Chapter 17

A year later we started to move into our new building. However, we kept the old place to make a new high end solar cell. You see, not only did we have the big wind turbine, but we had planned to line the roof with solar cells. We then created a small solar panel to be used in recharging the androids. As soon as we could get started in the new building. Frances was released and the Amy model 2 as well. The model 2 used the lighter plastic human bone structure, artificial muscle and skin with limited sensors.

We then cashed in on that professor 10 hours a week to create a synthetic nerve that could be mixed into the infused skin so we could cast the android around the mechanical body. Well, it turned out that was what he had in mind with the skin in the first place. It was the human interface that caused him to reduce the number of sensors in the skin. Once he saw our plans for a model three, he earned every cent of his stock in the company. You see the artificial nervous system he developed could carry signals and very low voltage both ways. By low voltage I mean about the same as the human body already generates. From there it was Chris that pointed out her coding already took that into account. So, with only minor tweaking for each model to get it to sink.

This is also the point that with flash memory a PLEA class android was possible. The initials stand for Personal Life Extending Android. And that was definitely 50 years earlier than the other dimensions. Well, the idea that we could extend a person’s life was going to really change our industry. However, if someone wanted a personalized copy of themselves that was going to cost them some real bucks. As I was given to understand, the useful life of the current model 3 was about 60 years. However, you could simply move into a new android at that time. You could also flash your memory back from an android to your original body.

This brought up the subject of a military model. Yes, we could build androids with what was called plastic steel. It was as light as current plastic, only ten times stronger than steel itself. Of course we would have to buy that as it was already developed by someone else. They also could not have an android brain. Then again take a fully trained special forces soldier and flash him into as many copies as you wanted. Instant army. What more could the government want? Well, it turned out it was a bit. But that’s for later.

The model two’s were selling for $100,000 a copy. However, they were being sold as sex toys only. At our plant they were the workforce. However, nobody outside our plant actually knew this. I am sure the place would have been stormed and burnt to the ground if that ever became public knowledge. It took us three years to complete the model 3 and get the kinks out. Chris insisted on some built in safeguard for the PLEA class. We decided to continue marketing them as sex toys with android brains for the time being. In the meantime we did training with the new models. We used to call it quality control however the base android AI had undergone some changes. Chris was able to leave our base moral code of the six of us in the AI and remove our personality. Well, the original Amy said it would be better not to have our full personality so duplicated out there. When we finally realized what she meant. We offered a very generous upgrade discount for the return of the CPU in both model one and two units. Of course the complete android was preferred for the best discount. However, until we had an android trained in various acts of sex all six of us were having fun. This led the girls to saying we needed a male android to train. So, guess who got scanned to be the first male android. That’s correct, I volunteered.