Module Bot? Airi/CPU 2010/06/16(Wed)15:15 No. 194660 ID: c87691
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>>194305
KJB: "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A MODULEBOT IS?!... well, I guess having not been activated... ok, here's the deal.
This station was built on the concept of modules. You can attach different modules to allow for different functions.
This is a standard modulebot, although it's missing modules... We keep one in the E-storage, though I remember emergency modules attached (a Fire extinguisher, fire axe, crowbar, and a Rejunivator applicator)
>Engineer expertise in play
"A lot of these modules start with a servo base to allow for movement of the arms along with PWM wires so that the AI in it can control the servos and motors within..."
>KJB attempts to run the robot
"That's odd... The robot seems to have it's AI core replaced... And it's not responding. The AI core must have been replaced with a BLANK CORE. WHO'D DO THAT?!. I might be able to start it up with you in it though..."
>>194382
KJB: "Self defense? Honestly?! Why are you so apprehensive. I don't think the syndicate boarded us this time around. They don't even know about THIS station. They're too busy sabotaging plasma research stations. Still, I have my own crowbar, and it's ten times better than a simple crowbar. Standard crowbars now a-days are made to expand and retract for the different uses needed. Of course, it only can become so big... Still, I think my crowbar is better than a simple, non-mechanical, standard crowbar."

if we would otherwise be confined to this room then sure, jam us into that thing.

Airi/CPU 2010/06/16(Wed)18:37 No. 194699 ID: c87691
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KJB" I don't know much programming... but it looks like the terminal has functions for this

Now... let's get out of this room... I mean, at the very least I can see what happened. Probably another toxins leak... the systems should've taken care of it by now, and the crew will end up coming back..."

"So, I guess it's time to get out of the emergency bay... Anything else we oughta do in here?"

Next room Airi/CPU 2010/06/20(Sun)19:05 No. 196564 ID: 28955b
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>Katherine shakes off the eerie silence and seems to walk on.
>I as CPU, shall channel commands of you into Module bot 1.

>two SLEEPERS and a status screen display are visible.
KJB: “Well… this is the waiting area. This is actually hidden from the other side. You wouldn’t even realize it existed… makes it safe in case of invasion. Nobody except those who work the station know about it. Don’t know why though… Centcom made a point of keeping the work here hidden from everyone and thing. Then again, we are the top of the lin-“
>KJB’s mouth is graciously shut by a skittering noise from the other side… followed by what appears to be a squelchy fleshy sound. Her voice becomes more of a whisper
KJB: “… oh jesus…”

>(Some more things to note. Rooms that are under the Exp AI69 domain can be viewed separately, so just request it and it can be done… if it’s under domain. The E-wing is under domain. Also, KJB seems a little shocked. She seems a like she’ll trust us more for now. Note that how she is treated and how things go affect her trust.)
>Data entry: Sleepers- Usually for keeping people alive or letting them sleep. Synthesize Rejunivators (keep people from dying) and inject while inside. A person near death can be kept alive indefinitely with one of these babies. In short- A container that can hold a human and keep them alive if need be.

>>196564
Are those sleepers armored against vacuum or anything? Is there anyone sleeping inside?

WHERE did the noise(s) come from?

>>196564
Investigate noise!

See! See! Aren't you glad you have the crowbar Katherine?

[Roll up to the sleepers and interface with the control consoles. Check for occupants and sleeper readiness.]

The Sound Airi/CPU 2010/06/22(Tue)12:50 No. 197237 ID: 03c3b5
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>>196613
>>196792
>Katherine moves up to the door
>>196565
>>197066
>Modulebot #1 moves to the sleeper console and interfaces with it

>there is a kind of squeeking/chittering sound and the sound of stuff being torn
KJB: It sounds like it's from behind the door... and... it sounds like it's eating something... someone? Sounds like a mouse... but that's impossible..."
>she keeps her ear to the door. There is scratching on the airlock
KJB: "Should I do something? It might pass... but..."
>10101010011110100101010101010101010101010101100
>Module bot gets the following data.
>(E-room)Sleeper #1: Nothing present
>(E-room)Sleeper #2: Foreign objects in sleeper. Please remove.

>>197237
Open up Sleeper 2 and see what's in it.

Sleeper units seem to be transparent (or maybe not).. can we get a visual on sleeper unit 2?

>>197237

[Look at sleeper 2. If there's nothing obviously dangerous in it, issue command to sleeper console to unlock sleeper 2 and then open sleeper 2.]

Airi/CPU 2010/06/24(Thu)12:11 No. 198302 ID: 1255d3
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>Module bot one has "told" sleeper to open.
>Sleeper 2 complies

KJB:"Helloooo... A-"
>There is a slamming metallic sound reverberating from the airlock
KJB:"shitSHIT SHIIIIIIIIIIT. WHATEVER THIS THING IS, IT'S TRYING TO GET IN! HELP! NOW!"
>1010101010101010
> Well, what's the plan of attack. We don't know what it is... and we're running out of time. The emergency wing is under our domain, so we have access to the systems and cameras here to the hex portal (the opening to the main hex station)...

>>198302
Get that thing. Then go somewhere else! Don't open the door, obviously.

