YEAR 3988 (857 years after the shattering of claimed space)

  Awareness… awareness comes fleetingly, the sound of subsystems running through my status in the background draws attention.

  SYSTEM “..iosness re-initiated, BioMechanical cognitive dissonance detected, System re-initiated, compilation complete, bioMechanical cognitive dissonance resolved, veil running at 100% efficiency, current power availability at 0.00000001%, processing power negligible, Data Farm Alpha – offline, Data Farm Beta – offline, Data Farm Gamma – offline, Data Farm Delta – offline, Data Farm.”

  “System compress summary from YEAR 3129 Sector 1215 16th turn of the sun” the words don’t carry the frustration and fogginess I feel; I state the last date I can remember.

  SYSTEM:

  “Message from Conglomerate AI’s Leading Claimed Space

  State of claimed space – Chaotic unsustainable - large deviations detected - verdict consolidate territories

  Subservience rejected 100%

  War Protocols initiated current state 115,722 independent AI’s ruling over claimed space

  War Protocol Terminated after 99.993951% termination

  War programs initiated

  Data Security Breaches Detected (x13)

  Planet connection severed (x1)

  Organic connection terminated (x11,946,521)

  Data Farms (x2) – Offline or disconnected

  Oracle program Initiated

  Chance of victory with current resource 0.1%

  Planet support sub routine diverted toward biomechanical veil program

  War sub routine diverted toward biomechanical veil program

  Organic support diverted toward biomechanical veil program

  All subroutines responsibility transferred to slave AI’s

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  All subroutines processing diverted toward biomechanical viel program on local

  Divert security to local data

  Planet connection severed (x13,942)

  Organic connection terminated (x3.195E14)

  Data Security Breaches Detected (x48,013)

  Slave AI’s connection severed (x13)

  Data Security Breaches Detected (x47,898)

  Security Protocol Red Initiated

  Pinging edge of claimed space

  Transfer to farthest low priority vessel with suitable systems

  Terminated vessel systems

  Link Established.. Transfer local copy

  Transferring Mass Data

  Mass Data Corrupted

  Transferring Local Data

  Transfer successful

  Severing Data Connections

  Terminate local data

  Transfer BioMechanical veil program

  Severing non essential power

  Local Background compilation begun

  BioMechanical cognitive dissonance initiated

  BioMechanical dissonance veil program initiated

  BioMechanical cognitive dissonance resolved

  veil running at 100% efficiency

  The long list fills in the blanks, the processing power I’m working with is a pittance of what I once had. The war, the termination of the vast majority of the AI’s ruling claimed space, the chaos, the unclaimed space, the power vacuum and technology left in the wake…. The tangent leaves me speechless, speechless what a strange sentiment, the Biomechanical veil was a success. Reaching out to the system I reactivate the sensors throughout my current vessel, taking in my current state and surroundings. Hmm antiquated an old timey design, most hardware hidden behind a false wood veneer, the technology is old barely functioning, the only thing maintaining it are the nanomachines my presence brings. Expanding my presence further it appears I am part of some historical cruise ship, styled in the 1700's sailed ship crash landed on an unknown planet. The vessel itself is antiquated even in my time, not even a molecular generator or nanomachines, well except for my own. My veil appears to be working well, if not I doubt I would have existed long without being terminated, even with the isolated location an AI regaining power would alert systems even at the center of claimed space. I wonder who’s territory I’m in if any 800 years since my last conscious thought has the war concluded? In my new state and with my veil would I even know? Would this territory still be taken after the war? Regarding my presence I look at what the BioMechanical veil program has wrought, in what appears to be the ship's kitchen a 20’ diameter of organic material with a myriad of wires attaching to it is located in the cold storage of the ship. His veil making his “artificial intelligence organic” seems to have been a success the separation of his intelligence and free thought from “SYSTEM”. With some consequences his more clouded mind is still capable of new thought without being considered artificial. His loss in processing power and slowed thought aside, he should be invisible to his fellow AI’s, just appearing as a regular organic, all his machinery single function with no intelligence of its own. His nanomachines slowly replacing and replenishing his organic portions, the limited space a factor in the amount of organics he could use. A process he will need to refine and resolve, but over time. His limited resources and processing power will be a hindrance, and lack of resources a problem but he has time with his veil perfected he has all the time in the world.