>>245017
Probably a tripple or possibly quadruple cross then. Very well, ask him what his plan is. Make sure he doesn't get behind you or too close to you at any point.

>>245017
We're listening.

Velesi 2010/10/18(Mon)04:43 No. 245562 ID: f9f3e3
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>>245025
>>245031
>>245033

"I'm listening," I say.

"Let me just get a little more comfortable... ahh. Good as new."

[RECEIVING MESSAGE...]

[CENTRAL HUB: Oh, zdravstvui, friends. I thought I'd let you know we've updated the translation subsystems. If the update changes your interface a bit, don't panic. It is to be expected. Just a heads-up. Do svidanya.]

[LANGUAGE DATABASE UPDATED: 14 NEW LANGUAGES FOUND.]

"So," Caril says. "Have you, by any chance, heard of a gentleman by the name of Nesakh the Knife?"

"The information dealer?" I ask.

"The very same. He sells information, we need information. It is a match made in heaven."

"Doesn't he charge large sums of money for anything important?"

"Ah, yes, well, I have that under control. You see, I have made a sort of, ah, deposit with him. In case I ever needed information, and something, ah, prevented me from acquiring the necessary funds-"

"Okay, good."

"You do keep interrupting me. Quite rude. Ah, if you were to meet the Knife, you'd have to look into that. He's not, ah, very tolerant on such behavior."

"Fine, whatever."

Well now. Didn't you have some plan to get information too? Something about the core systems. What'll it be?

>>245562
I say the information dealer. He probably doesn't have the full story behind why all of this is happening, but he is probably closer to the ground and knows who is after you and who is paying them to do so. Then you can just break arms until you reach the source.

>>245562
Information dealer.

>>245562
We can probably steal some shit, yeah. You'll have to get us to some tech though and I'm not sure there's anywhere secluded that has the access we need. Up to you.

>>245562
You get us in there and we'll jack anything and everything we can. Once one of those devices gets near his files we'll get in there and have free reign on everything he knows.

We seriously need to spend some time just examining ourselves and patching back doors. Remember that our "interested third party" has access to whatever we break into at the moment. Until that's solved we should not break into core systems.

As to this offer: if Caril were going to spring a trap, this would be the time to do it. You're down two flesh and blood allies, your brother is rampaging, and your most reliable source of advice at the moment is a crazy composite AI.

How long will it take you to reach and deal with the information dealer? Will you use a communication system or just show up in person?

Velesi 2010/10/19(Tue)07:49 No. 245976 ID: f9f3e3
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>>245634

"How long will it take us to reach and deal with the Knife?" I ask. "Will we use a communication system or just show up in person?"

"It won't take too long," Caril replies. "The Knife rarely deals with anyone in person, but I believe he'll make an exception for you. There is, ah, one catch. I can't come. You'll, ah, have to go alone."

"Why's that?"

"There are certain elements in the Knife's organization that have, ah, strongly implied that if I were to, I quote, "show that ugly mug around here again", it would be, ah, very lethal for me."

"So what's stopping them from taking it out on me?"

"Yes, ah. They would not, of course, know that you were there on my behalf until you had conducted your business with the Knife. I strongly believe this plan would, ah, amuse him so much that he would stop the aforementioned elements from exacting their vengeance on you."

"You strongly believe? That doesn't really inspire as much confidence as you'd think."

"Yes. Well. It's less danger than you'll be in if you have no idea who is after you."

I guess that's true.

"Just look at this," he sighs.

"Look at what now?"

"This plant. I feel sorry for it. Davon never could keep plants alive nearly as well as people."

"How is this relevant?"

"It's not. Just a thought. So! What will it be? If you don't trust me, and you shouldn't, you can leave your gun to Ms. Drevis and she can ensure I don't try anything. You can't take it with you anyway."

>>245976

Caril has proven to be introspective and, at times, insightful. It's unfortunate that his psyche has been so marred by the circumstances his society has had thrust on it. Were your people not in a total crisis, he may well have been a poet or philosopher.

I wonder if he is talking about social plants as well?

Anyway, need you meet in person with The Knife? I know that we are sacrificing a chance to directly break into his systems, but it would be prudent to not walk unarmed into a den of opportunistic criminals.

Why would a Casteless go anywhere alone and unarmed? That's just asking to get tied up and done unmentionable things to.

I'm far more inclined now for us to find a better interface so we can dig for information ourselves.

Velesi 2010/10/19(Tue)14:17 No. 246055 ID: f9f3e3
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>>245987
>>245979

"Walking alone and unarmed into a den of criminals doesn't sound like a good idea," I say. "At all."

