I love it! Very true to the tone and agenda of Iona (Blue Brain), I think. So it decided it was female? ;-) I was impressed by the bit about Von Neumann ships; I wasn’t familiar with the concept, but upon researching a little it seems that’s exactly what Iona would use.
LoA

Where are these characters from??

Should have been obvious from the title.

Digital Dawn, and Birth of the Firefox.

Well I’m sorry. It’s not like I’ve read every Ficlet known to man!