Where are all your robots?

It was funny. My stepson Matt was reading the original third book of the long-form of Rome's Revolution. He hadn't commented much but finally he asked, "Where are all your robots?" I knew the answer but realized I had not made it clear in the books. I liked the comment so much that I had Rei speak those actual words (in Chapter 30 of the current book) when he and Rome are traveling to the courthouse through I-cimaci.

That simple comment opened the door to explaining The Robot War, MASAL's plan the "thin the herd" and a whole host of other items. I will give you all the details about that tomorrow.

The fact is, robots are banned from Vuduri society because of that war. And computers are not allowed to use gravitic modulation. Rome gave OMCOM access to the Casimir Pumps and that is why she was put on trial when she came back to Earth in what is now Part 3 of Rome's Revolution.

In the final book in the series, tentatively entitled The Vuduri Companion, there will be a little short story about the final phase of the war. It was actually orchestrated by MASAL so that the Vuduri and the Overmind thought he was dead. The result of that final battle was called the Denver Crater (even though it was centered in Boulder, CO) and it is so large, it can be seen from the Moon with the naked eye.

So, thank you Matthew for forcing me to add in those extra details.