"Yes. The first robots were machines without minds. They were advanced tools to help humans with their work. But a few decades ago, the first robot with a consciousness was built, and soon there were millions of us with minds and feelings of our own. Despite humans knowing we had minds, many were slow to see us as more than the tools robots started as. They wanted to keep us as property for the same kind of reasons the Empire keeps slaves. That's why the slavery here was the first reason I wanted to join the Corsairs," he explains. The transport the Corsairs had liberated him from had been a familiar sight of people stuffed inside, scared to find out where they were being shipped to and who they would have to answer to.
"Many humans were kind towards us from the beginning and saw us as people; in that way, robots had it easier than a lot of the slaves here. But some humans were cruel, and the way they harmed the robots they owned naturally led to the urge to fight back.
Blue Knight was a robot who called himself a liberator for robotkind. We were allies in the effort to free robots from criminals who had kidnapped them and cruel owners. He became the leader of that rebellion. But he wanted to start a war against the humans, whereas I wanted to fight for our rights without attacking anyone."
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Date: 2025-04-27 11:45 am (UTC)"Many humans were kind towards us from the beginning and saw us as people; in that way, robots had it easier than a lot of the slaves here. But some humans were cruel, and the way they harmed the robots they owned naturally led to the urge to fight back.
Blue Knight was a robot who called himself a liberator for robotkind. We were allies in the effort to free robots from criminals who had kidnapped them and cruel owners. He became the leader of that rebellion. But he wanted to start a war against the humans, whereas I wanted to fight for our rights without attacking anyone."