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Begin recording, captain.
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This animated animosity regularly served
as a collective catharsis for the masses.
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When violent animation
was banned by statutory law
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at the beginning of the 21st century,
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the subsequent idealised and
seemingly benign cartoon creatures
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unharnessed a human malevolence,
and a reverse social polarity was...
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Would you like some music
before we begin, Copilot Vanzant?
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- Whatever you like.
- How's this, Copilot Vanzant?
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Confirming identity and status.
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Age: 32. Release from Hazen
rehabilitation: six months.
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Pilot's licence restored.
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Work probation:
deep space rescue and recovery.
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Reflex quotient: 1.5. Stress limit: minus 4.
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You'll have to work on
those numbers, Nick.
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- Neuroscan's fine.
- Good.
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- What happened to your robot?
- Nothing.
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Really? Hope "nothing"
doesn't happen to me.
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The captain's big on
20th century cultural artefacts,
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so we did him up as
a World War One fighter pilot.
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We do things like that just to amuse each
other. Everyone tries to get along here.
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- I get along fine.
- You've been on board 12 days.
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Asking about a robot's the first sign of
interest you've shown in this ship or crew.
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- I got a captain who watches cartoons,...
- He's working on his PhD.
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..a computer tech
who calls his mainframe Sweetie
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and two medical techs practising
anatomy in any corner they can find.
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I've been on six paramedic tours
with this crew. They get the job done.
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We're out here for months.
Nothing happens.
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People get lonely.
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Then suddenly all hell breaks loose,
you do your job,
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then it all goes back to nothing happens.
This crew's OK.