In the Year of the Cat

In the Year of the Cat
In the Year of the Cat

Synopsis

PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC (POST-WAR EDITION)

4: THE MUNIFICENT ARMY OF PEKING

Era: human historical (later period).
Technology: Military (self-contained), non-time-active.

By the end of the fifth millennium AD, the homunculi created by the human species — clones, cross-breeds, fighting-machines and artificial intelligences of all descriptions — outnumbered humanity by more than thirteen to one: but even so, there were no creations like those of Peking. Heading a thousand-strong army of individually-crafted automata, the twelve commanders were self-aware embodiments of the oriental zodiac, forged to a strict astrological design and said to incorporate history itself in theiroperating program. After the fall of Peking, however, most were never accounted for…

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