Andromeda’s Choice (2013)
“PHILIP II, king of MacedonStandard year circa 356 B.C.
PLANET ALGERON It felt good to exist. That’s what Private Roy Sykes was thinking as technicians aboard the Combat Supply Vessel Victoria brought him up out of the drug-induced coma he’d been in since departing Earth. After all, why would the swabbies use the space required to transport a hundred spider forms when they could store unconscious borg brains in racks of fifty? Just one of the many indignities that cyborgs were forced to endu...re. But, Sykes thought philosophically, it’s better than the long sleep that never ends.
A female voice rolled like thunder through his consciousness. “Time to wake up, sleepyhead. Can you hear me?”
Sykes thought “Yes,” and knew that the resulting electronic impulses would be converted into synth speech, which the technician would hear.
“Good. I’m going to disconnect your brain box from the rack.MoreLess
PLANET ALGERON It felt good to exist. That’s what Private Roy Sykes was thinking as technicians aboard the Combat Supply Vessel Victoria brought him up out of the drug-induced coma he’d been in since departing Earth. After all, why would the swabbies use the space required to transport a hundred spider forms when they could store unconscious borg brains in racks of fifty? Just one of the many indignities that cyborgs were forced to endu...re. But, Sykes thought philosophically, it’s better than the long sleep that never ends.
A female voice rolled like thunder through his consciousness. “Time to wake up, sleepyhead. Can you hear me?”
Sykes thought “Yes,” and knew that the resulting electronic impulses would be converted into synth speech, which the technician would hear.
“Good. I’m going to disconnect your brain box from the rack.MoreLess
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