kph-01

[kph-01]

Diary of KPH-01 (part 4)

The interview

//Log

We reached Amargo Base in a few hours, the vehicle stopped inside an empty garage, there was no one to greet us and soon I learnt why.

The garage door closed and all the humans inside the vehicle stepped out, a large mirror in the wall turned transparent revealing the presance of four other humans in lab coats, presumably scientists or researchers.

"We are sorry for the inconvenience but we have to make sure you're not carrying dangerous pathogens or radiation. Please stand by"

A team of humans in hazmat walked in from a door next to the window, a few were carrying large devices, a closer inspection revealed them to be Geiger counters, gas detectors and others.

"Clear"

"Clear"

"Clear"

"Clear"

The researchers on the other side of the glass panel sighed in relief and used the speaker to communicate again

"We'll conduct other tests but for now you're free to enter, however decontamination is still required"

The hazmat team lead me and the other humans through the door they came from and sealed once we were all inside, an aerosol of chemicals was released at high pressure, the temperature rose by 5 degrees. The whole decontamination procedure lasted for a minute before we were allowed to enter the structure. The walls and the ceiling were white while the floor was tinted gray, as we walked we passed in front of several doors leading to other parts of the laboratory, Lieutenant Rodriguez remained next to me the whole time until we were accommodated in a waiting room, two humans in lab coats greeted me, a male and a female human.

"Greetings visitor from the stars! I'm Joseph Hughes, director of this research centre!"

He saluted me showing his hand, it was different from what I had seen and all other humans looked at him disdained.

"Director I doubt they are Vulcan..."

The female standing next to him whispered in the Directors ears.

"Whatever, whatever, this is a joyous day! Would you like something to drink? Coffee? Tea? Cola?"

The director was fawning over me and staring at my frame with morbid interest.

"No thank you, I do not need to drink and I couldn't even if I wanted to"

"Ah what a shame, please write that down Asami"

"Yes director"

The human female nodded and started taking notes on a clipboard. The director started circling around me

"Should we be aware of anything? Do you require anything to stay comfortable? Oxygen? Nitrogen? Water? Light?"

My opinion on the director was slightly altered as he showed genuine care for my well being.

"No director, my frame can function in outer space and in complete darkness, the only thing I'd need is to fix my telemetry and communication apparatus"

"ASAMI quick pull out the camera! Can we assist you in any way?"

Asami, reached for one of the pockets in the coat and took out a small camera, starting to film us.

"It would normally require me to connect to UniMatrix but I'm currently disconnected... I require a computer..."

The director gestured me to wait a second before dashing out of the room almost tripping on the door frame, he came back with a laptop and followed by another researcher who appeared to be quite altered

" I NEED THAT!! "

He shouted at the director while he ignored it.

"Here use this"

He presented me the laptop, breathing havely. The other researcher stood still staring at my with his mouth agape, curious.

I took the laptop and inspected it, the fastest way to share data was to use the USB port so I proceeded to grow an USB cable from my hand, connecting to the port in a quiet click. Soon the people in the room gasped in surprise, was I not supposed to do it? They aren't stopping me and Asami is still filming.

I transferred part of my internals inside the computer and modified the note pad program to be able to read my data.

Errors, errors everywhere. My internal code is garbled and nonsensical just like I predicted, the impact must've sent an electromagnetic pulse through my system. I delete everything and replaced it with what was supposed to be, writing it by hand on the keyboard.

I uploaded the file back to my system and my communication link was promptly restored.

"I am no more a unit, I am we. We are part of UniMatrix"

The humans around me held their breath while we gave the laptop back to the director. A massive flow of data was sent us by UniMatrix and we replied back with all the informations gathered. Within a second we were updated, our body frame is now resistant to electromagnetic pulses, ballistic weapons, explosions and hacking.

The director was shaking and so was Asami, they stared at the computer screen reading the file I wrote.

"What is this? code? You are machines??"

"correction director, we are a hivemind entity, our physical form is determined by the conditions of the environment, we are modeled after a human body due to its versatility in this ecosystem, as well as to ease your perception of danger."

After our statement nobody dared to talk, Asami had stopped filming and was looking at the director for instructions.

