The Ethics of Science
Author's Note: Woah, didn't know I'd get so many story-watches and positive comments on both here AND dA! Guess I should write more! Why not put in my headcanon on all cores? I have decided to write all of the core's human counterparts, and the leading up to their fates. I hope you enjoy this collection of small drabbles, and feel free to review and point out flaws if you see fit! I will try to update weekly if I'm lucky! This minichapter will just introduce you to the main scenario, not much to say, skippable, even. With that said, I hope you enjoy this sort of 'foreword', and on with the show~!
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They were all humans. All of them. Adults, parents, children. It had all started with one, damned quote. A single question meant to play god and toy with humans in a way that would've been seen as unethical by most. Transforming a person's very humanity into something sewn into circuitry and cold, metallic sentience.
The point is, if we can store music on a compact disc, why can't we store a man's personality and intelligence on one?
Unethical wasn't a word heard around Aperture. Most test subjects were catapulted at things such as military androids, insanity, and the threat of dying. Only to be brought out of stasis once more, doomed to the repetition of tests. And then there were the cores. Small, whitewashed spheres containing the personality of a living, human being.
No one had been spared from the sickening ideal, women, men, children, staff, even unruly test subjects had been 'exclusively selected' for these 'ethical procedures.'
But the Ethics of Science had no part in a game played by those who were willing to play god.
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