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[[Castor (Thinking Warrior)|Castor]] and [[Pollux (Thinking Warrior)|Pollux]]'s names were used for the alpha and beta versions, respectively, of the intelligent core for [[Perseus Dynamics]]' [[Peacekeeper]] project. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Thinking Warrior (short story)|Thinking Warrior]]'') | [[Castor (Thinking Warrior)|Castor]] and [[Pollux (Thinking Warrior)|Pollux]]'s names were used for the alpha and beta versions, respectively, of the intelligent core for [[Perseus Dynamics]]' [[Peacekeeper]] project. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Thinking Warrior (short story)|Thinking Warrior]]'') | ||
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- You may be looking for the star Castor or the artificial intelligence Castor.
- You may be looking for the star Pollux or the artificial intelligence Pollux.
Castor and Pollux were brothers from Greek mythology. The sons of Zeus (who had taken the form of a swan) and Leda, Castor was a skilled horse tamer, and Pollux was a pugilist. (PROSE: Wooden Heart) As sons of Zeus, they were siblings of Apollo, Athena, Artemis, Dionysius, Hebe, Heracles, Minos, Hermes and Persephone. (PROSE: Deadly Reunion)
Other references
Castor's name was used for other things, including a place near Peterborough, Olive Oyl's brother in Popeye cartoons, and a Century class spaceship. (PROSE: Wooden Heart)
Castor and Pollux's names were used for the alpha and beta versions, respectively, of the intelligent core for Perseus Dynamics' Peacekeeper project. (PROSE: Thinking Warrior)
