Archie and Herman continue to update Reed and Skylar about what new developments have been made since their last meeting. They show how the new exoskeleton is constructed as they place yet another soon to be completed assistant upright on the workbench. All this time, a silent partner has been observing all this activity and letting Herman and Archie ramble on and on about what their plans are for the future. Suddenly, the silent partner decides it is time for him to act. He pushes a button on the chamber he has been sitting in rotates it several degrees clockwise before the entrance doors part to let him out. 'Oh for heavens sake!' exclaims Archie. 'I can't forget the most important member of our team! Let me introduce you again to the first true version of Herman. He has decided to call himself Herman Prime. After Herman assembled the form he is in now, he downloaded all his essence into the new body. But, he left a lot of his best self in his original body as well!' 'Yes! I am conscious of our duplicity!' the mechanical voice of Herman Prime states. 'But as you are aware, I still serve many functions of vital importance to this lab group. I have been instrumental in improving our security and from time to time, I even am able to provide some outside inspiration when you guys can't quite figure out a solution to a problem.' 'That is so very true, HP!' says Herman, as he pats Herman Prime on the shoulder and goes on to give a most illustrious and detailed history of how he and Herman Prime were instrumental in solving a lot of the intermittent glitches that kept cropping up into the computer mainframes. They solved the problem of being hacked with some very innovative programming and other defense systems. 'Copyrights pending!' states Archie. 'We have to protect ours and Reed and Skylar's investments in our enterprises here!' 'It never hurts to cover all your bases!' says Skylar. 'We know how corrupt the world is out there. Reed and I are incredulous as to the progress you are making here. Is there anything else you might need that we haven't already provided you?' 'No, we are good for now.' states Archie. 'I will let you know though when we get into the next phase of developments. Right now, the project we are working on is a top secret government contract we had to take on. I can only say it will be a game changer!' M4 characters. Rendered in Poser 9. Post work in Photoshop 7. Thank you for taking a peek! Your support is greatly appreciated!