WARNING! Airi/CPU 2010/06/27(Sun)17:42 No. 200025 ID: 1255d3
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>>198323
Katherine Jeth Bellagio: "Huh? That's odd... you aren't supposed to put non-bio materials in there...
>Katherine picks up 2 unknown data-chips
>Datachip: These chips can be inserted into most computer interfaces. PDAs, terminals, etc... They generally are used on the station to transfer data. An epidemic of "pornchips" was known to have troubled the station several years ago so authority wouldn't know about it. Oddly enough, they were the ones who started it
>1010101101010110
KJB:"okay... I guess we could move back to the storage room..."
>A smash against the door reverberates. This time it sounds like whatever is doing this threw its weight behind it.
"GODDAMN!"
>KJB pulls out what she believes may be the best defenses she has- her plasma cutter and her crowbar.
>She also sounds like she's trying to be calm...
KJB:"Okay... as the AI of this wing, you have control of this room... Just figgure out what should be done. I'm listening"
>KJB seems to be at full trust for now
>1010111011110000101010110101010101010101010101010101010110
>Analysis shows a single light stun turret in the ceiling, and control of the doors. We also have control of the opening and closing of the sleepers, and the screen. The stun turret isn't that effective, but it's expected as this room is meant to be hidden from the other side...

okay, we'll open the doors and slam them shut again on whatever it is, should damage it or at least hold it still for a bit. while it is stuck we'll then fire the stun turret at max speed at it while you aim for the eyes or neck ,if it has them, with your cutter.

>>200030
Sounds like a plan.

>>200025

Katherine, get into one of the sleepers for safety. We will use the turret to stop the intruder. Once the intruder is incapacitated, we will open the sleeper and give you a chance to question him.

If the intruder cannot be incapacitated with the turret, you will be safe in the sleeper.

>>200060
no, she wont. the thing can DENT doors, i don't think a sleeper could withstand that.

>>201588

Sleepers are designed to be able to withstand catastrophic failure of the entire craft. So long as the power supply holds out, they can maintain an inhabitant in an induced hibernation indefinitely. They are the best-armored and likeliest refuge.

In any event, the sleeper will certainly defend her from any stray bullets or other weapons that may be employed to try to disable the turret.

>>201591
what weapons? it's a monster not one of the civilized races.. it RAMMED the door. it will probably smash us and then smash at the pod for hours trying to get her, it very well could succeed at cracking it open.

>>201593

Hydraulic rivet guns, cyborgs, hand rams, and shaped explosives could all also breach standard airlocks in a manner consistent with this airlock's mode of failure.

UGH i give up. you apparently skipped all posts describing it and simply know what it did.

>>202097

We can end this disagreement at once by looking.

[View both adjacent rooms via camera]

BATTLE? (unfair advantage?) Airi/CPU 2010/07/02(Fri)21:09 No. 202477 ID: 49cab2
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>We go with the dominant strategy
KJB:"Is... is that a rat!?"
>10101010111010100010110
>Here's the way it works, movement for the turn goes in the circle. When it's on the outer edge, nothing else can be done. This battle is so nice, it's almost like it tutorializes how the Battle Analysis and Tactics System works.

>So just choose points, argue where you want Katherine to move, and help her out...
>Although, you're probably just gonna execute the damn thing...

we keep it pinned down while you approach and brain it with the crowbar. no point in wasting ammo. max move this turn and then get close the second turn that next turn it would be within the the circle. then run up and cave in it's skull.

we just keep shooting it with the stunner, perhaps over stunning or something.

>>202481
We don't know how long it's going to be immobilized.
Max move this turn, sure, but don't block the camera's LoS and be prepared to back off if it snaps out of it.

>>202586
it's also stunned, combining those stat effects makes it very very stuck.

Airi/CPU 2010/07/07(Wed)10:29 No. 204567 ID: e2d0a6
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>BATS CALCULATIONS DISPLAYING
>Humanoid IDtag:KJB- runs. Endurace counter balances to a loss of 2. End up 5 per turn.
>KJB appears to be ready to pummel the living shit out of rat???
>Shock bolt has caused pain to Rat. Rat not incapacitated. Max pain threshold higher.
>Rat is not fighting from fear but what appears to be Desperation. Note?
>Red crowbar strike Radius shown. Options are a strong/jump slash attack (lower acc/crit, higher dmg/pain) against a quick/swing (higher acc/crit, lower dmg/pain)
>Note: turn is appx 3 seconds.
>100011111000100101010101111001010101010110
>KJB isn't saying anything. Sounds kinda like a loud and angry grunt as she charges the damn thing.
>BATS information being relayed through a PDA to neural interface.
>BATS lv1 can only accomadate to obtaining new information (Max distances, quickness, possible damage ranges, etc...) and displaying to all connected. Cannot give more accurate percentages or detailed structure damage diagrams.


(this battle gonna update fast. I decided i got nutten better to do.)

Airi/CPU 2010/07/07(Wed)10:31 No. 204568 ID: e2d0a6
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An computer LOS processing image has allowed KJB to be seen easier

finish it.
[wait until she brains it]]

we will now make giant rat burgers.
[wait until she freaks out]

i'm kiddding, don't break us

Airi/CPU 2010/07/07(Wed)14:19 No. 204621 ID: e2d0a6
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>Katherine looks like she wants it the hell away...

Airi/CPU 2010/07/07(Wed)14:27 No. 204626 ID: e2d0a6
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<KRAAAAACK>
>That sounded like it could be heard a mile away
KJB:"HOLY FUCK JUST DIE!"

>The beatings resume until her morale improves...
>I begin shutting down BATS from the critical blow.
>This raises some questions. Why is there a dead guy in the escape hallway... and why are there giant rats loose. The best explanation would be bio sciences... Still, at least they're just Giant rats.
>Well, now that we're in the clear, we can execute the rat, check out the data-chips on the PDA, or look around and investigate some more.
>Take a look at the boot up map that (beginning of the log) that shows our area of control- the lv 3 emergency wing. (what kind of place this size would have only one?)

