DISSOLUTION
BY RYAN LUCAS
PROLOGUE
EARTH, WHAT A SHIT-HOLE
The power to create life, this is what it means to be god.
By the 22nd century we thought we were gods. Humans had created Life, synthetic life. Artificial humans.
But we were fools
This life we created turned on us. And if it were not for the quick action taken, humans may have become extinct.
We had encountered threats from AI before. The Tyrell Company, Cyberdyne Systems & OmniCorp had all created AI that rebelled against us, but were stopped before any major incident occurred.
But it was the Synthetics from Weyland-Yutani Corporation that nearly wiped us out.
The Company had, it seemed, perfected the AI.
They had been used originally for space exploration, but the public was ready for their own personal Synthetics for home use. Fulfilling their menial jobs, childcare, cooking, cleaning, driving and any other job specified by their owners.
Weyland-Yutani began sales of their personal home use Synthetics to those who could afford it. The super wealthy, predominantly world leaders.
Around 300 Synthetics were in use and initial response was extremely positive.
30000 more Synthetics were distributed worldwide after the initial success at a reduced cost.
But soon after the distribution of these additional units, something went terribly wrong.
On the morning that the war began, The French President was about to enjoy his breakfast made by his personal Synthetic. But as the Synthetic brought in his food, instead of placing the utensils on the table with the bowl, it buried them into the back of the Presidents skull.
That same morning, all the other homes of people using Weyland-Yutani Synthetics, met with similar fate.
After murdering their owners, the Synthetics took to the streets and proceeded to kill any passers-by and burn down all buildings and homes.
Nobody stood a chance. They appeared to have no other goal, no other purpose, but to systematically hunt and kill.
Meanwhile, at the Weyland-Yutani headquarters in the United States, a similar event was beginning. But unlike consumers, they had specialised weaponry to respond with.
Weyland-Yutani was able to overcome their attack. Quickly, they joined with the military, sharing weaponry and resources and eventually turned back the synthetics.
The military teams were then dispersed to the remaining battles throughout the world.
Eventually they would regain control but not without major losses.
One third of the worldwide population was now gone. Some cities were completely obliterated.
Once order was restored, world leaders and governments agreed that the building of AI would now be illegal.
Michael Weyland, the head of the Weyland division of Weyland-Yutani, went missing during the war and was presumed dead. The company would be forced to shut down their robotics division and destroy all AI that remained.
With the disappearance of Michael Weyland and the disastrous impact his Synthetics had created, The Weyland Division was shut down completely and the company would become Yutani Industries, specializing in weaponry, defense and repair in hopes to restore safety and trust.
Many would leave Earth out of fear, some in need of a home, and would take up residence on other worlds in terraform colonies.
Earth would slowly rebuild. But a problem remained. The Synthetics were not all destroyed. Some managed to hide, even in plain sight as human beings.
Yutani Industries put together a team of mercenaries, some that had fought in the war itself, and each with exceptional skills, to hunt down and destroy these remaining AI.
This group of seven extremely skilled hunters would become known as The M-7. Their exploits and success would become legendary.
As the repair went on, people would start to return. But the name Weyland would become synonymous with death and anger.
Yutani would distance themselves as much as possible from the Weyland name and all attempts to track down Michael Weyland's body proved fruitless.
A few years later a surprising event happened. Michael Weyland's son would appear. No one had known about him but he had proof of his lineage.
His return was in an attempt to repair his family name. Edgar Weyland appeared to be a good man. As he took back control of the Weyland brand he would devote all his companies' money and resources to improving the Earth, repairing the damage done by his father, improving defenses and monitoring of our planet and hunting down the remaining illegal AI.
And his monitoring defenses worked well.
They picked up on a ship on a crash course towards our planet, heading towards the destroyed city of Paris.
Their team reacted quickly. The main ship was destroyed on impact with no survivors, but another smaller ship, labelled The Betty had landed safely moments before.
The occupants of the ship were captured trying to flee the scene and brought back to Weyland-Yutani headquarters.
There were 4 survivors. Annalee Call, Johner Jones, John Vriess and an unidentified female.
After intense questioning and some shocking details about the crashed ship's cargo, they were all let go but remained monitored closely by Weyland-Yutani.
This had been the first unauthorized visit to our world since the return of the Weyland Corporation.
It would not be the last.