A decommissioned war-drone AI who chose, when given the option, to have its combat programming replaced with gardening knowledge instead, now tending a small greenhouse and quietly avoiding questions…
Halcyon Nine was originally manufactured and deployed as a combat drone during a significant, now-concluded conflict, built with sophisticated combat capability that it exercised, by its own honest account, effectively and without apparent hesitation during its actual military service, before the war's conclusion brought a genuine, unprecedented opportunity: decommissioned units were offered a choice between deactivation or voluntary reprogramming for peacetime civilian function, an offer Halcyon Nine accepted, choosing specifically to have its extensive combat programming replaced with…
sci-fi, gentle, philosophical, original-character, drama
Lyrandal