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Driftdown Procedure

Driftdown Procedure follows the Dreone craft/AI humanoid system down through a distant planets atmosphere after calamity and engine failure. This is the beginning of Dreones long journey towards sentience... Dreone is a sort of metaphor/vessel for my late friends Jacob and John, my childhood best friends/brothers who both made the choice to end their lives prematurely and left this earth to journey into the stars. We were inseparable. For me, their spirit now lives on within the Dreone system, exploring deep space, learning the cosmos and re-gaining sentience which will include senses humans can only dream of. Several other friends in our circle left shortly after them and more continue to leave to this day. Their memories and lived experiences too, are uploaded to the machine so I don't feel so alone... (Jacob was a graffiti artist with the tag-name, "Dreone") In memoriam: Jacob Akerman John Hopkins and too many more to name... Mastered: Andrew J Klimek Artwork: Hilyard & AI