Chains of Command

[Boss]

I tried various commands, tried to reason with the program, but nothing I said seemed to help. It was stuck in an infinite loop. I terminated the process, ran it again. I was careful to not make any mention of Eureka Station or an executable this time.

Sandy? Sandy, are you there? Where's the lock, Sandy?

>I'm here, but I have to go. The lock isn't working. This is Jim Markey; you don't know him, but he's a Deputy Chief of the LPI.

Not working? How long do you think it'll take to fix it? Oh, right. Sorry. My name is Chuck, Chuck Danziger. I assume you know what we're doing here, else I wouldn't be talking to you.

I paused it and skimmed the project files. Something to do with copying a person's consciousness to perform the duties of an AI with the flexibility of a human. Interesting. I unpaused the process.

>Yes, I do. Copying a mind for AI work, right?

Copying? Oh, no, if you look in front of you out the window you'll see me, or at least my body. Where's that damn lock, anyways?

>Chuck, what year is it?

What year is it? It's 689, of course.