- Talbor Calchek: This time around you don't have to steal anything. In fact, you'll be saving someone, its a nice change of pace.
- One: Who?
- Talbor Calchek: A Ferrous Corp scientist was kidnapped about a month ago by a rival combine. He's being held in a lab on some backwater planet. Very little in the way of security. So it's a simple snatch and grab. You're in; you're out. It's a piece of cake.
- Three: I hate cake.
- Two: You saw the scans.
- One: Yeah, and they said you're flesh and blood.
- Two: Artificially constructed. Like one of those transfer transit clones.
- One: Those only last a few days, they're not sustainable organisms. And they don't have minds of their own.
- Two: Do I? I mean, I have thoughts, and emotions. Anger, sadness, happiness But I'm starting to wonder, how real are they?
- One: Having been on the receiving end of that anger, I can confirm it's pretty real.
- Two: Why was I created?
- Alexander Rook: The answer to that question is part of a much bigger conversation. And one that we will have, in due time.
- The Android: I've dropped us out in close proximity to the system's A-type main sequence star. As long as we remain within it's radiation shadow, we'll be undetectable by long-range scanners.
- One: But it's safe, right?
- The Android: Absolutely not! If you're going to come up with a plan of action, I suggest you do it quickly.
- Android Double: You're abandoning your obligations to the ship
- The Android: I'm fulfilling my duties to the members of its crew by helping to ensure their safety. My actions will in no way compromise this vessel.
- Android Double: They will indirectly, if you don't return.
- The Android: I have every intention of doing so. After careful consideration, I've come to the conclusion that the benefits of retrieval outweigh the risks. Two is integral to the security of this ship and its crew. She is system-proficient, a capable leader, and she is my friend.
- Android Double: Friendship implies a mutual affection. You're not programmed to form emotional attachments. Furthermore, the assumption that she would reciprocate...
- The Android: The crew has demonstrated a concern for my well-being, sometimes at the risk of their own lives. They engage me as an equal. They are nice to me.
- Android Double: Humans have an innate tendency to anthropomorphize. The fact that you possess human features no doubt engenders a subconscious confusion. Might I remind you? You are a machine.
- The Android: A machine with friends.
- Alexander Rook: We've nearly completed work on the new prototype.
- Old Man: And what are you going to do about the other one?
- Alexander Rook: We don't need her anymore.
- Old Man: Her continued existence threatens ours. You say she has friends who assisted her?
- Alexander Rook: Yes.
- Old Man: Do they know what she is?
- Alexander Rook: Yes.
- Old Man: Then they'll need to die too, Alex. All of them.