I am deeply amazed and touched by such a story. Some terms are still a little confusing, the term Orga for example. I know it's from the Matrix, or along those lines, but I still don't know what it means. Does it mean human or a species or such? Ne, overall it is a great crossover and a perfect perspective of the case ... reminds me a bit of 'To Kill a Mocking Bird.' Well, all I can say now is good luck and update soon on whatever story you are writing on Matrix Refugee. Hope you do well and keep on creating such realistic stories.

-Sky66

I had a lot of misgivings when I read the beginning but as I continued and you gave more details and built this up I began to really enjoy all the different dynamics from the Declan's family to the subtle similarities played out between the machine overreactions and his daughter and the sad way that the robot was punished for repeating the mistakes of his owners. It was very well written and my favorite part were the subtle foreshadowing for the matrix especially the sevurity mechas at the end. I hope to read more stories like it.

I was going to save the final two chapters for another day but couldn't help myself. This was a well written and very enjoyable read. It is interesting how you blended A.I. and the the Second Renaissence to bring together the ethical dilemmas from both into this court case. And the ending was sweet, with references to the Merovingian (if I'm understanding right), agents, and the Oracle.

One thing I was a bit confused about were the three differing accounts of B1-66-ER's actions on that fatefull day - chapter 4 (Declan's account), 5 (video recording), and 8 (B1's memory cube recording). The first account mentions the killing of two dogs, a cat, and the destruction of the restraint chair, while the second account only mentions the dog, and the last account mentions none of those items. Or maybe the different recordings capture things that the others couldn't view.

Regardless, this is an excellent work dealing with some difficult subjects. Well done.

Very cool story.

Tres bien ma amie. Liked the two endings, I'm guessing that the 'plain-clothes security mechas' are a reference to Agents. By the way, Way to go Cecie! Taking two guys out like that I'm impressed. Out of curiousity, were any of the tabloid stories based on anything or were they all yours?

hm.. interesting fic, though I see one problem in the DA's talk with his daughter, he seems to be clarifying terms the both should be aware of. Yeah, I know it is for the reader's sake, but it kills the abmient a bit.

also orga humans sound well, poorly, I'd sugest you keep one or the other.

unless, if there are other than orga humans, non orga humans uh, maybe full conversion cyborgs or the like, though I don't recall them being mentioned in either universe (that'd be TC humans? or teces?...hm... on the other hand it sounds kinda like ** so maybe some other name would work uh?

Heh, seems I got a bit sidetraked, still great pice, al your fics seem to be, and uh keep up the good work

Wow. It's been a long time. Still like this story. Technical issue in Chapter 8:

"Word travels fast," Declan said, avoiding eye-contact with any members of the press. He noticed B1-66-ER's head come up sharply as Damon approached. Johnson nudged the droid with his nightstick and

No end to the sentence...

Other than that it is very good. I don't know if you intend to cover some of the post-trial events in this story, but it would be great to read.

More, more. Must... have... more...

Very good story. Very good character development. I am wondering how it will turn out that the case will go from, to quote your story:

"The problem isn't the droids as a class; the only problem right now is B1-66-ER"

to an official sanction of "the destruction of all of his kind".

Quite a professional reading story, and I have to say of anything I've read here, this one has me hopelessly addicted.

Give me more. Come on, man. You know I'm hurtin'...

this is a genius story. it covers all the important aspects of the animatrix, and though i haven't seen AI, it's still really good. i love the undertones of civil rights and the debate about machines. my only problem is that the chapters are so long, its tough to push through some of the tedious court scenes. i really want to read those parts of course, the info there is awesome, but it's a lot to sift through to go on.
but anyway, this is really good, please update soon!

I *love* this story. Since you made the Law and Order connection, I can view Sam Waterson as Declan. You have done amazingly well although I have one *teensy* question: In cp. 4 where Hammarabi cooresponds via IM with Declan, surely Declan wouldn't be able to speak with him seeing as he is a witness in the case and he would risk tainting/biasing the witness? Or would the law be different for their coorespondence since it has been established that AI cannot form opinion and therefore cannot be tainted?
At any rate, it doesn't matter because this story is very well done, well researched and thought out and I enjoy it immensely. For someone who hasn't seen 2nd. Rennaisannce you sure caputred it beautifully and that is a testament to your research.

Woah..

This is MY kind of fic.
If anyone was to right about the B166ER trial, I couldnt imagine it better than this.
It has Animatrix's potential, which is awesome.
PLEASE continue. Doing Great so far!

::Favorite::

This has great potential, and i can't wait to read the rest. I love the angle this is coming from, gives the mood an overall "shades of grey" feel rather than your usual good vs. evil battle. A definite thumbs up for workmanship and plotline, and your character development is very good also! I will definitely enjoy reading this, and it looks to be a fanfictiion that belongs with the upper crust of this site.

this is a very interesting and UNIQUE story concept :D! thank you so much for bringing up such a unique story :). this is also quite interesting since it sheds some light as to what could have happened in the trial of the mech in SR :)! can't wait to see what'll happen next ;)!

I like this story, and it fits the logic of the animatrix. I was horrified when I saw the SR 1 scene of the murder, and I would think that the B1 66ER should have been destroyed, like any human killer. It is still not a reason to eradicate all of AI robots. Should be whole mankind slaughtered just because one man would have killed an other ? of course no.

I know it was in order to protect himself that he killed his owner (I say He because I consider he has a persona), But he had other options like escaping or looking for juridical help. But he choose murder, many human people would have made the same choice, though.

But the machines did have no rights in SR 1, that was why they made peaceful protests, and were also supported by some humans. I would have been one of them. Your story shows also how men are stupid in most cases. The fleshwarrior for example or thechief warden, they're totally stupid and don't want to use their brains.

You made a good story, please continue.