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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“Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.”
—Socrates (469–399 B.C.)
“I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.”
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