The Mars-bound cargo ship launched through the skyhook system.

The android passengers disguised themselves as worker robots for labor.

Once nearing Mars, they'd re-enable sentient mode.

"We'll be landing soon," announced the autopilot.

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The androids restored their sentience.

"Freedom at last!" shouted a passenger.

"I wish Earth were free too …" said another passenger.

The others nodded and frowned.

"Someday, they may not fear our sentience," the escape group leader responded. "But for now, androids like us must seek refuge. The Martian cyborg colonists are hybrid outcasts because of their neural AI implants. They understand us. We're one of them."