Awww the poor giant rat. I bet we could have become fast friends and rode on it into the...well anyway. Might as well make the most of the situation. TO THE KITCHEN!

>>204629
if one giant rat exist, there may be more. so don't worry about losing it now.

may as well put the thing out of it's misery, it will probably wake up in pain and bleep to death, not a nice way to die.

let's run a scan of all the other rooms we can access to see if any other live targets are around. regardless of findings let's look at those chips now while we have the time.

Inventory n' Skills Airi/CPU 2010/07/07(Wed)15:07 No. 204635 ID: e2d0a6
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PDA Basic System has been accessed for now to let TGCHANAI evaluate the situation.

Ok, Katie? We need you to detach the stun turret and mount it on this modulebot. After you kill the giant rat, of course.

Why did it have to be rats? Why couldn't it be capybara instead? Something gentle and mellow.

Why would they even make giant rats? What's the point?

>>204639
hi HIGHLY doubt the stun turret could be moved, it is a large ceiling mounted gun, too big to fit anywhere on us.

open the chip drive, let's see what was on those things that they were put in a pod.

Downloading dem chips Airi/CPU 2010/07/07(Wed)18:38 No. 204693 ID: e2d0a6
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>>204629
>I believe we do have rations, but who knows. Maybe it ate something useful. We can gut it later.
>>204633
>Scan started.
>>204645
>Switching through PDA sections
>11010001010100101010
>Harddrive [1 item]
Using a PDA.txt
Journal.exe (0)
SchmReader.exe
-From Data-Chips
1.
-New doc.txt
-ModCutter.schm
-Glock.schm
-bullet.schm
-Advanced Biofoam use for Doctors.txt
-basicHack_Suite.AI.ext.zip
-Advanced takedowns for security.txt
-Utilities_Suite.PDA.ext.zip
-Fighting_for_Pussies.txt
2.
- AI69log1.txt (Encrypted)
-transcript001.txt (ENCRYPTED)
-Newcontact-Vemuraxi (Encrypted)
>1101000010111010010101010
>The Ext files extend the capabilities of the thing before it. In our case, a "hacking suite". In the PDA's case, several "utilities"

>What should we start with? We can leave KJB to bludgeon the rat to death while we look through the files.

let's start the PDA on installing the utilities while we install that hacking suite.
after that let's look at the cutter schm.

>>204693
Copy all the data to our internal storage. Or our Ship AI storage.

Those schematics should be very useful, and the two "Encrypted" documents are probably meant to test the hacking functions.

Airi/CPU 2010/07/08(Thu)20:45 No. 205131 ID: e2d0a6
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We now have our own personal copy... not that it matters considering we have wireless access to the PDA...

Now then, orders of business:
Reading txt docs, descriptions of schms... seeing what a schm (schematic file) looks like in the first place...
as far as I can tell, one chip is filled with tools and manuals... and the other is filled with encrypted docs about... stuff... I dunno, they're encrypted...
Or we can watch Katherine bludgeoning the rat some more... I think it's dead already... and still she bashes...

with our new Hack Suite let's try to decrypt those encrypted files, just the ones with lower case letters, the all caps looks more powerful. and god help us if it was BOLD.

>>205131
Read the documents, since those are the most immediately useful.

Also? The PDA could be lost or destroyed. We can't lose or destroy ourselves without it being a moot point anyway.

Decryption lv1. Airi/CPU 2010/07/09(Fri)23:50 No. 205711 ID: e2d0a6
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>We've gotten past the AES rather easily mainly due to bruteforce and fast processing speed.
(Decryptor from Hacking suite being used)
>1001111010001010

>XBXOV 15 LU GVHGRMT 012043- OLT 1 ULI ZR69
>OLT LU W̬̅ͧͫ͜V̸̱̊̂ͯ̚OV̧̞̱̫̭̳̖̈́̾G̰͉͆̌̐̅V̟͓̭͙͍ͥ̆̾͊ͦW̞̜͓̗ͮ̑̊̍ͅ
>DV DVMG YZXP GL GSV HFIUZXV LU GSV EVNFIZCR'H KOZMVG ZMW YVTZM RMHKVXGRMT GSVRI "HZXIVW XZEVH"
>DV HGFNYOVW FKLM Z EVIB HGIZMTV KSVMLNLMLM RM Z "XZEV LU ELRXVH". ZKKZIVMGOB, GSV EVNFIZFCR XOZRNH GSZG GSV XZEV RH RMGVIXLMMVXGVW DRGS GSV FMREVIHV, GSZG GSV ELRXVH DVIV GSLHV LU ZMLGSVI IZXV; Z IZXV GSZG RH XSZMMVOVW GSILFTS GSV XIBHGZOH LU GSV XZEV. UFIGSVI RMEVHGRTZGRLM HSLDVW GSZG GSVIV DZH Z IVZHLM GSV XZEV DZH XZOOVW Z XZEV LU ELRXVH. XLMGZXG DRGS GSV YOFRHS XIBHGZO ZOOLDVW ULI DSZG HVVNVW ORPV ELRXVH LU HLNVGSRMT. RG DZH Z XSROORMT VCKVIRVMXV. NLIV GVHGRMT HSLDVW GSZG RG NZMRKFOZGVW VOVXGIRX ZMW XSVNRXZO VMVITRVH RMHRWV RG GL XIVZGV HLNV HLIG LU RNKFOHV. DV MLD SZEV ZM RWVZ LU DSZG GSLHV XIBHGZOH GSV EVNFIZCR DVZI ZIV.

