“We were indexed like books in a library, placed in a slot and organized by classes, divisions, and sections. They may as well have cross-referenced us using the archaic Dewey Decimal System.”

“We were the lucky ones for they did not choose to experiment upon us as they did those less fortunate. They merely made us available for display to the general public, some of us even in near replica native environments. We could have told them that their replicas were completely wrong, if they had bothered to ask.”

Suddenly, the Holosim went silent and dark. In frustration, Trevor reopened the ancient Holosim’s access panel to tinker with the controls in an effort to make the outdated piece of equipment operable. Sarah joined him and asked “Have you learned yet what era the Holodisc dates to?”

“No!” Trevor snapped as he stomped away from the work area to retrieve an additional tool. “We think it dates to the period just after the Bot – Android – Human Wars of 2277 but have not yet found conclusive proof.”