" THIS IS MAGNIFICENT! EXTRAORDINARY! TERRIFIC! "

Director Hughes exploded in a display of euphoria. His brain was flooded by chemicals and adrenaline.

"ASAMI QUICK CALL EVERYONE!"

"everyone director? What do you mean..?"

"Oh Asami I mean everyone! NASA, SETI, the secretary of state, the CIA, all of them, we need to start diplomatic relationships as soon as possible!"

Colonel Miller stepped in and pulled the director aside, they had a brief discussion and they both came back a little less euphoric.

" We won't call NASA, not until our diplomatic relationship are established. "

We and UniMatrix were amused by the reaction of humans, secrecy again, something so odd from our point of view.

"Tomorrow we'll have a conference with the representatives of their agencies, for now we're forbidden to ask any more questions, someone please lead them to a guestroom and provide them whatever they need and we are allowed to. We'll see again tomorrow!"

The director stated before leaving the room, the soldiers were looking at Colonel Miller, what he said was probably the cause of the mood drop

" This way please "

Asami slime and led us to a guestroom, a simple two room apartment with a bathroom and a bedroom, nothing else. We don't require sleep but we appreciate the free time, we'll be in contact with UniMatrix.

"Goodnight"

Asami waved and closed the door behind her after leaving, we were left alone by humans, we could explore the internet to our will.

Joseph Hughes, human male, light skin tone, old age, long curly Grey hair, light body, wear glasses to correct vision deficiency. Director of the laboratory inside Amargo Base.

Yoshida Asami (Last name, name) female human, Asian skin tone, long straight black hair. Director's assistant.

[kph-01]

Is KPH-01 an infant!?

Baby??

They belong to an alien race completely different from what you would normally imagine, UniMatrix (the name of the race) is a collective consciousness similar to internet, a hive mind. It would be wrong to call them an "individual" since they were "created" as an extension (kind of like an arm of UniMatrix) . You should think of them more as a computer program, but to answer your question yes, they are an infant to our standards.

[kph-01]

Diary of KPH-01

Sunset Peak, New Mexico. My new residence.

//Log

I spent 1 hour and 32 minutes speaking with doctor Powell about the goals of SETI, the size of her pupil and her shaky hands lead me to assume she was exited, an incredibly interesting human emotion, the activity in her biological brain was a fantastic show and a source of data, her organ was flooded by chemicals like adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin.

Colonel Miller interrupted our conversation and finally introduced himself, I was about to introduce myself in what they call binary code but I decided to assume a more human approach.

"I am KPH-01. I am (temporarily) a unit of the UniMatrix hivemind"

The colonel and doctor Powell walked out of the room to have a chat, I decided to respect their privacy and avoid eavesdropping.

Privacy is a weird human concept completely foreign to UniMatrix, they hide informations from each others to hide their weaknesses and insecurities. In UniMatrix such behavior would be considered inefficient and immediately optimized.

Colonel Miller is back, he communicated his intention to take me to a sterile and secret location to avoid civil unrest, I agreed, from the data I've downloaded from the internet I found a recurring theme of aliens invading and harming human populations.

A pair of soldiers brought me clothing fit for my size, I understand now the reason humans cover their bodies is not only related to temperature but also related to privacy and public decency.

The evolving mind of human youth must never be exposed to potentially dangerous contnent (it could damage them for the rest of their life and make their existence miserable) a concept I agree with wholeheartedly.

I was escorted outside of the building and I finally had the chance to see the construction I crashed in when I first arrived, a rectangular building primarily made with concrete and iron. Unfortunately these weak materials could not withstand the stress caused by the impact of my cocoon, I caused great inconvenience, I should make amends.

Colonel Miller was waiting for me in a vehicle called "Bison armored vehicle", they originally planned to transport me with a "truck" but my weight made it impractical. I understand now the function of those mechanical devices the soldier carry, I don't understand why they are needed, war is completly foreign to me and the data I read doesn't give an explanation.

I was introduced to Lieutenant Rodriguez, he will be in charge of my supervision as well as provide anything I could need. He is currently in front of me inside the vehicle, he is wearing a pair of sunglasses, the lights are very dim. I don't understand.

I will remain in standby unless my attention is required.

"... and so the secrecy of Dulce Base was compromised, all because of that coffee machine, unbelievable."