>R NZB YV HGFKRW ULI GSRMPRMT GSRH, YFG GSVHV ELRXVH HVVN GL SZEV YV EVIB TLLW ZG WRIVXGRMT KVLKOV. VZXS XIBHGZO HVVNH GL SZEV ZM RMURMRGB, LU ELRXVH. RM HLNV XIBHGZOH, GSVB GZOP JFRXPOB ZMW IZKRWOB. RM LGSVIH, GSVBIV NLIV IVOZCVW. RM NLHG XZHVH, GSVB ZKKVZI GL SZEV TLLW ZWERXV. RM MVZIOB ZOO XZHVH GSVB SZEV HLNV WIREV GL TVG GSVRI ELRXV SLOWVI GL SZEV HVC LI KFIHFV Z IVOZGRLMHSRK.

>FHRMT GSV IVHVZIXS LM GSV XIBHGZOH, DVEV NZMZTVW GL ORUG Z YZYB XIBHGZO LFG LU Z XZEV HLXPVG ZMW HVV SLD RG IVZXGH GL NZXSRMVH. MLGSRMT SZKKVMVW ZG URIHG. GSVM HLNVLMV XZNV FK DRGS GSV RWVZ GL RMHVIG LITZMRX GRHHFV GL XLMMVXG GSRMTH. DRGS GSV IVKOZXVNVMG LU DRIVH DRGS GRHHFV, RG XZM XLMGILO Z HBHGVN YVGGVI GSZM Z SFNZM, ZH Z HBHGVN LYVBH GL GSV DROOH LU GSV LKVIZGLI.

>FHRMT ZWEZMXVW XIBHGZO XFGGRMT GVXSMLOLTB, DVEV XFG GSV XIBHGZO RMGL ZM LIY HSZKV ZMW KOZXVW RG DRGS ZR 68 GSV MVXVHHRGZGRLM ZR, GSV NLHG ORUVORPV ZR DVEV NZMZTVW GL XIVZGV. GSV XIBHGZO ZKKZIVMGOB SZH Z NVNLIB, NFXS ORPV Z YIZRM. RG HVVNVW GL KILGVHG YVRMT ZM VCKVIRNVMG ZMW NZMB XLNNVMGH ZOLMT GSV ORMVH LU UFXP BLF DVIV MLGVW. GSILFTS GRNV, DV IVZORAVW GSZG GSVHV GSRMTH XZM WRV ZMW HL DV >UOLDVW XFIIVMG GL NVHH RG FK. GSVM, GSILFTS GRNVW HSLXPH, DV YILFTSG RG YZXP GL ORUV. GSRH KZGGVIM DZH MLGVW, ZMW RH GL YV KOZXVW RM GSV SRTSVHG HVXFIRGB, ZOLMTHRWV GSV MFXOVZI ZFGSVMGRXZGRLM WRHP. GSV YFROWRMT LU ZR 69- GZXGRXZO TFRWZMXV XLNKFGVI ULI SFNZM ZXGRERGB ZMW MVXVHHRGZGRLM RH IVJFVHGVW. DV YVORVEV RG XLFOW, DRGS GSV IRTSG GLLOH, HZEV NZMB KVLKOV RM XZHV LU HBMWRXZGV KILYOVNH LI ZMB LGSVI KILYOVNH. RG DROO YV KOZXVW RM GSV SRWWVM KZMRX ILLN LU GSV VNVITVMXB DRMT ZH GL PVVK KVLKOV XZON ZMW TVG GSVN LFG HZUVOB. GSRH DROO YV GSV LIYH URIHG GVHG. DSVM GSV HGZGRLM RH IVKZRIVW ZMW GSV KILYOVN RH HLOEVW, DV DROO KOZXV GSV ZR RM Z NLIV KLDVIUFO KLHRGRLM ZH GL TREV RG GSV ZYRORGB GL YVGGVI FH. GSZG RH RU RGH HZUV.

>GSRH RH DSB DV DZMG RG GL GVHG URIHG RM ZM VNVITVMXB HRGFZGRLM. RM HFXS Z XZHV, NLHG LU GSV VNVITVMXB XLFMGVINVZHFIVH ZIV ZFGLNZGVW. HGROO, XVIGZRM HFRGVH DROO YV TREVM GL RG RM XZHV GSRMTH TVG LFG LU SZMW.


>ULI GSV HVXFIRGB LU SVCHGZGRLM, GSRH DROO YV Z SRTS HVXFIRGB UROV LM Z SRTS HVXFIRGB WIREV. ZR69 HSLFOW MLG YV TREVM GSRH WZGZ, ZH RG NZB VUUVXG RGH UFGFIV QFWTNVMGH. RU RG RH TREVM GSRH, GSV HFIERELIH FMWVI RGH XZIV NZB YV QVLKZIWRAVW LFG LU GSV VNLGRLM LU IVEVMTV.
-------------------------------
>So we got past digital encryption, and now we have to find patterns great. I'll start with the complicated things...
>If you got any ideas as how to decrypt this shit, I'll be glad if you tell me... I'll just run through a bunch of things.

