lonely_hunter (lonely_hunter) wrote in rockman_elysium, @ 2008-02-11 20:17:00 |
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Entry tags: | compendium, dr. light, translation, x |
Third page of Compendium's X profile, part one
PERSONAL HISTORY
He appears to have been developed by Dr. Light, circa 20xx, as a robot with advanced mental capacities roughly the same as a human’s. After Dr. Light’s death, he was sealed away for approximately 100 years, but revived by Dr. Cain, who discovered his capsule. His internal structure has many parts that defy analysis to this day, despite Dr. Cain’s research.
[Picture of Holo-Light speaking to X] “I wish I could have left it sealed away… Do not misuse it… Use its power for the sake of justice!”
[Caption] It seems Dr. Light was extremely apprehensive about X’s harmlessness.
Dr. Light
A roboticist of the 20xxs. He appears to have been the foremost roboticist of the time. In his later years, he developed X as a new generation of “thinking robot,” but sealed him away as “possibly harmful to humankind.” He leaves behind a program to play back messages, and, in various places, capsules with armor in them in case of emergency.
[Picture of Light speaking] “Go! X! Pursue evil!”
[Caption] Message played back from a capsule. It appears to be a program of the doctor’s personality.
Comments left by Dr. Light
“X” presents many problems inconceivable in existing robots. There is a danger he may worry over or question even the absolute requirement for robots, “Do not harm a human.”
The act of worrying in “X” marks a new epoch in robotics and is the first time this experiment has succeeded, but if it extends to matters that by their nature must not be questioned, it would be disastrous. In the worst case, if a robot were to harm humans deliberately, humankind would tremble with fear the like of which was unknown even in the days of the “Dr. Wily” incidents…
I conclude that “X” is an extremely dangerous being. If I am to send “X” out into the world, he must have a verification period of 30 years at the least. However, I do not have that long to live, and regrettably there is no one who understands all my research to carry it on for me.
Therefore I seal “X” here. If by some chance there is someone who discovers this capsule, as long as “X’s” thinking has not been fully analyzed, please leave him untouched. “X” is a robot laden with both unlimited possibility and unlimited danger…
Sep. 18 AD20XX
T. Right
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Translator’s Random Whining: Dr. Light’s comments were very difficult, and Dr. Cain’s diary is coming up next, which will probably also take a long time.
I’m fairly certain they rewrote Cain’s diary, and now I’m starting to wonder if they rewrote Light’s warning, too. Was all this stuff about X “worrying” really there from the very beginning?
And does this support the RMZ theory about the virus originally coming from X? The thing Irregulars do that’s so bad is exactly what X can do and what Light feared he would do: harm humans. The thing Wily made at the same time as Zero was a Robot Destruction Program. So are Irregulars behaving more like X than Zero? (But then why would the virus strengthen Zero?)
If you put the two of them together, you should get something really awful. Yet somehow X and Zero make each other better instead…
ETA: As I suspected, it’s been rewritten. I found the original wording on a fan site:
“X” is a new type of robot with more complex, human-like mental capabilities. However, these capabilities are also extremely dangerous. If “X,” of his own volition, ever broke the basic law of robotics, “A robot must not injure a human,” likely nothing could stop him, and the results would be fearsome.
If I had 30 years, it would be possible to confirm his safety. However, my life will not last that long, and there is no one to whom I can entrust my research. Therefore I will seal him in this capsule. This capsule will test his internal structure for me until his safety is confirmed. Until then, please do not open the capsule.
“X” is laden with both unlimited possibility and unlimited danger. I just hope it turns out for the best.
20XX 9/18 Thomas Light
[This is much closer to the English version given in the same book, it must be the one the official translator was working from.]