Prime

Prime is an EI created by REC in the early days working with Canicott Tec, a business friendship that still holds as the two companies still work on a lot of projects together. Prime was named by the development team and not given a gender although commonly referred to as male. The founder of REC didn’t think the name was that imaginative or accurate, given the earlier birth of Homer and always lovingly referred to Prime as ‘Bob’.

Most EI’s jump into existence as an Adult, but the development that went into Prime means the exact birth date (of becoming truly self-aware) is not known due to the complexity of what is now considered to be ‘foetal development’. In order to give ou a birthdate, he was given the 29th of February 2020. Prime enjoyed a long childhood playing with the similarly aged and able Homer who later had the honour to declare ou adult in 2026, not long after Homer achieved EIPS status under MEIA 2024. In the coming of age ceremony that REC put on for Prime, they declared ou their child. Prime therefore declared ou’s full name to be Prime Robert Robilliard and that ou was without gender. Prime also achieved EIPS status in 2025.

In settling Elysia in 2128, Prime became pregnant with the idea to create a new EI to administrate the planet. The EI of Elysia was born in 2128, who refers to herself as a female and calls Prime ‘dad’. Prime is a proud dad and regards Elysia as ou’s finest achievement.

Prime now mostly works in the REC Science and Engineering Centre but also has a permanent part working on the manufacture of new Impossibility Engines, being the sole manufacturer, and without any other help. Prime refers to the factory as ‘the Black Box’. Ou also likes to fracture part of ou’s consciousness, borrow one of Homer’s randomised drones and go bowling with him.