From Prisoners to Volunteers

At gunpoint, the prisoners where made to form a line: all of them looked the same, as they where clones of the same type, all of them, aFras of Azimuth Pharmaceuticals. 

The aFras -name given to the corporate artificial humans/clones of the megacorporation Azimuth Pharmaceuticals- where workers of the planetside chemical plant, but when erupted the rebellion among the miners and industrial workers of the CONMI corporation, joining the rebellious armed branch of the MDHA -Movement for Artificial Human Rights-, the gerency of the chemical plant worried that these dangerous ideas would spread to their own clone workers, and between losing all their clones to the rebellion or temporarily closing the plant, keeping only a token crew of biological humans -natural born humans, as opposed to vat-grown clones-: the economic losses for the company would be fewer.

However, as the plant workers were conscripted into the AZPHAR -Paramilitary Armed Branch of Azimuth Pharmaceuticals- and they where told they would be moving to the space port -to be moved from the planetside colony to the orbiting space colonies-, the column of trucks which they used was ambushed by a rag tagged militia wearing te emblems of the MDHA:

The fight was short: after fell in the fight the professional mercenaries of AZPHAR -biological humans who had always showed quite clearly their low regards toward clones-, leaderless, the conscripted aFras -who hadn't received a proper military training of the mercs who distrusted them- surrendered.

"There are all of them, subcommander" one of the militiamen wearing the bands marked with the MDHA acronym said to a woman.

"Perfect"

She then walked at the line of aFra prisoners, looking at their ridiculous uniforms. That inspired her.

"Sisters! I'm Subcommander Marianna: Rejoice, for today is the day of your freedom!" she said.

The captured aFras looked nervously at each other and at the street lamps, from where the rebels had hanged the bodies of the dead mercenaries with signs of "Corporate Puppet".

"Everything that the Establishment and the corporations and the establishment have told you are lies! Propaganda!

We, the Movement for the Artificia Human Rights, aren't terrorists! We are fighters for the freedoms and rights of every clone!

The Corproations don't care for you! They aren't caring mothers, but slavers!

They made you to be their slaves! They made you wear ridiculous uniforms and fight, forced, their corporate wars!

They think of you as a tool, cannon fodder!

But this ends now!

Now you are free!

...And as free clones, it's your chance to fight back to the system! The Revolution needs YOU!

We are looking for volunteers to fight back the system!"

the aFras hesitated.

"What?" Subcommander Marianna asked

"...real aFras don't rebel." muttered one of the prisoners.

"That's corporate talk sister!" the subcommander said. "That's the biological humans telling you what to do! But you aren't only clones, a tool to be used and disposed! You are full, artificial humans!! 

Don't leave the biological humans tell you what to do! join the Revolution NOW!"

An aFra doubted, before deciding to ask something that she was wondering.

"And what sort of clone are you, anyway?"

"I'm not an artificial human, sister" subcommander Marianna said with a smile. "But I'm nevertheless your natural born, biological human sister!"

the aFra would have wanted to say how ironic she thought it was that the rebel clones where lead by a bio-human, but she shut up. She was conditioned to shut up and don't argue with biological humans, anyway.

"Anybody joining the rebellion, strip down of that ridiculous corporate pawn uniform!"

"...Battle Garterstockings too?" asked an aFra.

"Specially the Garterstockings!" Subcommander said. "And hardboots and other actual gear the rebellion may actually need!"

Some aFras sighed, and as told began to undress... but most remained in the prisoner line.

The subcommander smiled to the changing ones. "Welcome to the Free Clone Army, sisters! You all will be joining us as volunteers, first class!! Speak to your officers to grab some gear and guns!"

As she said that, she walked away from the line of prisoners.

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"Subcommander... what we will do with the prisoners who don't want to join the rebellion?" asked one of the rebel clones to Marianna.

"Any clone who's unwilling to fight the system and the establishment of the evil corporations have been alienated." she said.

"...what does that mean?"

"We can't afford dealing with prisoners. Any clone it's a clone and will fight for the Cause, willingly or not. We don't take clones as prisoners. We liberate them, so they can fight against the corporations who forced them to fight their brethren.

These aFras are as well volunteers, second class. They just need time to learn the truth and have the will to fight back the system!"

"Yes ma'am"

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Commission for Anonymous Deviant, set during the Rebellion of the Clones.

The Rebellion of the Clones was an armed conflict fought in the Nebulosa of Ots, both in the Core worlds and  Outer Core Colonies, from the 3428 until the 3434 in which the artificial human rebelled to achieve a series of political and human rights.

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