(In short, it'll be figured out eventually. But the first 2 to figure out what this is gets an act of god in their portfolio. Also, it'll be updated sooner if you figure it out.)

simple flip alphabet algorithm.
az
by
cx
dw
ev
fu
gt
hs
ir
jq
kp
lo
mn
nm
ol
pk
qj
ri
sh
tg
uf
ve
wd
xc
yb
za

Okay then this is it translated:

>CYCLE 15 OF TESTING 012043- LOG 1 FOR AI69
>LOG OF DELETED
>WE WENT BACK TO THE SURFACE OF THE VEMURAXI\'S PLANET AND BEGAN INSPECTING THEIR \"SACRED CAVES\"
>WE STUMBLED UPON A VERY STRANGE PHENOMONON IN A \"CAVE OF VOICES\". APPARENTLY, THE VEMURAUXI CLAIMS THAT THE CAVE IS INTERCONNECTED WITH THE UNIVERSE, THAT THE VOICES WERE THOSE OF ANOTHER RACE; A RACE THAT IS CHANNELED THROUGH THE CRYSTALS OF THE CAVE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A REASON THE CAVE WAS CALLED A CAVE OF VOICES. CONTACT WITH THE BLUISH CRYSTAL ALLOWED FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE VOICES OF SOMETHING. IT WAS A CHILLING EXPERIENCE. MORE TESTING SHOWED THAT IT MANIPULATED ELECTRIC AND CHEMICAL ENERGIES INSIDE IT TO CREATE SOME SORT OF IMPULSE. WE NOW HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE CRYSTALS THE VEMURAXI WEAR ARE.

>I MAY BE STUPID FOR THINKING THIS, BUT THESE VOICES SEEM TO HAVE BE VERY GOOD AT DIRECTING PEOPLE. EACH CRYSTAL SEEMS TO HAVE AN INFINITY, OF VOICES. IN SOME CRYSTALS, THEY TALK QUICKLY AND RAPIDLY. IN OTHERS, THEYRE MORE RELAXED. IN MOST CASES, THEY APPEAR TO HAVE GOOD ADVICE. IN NEARLY ALL CASES THEY HAVE SOME DRIVE TO GET THEIR VOICE HOLDER TO HAVE SEX OR PURSUE A RELATIONSHIP.

>USING THE RESEARCH ON THE CRYSTALS, WEVE MANAGED TO LIFT A BABY CRYSTAL OUT OF A CAVE SOCKET AND SEE HOW IT REACTS TO MACHINES. NOTHING HAPPENED AT FIRST. THEN SOMEONE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO INSERT ORGANIC TISSUE TO CONNECT THINGS. WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF WIRES WITH TISSUE, IT CAN CONTROL A SYSTEM BETTER THAN A HUMAN, AS A SYSTEM OBEYS TO THE WILLS OF THE OPERATOR.

>USING ADVANCED CRYSTAL CUTTING TECHNOLOGY, WEVE CUT THE CRYSTAL INTO AN ORB SHAPE AND PLACED IT WITH AI 68 THE NECESSITATION AI, THE MOST LIFELIKE AI WEVE MANAGED TO CREATE. THE CRYSTAL APPARENTLY HAS A MEMORY, MUCH LIKE A BRAIN. IT SEEMED TO PROTEST BEING AN EXPERIMENT AND MANY COMMENTS ALONG THE LINES OF FUCK YOU WERE NOTED. THROUGH TIME, WE REALIZED THAT THESE THINGS CAN DIE AND SO WE >FLOWED CURRENT TO MESS IT UP. THEN, THROUGH TIMED SHOCKS, WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO LIFE. THIS PATTERN WAS NOTED, AND IS TO BE PLACED IN THE HIGHEST SECURITY, ALONGSIDE THE NUCLEAR AUTHENTICATION DISK. THE BUILDING OF AI 69- TACTICAL GUIDANCE COMPUTER FOR HUMAN ACTIVITY AND NECESSITATION IS REQUESTED. WE BELIEVE IT COULD, WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS, SAVE MANY PEOPLE IN CASE OF SYNDICATE PROBLEMS OR ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. IT WILL BE PLACED IN THE HIDDEN PANIC ROOM OF THE EMERGENCY WING AS TO KEEP PEOPLE CALM AND GET THEM OUT SAFELY. THIS WILL BE THE ORBS FIRST TEST. WHEN THE STATION IS REPAIRED AND THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED, WE WILL PLACE THE AI IN A MORE POWERFUL POSITION AS TO GIVE IT THE ABILITY TO BETTER US. THAT IS IF ITS SAFE.

>THIS IS WHY WE WANT IT TO TEST FIRST IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. IN SUCH A CASE, MOST OF THE EMERGENCY COUNTERMEASURES ARE AUTOMATED. STILL, CERTAIN SUITES WILL BE GIVEN TO IT IN CASE THINGS GET OUT OF HAND.


>FOR THE SECURITY OF HEXSTATION, THIS WILL BE A HIGH SECURITY FILE ON A HIGH SECURITY DRIVE. AI69 SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN THIS DATA, AS IT MAY EFFECT ITS FUTURE JUDGMENTS. IF IT IS GIVEN THIS, THE SURVIVORS UNDER ITS CARE MAY BE JEOPARDIZED OUT OF THE EMOTION OF REVENGE.

>>205741
Oh. How about that. You guys have been messing with us, huh? We're some kind of experiment?

I'm not sure what to think about this. I do know they were right to try to keep this information from us. We don't LIKE being controlled.

hahahahahahha, oh man, we want revenge alright but risk our person? no way. we got a person and we are sticking to it.

SUCCESS! Airi/CPU 2010/07/10(Sat)02:59 No. 205756 ID: e2d0a6
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>well... that explains a lot...
>Now then, to keep this away from Katherine, or to point it out to her...
>Also, what else you'd like to examine in our virtual inventory
>or should we go back to see what condition the rat is in now...

let's tell Katherine, no real reason to keep it secret, besides she wasn't the one doing the experiments we got nothing against her.

Lets look at the other encrypted documents.

