Chapter 2 [Page 5]

On the screen in the background, there is a glimpse into the professor's neural network. The software focuses more on functionality than on graphics. One of the A.I. characters is using a helmet that allows a virtual entity to interact with the outside world via a cable connected from the computer to a material body. The news' top scrolling banner talks about Territory A attempting to purchase the B5 island from Territory B. A has done this before with an island that used to be B6, now known as A13.