SYNOPSIS + PROLOGUE
The story took place in 2030, United States of America Middle East , and created the Androids that are virtually indestructible by any form of military powers. The androids kept their intelligence, fighting spirit, war knowledge and lost their emotions and memories. They were named RIPPA01, which stands for Robotic Intelligent-Proficient Personified Agent No. 1. After a few victories over operations to negate the rebels in the Middle-East, though the androids are merely one thousand of them, they gave Gen. Alexander enough reason to convince the US Government to cut all costs for military but to invest to Dr. Arwin’s company to create something more.
And so, Dr. Arwin and his engineers in Androyd De La Energía worked with the capital given by the government to create the next model of RIPPA androids which did not need actual human body to make, using only the materials available and artificial intelligence used in the 01s. It took only three years for Androyd De La Energía to create the new, fully artificial and better android, RIPPA02, in greater number of twenty thousand of them. With the approval of Gen. Alexander, one thousand RIPPA02s were sent to the final base camp used to house the 01s for tryout. At the base camp, the Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Kevin D. Steven and five other Brigadier Generals were overseeing the whole event. They were given an order by Gen Alexander, to condemn all the 01s as they were out-of-date. But, because of the creation by Dr. Arwin which made them indestructible, the generals did not understand how it would be possible to condemn all the 01s.
Dr. Arwin and Gen. Alexander shared two secrets. The 01s kept their human brains, only with adjustments to them. This was in order for them to be upgradable even towards human factors. However, there was a flaw. It went out of hand when they started to develop emotions and made them emotional androids. But they held a trump card against this flaw, too. The androids, RIPPA01s, were not exactly indestructible. There was a so-call ‘cheat code’ to disable the 01s. There was a power switch in each and every 01s back. And because this fact was not disclosed to anyone except the two, no one in the whole knew how to overcome such menace when in war. And in order to condemn the out-of-date 01s, they uploaded this information into the 02s.
At the tryout, set in an urban environment. The 01s were playing the role of ambush, while the 02s played the aggressors. And unknowingly, the 01s thought the tryout as an interaction between the two models. When the 02s successfully infiltrated into the building, one by one they deactivated the 01s. And soon, most of them were lying on the floor looking just like the day when they died in the battlefield. But one of them managed to escape, with its growing knowledge and emotions. It pretended to be dead to evade this operation.
After the mass destruction to the 01s, Dr. Arwin and Gen. Alexander went full out to strengthen their military power, pushing the limits and destroying all opposing forces standing in the US
This one person, if he is human, lived in the outskirts of town, as though he was hiding from something. He lived with a lady, named Yvonne Foxx. Foxx lived orphaned as her parents died when she was still a teenager. Everyday, she travelled two hours to New York City
She encountered this man at the day of the tryout when she was heading back to home from work. He looked as though he is desperate for a hideout. The man begged her, “Please, I need your help. I can do anything for you if you could find a place for me to hide.”
She didn’t know how to reject him, as he looked like her middle school classmate. She then brought her back to her house, curious to know more about this man. At her house, the man sat on the sofa, speechless. She then brought out two cups of coffee and thought that he might need a drink before he could say anything. But he did not drink it. Getting a little impatient, she asked, “Who are you? What are you hiding from?”
“I have no name, I was running away from the military forces.”
“You mean the RIPPA01s? What did you do to make them get you?” She carried on.
“No, it’s the 02s. They tried to condemn the 01s today. And apparently, they were very successful. Like 99.9%”
Thinking it was a joke, Foxx opened her mouth wanted to laugh it off, but he continued. “I am a RIPPA01 android. I was part of the condemnation, but I escaped the massacre. Yeah, it is a massacre for us.”
He, or it, looked up into her eyes, “We developed emotions, and the doctor deemed us as useless when we have emotions. That’s why he created the 02s to destroy all the 01s. So please, I beg you, let me stay here. Whether as a domestic helper, butler or even a body guard, I don’t mind. Just let me hide here.”
Unconvinced, she demanded a proof from it. It then went outside the house, and she followed. It stood beside the neighbor’s car, placed its hand palm-up on the bottom of the car and lifted it up single-handedly. It then turned to Foxx, smiling at her, “Are you convinced now?”
From there on, the two lived together, and the 01 became all the roles it mentioned. It was treated like a human for Foxx and the neighbors, and hence it was address as “he” then on. And, because of his resemblance with her school mate, Foxx named him ‘Jack’.
The main story starts from here, the protagonist, Jack, is plotting to revenge the uprising terror, for the sake of his fellow 01s and also the sake of the rest of the world. First off, he needs to find the RIPPA02’s weakness. He needs to find Dr. Arwin quick.
Dr. Arwin and Gen. Alexander held the key to control the 02s, nonetheless. They always had a backup plan, in case any of the 02s rebels against them. The key is actually a remote control. Either of the two can remotely deactivate any 02s in range, whether the number, all will be shut down in an instance. And this is the key that Jack needed to find, re-modify and use it against the 02s.
Jack chose a raining night, when the sight was unclear. He used his mechanically modified eyes to see a clearer view of the place, used his computer to scan for all security hurdles ahead. He then hacked the system and shut them down in no time. He sneaked into the doctor’s office, did another scan for blueprints and moved to them. Read and understood the design, he went on looking for the control’s design drawings. He had them all recorded, so that nothing seemed to be lost and no one will suspect anything, not even the doctor himself. He went home and saw Foxx already asleep. He carried on and laid flat on his bed in the other room. But he was not sleeping. He couldn’t sleep. He was configuring his computer’s processor unit and modify it so to able to deactivate the 02s. But he missed out a crucial component.
The next day, after making an excuse to buy some groceries, he went to locate the thing he needed. However, he ran into trouble. A 02 was prowling the streets, which forced everyone to make them scarce. He too hid behind an alley and watched it prowl pass him. But the newer android seemed to detect a fellow android nearby. And it wasn’t hard to find one. Nowhere to run, Jack had to defeat the 02. He hadn’t found the component, and hence the remote was not complete. A question went to his brain. Can I defeat it?
The android knew Jack was not a 02, and it took measures, to annihilate Jack. And Jack had no choice but to arm himself with whatever weapons he had kept with him. As the two fought, missiles, gun shots and grenades went flying across the streets. Thinking that other 02s might come for help, and would mean that he would be disabled by then, he ran. Running towards the electronics shop, he grabbed what he needed, opened up the chamber where it should go and installed the control. The 02 came shortly after Jack installed it, stretching its hand to where the 01’s switch was. But the android stopped moving right before he touched Jack’s back. Jack had finally completed his ultimate weapon, and successfully deactivated the immediate threat. He knew, that his vengeance is nigh.
