unlike his name suggests he was not well endowed in the trouser department but instead Wan was endowed with an amazing brain, he excelled in the academic world. He was a real self starter and unlike his brother was self driven.
His life was uneventful really, he did well at studies, didn't get into any trouble and had invented many things, including the X-Ing LD a new type of artificial intelligent combat training robot. He was lucky that his brother had been so knowledgeable and a willing participant but that was only for the base operating system within the robot as it was truly an AI, well, by truly it still had so rules hardcoded into which it could not break, Wan had to put these in as one example would be the 'due force' code, it simply meant that the robot would only apply enough pressure for the victim to feel the pain but not be permanently harmed. Wan had to include this rule as when testing the prototype model it pulled Wan's left hand straight off his wrist.
the X-Ing LD was a huge success, obviously only the high income earners or conglomerates could afford these devices but it was a great investment, the X-Ing LD had a life of approximately 10 years although this could be extended to 15 or even 20 with proper servicing. As Wan was a businessman he put a safeguard rule into the robots, the day they turned 20 they wiped their memory banks and shut down for good. The general public don't know the rules Wan set in the robots, although he did release the documented rules in the press release, obviously the ancient Asimov 3 Laws of Robotics had a presence although they were slightly modified.
All of the major syndicates purchase a constant stream of the X-Ing LD as it works great as a teacher and a bodyguard, many lives have been saved by this robot.
Robert R Robertson is one such case.
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