[i]Readying disconnection from main hub. Standby. . .[/i]

With a hissing sound of cables retracting themselves into their respective slots, the lid of the "helmet" that connected the android's neuro-hub to the workstation slided up, revealing the face of unit 0157, nicknamed "Chen". Her outmost layer of android armor were pale white, and along her body was black spots where cables and other technology could connect with the android. From each spot ran a black line, glowing with red from underneath. Chen certainly looked human than most androids, but she was far from it. Most of the scientists working with her had been against the idea of giving her a nickname, or even to refer to her as "her" at all. To most of them, she was still "it", and just "Unit 0157". Due to Chen's installed social-modules, she had adopted the nickname as her own however, and refered to herself as such when met with familiar faces.
Once disconnected from her workstation, the android stapped over to the console next to it, quickly pressed a series of buttons and turned around again as the chamber to the workstation closed, the hissing mechanical sound returning, and fading.

A man entered. A scientist, wearing a set of goggles covering his eyes like a blindfold, with a thin line of neon-blue light running through it's middle, where he supposedly saw through. He was tall, wore a white lab jacket and his skin was dark. In his hand he held a PDA, a sort of digital folder filled with information. Like a laptop.
"Ah, 0157 you're finished. Right on schedule, too I see." he said, glancing at her before inspecting his PDA to make sure all the data she aquired was in order. "Affirmative." she responded, her voice calm and that of an android. Synthetic. "In my seven years of service only one recorded occasion exists within my logs of running overtime. It is exactly three minutes and --" she continued for informational purposes, but the labman interrupted her. "Yes, I wasn't being sarcastic. I'm aware you do give good results. Which is why I am sending you on a special assignment." he said and put the PDA down, looking straight at her. She looked straight back, indifferent. "The captain of the colony has requested individuals to volunteer for an... Expedition of sorts. A colony south of here has gone dark. We're sending you in to accompany the expedition, to gather data and perhaps salvage something." he continued, but paused for a second to correct himself. "And by salvage I mean for investigational purposes, of course." he added, not even breaking a sweat. "Understood." Chen responded, already running her new directive through her objectives list. "Go to the capital building, tell the expedition leader or whoever greets you that we are volunteering you for the expedition. Run along now." the labcoat finished, grabbed his PDA again, nodded and left the way he came, looking casually busy.

Chen wasn't programmed to be suspicious, nor was she programmed to question. She was to follow this directive and found no reason to disobey it. She entered the module-chamber and had her outdoors-modules installed (reflex booster, strength booster, equippment, etc) to get ready for the expedition. She was capable of taking own actions and planning. She was very independent, which many of the working scientists on her team says is the reason for her success. Too many androids are too dependant on human direction, they say, that they cannot even take own decisions when faced with conflicting options. It has proven to be quite a flaw when working the field and introduced to an accident or hazzardous situation. Chen, however, was programmed to be independant as well as take directive from humans. It gave her an edge on the older models. Still, she was not as greatly equipped as the Class 2 and Class 1 explorer mobile units, but then again they were more bulky and not as nimble.

With all her modules in place (tech-armor and modules plugged into the black spots on or strapped to her body.) she made her way out of the Prospection-Research lab and toward the capital building. Once there, she found she was one of the first to arrive. Once outside the building, she waited outside patiently for the captain to call her inside. That's when she noticed a guardsman coming towards her. She had basic recognition software installed, so she could easily recognize the man. He might not know this android, but accessing the colony database which she was linked to she could access all the non-classified information there is to find about Zion's population. 

Once he was in talking-range, Chen spoke to him. "Hello, Guardsman Williams. Are you volunteering for the expedition to the mining settlement to the south?" she asked him politely, yet her android face hinted of no emotion.