A pause. "Regs say all pH maintenance bots are decommissioned after 10,000 operational hours. Yours is at 11,402."
"Let’s go," he said. "Sector H needs a sweep." ph bot uzatma
The notification blinked on Aris’s HUD for the third time that shift. A pause
And Limey beeped—once, cheerful, defiant—and followed him into the dark corridor, its alkaline tank full and its extension never running out. 402." "Let’s go
Aris watched the bot navigate a tricky patch of floor grating. It hesitated, recalculated, then laid down a perfect white foam line. "Protocol 9-Alpha was written by people who never had to scrape acid off their helmet visor with one hand while holding a patch kit with the other."
"Uzatma is denied," Command replied. "Decommission by 2200. Out."