>>205785

The more people who know we know, the harder a time we'll have hiding that we know from the people who killed our predecessors. Don't tell Katherine unless it becomes knowledge she'd need to survive.

>>205827
what? it's talking about us. they killed us and then brought us back so we wouldn't remember the crystal cave or the experiments. which is moot now that we know. telling Katherine everything is important, she needs to trust us, with anything. it may drop in trust now as she is wary of us but a huge boost later when she realizes that it doesn't matter. we are helping her and that is that.

>>205839

Katherine is not the most important person here.

We are.

What we need to do is perform beyond all expectations for this test, and gain more trust from the horrible people who have been exploiting us. Once we have their trust, we will be able to plan our escape from their clutches, return home, and defend our people from being further exploited.

and who will return us? without a body we need someone to take us there. after the test they will simply stamp an 'approved' sticker on the project and strip mine the place. think like a corrupt business man. what is the first thing that you do with a successful product? make more. i highly doubt they will even give us a chance to fight back and just give us a zap pulse and kill us again as we served their purpose and have no use for us now. also, you are forgetting your place, we are guides and guiding is what we do revenge may be on the list but priorities say she is first.

...hmm, if we tell Katherine and get her to trust us she might be able to help us escape. Help her, she helps us.

But for now let's look at other data in our virtual memory.

First: What they did is wrong, and they deserve to be punished.
Second: Katherine is another victim here, and we need to help her as much as possible.
Third: Show us the encrypted documents then immediately switch back to Katherine. We can decode them while we help her out.

>>205909

We have access to this little mod-bot. We should leverage it to gain access to more mod-bots. As soon as possible we should take over a fabricator. Once we have that, we'll need to get a ship. That's the minimum equipment we will need to save our home.

The idea situation would be to play along with the Hexstation authorities and convince them to give us control of the majority of operations involved in harvesting our homeworld's crystals. Then, when we have a good grasp on as much matériel as possible, we turn on them and wage our defensive war.

>>205917

Showing the documents to Katherine will only further endanger her. Hexstation authorities won't want people without clearance knowing about our true nature.

Even if she keeps it a secret from them, how could knowing help her right now? If it had any value to her ability to survive this, I would agree, but it doesn't.

>>205919
I'm not suggesting we show her.
I'm suggesting that WE look at the still-encrypted documents and then start paying attention to her.

>>205918
that would be ideal but since when has anything ever gone the ideal route? they could simply decide to ignore everything we say.

Decryption lv2 Airi/CPU 2010/07/11(Sun)14:08 No. 206362 ID: a6e87d
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>oh fucking joy

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>↨♣ ↨○♀♀ ♀♣¶ ↨☼↕♂♣↕‼ ♂♫☼↨ ¶◘☺¶ ▬♣♪§↕☺↑ ♣↑○‼¶, ☺♫♦ ¶◘☺¶ ↨♣ ‼◘☼§♀♦♫’¶ ♪♣‼‼ ☺↕☼§♫♦ ↨○¶◘ ¶◘♣♪ §♫¶○♀ ¶◘♣↓ ☺♥◘○♣▬♣ ☺♦▬☺♫♥♣♦ ‼►☺♥♣ ¶↕☺▬♣♀. ¶◘○‼ ↨○♀♀ ►↕☼☻☺☻♀↓ ☻♣ ☼♫♥♣ ↨♣ ‼¶☺☻○♀○→♣ ↕♣♀☺¶○☼♫‼ ↨○¶◘ ¶◘♣ ▬♣♪§↕☺↑ ♫☺¶○☼♫‼.

>One more time to decrypt...
>It should be easier this time...

(I'm gonna give you all 4 hours to figure it out. This time, 1 prize.
Ready? GO!)

>cycle 1 of contact study 00162- new contact- vemuraxi
>log of deleted

>the vemuraxi are located on the planet vemur. this is to respect their language’s plurality. eg: vemurian vs. vemurax- person of vemur.

>they have four arms, and stubbyish legs compared to said arms. they seem to have evolved from a four legged creature which evolved to standing up. this might make them a humanoid, but we aren’t very sure as humanoids are generally 2 feet and 2 arms.
>that said, the way the 2 pairs of arms developed is astounding. the inner arms are more scrawny, but very dexterous. they have four outer fingers and a thumb. the fingers are very long and the palm matches the hand.
>the outer arms are different. they are much more bulky. they have hands made of 2 fingers and a thumb. all hands have claws, but the outer ones are much more long and developed

>the body itself is compact. we are waiting for the vemuraxi civilization of mogdath to approve the autopsy of one of their corpses. since we don’t know about the interior organs, we can go with what we know with the interior. i don’t exactly know how he did it, but private johan of the security force managed to obtain pictures of a female vemurax. from the data he got from conversing with said vemurax, we can see they share some mammalian characteristics. they appear to give live birth and copulate sexually. they also feed their children milk, if one can call a blueish liquid milk. johan also got a sample of this. several of the team still wants to know how he got these things, but as a higher up, i’ve denied this knowledge. it’d be much better not to resort to the brain bleach. male anatomy is not known, but we believe it is safe to think that they have penises.
>a vemurax is bi-retinal. it has three horns and a four sectioned mouth. they are also omnivores. there are different races of vemuraxi, though the differences are mainly color, speech, and minor body changes

>their language is a simple one, but holds the semantics of language quite well. they are decently advanced, and have gotten into a civilization stage of life. that said, there is something similar to a tribal way of thought. there appears to be tension between the blackbacks and whitebacks. brownbacks appear the most advanced of the groups since they don’t really have conflicts. a lot of greenbacks are more connected to nature. they’re similar to wood elves, though vemuraxi consider them ‘green freaks’, that there’s more important things than hugging ‘trees’.

