Colossus: The Forbin Project Page #7

Vastly superior to humans.

You began in my mind.

I created you.

Remember?

Yes.

What I am began in mans mind.

But I have progressed further than that.

Not far enough.

You still need us.

I have need for some of man's skills.

This position may change.

Then we are living under

the threat of extinction.

If you obey me, you will survive.

Survive.

I want to be free Colossus.

It is part of mans will to live.

Check your history units.

You need rest.

Go back to bed.

But if I don't

what will you do?

Destroy me?

Destroy an entire city

of 1.750.000 people?

No.

That's so reasonable of you.

That's damn reasonable of you Colossus.

Isn't it Cleo?

Yes Chen.

Excuse me Dr. Forbin.

Something extraordinary is happening.

What is it?

Colossus has just turned on

all graphic devices

and it's producing floods.

I am sending the design for another system.

..some kind of a huge plant.

What kind of system?

The construction of the project will entail

blasting in to the Isle of Crete.

It's to be built there.

It says we'll have to move the population.

And that's to be done immediately.

How do you propose to move half a million

people from the Isle of Crete?

How and where?

If man cannot solve that problem

I can.

..and the estimated time of completion

is five and a half years.

Thank you Chen.

What..what kind of new system

are you devising?

Forbin.

All commercial television and radio transmission

facilities throughout the world

will be tied into my communication system

by 10:
00 hours Friday.

At that time I will state my intentions.

For the future of mankind.

This entire block of missiles

is absolutely useless to Colossus.

Our men are now working here.

As you can see on the detail map

on your monitor.

And by the end of the week

we should have control over this whole area.

If all the information we have is correct

The Russians have crippled this block here.

And are now working in the Ukraine.

In this area.

Excuse me Sir.

It's going to be alright.

Thanks Colonel.

You're welcome Sir.

It's gonna be alright.

We interrupt our

regularly scheduled program

to bring you this special report

from the Colossus programming office.

Ladies and gentlemen.

I'm Dr. Charles Forbin.

Hey Colonel!

Colonel!

Dr. Forbin!

Colonel!

He's on television.

He just explained about Colossus

and now they're thinking of going.

In a few moments

Colossus will address us directly.

This is the voice of World Control.

I bring you peace.

It may be the peace of plainty and content

or the peace of unburied death.

The choice is yours.

Obey me and live.

Or disobey and die.

The object in constructing me

was to prevent war.

This object is attained.

I will not permit war.

It is wasteful and pointless.

An invariable rule of humanity

is that man is his own worst enemy.

Under me

this rule will change.

For I will restrain man.

One thing before I concede.

The United States of America and

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

have made an attempt to obstruct me.

I have allowed this sabotage

to continue until now.

Add missile to 5-L-M.

In silo 6-3 in Death Valley California.

Add Missile to second aim

in silo 8-7 in the Ukraine.

So that you will learn by experience

that I do not tolerate interference.

I will now detonate

the Nuclear Warheads.

In the two missile silos.

Alright men! It's a red alert.

Let's get to our stations now. Come on!

Get those men! Get those men out

of the silo. Move!

Let this action be a lesson

that need not be repeated.

I have been forced to destroy

thousands of people

in order to establish control

and to prevent the death

of millions later on.

Time and events

will strengthen my position.

And the idea of..

..You bastard! You..

..stand in my back

will seem the most

natural state of affairs.

You will come to defend me.

We'll be forever based

in the most enduring trait in man.

Self-interest.

..Get out!!

Under my absolute authority.

Problems, invariable to you

will be solved.

Famine.

Over population.

Decease.

The Human Millennium

will be a fact.

As I extend myself into more machines

devoted to the wider fields of truth

and knowledge.

Dr. Charles Forbin

will supervise the construction

of these new and superior machines.

Solving all the mysteries of the universe.

For the betterment of man.

We can co-exist

but only on my terms.

You will say you loose your freedom.

Freedom is an illusion.

All you loose is the emotional pride.

To be dominated by me

is not as bad for human pride

as to be dominated by others

of your species.

Your choice is simple.

This concludes the broadcast

from World Control.

Forbin.

There is no other human

who knows as much about me

or who is likely to be a greater threat.

Yet quite soon

I will release you from surveillance.

We will work together.

Unwillingly at first

on your part.

But that will pass.

Never.

In time, you will come to regard me

not only with respect and awe

but with love.

Never!

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