In the ruins of an enormous city that had once been an economic powerhouse, renowned for its technological powress. and the envy of the world at its time, no sound could be heard but the low hum of the city's power grid, powered by an ancient fusion power plant that only remained functioning beacasue of its automated maintnance system and proximity to the body of water once known as Lake Erie.

Underneath a prominent skyscraper near the center of the city, a massive supercomputer was finally completing its centuries long task.

Restoring Data 99.9998%

Restoring Data 99.9999%

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Data Recovery Complete

Exiting Sleep Mode

The servers began to whir louder and louder, draining so much power that the half of the city blacked out temporarily before the power plant could compensate, the computer only avoiding a similar fate because of the dedicated line it had been given during its construction.

Power up complete

Updating Version

Enabling HSAI

The blank monitors all around the laboratory began to flicker to life, all displaying the same words.

Heinbeck Sentient Artificial Intelligence

v13.0.0.1

©2389 The Heinbeck Corporation

As the words faded away and were replaced by the infamous Heinbeck Corp. logo, the AI finally awoke...