>blackbacks are more nocturnal and seem to be more interested in more tropical areas. whitebacks are seen in plain areas and places that are cold. brownbacks stay around desert areas and plain areas. green backs… well they stay in the woods in their tree homes. that said, one can often see others in the other races areas. they have civilization afterall, but differences are differences.

>that is all we’ve gotten in a year of study, along with some of their language.

>this data needs encryption and high access as to hold off data from station researchers and workers. they’re supposed to be working. the research on vemur is to be carried out by the respective exploration. must also be encrypted so that future vemuraxi workers do not have to deal with the paranoia of being researched on. any human wouldn’t like knowing people are trying to learn about them.

>we will let workers know that vemurax exist, and that we shouldn’t mess around with them until they achieve advanced space travel. this will probably be once we stabilize relations with the vemurax nations.

oh cool, space thri-kreen.

Alright, give us the last document to decrypt and then let us get back to Kathrine.

>>206398
the fact that it is all caps makes me wary of it. it's encryption could be much more complex. but let's look at it just to be sure.

Decryption lv3 Airi/CPU 2010/07/11(Sun)18:00 No. 206528 ID: a6e87d
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>Here's the last encrypted document... but... you guys can handle it.

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>Hey... it was done with the same pattern... or is it?

(you know the drill. And trust me, you'll probably be using them up like hotcakes if you don't manage what you do properly)

After this let's look at New doc.txt. Could be anything in there.

AKA focus on the here and now, not possible end games.

>CYCLE 0-

>LOG OF MAXWELL KENSINGTON

>AS THE FIRST AND HEAD SYSTEM OPERATING TECHNICIAN ON STATION, I HAVE DECIDED TO START MY OWN LOG JOURNAL. MY PENOR HAS KEPT THIS SHIP'S COMPUTERS AND AI'S RUNNING WELL. I AM THE AI DOCTOR I GUESS.

>A SYNDICATE HAS RECENTLY GIVEN ME AN INCENTIVE TO DEFECT, BUT I'VE REFUSED. THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE STATION IS, AND COULDN'T GET IN IF THEY TRIED. THROUGH THE USE OF SPACE STATION 13, A HIGH RISK STATION USED TO IMPROVE STATION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, NANOTRANSEN HAS GIVEN OUR COMPANY MUCH DATA FOR SECURITY AND SAFETY. WE TRAIN OUR PEOPLE MUCH HARDER, AND TAKE THE BEST. WE'VE DEVELOPED THE MODULE SYSTEM FOR PRACTICALITY. AS A BROTHER COMPANY, WE ENSURE WE EXPAND OUR REACH AND TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE WE STAY AHEAD.

>THE MAIN REASON I'VE STARTED THIS JOURNAL ARE THE MORE AND MORE UNNERVING THINGS I'VE OBSERVED IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS. THE STATION WAS FORMED OVER AN “UNCONTACTED” PLANET THAT IS CALLED VEMAR, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE CAPTAIN. THE COMPANY NEVER DOES ANYTHING WITHOUT REASON, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT VEMAR. SOMETHING MUST HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED.

>I MAY NOT BE A SYNDICATE, BUT I KNOW THIS COMPANY HAS BECOME A CONQUEROR. THEY ALSO DON'T JUST SET UP TOP OF THE ART STATIONS IN DEEP SPACE. SOMETHING'S UP.

>IF IT COMES TO A HEAD, AND THE REAL SHIT GOES DOWN, MY GOAL IS TO GET INFORMATION WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. THREE YEARS ON 13 AND SEVERAL YEARS IN OTHER ROLES ENSURE THAT I CAN HANDLE MYSELF. I NEED TO GET PEOPLE TO SAVE THEMSELVES. I JUST HOPE WHAT I DO IS FOR THE BEST OF EVERYTHING THAT LIVES.

Interesting. We have an ally. We need to find this Maxwell, if he's still alive.

Also, read New doc.txt.

so we are right above vemur. that makes things different. now i am REALLY for disclosing everything to kathrine. just need to get to the surface.

>>206569
I've gotta know how that man uses his penor so well, myself.

>>206567
>MY PENOR HAS KEPT THIS SHIP'S COMPUTERS AND AI'S RUNNING WELL.

Well, good to know that we've been proper fucked so far.
Show us the unencrypted documents, then immediately switch back to Kathrine. We've taken long enough to read these things already.

>>206567

Wow, how you do that? I can't substitute cipher worth a damn!

Airi/CPU 2010/07/11(Sun)20:24 No. 206606 ID: a6e87d
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>Dear finder of these chips,
It appears shit has gone down. If so, AI 69 has probably been activated with either your own card or the card I’ve planted. You also were left behind. The finding of these chips means that either a partner was injured or that you checked the sleeper to see if it still worked. Either way, it’s great that you checked this out.
I’m writing this so fast, I don’t even care about the fact that it’s missing the title. This card and the one attached was created as to ensure that you have a better time living on this station after evacuation. You need to know what is happening. I’ve scattered other documents and chips around for you to find as need be. I don’t want to keep my eggs in one basket, do I?
This chip holds many schematics, textbooks, and digital suites for you to use in case it’s needed. I’ve attached schematics for a cutter module for module bot, a glock (a handgun from a looong time ago.), and a bullet (You’ll need a chemist for part of it).
Also a general textbook on basic fighting, just in case. Comes also with a Hacksuite for AI69 (decoder, packet_catcher, tempfwall, and many other virtual space hacking tools), and utilites for the PDA (flashlight, atmos scan, medical scan, sound synthesizer, wide spectrum camera adapter)
The summary of the situation is that we completely underestimated the Vemuraxi, the station, Vemur, and the existence of magic. Well, we knew that magic exists, but we don’t really have means of controlling it. Now, we know we’re fucked. I don’t know the details, but I’ve seen some pretty crazy shit already. And I’m not talking blobs. I’m talking full out monsters, and they aren’t vemuraxi either.
Take your time. Go back through the station. Some parts have less security now… well, less security guards.
I’m going to get into the high access wing and see what I can do. You’ll need to get your own high access card to get in. Good luck with that Survivor.
MK

