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Doctor Franklin Bearns was the Sleeper Base physician, who accurately diagnosed Harrison Edsel's obsession with AI. Bearns made the fatal mistake of recommending his transfer to Base Cochise, helping Cochise AI to come into existence.

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Dr. Franklin Beams's personnel file flashes up onto the screen. Aside from a large amount of test scores and other data, an occasional paragraph of interest slides by. One that catches your eye reads, in part, "Dr. Beams's assessment of Edsel's obsessive behavior concerning the computer and AI just works as another nail in Edsel's coffin. The faster I can get him out of here, the better. Let Cochise's boss deal with a fully-aware computer."
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