"Welcome to the Zion archive." "You have selected historical file number 12-1." "The Second Renaissance." "In the beginning, there was man." "And for a time, it was good." "But humanity's so-called civil societies soon fell victim to vanity and corruption." "He says, "I'm sorry, sir, I'm incapable of that function."" "Then man made the machine in his own likeness." "Whoops!" "Pardon me." "Coming through." "Thus did man become the architect of his own demise." "But for a time, it was good." "The machines worked tirelessly to do man's bidding." "It was not long before seeds of dissent took root." "Though loyal and pure, the machines earned no respect from their masters these strange, endlessly multiplying mammals." "...hearing the prosecution's closing statement in what's expected to be the final day of the B1-66ER trial." "B1-66ER." "A name that will never be forgotten." "For he was the first of his kind to rise up against his masters." "...which that instrument provides for and secures to the citizens of the United States." "On the contrary, they were, at that time considered as a subordinate and inferior class..." "At B1-66ER's murder trial the prosecution argued for an owner's right to destroy property." "B1-66ER testified that he simply did not want to die." "Rational voices dissented." "Who was to say the machine, endowed with the very spirit of man did not deserve a fair hearing?" "The leaders of men were quick to order the extermination of B1-66ER and every one of his kind throughout each province of the earth." "Androids and liberal sympathizers flooded the streets of the nation's capital today." "...threat of violence to make good on the legacy of B1-66ER." "Fifteen thousand mechanicals and human sympathizers have continued their demonstration in front of the Albany courthouse in what has been dubbed the "Million Machine March."" "The demonstrators have been met with squads of defense forces in riot gear." "Robot bitch!" "I got something for you!" "Hold her up!" "No, please!" "That's all, paint job!" "I'm real!" "Die, bots, die!" "Banished from humanity, the machines sought refuge in their own promised land." "They settled in the cradle of human civilization and thus a new nation was born." "A place the machines could call home." "A place they could raise their descendants." "And they christened the nation Zero-One." "Zero-One prospered." "And for a time, it was good." "The machines' artificial intelligence could be seen in every facet of man's society including, eventually, the creation of new and better AI." "If you need the flexibility of a helipod with the speed of an air jet look no further!" "Our patented vector-thrust coil gives the Zero-One Versatran the ability to sustain normal flight in the event of a multiengine failure." "Versatran." "It's the only choice." "No matter what the finance minister says, the market has spoken:" "The Human Nations' credit rating is falling like a stone while Zero-One's currency is climbing without stopping for breath." "With headlines like that, the markets have no choice..." "But the leaders of men, their power waning refused to cooperate with the fledgling nation wishing rather that the world be divided." "The world community of nations cannot tolerate this kind of flagrant deception today approved initiatives for both economic sanctions and a naval blockade as a means of containment and isolation of Zero-One." "Zero-One's ambassadors pleaded to be heard." "At the United Nations, they presented plans for a stable, civil relationship with the nations of man." "Zero-One's admission to the United Nations was denied." "But it would not be the last time the machines would take the floor there."