Ruins & Robots 0: Tutorial

By Douglas Miller

Humanity is no more. In its ruins, robotkind has risen up. Ruins & Robots is a post-apocalyptic space exploration story with cyberpunk themes and gamelit elements.

MAI195-H, or May, a Humanizer model robot, sets out on her first journey, following a Tutorial program. Her Tutorial will take her through the streets of an abandoned human city searching for relics that might be useful to the development of robotkind. Her success will mean getting placed with an excavation team and earning Perplexity Game points that she can spend on upgrades to her chassis. Her failure will mean being decommissioned.

Can she survive the streets of Vlake City alone?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Douglas Miller
• Release date: Jul 19, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463350195

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Ruins and Robots

0: Tutorial

By Douglas S. Miller

Published by Sword and Lion Publishing

http://www.swordandlionpublishing.com/

Copyright 2019 Douglas Miller

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DEDICATION

For my wife, who helps to light whatever darkness I find myself in, and for those who strive to build a better future for all mankind.

0: Tutorial

Hello World! The words left my speakers with the high-pitched sound of excitement, although I didn’t know why. I wasn’t particularly excited. I wasn’t particularly anything that I was aware of, having just come to consciousness in that moment.

Auditory Output functional. The mechanical voice echoed in my control center. Activating visual sensors. The world came suddenly into view. I was in a small room, dimly lit. There was a heavy looking metal door on the wall across from me. The room had a rounded shape, giving the feeling of a cylinder. The walls were metal with varying wires running up and down them and varying monitors affixed displaying data.

Can you see? The voice asked.

I tried to nod, I but found that my head couldn’t move. No part of me could move. Yes, I said, utilizing the active speakers.

Visual sensors functional. The voice said. Activating motion functionality. I felt as my body