Constant Vigilance 2, Session 10. Friday November 17th, Period 4

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The Doctor was sitting in the chair behind his desk, juggling apples.

As everyone entered the classroom, they'd find an apple at each of their desks. Once everyone arrived, the Doctor dimmed the lights and projected a bizzare figure with a big metal unit over its chest and tubing everywhere.

"That, ladies and gentlemen, is a Cyberman. One of the earliest models, and the first I encountered. They are not a race of robots, as inside there are bits and pieces of what was once a person. There are from the planet Mondas, a twin planet of Earth that was knocked out of its original orbit. One thing led to another, and there's more about that in the packet I have for you."

The Doctor did, in fact, start passing out a packet.

"The thing is, that as technology improved, their look altered as well. This clunky design gave way to another, and another, and then we had something more like this." The Doctor hit a button on the projector and the shape changed to a sleeker, more silver looking thing. "So, what do I have to say about the Cybermen?"

He paused and thought for a second.

"I'm not going to judge them, quite yet. At least not to you. I have a question to pose to all of you. The Cybermen were created to remove the imperfections of the Mondas race. In order to survive, they said. Furthering the species. Though now, they sort of forcibly improve all the other humanoid species they come across, as well. Assuming they don't kill you on sight. Now, there's a lot of thinking you can do on this subject, lots of moral posing, etcetera. Now I want you to do just that. Pair up, and talk about this."

He cleared his throat. "Is giving up things such as certain emotions, physical sensations, a few pounds of flesh... is that progress? Is that an acceptable cost if you'd then live effectively forever?" The Doctor smirked at the class. "Well? Would you?"

[ooc: Wait for OCD OCD up up and away! Go forth and talk!]

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He's being a bit vague today.

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"Tried it, didn't like it. S'why I'm here."

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"What, immortality?" the Doctor quirked an eyebrow.

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"Eternal youth." Pippi corrected him. "Same thing right?"

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"We had a thought. A question," Stark said, waving a hand in the general direction of where Cameron was still sitting.

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"Yes?" the Doctor asked.

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[stykera]

"Do you know," Stark started to ask. "Did any of them, any of the Cybermen, did anything ever go wrong so that they knew what had become of them? Did any of them ever realize that they weren't themselves anymore? Realize what they'd lost?"

Discuss Cybermen and the Ethics and Morals Therein.

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They are legion, for they are many.

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Pippi's thinking about it.

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Nadia looked over the information for awhile before speaking. "It's one thing to choose to do something like that for yourself. It's totally another thing to force other people to do it, too."

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"I couldn't agree more."

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Kaylee thought about it as she looked over the packet.

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[notajar]

Door looks over from her own packet and frowns. "If you give up the bits of your mind that make you care about things and people, haven't you pretty much killed yourself anyway? I don't see any point in living forever if you're not even aware you're alive."

She blinks, obviously bothered by this idea, then adds, "Sorry, I'm Door.

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"I'm Kaylee," she said cheerfully. Then she started nodding. "I agree with you. Why bother livin' if we ain't got no feelings or even any idea we're alive?"

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Stark was frowning at his packet while he waited for someone to talk to.

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"So my guess is no," Cameron decided as he plopped down in the seat beside Stark.

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"It isn't right," Stark replied, shaking his head. "Wouldn't do it. Would you?"

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This sort of ethical and moral philosphizing is not Pip's strong point, but he does appear to be trying to consider it.

After Class

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In case you need to talk then

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Have I mentioned lately y'all are an awesome class? Cause you are.