Acquisition Dates
The collection Black Projects, White Knights begins with a preamble story imagining someone stealing a dossier from Dr. Zeus and reading it. In this dossier are dates and places where various cyborgs were "acquired". As a sly comment on the foibles of large bureaucracies, the entries give exact Gregorian dates for events in prehistory.
- Joseph, 25 November, 18,415 BCE, Irûn del Mar, Spain.
- Nan, 14 June 1541 CE, Senegal.
- Kalugin, 21 May 1345 CE, Russia.
- Kiu, 3 July, 9000 BCE, Mongolia.
- Joshua (an Enforcer), 18 March, 30,428 BCE.
- Victor, 1 September, 502 CE, England.
- Lewis, 21 June, 103 CE, England.
- Mendoza, 28 June 1541 CE, Spain.
The list also includes "Michael Hanuman", a member of the hominid species Australopithecus afarensis created from the Company's genetic stores, with a date of 14 August, 2320 CE, New Jersey.
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