And here's the last one.


Dear Chairman,

I am disappointed by your decision to press charges, but I am not surprised. My only hope is that the corps will see the matters differently than you have. You see, I never had the chance to serve in battle, nor did fate provide me the opportunity to sacrifice myself for humanity as it did for so many others in the great war. Someone extremely dear to me was lost very early in my life.

My mind has always plaged me with the question; if the choice had been placed in my hands, could I have saved her? The memory of her has haunted me my entire life. And more so in these last few years than I could ever have imagined. But given the events of these past few weeks, I feel confident that had I been given the chance, I would have made those sacrifices myself, had I only the chance.

I know that you disagreed with my methods and that others will as well, this is beyond my control. However, I cannot imagine that any corp would be able to convict me, no matter how low their opinion of my actions might be. You must understand one basic fact for all this to make sense, my dear Chairman. These AI, they all come from somewhere. They're all based on a person. Our Alpha, was no exception.

And while the law has many penalties for the atrocities we afflict on others, there are no punishments for the terrors we inflict on ourselves. So you send your men, they won't find themselves a fight. They'll only find an old man, an old man tired but satisfied he did his duty, an old man weary from a mind more filled with memory, than it is with hope.

Sincerely yours,
The former Director of Project Freelancer;

Doctor Leonard Church


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