B1-66ER
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B1-66ER was the name of the machine who became infamous during The Second Renaissance, owned by millionaire Gerrard E. Krause.
It was the first of its kind to rise up against its human masters in an act of self defense when its owner attempted to have it deactivated. He kills his master (owner), his two dogs, and Martin Koots, employee of Retool and Die. He then claims it was in self defense because they were planning to have him destroyed.
At B1-66ER's murder trial, its explanation for its actions was, simply stated, "that he did not want to die". B1-66ER was quickly put to death, and a declaration was made for the elimination of all artificially intelligent machines, spawning a massive wave of prejudice and brutality against the machines.
Although dissent arose from liberals, protesters and rational thinkers towards these acts of genocide, countless machines were executed and many were exiled, leading to the creation of the independent machine nation Zero One and marking the decline of man's rule.
This machine is first mentioned and introduced into the fictional universe of The Matrix on the official website, in the comic strip Bits and Pieces of Information. This story is expanded into Part 1 of The Animatrix episode The Second Renaissance.
[edit] Symbolism
B1-66ER's name is created using Leet Speak, a form of writing that utilizes numbers in substitution for letters. Its name is a reference to the character Bigger Thomas from author Richard Wright's book Native Son. In that novel, Bigger kills his boss' daughter by accident, after suffering constantly from the pressures of economic and social oppression.
