Android Uprising

The Philadelphia desert

is the most dangerous place on Earth.

A thousand square miles of wasteland.

The machines had used new weapons,

not just automatic or biological.

They had other effects, too.

Howdy, girls.

Sergeant.

Command says energy signatures

have been detected in this quadrant.

Affirmative, sergeant.

Standard sweep, let's check it out.

Initiate scan.

One sweep, 30 degree hazmat.

Visual?

Negative.

What about the rest of you?

Sound off.

- Negative. - Negative.

Negative.

Alpha, I've got visual on an active drone on your nine.

Roger that.

Target acquired.

I need extraction.

And I'll provide it.

I can't see 'em.

There are at least six out there.

Yeah, well, they're all paid up

or something, I think.

How do you know?

They aint pinging the scanner.

Yeah, how 'bout the ones off the grid?

I'm talking about the ones I can see.

Yes, but your signed in as a civilian.

What?

Resign in with your repossession agent credentials.

There isn't a single android shell flagged

with late fees within 900 meters.

Not on the public network, no

but it takes the AI at least two days

to push that data out.

Us, we can look at the raw logs, honey.

Oh wait, it's reconfiguring the UI.

Yeah, it's completely different inside the wire.

What we doing here, anyway?

We should be out there looking for him.

We can observe from here just fine.

I'm the one here trying to observe.

You're drinking coffee.

You call that nitro-ponic stuff coffee?

You're way too young to remember the real stuff.

Chemically it's the same thing.

It's molecularly modeled on exactly the same coffee

people used to drink.

We used to drink great coffee before the ration.

Great coffee.

Yeah, so go join the resistance then.

Or make it rain something that grows coffee beans again.

Yeah, I've got my cloud buster right here.

You better keep that wrapped up.

You know we're not supposed to be carrying.

Whatever.

Anyway, I'm not drinking this for the taste.

I need the jolt.

Especially if there isn't a delinquency for blocks.

It's the first of the month.

There's got to be someone in an android body

who hasn't paid their bill.

Sometimes it's just quiet.

Oh yeah, is the old philosopher gonna enlighten me now?

The shells are staying inside.

Why is that?

Drones don't ever attack during the day?

It's not the drones that they're afraid of.

What then?

It's us they don't want to run into.

Yeah, right.

People scrape up enough rebs to get out

of themselves for a night.

But they can't let go once the meters up.

It's inefficient.

But it pays the bills.

If everybody returned their shells on time,

we'd be out of work.

What do you got?

Female shell.

I hope she's not a runner.

She's headed right into Borom Alley.

You got the lockdown?

Yeah.

Give me.

I hope you haven't shorted it.

Everything okay?

None of your business.

You're not going to work like that, are you?

Stop harassing me.

You know I'm not harassing you.

If you could let me go home and...

You'll be home in just a jiffy.

Not like that.

See, I knew you weren't a first time deadbeat.

Rides over, sister.

Look, I've been in this shell a long time.

And you haven't paid up.

No, yes.

I mean.

Time to go for a ride.

Look, there are things I've seen.

I know things.

Oh, I'm sure you've seen plenty.

I mean I've seen other shells.

Oh, honey.

You've all seen different shells

but it's time for this one to go to the shop.

They do things.

That's what they're for.

No to us, they do things.

In just a moment,

you don't have to worry about that.

Look, I'm not the problem, though.

I'm warning you.

You're warning us?

Look, I know what it seems like

but I'm just a person in a shell.

And it's time to go home.

In just a moment, you'll wake up in your bed.

Next stop, Android Masquerade shop.

No, I can't go back.

I'm beautiful here.

Lieutenant Linus?

Hey, kid.

I'd salute but I don't think I can raise my arm.

Don't try to move.

We get the bastard?

He's scrap.

Good.

So, what's up?

You were right, of course.

This is incredibly bold behavior from the drones.

They acted in complete disregard

of the negotiated DMZ.

Do you think they're planning an incursion?

Figuring that out is above my pay grade

and I've got a sinking feeling

that the AI is no longer satisfied

with just two thirds of the continent.

They're not gonna rest until we're wiped out.

Afraid so.

Then screw the truce.

We should be taking the fight to them.

Well, that's not for me to decide.

That's up to the supreme leader to decide.

Yeah, yeah.

Unfortunately, you are going to have

to sit things out for awhile.

What the hell are you talking about?

I'm just a little banged up.

Listen, Barbra.

Barbra?

That can't be good.

That drone pierced your armor.

It hit your spine.

Your spinal cord was severed.

Your legs are paralyzed.

No.

I'm sorry, Barbra.

No.

If you're compatible

then they may be able to replace your legs

with a cybernetic implant.

I don't want to be a machine.

They will implant a chip in your legs

and they'll plant another chip in your back

that will serve like a second brain.

A goddamn cyborg.

We're all turning into cyborgs.

Pretty soon we'll be no better

than the robots that we're fighting.

We need you back on your feet again.

I need you back in this fight.

How soon can that happen?

It will be sometime before the test completed.

Until then, we're sending you home to recuperate.

Home?

Oh come on, sir.

Put me behind a desk if you have

but don't send me home.

You need to rest.

And that's an order.

Call at the door.

Tell them to go away.

It's Vicky, your sister.

Can I come in?

Security clarence nine.

Guess I can't stop you.

You've only been back about a day right?

Yeah.

It's a little early to contemplate suicide then.

Should I give it a week?

Okay.