Defend Our Perfect System

While I’m not sure that it was a planned choice so much as an aesthetic one, I like the contrast of Uprising having more colors and vibrancy and originality, to Legacy in which CLU’s reign is in full motion and everything is very sterile. It leaves this impression that Flynn’s original idea involved more creativity and personal immersion, that he understood the individuality of programs and wanted them to expand on their own design-- which made sense when the Grid then made ISOs, who were completely and entirely independent, and he pretty much lost his stupid little 80s mind over them. 

   _Out of the shimmering dust of expired cubes, unveiled by the collapsing foundation of her pixilated helmet, emerged long seen but not forgotten Lieutenant Roz of Squad 110010. The golden light of CLU’s towering structure beyond cast a warm, reminiscent glow across her pale, stone features. Had it been time? Had she lost memory? One thing was for certain… 

cmdrjanus:

The commander paused for a moment, attempting to gauge the black guards reaction. She momentarily broke her gaze from the fearsome soldier before her. Although she was also proficient in combat, she was all too aware the reputation the Black Guards carried within Clu’s army. And of this program in particular. she would need to exercise caution with her next choice of words. “Your leadership capabilities are not in question. I’m investigating an incident involving renegade programs gaining access to secrete files from the citadels computer core. Apparently the saboteur had gained access to the system using the access codes of one of the black guard in your unit. However, I have considered the possibility that this may be an error.”

> The Commander had the lead Guard’s full attention now, her body turning completely to face her ally. This was serious. Even if none of her squadmates were directly involved, it meant there indeed had been a breach in security, and the designation of one of her closest counterparts’ had been stolen. 

“I would assume a BlackGuard would be less careless if he were to perform such rogue functions. Which member of my Unit is the designation in question?” 

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“Remember- I remember, all that you said. Told me love was too plebeian,Told me you were through with me and-” 

> Programs were designed to execute specific tasks, and yet Flynn’s grand system had surpassed all imaginable theorizing of artificial intelligence. Not only did they run in the absence of a User, but they established entire civilizations and unique ways of life. They even attempted to redesign their own primary existence, masking away Flynn’s touch with a personification of “perfection.” And while it had been successful in more horrifying ways than anyone would choose to dream imaginable, it had urged other areas of fascinating expertise. 

> For Roz, this evidently came with the perfecting of every activity she could manage. Her voice was clearly untrained, and moreover lacked the particular mood that birthed life into jazz, she carried a tune effortlessly, and the mild scratchiness of her deeper voice contributed a certain charm.