The beginning of a new journey

"Hmm...this will take getting used to," commented Gradlein as he took his first step as an android. He looked around, only to be disappointed that Dr. Montague was nowhere in sight. He wanted to thank him for giving him a second chance at life.
The lab was dark and silent. A sign that the scientist and his android left for already quite some time. As he struggled to master moving around, he finds an open pipe. Even with the possibility of danger at the the other end, he lets his curiosity take the better of him. Thinking that the pipe may lead to the scientist's whereabouts, he gets in and finds himself in a very familiar place. He was back in Pioneer 2.