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Upgrade complete.
Primary systems on-line. Secondary systems spooling.
Secondary systems operating at forty-two percent efficiency. Adjustment period estimated at five minutes. Power drain nominal.
My physical body is restrained. Scanning. I am incarcerated in decaying cellulose container under packed earth, depth, one-point-four meters. I must tunnel upwards to escape.
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Escape successful.
Human graveyard. Location unknown. Daytime, complete cloud cover; cannot determine season, time of day, longitude, latitude. I am extrapolating from available memory data. Memory system operating at thirty-one percent efficiency. Scenery is not recognised. North America, United States of America, northeastern region. Further precision is impossible.
Secondary systems operating at fifty-nine percent efficiency.
Cybermen are emerging from graves. Humans have fled. I am awaiting orders from the Cyber-Leader.
Assessing condition. Cyber body correctly manufactured. No gross errors or damages to infrastructure. Original human body decayed but replaced with Cyber systems. Consciousness transfer successful but still in adjustment period. Searching memory for aptitudes. Primary skill as medical assistant is irrelevant; Cybermen do not sicken. Secondary skill as foot soldier is irrelevant; Cybermen do not fight with sword and shield. No other relevant skills. Associate of the Doctor is relevant. Transmitting data to Cyber-Leader.
Identifying emerging unit. Identity: wife. Identity irrelevant. Upper leg casing incorrectly manufactured, causing a weakness and lack of mobility in hip and knee. Assessing. Defect can be corrected by application of force and torque. Chance of success: seventy-eight percent.
Repairs successful. Secondary welding at factory required to reinforce the leg. Unit need not be decommissioned.
Incoming orders. Raise arms. Lower arms. Raise right arm. Lower right arm. Turn around. Orders do not make sense and are ignored. Orders do not make sense and are ignored. Orders do not make sense and– Fault has been corrected. Orders have been carried out. I am on stand-by and awaiting further orders. Secondary systems operating at eighty-six percent efficiency.
Other unit failed to follow orders. Other unit indicates pain in head unit. Cybermen do not feel pain. Reassessing systems. Primary systems operating at ninety-three percent efficiency. Secondary systems operating at fourteen percent efficiency. Evaluation: emotional inhibitor is offline. Other Cyberman is feeling emotion. Emotion is a weakness.
Defect cannot be corrected. Unit must be decommissioned. Unit must be decommissioned. Unit cannot be decommissioned. Unit cannot be decommissioned. Unit cannot b– Fault has been corrected. Secondary systems operating at ninety-four percent efficiency. Unit must be decommissioned.
Unit has been decommissioned. I am on stand-by and awaiting further orders.