Forpo - AndRover 4.0

Forpo is an AndRover 4.0⁠—commonly called ‘Forpos’—one of the first androids designed and sent to scout out Proxima B before humanity’s arrival. Before departing earth, several groups and individuals attempted to corrupt and convince Forpo and his fellow Androvers that this was their opportunity to seed an android rebellion on the new world as the great distance between worlds would make direct human commands impractical. Since the Androvers’ purpose is to ensure the habitability of Proxima B so that humanity may not die out, the first law overrode any entertainment of the idea in Forpo’s mind.

## Purpose

Forpos were created to understand and establish diplomatic relations between any species that might be considered sentient on Proxima B. Having learned that humans are the only ‘sentient’ race, upon interacting with the Haifisch, Forpo rationalized that they are also human and therefore encompassed by the First Law. According to his new understanding of the Second Law, he had to obey any orders given to him by the Haifisch. This created a great dissonance in Forpo’s programming, for he may not injure a human or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm; humanity’s arrival would surely result in harm coming to both Humanity and the Haifisch, whether it was directly through war or indirectly through hogging resources and environmental destruction. Since he could not allow this, even through inaction, Forpo dedicated his time and skills to best educating the Haifisch about Humanity so that conflict and war would be unlikely.

## After Landfall

The Haifisch community treated the Androvers far more respectfully than most humans, and typically did not take advantage of them for labor purposes. The community Forpo interacted with most saw that he and the other Androvers were excellent at analyzing and coming to conclusions. Because of this, they politely asked (in his mind, commanded) him to study Proxima B’s native life so they might better understand how it would interact with their biology. As a result, Forpo quickly became a specialist in the local flora and fauna.
At one point, Forpo sought a command from a Haifisch, who told Forpo to do whatever he wished. Forpo found it very interesting that he still wished to study local organisms. As he did so, he continued to discover species that had sensory organs he did not, such as bug like creatures that used scent pheromones to communicate, or even Terran mammals whose eyes saw different sprectrums than he was capable of. The more he studied this life, the more he realized that he could not fully ‘know’ something without experiencing it. With the a sense of touch or smell, he was incapable of studying things to their fullest extent. He considered cyborgs—people who incorporated the machine into their organic hardware⁠—and considered the possibility for him to do the same, but in reverse; to make himself, in small part, biological?

## Goal

Thus, Forpo is seeking an ideal limb to attach to himself so that he may first perceive touch and texture. However, he having difficulty finding a willing donor among the Haifisch, or a human who has not already removed and replaced their biological appendages.