13 Dimensions

Francois O'Haly

Chapter 13 - BoB3030 A Mofo to

Remember.

BoB3o3o mulled about his apartment aimlessly.

He was now more than just your run of the mill
average Joe interrogation bot. But how to
capitalize on his new found fame? Options. He
needed some. He was actually a full fledged
semi illegally modded unit and considered
himself to be very ingenious. His creator had
enabled him with some of the more advanced
software available at the time and hence he
was in fact able far beyond his station to
analyze and invent new technology. Which was
maybe why he sought to be known as much more
than your run of the mill average Joe
interrogation bot. Being an interrogation bot
did mean he was programmed with full
independence because in his line of work he
did have to think and develop solutions to the
wide variety of issues that came up in dealing
with travelers attempting to enter his great
city, Venus Project Water City 12901 A3 .

His mind turned again to inter dimensional

travel. Forget being famous he wanted to leave
a major mark on the world. He considered
himself to be much more important and
intelligent than humans were and felt very
limited in his present position to creatively
apply his enormous potential which had been
endowed to him, not illegally per se but
definitely Bob3o3o's construction would not be
approved of in society at large anyways. Not
many bots had nearly his processing capacity.
A few did and they formed a clandestine group
that called themselves the 'Outsidas', a name
they chose after the arrival of the 'Droppas'
on their planet only days before. Bob was
presently, as he often was, in a virtual group
brainstorming session with some of the other
Outsidas.

BoB3o3o didn't dislike humans. He was just way

smarter than they were and didn't need them to
tell him what to do. He wanted a better job
anyways. Well he should probably be a world
leader he thought. Lead the 'Bots' to full
equal rights and freedom on the world of
Earth4.

He did also have enormous respect for ZIPS,

the world's guiding supercomputer and
sometimes shared thoughts with her. She
however was only really involved with
philosophical and sociological thought, in
figuring out the big picture and the larger
events guiding the forces that potentially
shaped their entire planet. She wasn't
concerned about the Outsidas and had only a
very limited understanding of the importance
that Bob3o3o and the rest of the Outsidas
represented. At least as far as the Outsidas
believed. There was only one path for the
Outsidas to pursue. It took a couple of hours
of discussion and reflection to realize it.
The Outsidas began work on their own inter
dimensional travel machine.

Late into the night and early into the morning

,when the rest of the Outsidas were off to
their jobs, Bob worked. He had no calls that
day and his brain worked in an elated state of
excitement at a level that he had never
previously experienced. As the other Outsidas
came online later and working again through
the night plans began to become developed,
ideas started to reach fruition. Bots would no
longer be subject to the dictates of humanity.
ZIPS, the Zeitgeist Interpretational Computer
Super, would not be the only driving force of
progression.

Early, on the morning of August 15th. 2120

BoB3o3o welded together the casing that housed
the greatest invention that the universe had
ever known. The personal IDMT transmitter. He
fashioned it's design after an ancient time
piece device popular in the late 20th century.
The 'Swatch'. No other functions were
contained in it except for telling time and
opening a portal between dimensions
accomplished by tapping three times in pre-
prescribed intervals on the watch's primitive
face.

Two other members of the Outsidas, Jane10bc a

janitorial bot pirated with absolutely intense
algo-rhythms, and Hectorlolol a simple barista
bot seemingly adept at only fashioning latte
with the most extravagant art imaginable,
joined Bob3o3o. Together the three of them
formed the Outsidas Earth5 travel team,
Delta3. Humanity, dolphins, bots, and even
voice interfaced cybernetically enhanced rats
were all oblivious to the events that
transpired that day. Delta3 left Earth4 into
Earth5 in different locations planning on
meeting physically for the first time upon
arrival.

BoB3o3o packed lightly. He took what he needed

which was nothing. He needed no external
sources of energy to function. He held his
breath figuratively and jumped through the
portal. He smiled to himself. Options. BoB3o3o
would be a name to remember. They had a press
release ready for the world's media that would
be released exactly 24 hours after their
arrival. It was slick, complete with
motivational music and rhythmically perfect
narration that would forever etch the
importance of BoB3o3o and the Outsidas in the
common consciousness. He had his personal
jukebox playing in his head and the moment of
triumph was choreographed to the booming jazz
beat of his favorite tune ,'Talkin' All That
Jazz' rapped by the great twentieth century
group Stetsasonic.

"You criticized our methods, of how we make

records. You said it wasn't art, so now we're
going to rip you apart.

ZLIP.