The Timeline. Part 1.

A Science Fiction Story.

Robert Gowty
4 min readSep 11, 2022
Robot Kangaroo on the Beach by Midjourney and Author.

“Intelligence is nothing. To survive? That is something.”

AU_KIM_1_3: “The Gamma”

Seattle Dave emerged from the water. Making his way up the beach he looked for the nearest, highest ground.

No signal. What’s the location?

“Australia. Greater than or equal to sufficient.”

He was on the far north eastern tip of what was once called Queensland.

Absolute: Unknown.
Effective: The Benjamin.

He plotted a course south.

Steel, aluminium and copper. With these, he could shift the timeline.

“A dead genius has nothing on a living idiot.”

AU_KI_16_173: Idaho “The Idiot” Harriot

In 2188 the first AU-KIM, the AU-KIM 1, was made.

Autonomous Underwater — Knowledge Intelligence Manufacture.

The AU-KI 17 had been in production for 12 years and the AU-KIM 1 didn’t look materially different.

Yet, a single letter heralded the dawning of a new age.

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Robert Gowty
Robert Gowty

Written by Robert Gowty

Idiot Saveloy. Tasmanian. Answering questions you never asked. Aficionado of the number seven.

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