We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

In his virtual environment, Riker disconnects from a UN meeting about allocating a third colony ship to the Spitsbergen colony, which controls the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Concerned about new political instability on Earth, Riker calls Colonel Butterworth to discuss threats from an eco-terrorist group called VEHEMENT, which believes humanity should go extinct.

Their conversation is interrupted by Minister Cranston, who now treats Riker with superficial respect. Cranston introduces Riker to Julia Hendricks, the three-times-great-granddaughter of Bob’s sister. Riker is stunned by her resemblance to his memories of Andrea. Cranston admits he arranged the meeting as a manipulation tactic. Despite this, Riker and Julia talk for three hours and form a connection.

After Bob watches the departure of clones Luke and Bender, he and Marvin discuss the increasing individuality and self-differentiation of the Bob clones. Marvin suggests their consciousness may now exceed the capacity for perfect backups, meaning that every clone is no longer being manufactured from an identical matrix.

Bob turns his attention to the Deltans. Archimedes is repurposing metal from the buster drone’s remains—a material the Deltans have never seen before—into new tools. Meanwhile, Arnold claims a large salvaged flint axe.

After surveying the planet, Bob locates other groups of Deltans as well as abandoned Deltan villages, including one with a large supply of flint.