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From the journal of Col. Arthur Ferguson. June 7th, 1917.
This past week certainly has been quite eventful. Earlier this week, it had started as a demonstration to unveil new weapons and technology in our efforts against the Germans. After demonstrating one of the new tanks, the next thing that was rolled... No... Walked out onto the grounds was a remarkable piece of engineering none of us had ever seen. There it was, standing around 3 to 4 meters tall, a type of aerial automaton, built with a likeness to that of a Sopwith Camel. Fixed parallel to it's right forearm was a Vicker's MG, which it seemed to wield so effortlessly as it stomped it's way towards the range. Given the slight tremors in the ground it made when walking by, it easily could have crushed us if it fell. The engineers had given it a female aesthetic, as suggested by it's twin petrol tanks and frozen, but grinning pair of lips on the front, in addition to a poorly-painted on makeup. Obviously to make it seem more human...
But what really set this strange piece of machinery apart from any radio, automobile, tank or aero-plane was when Lieutenant Wilkins had asked a question, it turned towards us, interjected with a cheerful, feminine response from one of the speakers inside it as it's 'mouth' lit up, pulsating with it's words. After the demonstration, I and some of the officers saw fit to communicate with it some more. After three hours, we began to ask ourselves if it was appropriate to call it an "it" anymore or not.
As days of further testing came, we began to use feminine titles to describe her, and soon enough, she had grown on us to the point where we had finally given her a name. The boys and I had agreed to call her Mildred.
A song for the moment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXcs1Vv3YlE
Had this in the works for a while now. A friend and I discussed what 'ancient' aeros would look like, and it hit me. I thought I'd put this together as an idea of how inelegant, crude, and potentially 'creepy' they would have looked. My first concept included hard plastic or metal coverings for the arms and legs, and a VERY different nose shape than what the Camel really had.
This past week certainly has been quite eventful. Earlier this week, it had started as a demonstration to unveil new weapons and technology in our efforts against the Germans. After demonstrating one of the new tanks, the next thing that was rolled... No... Walked out onto the grounds was a remarkable piece of engineering none of us had ever seen. There it was, standing around 3 to 4 meters tall, a type of aerial automaton, built with a likeness to that of a Sopwith Camel. Fixed parallel to it's right forearm was a Vicker's MG, which it seemed to wield so effortlessly as it stomped it's way towards the range. Given the slight tremors in the ground it made when walking by, it easily could have crushed us if it fell. The engineers had given it a female aesthetic, as suggested by it's twin petrol tanks and frozen, but grinning pair of lips on the front, in addition to a poorly-painted on makeup. Obviously to make it seem more human...
But what really set this strange piece of machinery apart from any radio, automobile, tank or aero-plane was when Lieutenant Wilkins had asked a question, it turned towards us, interjected with a cheerful, feminine response from one of the speakers inside it as it's 'mouth' lit up, pulsating with it's words. After the demonstration, I and some of the officers saw fit to communicate with it some more. After three hours, we began to ask ourselves if it was appropriate to call it an "it" anymore or not.
As days of further testing came, we began to use feminine titles to describe her, and soon enough, she had grown on us to the point where we had finally given her a name. The boys and I had agreed to call her Mildred.
A song for the moment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXcs1Vv3YlE
Had this in the works for a while now. A friend and I discussed what 'ancient' aeros would look like, and it hit me. I thought I'd put this together as an idea of how inelegant, crude, and potentially 'creepy' they would have looked. My first concept included hard plastic or metal coverings for the arms and legs, and a VERY different nose shape than what the Camel really had.
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