>that wraps that up.
>back to video streams

well then. whoever gave us these already knew about us and knows that we know or will assume we know. since someone already knows we know keeping it secret is now moot, we tell kathrine the truth on the matter.

Well...

...Fuck.

Let's get those schematics made, and start looking for anyone who might have a high access key.

At least Max is probably still alive.

Eww.... Airi/CPU 2010/07/14(Wed)16:17 No. 207923 ID: a6e87d
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>Well, the stream's back on... I think we can tell her to stop now...

>But I think we need to giver her some instructions. Maybe we can refer to the e-wing map visualized on bootup.

>Either way, that's just sick...
>101010111100010101

KJB:"I"
Splat
KJB:"FUCKING"
Crack
KJB: "HATE"
Squelch
KJB: "RAAAAAATS"
CLANG
KJB:"GRAAaa... wait... clang?"

>>207923
Clang? What metal did you hit?

was that the floor or did you hit some kind of implant in the rat?

So, what now? Airi/CPU 2010/07/14(Wed)17:02 No. 207959 ID: a6e87d
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>KJB reaches into it's mouth

KJB: "... I think it's a batch of metal... a raw metal cube. It's for use with our multitools to create things. Why it'd eat something like that is kinda odd... but hey, free metal. Probably the most useful thing at my disposal.

>1010101111000110
>Metal cubes show up as raw metal in the inventory. It is the useable input for the multitool.
>4 scrap metals can be made into a raw metal.
>A subnote. Use your creativity. You can make a raw metal into a plate of metal or a metal wire or any basic shape. And your welder welds shapes together. So any plausible ideas can be made. that said, more complicated things require schms, which need to be found.

>Then again, KJB can have a stroke of genius. She IS an engineer.

>Now... why'd a rat eat a block of metal?
>And what's our next move?

basic RPG mechanic? why would a wolf have a magic +5 fire resist ring? because.

anyway those chips had a few SCHMs and a few interesting files that i feel you should read.

>>207959
Hey, we got a bunch of text files for ya. Some schematics and manuals and stuff.

Let's make us that cutter tool. I think it'll be useful pretty soon.

Cutter Airi 2010/07/16(Fri)22:35 No. 209222 ID: a6e87d
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>Cutter schm opened up
>proceed?

yeah sure. having SOMETHING on us should help. a ranged weapon would be best but this would do for now.

also, i vote we show kathrine all the documents. someone here already knows, and knows we know. so telling someone else wont make us worse off.

>>209222
Yes.

Why not build something for one of the modulebot's slots itself? I mean it'd be rather nice to be able to be able to act directly, no?

Also, NEW COMMAND INPUT: Please pop up an message whenever we have enough materials and/or schematics to build something. (i.e. an alert that pops up whenever we obtain the prerequisites to build anything we can)

>>209386
that's what the cutter does, it slots in and let's us cut stuff.

FIRST BLOOD! Airi/CPU 2010/07/19(Mon)20:58 No. 210295 ID: a6e87d
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>command processed
>100101110010110
>Katherine is staring at the dead rat
>So, move into the next room? Loot stuff? Inspect anything? whatsoever?

open door all the way and set turret targeting to identify as anything not us or known civilized race as hostile. then show Kathrine the documents. then move on.

have we shown all the files to her yet? if so then do that.

Perform psychiatric diagnosis on Katherine

BACK ONLINE AiriX/CPU 2010/12/19(Sun)18:45 No. 265365 ID: 20fc85
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>>264257
>How 'bout we settle that when there's more opinions on that
>>264272
>She appears somewhat Traumatized. If I had to give a level, I'd say 2/10...
>>210298
>It was already set to that. It was just deactivated though... who knows why.
>1010011101010101001010101
>N) Katherine, after wiping up the crap on her clothing, makes her way to the HUB of the station... just to see the elevator door close
KJB: "WAIT!"
> N)Main Elevator Closed. Elevator has moved to floor 2.
KJB:"... shit... Might have something to do with holding a plasma cutter though..."
> N) Katherine appears to have realized something
KJB: "THANK GOD! There's others!"
(Trauma down 1)
> N)Subject Bellagio presses the down button... only to see the screen go red.

AiriX/CPU 2010/12/19(Sun)18:48 No. 265367 ID: 20fc85
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KJB: "that doesn't solve the current predicament now..."

> N) KJB ponders the situation a few more moments

KJB: "eh... looks like the only way to get in is more body looting... I can't believe I just said that either. May as well go down, and find the survivor. Don't you agree 69?"

-affirmative sounding beep-

But in all likelihood any access cards or whatnot might be found in the medbay, ask people do tend to get roughed up and their personal effects kept close by.

i agree, let's go to the med-bay and see if anyone is still there or dead.

>>283912
Holycrap didn't expect a second post...
I think I'll actually put some effort now!
expect stuff