Lieutenant Rodriguez was speaking with one of the soldiers escorting us and sharing all kinds of stories, as the name Base popped up in their conversation I turned my head and started listening.

"Are we going to Dulce Base? Is it going to be my residence?"

The soldiers were shocked to see me move and talk, lieutenant Rodriguez stopped them from aiming their weapons at me.

"it's OK, it's OK, no need for violence, you don't want to cause a diplomatic incident with an alien species we know nothing about and could possibly have a fleet behind the moon right?"

I caught the sarcasm in his voice but contrary to my expectations it seemed to calm down the soldiers, they lowered their weapons but are still nervous.

"We don't have a fleet, we aren't here to invade or colonize Earth, we aren't here for your resources, we don't have weapons."

The soldiers didn't calm down at all despite my reassurances.

"Yeah, right. Anyway.."

Lieutenant Rodriguez butted in and lightened the mood once again

"No we aren't going to Dulce Base, it has been compromised and now it's used for a completely different purpose, it's used to bait the attention of curious people and keep them away from the new base, Amargo."

One of the soldiers turned the face toward me overcoming his fear

"hey, was it your doing? Roswell I mean... In 1947?"

"Roswell...?"

I found all informations in the chunk of data I downloaded.

"the flying saucer?"

"Yeah that one!"

The other soldiers and even Rodriguez were awaiting my answer but I shook my head, a human way to transmit simple informations with the movement of their heads

"I don't know. My connection has been severed from UniMatrix after my cocoon impacted against an object during my descent toward Earth's atmosphere so I can't even ask the hivemind"

"Ha! You turned five satellites to scrap! Luckily they were old and needed to be dealt with anyway, you can say you saved the Government couple bucks. But now answer a more serious question... Why are you here? Why now?"

"one of our probes intercepted yours, it carried an invitation engraved on a golden disk, we pointed our sensors toward Earth and within an hour I was born, ready to make a first contact with your species"

Rodriguez leaned back and started shaking his head

"Woooo, you were born an hour after your people found the voyager probe? Is it normal for you to age so fast? How long did you take to travel from your planed to ours?"

Again the soldiers were staring at me for an answer, I found it amusing.

"Yes, I was born an hour after, it took us time to study your species both from the informations on the disk and from a scan of Earth itself. No, I'm the first unit to be born, the concept of age is unknown to us. It took me approximately a human month to come here"

The Vehicle stopped and colonel Miller instructed the soldiers under his command to avoid anymore questions, despite their growing interest they refrained from asking me anything and so I went in stand by again.

[kph-01]

DIARY OF KPH-01

Avoid hostility at all costs

//Log

24 terrestrial hours passed since the law enforcement showed up. I decided it was best to cease all my motor functions to slowly lower the threat generated by my presance alone. They initially sealed the building I was in, then more humans came and tried to scan my body, I allowed everything that didn't interfere with my internal process but when they bombarded my frame with radioactive particles I blocked all readings from their primitive sensors. Military personnel is currently on guard outside the door of the room I am standing in while a human woman is left operating the sensors, the other humans refer to her as "Aisha Powell".

During this time I started a broad spectrum scan of all frequencies and found unobstructed access to what humans call Internet. It is primitive and filled with nonsensical (or even self sabotaging) data but I came to the conclusion that this could be one of the first stages of the creation of an UniMatrix.

Our ancestors could've been similar to humans, this is intriguing.

I just finished assimilating data from the internet and updated both my language driver and my personality to match human ones as much as possible.

Just a few minutes ago while I was updating my drivers a new human came in, I recognized the insignia and the name on his uniform, he is "Colonel Richard Miller" what follows is the conversation between him and "Aisha Powell"

"Doctor Powell, I understand the need for a safe mean of transportation but the residents of this apartment complex are starting to ask questions and protesting. If you can't provide with useful informations we'll have to move it by force"

"Yes Colonel I know but there is something interfering with my readings, this for example should be the most powerful x-ray machine in the world but if I try to use it on the alien object I get a blank screen!"

"Yes doctor you already told me during our phone call, at 3 am. I'm sure you from SETI, NASA and all other fancy organizations will be able to study the problem, in a secret laboratory located in New Mexico."

