With a child-like glee, Hawkings is impressed with KAREL. With every command he makes, KAREL responds appropriately. But then, Hawkings asks to be turned over to the right so that his assistants can take him down.

KAREL hesitates for a few moments, and then abruptly sends out a message to turn Hawkings left, three times. The medical robotic equipment complies, tossing and turning poor Hawkings as he blinks for help.

You frantically try to correct KAREL's mistake, but to no avail. An indelible stamp of doom is affixed to KAREL. The audience quickly leaves in horror and disgust. Hawkings files a multimillion dollar lawsuit, which the judge decides unequivocally in favor of. Your company exhibited a shameful disregard for competency in the name of profits. You are deemed clearly negligent and strictly liable for your actions.

Bankrupt and unemployable, you meander over to the Southwest. The only job you can find is as a researcher for Biosphere II. Locked inside the Biosphere for two years you remain, alienated and ostracized from society.