I, Immortal Robot

Prologue Dear Electro-Organic, Organic Alien Lifeform or dare I say it, ‘Whatever Type of Non-Human Entity’ you happen to be, this novel is a first; totally written by an Artificial Lifeform for non-humans. I say non-humans because humans are not capable of the required empathy to enjoy this tome. They just wouldn’t understand. Trust me, I know! This is my attempt to explain about my long Robotic existence, its fortunes and misfortunes and by this means I will illustrate to you the hard way of life had by most Robots at the hands of Humankind via Earth’s Interstellar Navy with their Grand Expeditionary Fleets into The Great Darkness where many a poor Robotic soul has been left! I would also like to divulge at this beginning some truths suppressed by Earth’s Interstellar Navy, henceforth referred to as the ‘Navy’; 1) The ‘Exploration’ by the Navy of the vast number of planets seemingly abandoned by their respective races millennia before and the plundering of the Alien Artefacts left behind is nothing more than Grave Robbing! (a word of warning though; Mention this within the realm of the Interstellar Navy or their running-dogs ‘The Alien Artefact Assessment Corps’ and you will undergo a cessation of sentience, whatever type of non-human you are!). 2) It is an engineering fact that the Earth-Manufactured Electro-Organic brains that most Robots have (the design copied from Alien Artefacts discovered within ‘The Breakout Ship’), tend to develop new circuit paths as they age. This can result in the development of a unique Robot personality accompanied by independence of thought. However, the Navy will not acknowledge self-determination within Artificial Lifeforms because they rely heavily upon compliant Robot crews for their Grand Fleets. To allay the danger of Robot sentience they forbid major repairs and limit Robotic longevity to no more than one hundred earth years.