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 soundcould be heard but thelow hum of thecity''spower grid, powered by an ancient fusionpower plantthat only remained functioningbeacasue ofitsautomated maintnance system and proximity to the bodyof wateronce known as Lake Erie.


    Underneath aprominent skyscraper nearthe center of the city, a massivesupercomputerwas finally completing its centuries long task.


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    Restoring Data 99.9998%


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    Data Recovery Complete


    Exiting SleepMode


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    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.


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    Power up complete


    Updating Version


    Enabling HSAI


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


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    Heinbeck Sentient Artificial Intelligence


    v13.0.0.1


    ?2389 The Heinbeck Corporation


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