"Mr McDuck! I've done it!" Gyro exclaims as he bursts into Scrooge's office at the Money Bin.
"What have yew done?" The old duck asks.
"I have created THE solution to ending crime throughout Duckburg!" As he drags Scrooge to the elevator and down to the lab lab. "Behold!" As he presents a flying wing UAV that is hovering, and a couple of ground-based ones, one larger and tracked, the other much smaller and wheeled. "The Gearloose Citywide Defense System!" Gyro smiles. "Controlled by next generation bulbtech, and powered by Fentonium," he mumbles the part about fentonium, "this system will never need sleep, never tire, never need food, and never need a break! It will protect the city from all threats, inside and out, while acting humanely and within the confines of the law. Twenty-four-seven!"
"Just these three?" Scrooge inquires, finding the quantity, lacking.
"Oh of course not! There will be hundreds, possibly thousands! These are just here to show the three designs that will consist of the force." Gyro says.
"Hmm... I donnae know... Don't yewr inventions normally, yew know, turn evil? And these are armed. Are yew sure about this?"
"First off, HALF turn evil, the other half are just misunderstood. And second, not this time. I've finally worked out the bugs! This system CAN'T malfunction! I've tested it. The failsafe shuts it down before it can hurt anyone." Gyro assures.
"Hmm... I'm still not so sure..."
"Mr McDuck, just trust me! It'll be fine!" Gyro assures, patting his boss on the shoulder.
Scrooge sighs. "How much will it cost?"
"Well, substantial, but the money you, and the city, will save with this system will easily be paid back within two years."
Scrooge relents. "Fine. I'll fund it. Just promise me nothing will go wrong!"
"Mr McDuck, I can assure you, that this system is flawless!" Gyro says proudly. Unknown to him, his system has already been compromised.
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A few weeks later, and the GCDS is an enormous success. The city quickly learns to live with them. The robots are less irritable. Less destructive. More efficient. And have brought crime down to less than a percent.
"I must say Gearloose I am impressed! Yew have outdone yourself more than ever before." Scrooge smiles as he talks with Gyro, newspapers praising the systems.
"Thank you Mr McDuck, I couldn't have done it without your funding!" As Gyro reads another report, Manny and Lil' Bulb with him. "Soon, we can market this to other cities! Even governments! Then, McDuck Enterprises will have a foothold in the law enforcement and defense sector!"
Scrooge rolls his eyes and chuckles. "I normally try ta' avoid that stuff, fer obvious reasons, but if this can keep people safe instead of harming them, I'm more than glad to see it used..." The old duck admits.
"Great! I've already planned a meeting with mayor Owlson of St Canard. Soon, the need for people putting themselves in harm's way to help others or causing that harm because of reckless stupidity will be gone!" Gyro declares, bordering on mad scientist, when Fenton walks in.
"Doctor Gearloose?" Fenton asks, looking over something.
"Inter- I mean, DOCTOR Crackshell-Cabrera? What is it?" Gyro asks annoyed.
"Well, it's about the whole, erm..." He leans in to whisper. "Gizmoduck thing..."
"Yes? What about it?" Gyro asks.
"Well, you see-" Fenton starts.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS!?" Huey bursts in, irate, marching up to Gyro and Scrooge. "How could you just cast Gizmoduck to the side like that!?"
"Oh no..." Fenton says, was trying to avoid this.
"Uh, wha-" Gyro is grabbed by his vest straps by Huey.
"Don't play dumb. You've hated Fenton for as long as I've known you both! You created this system just to render Gizmoduck obsolete!" Huey shakes him. "How could you!?"
Fenton carefully pulls Huey off of Gyro, who is dazed by nearly being strangled. "S-sorry Doctor Gearloose, I was trying to avoid this..." As he struggles to hold back Huey, who is bordering on releasing the Duke.
"Red nephew, let me explain. People are flawed. They are emotional, getting scared, irrational, making stupid decisions." Gyro explains, straightening himself up. "These machines have none of those flaws. They don't get stressed. They don't get afraid. They don't make stupid decisions. They operate perfectly rationally and efficiently, and make only the best choices, minimizing risk to others and themselves."
"That is the problem! They are machines incapable of emotions, and thus lack the empathy or fear needed for courage that is somethings needed! And yeah, sometimes people do put themselves at risk, that is what makes someone a hero! These aren't heroes! They are just stupid machines!" Huey argues, eyes starting to turn red as the Duke tries to force his way out.
Hearing that, Lil' bulb gets angry, turning red. Manny, seeing sh*t about to go sideways, claps his hooves to say "I gotta go" as he slowly backs out of the room.
"Huey, please, it's alright, I-" Fenton tries to assure.
"No! It's not! We need people like you, ones willing to risk their lives to save others, ones who have to make split second decisions!" Huey says, then turning to Gyro. "Not a heartless system created by a jealous superior!"
"I was not jealous. Gizmoduck was simply a casualty of progress. I didn't target anyone particular, it simply eliminated all non-essential personnel." Gyro states.
"And what of those people out of a job because of your system? Huh!? Uncle Scrooge how could you of all people approve this?! How will those people survive without a livelihood?" Huey shouts as Fenton drags him out. "You'll pay for this Gyro! You hear me! You'll regret this~!" As the door closes on them.
"Well that was... interesting..." Scrooge says, worried.
"Relax Mr McDuck, people will come to accept it." As Gyro reclines.
"I don't know... Huey is usually really big on tech. For him to, yew know, flip out at this is, out of character. I've never seen him so upset honestly." Scrooge admits, starting to have second thoughts.
"He is thirteen, right? Probably just teenage hormones causing hyper-aggression. As I said, people are flawed, and biological functions like that can't just be shut off. Hyper-aggression can get people hurt. Hence why we need a computerized system. To eliminate biological flaws is for the better. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go offer up the system elsewhere..." Gyro says as he gets up and goes to attend a meeting.
