Wiki Wednesday #170 - YA-01 ARTEMIS

 Lightening outside.

Wiki Wednesday #170 - YA-01 ARTEMIS

Thirteen year old boy. Doesn't like singing, does it anyway. He is an android, but he was born. My brain is not good enough now to ask questions.

Who is YA-01 ARTEMIS?

official art from bank

"Supposedly" fictional Chia here.

His name was The Shark. He refused any title. He was just The Shark. They let you get away with that stuff when you're as high ranking as him.

He was waiting outside of my door. I didn't react because I had no reaction. As long as he didn't take resources away from my mother, I didn't care what happened to me. I simply stopped.

I couldn't read his face. He was fighting back emotions, but I couldn't tell if they were sadness or anger. He pulled me into an embrace and began sobbing on my shoulder. It was sadness. 

I invited him into my room.

He was silent as we settled down to sit on the edge of my bed. The tears poured from his eyes, but he was silent.

It took a few moments before he asked me how I knew. The answer wasn't really satisfying. We were roughly the same age and from neighboring systems. His system used outdated broadband tech, and my system used extremely advanced broadcasting tech for a non-Union civilization. Their broadcasts leaked throughout space, and our receivers picked them up.

Everyone I knew watched the fall of Korinkor. We made care packages for the children in refugee camps at school.

I had seen his file when I was stationed on the same ship as him. His home world was listed as a refugee camp. He was speechless, so I answered the question I assumed he wanted to ask. The citizens of Korinkor had a very distinctive look. Their skin was a very specific hue of brown and their thick, curly hair had a nanoparticle structure that made it the blackest black most people would ever see. Then, I pointed out that he never had his horn removal scars revised. He touched one of the oval shaped depressions on his forehead. Those horns were part of the justification the colonizers gave for oppressing the citizens.

His phone buzzed. He looked at his phone for a moment before turning it towards me. There was a warrant for the arrest of the Lunar Jumpers. He tried to smile, but it wasn't in him.

I apologized, but he told me that I did the right thing. Usually decisions like that take weeks. His outburst may have saved a city from falling.

We both sat still, looking at different spots on the wall. I asked if he wanted to pretend this never happened. He hummed a bit. He asked me to pull the same stunt next time, and I agreed. It might be less effective the next time, but anything to save poor souls.

Thankfully, the Union began treating all Lunar Jumpers the same and pulled back from first contacts.

Sapient beings are terrifying. The Union was meant to combat that. As much as I complain, we stop so many atrocities in their tracks.

I did feel shaken after he left. The Union does its best to whitewash history. We're told to speak of human wars and evils as if our own species weren't capable of them. But every sapient species, with very few exceptions, has their warring period. Even my own docile people have hidden mass graves.

I pulled out my Clickbox and dialed my father. I needed to speak my language in that moment.

YA-01 ARTEMIS bank good?

Yes. One pitch VCV. Calm male voice. Sounds older than stated age, but very nice.

Download where?

Website has download link. Nice UTAU, good UTAU to use.