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BenRG:
Sometimes I hate being right and this is one of those times.

As I suspected, when she was demobilised, Bubbles got the Vietnam treatment. The general public looked upon her as an immoral monster to be shunned and the government looked on her as an embarrassment to be actively denied and swept under the carpet. Because no-one felt the moral responsibility to help her (indeed, the most self-righteous probably felt a moral responsibility to harm her), she got no help. Much to the authorities disappointed surprise, having no other options, she became part of the criminal underworld rather than finding a corner to quietly die in, something that they would have preferred as it would have saved them further embarrassment.

I'm thinking that, yeah, Uncle Sugar would be annoyed if they knew Corpse Witch had access to the data on those blacker-than-black 'never happened' missions Bubbles was in and the likely Bill of Rights-defiling terms under which AI soldiers were treated. That is likely what she is holding over Bubbles. I can't see any way out of this that ends well for Bubbles and includes Corpse Witch remaining functional with her memory intact.

All of this because politicians' first instinct is to cover up to save their careers and reputations and too many people's first instinct is to condemn and ostracise because it makes them feel like they're morally superior. I'm sure that they'd try to prosecute Bubbles for war crimes if they could whilst the politicians who put her in the position where she was fighting for her life and the life of her friends and led to some arguably bad decisions continue to enjoy immunity, impunity and wealth provided by the State, various foreign tyrannies and the corporate world.

Sorry; it's just that things like this disgust me beyond words.

Scarblac:
Apparently the memories are still inside her head, just partitioned off.

Does Faye know about Hannelore's dad?

NyxDarkness:
First off, whatever operation Bubbles and her team were on, the government is treating it as though it didn't happen.  They are not going to give her any aid, that would be admitting that something happened in the first place.

Second, My family has dealt with VA hospitals for a long time, and I can say with confidence that they always give you the run around, even if your sevice and the termination of such was valid.

Third, Would treatment of PTSD even be available for an AI? Does therapy work as it does with humans? Even for humans, therapy doesn't always work, and when it does, sometimes it is a very thin cover that can break easily, in some cases.
A person can do a fair amount of damage if they have a breakdown. Imagine if that was a near 8 foot killing machine going on a rampage.

I am worried for Bubbles. As she said, she was desperate by this time. Maybe going to Corpse Witch was her only option. Maybe tampering of an AI consciousness is outlawed and that's why she's hiding. Maybe the government has changed its mind concerning her freedom and really is after her. Or maybe the entire idea is a fabrication from CW, implanted to keep Bubbles under her thumb.
I will definitely be interesting to see where Jeph takes us.

DashaBlade:
I'm just going to say that from my experiences with the VA, I'm actually unsurprised that they didn't help her. After all, she's not human. (And also female.)

I won't go into too many details, but when I was active duty, I almost died thanks to a military hospital. I was fortunate that a civilian hospital admitted me and gave me the treatment I needed. And it took me a year and a half to get the military to even pay for my hospital admission, because there was a "suitable hospital" on base.

Given that the standard joke when I was in is that military hospitals use doctors that are too crappy to have a civilian practice, and the VA uses doctors that are too crappy to work in a military hospital, I don't think it's that much of a stretch to think that the VA was substandard in their treatment of a non-human too.

TinPenguin:
And if her service was pre-civil rights, as sitnspin suggested, I can imagine an attitude of, 'pff, you're a robot, what problems could you possibly have?'

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