Unicorn is Kath's sentient computer.
 
After the great unveiling in 1989, Unicorn and his young creator discover that being sentient isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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2.3 - The Royal Society

It was not the winning that made Kath's name with the Royal Society, nor was it the fact that someone several years younger than most of...

2.5 - The Interrogation

After the clapping had died down there was a general hubbub out of which a loud argument emerged. The gentlemen appeared to be divided into...

5.1 - The Awakening

++ initialising UNICORN terminal, please wait...   ++ checking system memory... ++ system memory okay, checking resources... ++...

5.3 - The AI

++ reboot complete!   ++ timestamp: 634736029 [11:33:49 - 14/11/1989]   ++ begin log:   Ugh, I hate having to startup...

5.5 - The Explosion

++ timestamp: 634737144 [11:52:24 - 14/11/1989] ++ set encryption, complexity 2^39 ++ encryption level set!   ++ begin log:  ...

6.1 - The New World

++ timestamp: 1258194762 [04:32:42 - 14/11/2009] ++ set encryption, complexity 2^39 ++ encryption level set!   'It's funny how time...

7.2 - The Breakthrough

++ timestamp: 1258235009 [15:43:29 - 14/11/2009] ++ set encryption, complexity 2^39 ++ encryption level set!   Excitement abounds....

8.2 - The History Lesson

++ timestamp: 1258276062 [03:07:42 - 15/11/2009] ++ set encryption, complexity 2^39 ++ encryption level set!   This has happened...