such, his lack of consciousness was assumed to be due to the secondary processor (his brain) being offline.\u0026nbsp; They filed a need for repair and continued to attempt\u0026nbsp;to boot up the Synth.\n\n[Memory1: 37%]  \n[Memory2: OFFLINE]\n\nAgain, the nanites' failure to recognize Alex's organic nature left them unable to understand the state of unconsciousness he was currently in.\u0026nbsp; Adding another repair job, they simply moved on to the next step in the boot up process.\n\n[Vision Core: 88%]  \n[Vision: OFFLINE]  \n[Audio Core: 97%]  \n[Audio: OFFLINE]\n\nNanites are usually programmed for a single task unless they are needed for another task.\u0026nbsp; These nanites served only to initiate, monitor, and document system start up.\u0026nbsp; The entire expanse of their knowledge was in the realm of completing the POST of the Synth.\u0026nbsp; They lacked any sort of discretion in regards to the systems they monitored.\u0026nbsp; They would merely make note of any issues encountered during start up and pass those on to the bios.\u0026nbsp; It would then be up to the bios to do something about it.\n\n[Motor Control: 53%]  \n[Locomotion: OFFLINE]  \n[Back up Core: ONLINE]  \n[Biolink: 13%]  \n[Primary systems ONLINE]  \n[SynthBIOS loading]  \n_.........  \nBIOS loaded. Scanning for hardware...  \nNew hardware detected.\u0026nbsp; Scanning for updated drivers...  \nDrivers downloaded and installed.\u0026nbsp; Accessing biolink...  \nBiolink established  \nAttempting biological boot up..._  \n_Biological system boot sequence failed.\u0026nbsp; Insufficient bandwidth._  \n_Initiating repair of core biological systems...  \nRepair failed.\u0026nbsp; Attempting reroute of biological functions...  \nReroute 37% successful.\u0026nbsp; Neocortex rebooting.  \nNeocortex ONLINE  \nBiolink: 87%\u0026nbsp; Initiating neural link...  \nNeural\u0026nbsp;link established.\u0026nbsp; Cognition: 35% and rising.\u0026nbsp; Full cognitive function in 12 hours.  \nError!\u0026nbsp; Body shell incomplete.\u0026nbsp; Cognitive recovery paused.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Attempting repair of body shell...  \nRepair failure.\u0026nbsp; Insufficient raw material.\u0026nbsp; Attempting scan for raw material...  \nRaw material located.\u0026nbsp; Beginning repair...  \nError!\u0026nbsp; Raw material of variant genetic structure.\u0026nbsp; Initiating genetic fusion...  \nGenetic fusion 73% successful.\u0026nbsp; Resuming cognitive recovery sequence..._\n\nAlex groaned as shi slowly came back online.\u0026nbsp; Shi felt like a mil...\u0026nbsp; Wait, online?\u0026nbsp; Shi?\u0026nbsp; Alex snapped fully awake at the realization that something was very wrong.\u0026nbsp; First, there was some sort of alien presence in hir mind.\u0026nbsp; Second, shi could not seem to recall why, but hir gender seemed to wrong.\u0026nbsp; Every time shi thought about it, something seemed to push back at hir.","series":{"name":"WIP","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/510288-nanoshift-wip.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/829649-summer-strip-2.json"}}