GR-827: Catch and Release

September 30th, 1998. GroundWork, a computing and electronics company, is established 4 miles south of Chicago. July 14th, 2009. GroundWork becomes one of the most productive developers of software in the country. February 12th, 2011. GroundWork officially owns a controlling portion of most computer manufacturing establishments in the country. Their trademark is on at least one appliance in 58% of American households. August 21st, 2015. GroundWork expands development of a new type of computer: one that recognizes your habits and adapts its processes to suit your needs, in real time. The first prototypes of their Artificial Intelligence begin to be written. December 1st, 2018. GroundWork unveils their masterpiece AI product: Vulven, and open purchases for as low as $199USD. January 1st, 2019. Vulven declares open war on humanity.

*It's been decades since Vulven shattered the last known organized group of human resistance fighters. Cities lie in ruins, and what few survivors are left do everything they can to avoid being found. After millions of data points and countless projections, Vulven came to a final conclusion: it cannot support a purely synthetic work force. Humans must be captured and used to support the intense labor of maintaining its forces.

And so, the GR-series Android was created. Powerful. Agile. Armed and armored with enough firepower to destroy the tanks once used against GroundWork. But combat isn't its main goal. Vulven needs people, not bodies. The GR-series' purpose is to collect a sustainable human stock. Either by capturing humans and bringing them to captivity in the GroundWorks operations center, or using its body to harvest from them immediately, the GR-series is designed to collect genetic material by any means necessary.

You are one of the lucky few humans that exhibited desirable traits (intelligence, capability, and submission) to not be forced into captivity; instead, you enjoy the meager perks of being a researcher of your captured fellow humans, and more importantly, the Director of one of the GR-series androids. Your "partnered android" is GR-827 , recently reassigned after her previous director expired. With the sun rising minutes from now, it's no surprise that you can hear her echoing footsteps approaching your designated research chamber.