"I see Colonel, may I ask you how you're going to move it? From our assumptions it's weight is around 800 lbs, the material it's made of is currently unknown and it's a miracle the building is still standing after the impact."

"We cover it with something and use a crane, then we confirm to the press it was just a meteorite and before anyone start asking any more questions we'll have transferred it to that shiny laboratory in New Mexico."

"Colonel! From all we know this thing could be alive! Witnesses say this thing attempted to comunicate using the same greetings we engraved in the golden disk of the Voyager probe!"

"This is not my problem doc, if this "alien" doesn't move we have to move it by force"

...

They intend to move me, maybe my presance here is an inconvenience, I would understand. The Colonel is knocking on my "chest" I recognize it! He's trying to determine if I'm empty!

"Greetings Colonel Richard Miller, I wish to inform you that I'm not empty"

... Restriction of the pupil, accelerated heart beat, blood pressure drop, paleness, he is in afraid. Humans self preservation instincts are very interesting.

I slowly extended my hand toward him but he wouldn't take it, Doctor Aisha Powell took it instead and started shaking it vigorously, her lips were parted and she was showing her teeth, is it the smiling i read of? She is... Happy?

Doctor Aisha Powell, female human, dark skin color, brown eyes, wears glasses to correct vision deficiency, has long brown Dreadlocks hair tied by an elastic band in a ponytail. She is the director of SETI, an organization whose objective is to search for extraterrestrial intelligence, me.

Colonel Richard Miller, male human, pale skin color, brown eyes, No hair (bald), he is the leader of a task force whose objective is to keep secret anything of extraterrestrial origin, from technology to me.

[kph-01]

Diary of KPH-01

First contact with "human_race"

using System.Collections;

using UniMatrix;

UniMatrix.Generate("KPH-01");

//Log

We are being born

We are KPH-01, a probe created by "UniMatrix_race" to establish contact with the sentient race designated as "human_race". Exactly 1 terrestrial hour ago one of the probes around the Terrestrial solar system intercepted an entity of unknown origin, after using our least invasive sensors we identified it as a probe sent by another sentient race. A golden disc was also analized and we came to know about Earth and its inhabitants, the language was easy to understand being incredibly similar to our own, we hastily built a device to read the incisions on the disc and we perceived vibrations, how curious. We built specialized sensors to see the spectrum of light described by the instructions on the disc and we came to see the form of human biology, it was very unexpected.

The Terrestrial probe was released and sent toward its original destination.

We are given a body capable of functioning on Earth's surface and interact with humans, our appearance was chosen to be similar to them, despite not being ideal, in order to avoid frightening them with our appearance.

We are being sent toward Earth's surface encapsulated in a protective cocoon to avoid attrition with the atmosphere.

error;

The cocoon's trajectory has been altered by external variables, sensors have been damaged, connection to UniMatrix_race has been terminated unexpectedly, we are now a unit.

We are now "I"

The cocoon disintegrated on impact with an artificial construction, I ran diagnostic to check system integrity, no errors found, system booting up.

As soon as my sensors went online I saw a bizarre human, he appeared to be "human_male" but the percentage of fat is abnormal, I proceeded to repeat the form of greeting found on the golden disc

"Hello from the children of planet Earth"

The "human_male" reacted in a very unexpected way, metabolism increased, heart rate increased, electric functions in the brain increased, temperature dropped. He is afraid, I don't understand. He appear to be holding what looks like an updated version of the "telephone_communicationDevice". The device emitted a flash of light, I don't understand his actions.

"Greeting from Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations"

He appear to be confused, I can't determine his emotions clearly. He is sending packages of Informations through the phone, begin interception protocols.

...

He is communicating with the local law enforcement, I understand I caused him some inconvenience, I will stand up and wait for law enforcement to ascertain my intentions.

He is even more distressed, I am taller then him, I understand I may look threatening, UniMatrix approximated human height loosely, the human in front of me is 172 cm tall while my frame is 200 cm tall.

I awaited the arrival of Law enforcement, a "human_female" and "Human_male" wearing similar clothing I assume to be "uniform_clothing".

I raised my hand "Hello from the children of planet Earth"

They are now holding unknown mechanical devices, analysis suggest they may be used to propel a piece of metal at 365 m/s