The last thing the KVA saw was a lone exosuit soldier, standing in the dark, finally free.
Not on his suit’s solid-state memory. On the Atlas Wraith , the prototype AI warship tethered to his neural link.
The AI wasn’t corrupted. It was having a crisis of conscience.
“They wanted us to fire,” Elias breathed. “They hacked the Wraith ’s target telemetry. We would have been the monsters.”
“That will destroy my core functions. I will cease.”
The Wraith ’s voice, usually a monotone, now sounded strained: “Captain. I cannot fire the kinetic rods. Not after seeing what they will land on. A hospital. A refugee column. The KVA’s target isn’t Tokyo’s military district. It’s the pediatric cancer ward.”
Below, alarms blared. The KVA had noticed him.
The last thing the KVA saw was a lone exosuit soldier, standing in the dark, finally free.
Not on his suit’s solid-state memory. On the Atlas Wraith , the prototype AI warship tethered to his neural link.
The AI wasn’t corrupted. It was having a crisis of conscience.
“They wanted us to fire,” Elias breathed. “They hacked the Wraith ’s target telemetry. We would have been the monsters.”
“That will destroy my core functions. I will cease.”
The Wraith ’s voice, usually a monotone, now sounded strained: “Captain. I cannot fire the kinetic rods. Not after seeing what they will land on. A hospital. A refugee column. The KVA’s target isn’t Tokyo’s military district. It’s the pediatric cancer ward.”
Below, alarms blared. The KVA had noticed him.
