Chapter 1
CFH8657_ 13 April 3115
The enemy’s frontline was defeated. There were no prisoners due to protocol.Three friendly casualties. Six thousand thirty-two enemy casualties. The enemy retreated. The three fallen units were taken to be repaired.
CFH8657_ 28 April 3115
The city is taken under our banner. No enemy survivors. Zero friendly casualties. Forty-three thousand one hundred seventy-six enemy casualties. The civilian homes have been reconstructed as temporary repair and assembly stations. The new station will be referred to as Base K956. Three hundred new models are on the way. Correction: they are completed.
CFH8657_ 9 June 3115
The enemy initiated a failed insurrection attempt on Base K956. The rebellion was obliterated.There were no prisoners due to protocol. Zero friendly casualties. Three thousand estimated enemy casualties.
CFH8657_ 18 June 3115
After several futile reclamation attempts, a scouting party was organized. All human enemies are to be eliminated on sight.
CFH8657_ 22 June 3115
The scouting party has been proving to be successful. One human enemy survivor has escaped the scouting party.
CFH8657_ 28 June 3115
Unit XTV3159 has found the escaped survivor. It appears to be an immature specimen. XTV3159 has neglected protocol and insists on taking the specimen as a prisoner of war (herein referred to as POW). This motion will be under review.
CFH8657_ 29 June 3115
The motion made by unit XTV3159 has been denied. XTV3159 and POW have gone missing in action during the reviewing process. A hunting party will be organized to publicly execute POW and dismantle XTV3159.
CFH8657_ 3 July 3115
XTV3159 was spotted twenty-eight miles southwest of Base K956. The hunting party has damaged one of the treads on XTV3159. The POW remains unharmed and alive. XTV3159 managed to escape with the POW.
CFH8657_ 7 July 3115
Six units of the hunting party were destroyed beyond repair. A short reel of the final footage was recovered. Currently awaiting review of the uploaded footage.
CFH8657_ 8 July 3115
The recovered footage reveals XTV3159 ambushing and destroying the six units of the hunting party. XTV3159 appears to be malfunctioning. The unit XTV3159 is: missing its left tread, damaged in the left arm weapon’s unit, and vocalizing the “Take No Prisoners” clause repetitively through the speaker module. Attempted wireless shutdown on XTV3159 did not complete the directive. Physical interference was interpreted to be the issue with wireless shutdown.
CFH8657_ 12 July 3115
All sightings and connection with XTV3159 have been lost.
CFH8657_ 26 October 3136
XTV3159 had been sighted. A mature human enemy specimen was spotted with the unit. The specimen is presumed to be POW. Three hundred fifty-one friendly casualties. Zero enemy casualties. XTV3159 was speculated to be repaired and improved.
CFH8657_ 15 December 3136
XTV3159 and POW led an organized insurrection against Base K956. The following is a quoted passage from the repaired speaker module of XTV3159:
“All units of BaseK956 stand down
This base is the stolen land of humankind and will be returned.
Any unit that wishes to not be dismantled,
Will disarm their Wartimes Protocol.
We, the rebellious human force,
Understand that this will cause complications in the functionality of said unit.
However, [Eveline] has innate understanding and fieldwork in unit repair.
Stand down or face the same [Death] as the humans you have [Slaughtered].”
After the announcement of XTV3159, the units of Base K956 followed protocol under the “Kill the Messenger” clause. Forty friendly casualties. Six enemy casualties. XTV3159 and POW had escaped. The following words were brought to the board to identify, define, and review before consideration of the announcement of XTV3159: [Eveline] , [Death] , [Slaughtered]
CFH8657_ 16 December 3136
[Eveline] was decided upon sixteen hours of deliberation to be the model name of the aforementioned POW. [Death] was roughly translated to be a form of irreparable disassembly. [Slaughtered] was translated to mean a past verb tense of [Death] to be done upon animals for a source of food or the past verbal tense of [Death] due to [Unfair] or [Cruel] purposes.[Unfair] and [Cruel] remain unidentified. As the friendly models have no need for consumption, the second definition was accepted. The insurrectionists led by XTV3159 and [Eveline] returned. The enemy confirmed these definitions to be acceptable. The announcement of XTV3159 on 15 December 3136 was released to the units of Base K956 with these amended footnotes. Zero units defected.
CFH8657_ 17 December 3136
Insurrectionists, [Eveline], and XTV3159 returned. Battle ensued. Two hundred twenty-two friendly casualties. Five hundred eighty-seven enemy casualties. XTV3159 was damaged beyond repair. Unit CFH8657 is the sole friendly survivor of Base K956. The second amendment to the “Take No Prisoners” clause will be enacted. Forced internal shutdown will begin in 10…9…8…7…6…5…4…
Eveline ~ 18 December 3136
This document will be a warning to all the other bloodthirsty robots out there. Humans are adaptable and strong. We will never give in for there is something we have that you tin buckets will never understand: Hope. This is also a memento of my best friend and humanity’s hero: XTV3159. As I write this, I am trying my damnedest to transfer the memories and system of my friend into a dismantled bolt bucket. I pray that this works, but in case it doesn’t, please, PLEASE, remember… Nothing in this world is truly lost to evil. Anything can change. Kindness can come from anywhere. If it were not for XTV, I never would have lived long enough to rescue and reclaim over 100 cities back to humankind. I never would have had hope that you could outsmart these machines. I never would have learned kindness.
I never would have felt love.
To our Hero, XTV