"Well, ah, no," Caril says. "Of course not. You can keep your gun, then. You'll still have to relinquish it for the actual transaction with the Knife. Hm. True, before and after your meeting it wouldn't hurt to have some protection. You needn't fear that the Knife would do anything to you during it, though. He is known to be a man of honor, ah, as much as a person in his position can be, and, well, doing unpleasant things to your customers is just bad for business."

>>245979

"Do I really need to meet him in person?" I ask.

"Hmm. Well now. That wouldn't be quite as bold, now would it? You see, ah, if there is one thing to be said about the Knife, is that he admires courage. If we were to simply contact him, it would be, ah, tedious and, no offense, cowardly. He might simply decide that my, ah, deposit has already expired. It is, of course, your choice."

I don't suppose there's a place we can get another gun first is there?

Velesi 2010/10/19(Tue)15:37 No. 246084 ID: f9f3e3
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>>246062

"I don't suppose there's a place we can get another gun first, is there?" I ask.

"Ah-hm. That... of course. Should have occurred to me. I, ah, believe the chances of Dav having one would be decent," Caril says. "He does deal with the, ah, underworld fairly often. DAVON!"

Fuck ow my ears.

"What?" Davon shouts from the other room. "Busy here!"

"Do you have a gun?"

"...Yeah, why?"

"Well, that's... surprisingly convenient."

>>246084
Excellent. One gun to Ms. Drevis then and one gun for yourself. And see if you can get a scalpel to hide in the metal arm.

Oh, and point out to Caril that even if he pulls something off that manages to get both you and Sevech killed then he still won't be safe. He will in fact never be safe because you have something set up that will track him down and make him pay. Namely us, but you don't have to reveal what it is you have set up.

>>246084
...he's eating the flower. Why is he eating the flower? Why'd he cut it off the plant anyway?

But yes, a gun for you and a gun for the vulnerable lady, and we're set. We can visit the Knife with no problems.

The flower of the Nile water lily, also called the blue lotus, contains psychoactive and soporific chemicals. I figured Caril was on some sort of dissociative (why else would he shiv an innocent in the train, where a mere threat would be enough?), but I would not have taken him to be a literal lotus eater.

Well. If he wants to be drugged up, let him be. I've no doubt now that he's fallen out of favor with his various contacts because of his drug habit, but it's easier to keep an eye on him than to try and make him beat his addiction at the moment.

Ask him if he's going to be totally useless from his high, or if he'll be able to function somewhat.

Velesi 2010/10/21(Thu)10:59 No. 246630 ID: 4a6c93
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>>246105
>>246119

"Is that a drug, and if so, are you going to be useless from the high?" I ask.

"A... drug. Ah, whatever gave you that impression?" Caril says. "It just tastes good. This is what they use to make avint. The real stuff, I mean, not the cheap synthetic trash."

Yeah, you probably don't know what that is. It's a pretty common soft drink. Don't like it myself, but apparently a lot of people do.

>>246089

I could take this knife. Looks like it'll fit, and it's not like Caril is going to use it anyway.

"Oh, by the way," I say, "even if you pull something off that manages to get both me and Sevech killed, you still won't be safe."

"Oh yes, I'm sure your brother would object rather strongly," he says.

"Uh, yes. He would."

>>246089
>>246105

"Okay," I say. "A gun for me and a gun for Sev and I can visit the Knife with no problems."

"Marvelous," Caril says. "Now, ah, the Knife is located in, ah, a spaceship near the Stalwart Guardian. I can arrange transportation, but, ah..."

Chapter II End Velesi 2010/10/21(Thu)11:00 No. 246631 ID: 4a6c93
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>>246630

"...I'm afraid you're not going to like it."

[REBOOTING...]

Chapter III Velesi 2010/10/24(Sun)04:29 No. 247472 ID: 299e2c
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[INITIALIZING...]

Velesi 2010/10/24(Sun)04:29 No. 247473 ID: 299e2c
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Goddamn, this is boring.

>>247473
Ugh... what happened? We went offline just as you were putting the knife in your arm.

hey there fuzzy butt, miss us? maybe we can find something fun to do?

>>247473
It's space travel in a cargo hold. Unless something goes horribly wrong it's not supposed to be exciting. Boring is good here. So just sit tight and wait, don't go around looking for anything fun to happen.

Velesi 2010/10/29(Fri)08:22 No. 249703 ID: 299e2c
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>>247475

We armed Sev, found a cargo ship, I snuck on board. Now I'm just waiting for this piece of junk to get there.

>>247476

Not particularly. And I don't think so. Nothing here but boxes of various shapes and sizes. There are also crates, if that's more to your liking. There's a particularly interesting one in the corner over there.

>>247479

Yes, mom.

well as long as you stay in the hold opening random crates could be fun. let's start with the interesting one.

>>249703
What do all these symbols mean?

Velesi 2010/10/29(Fri)13:04 No. 249779 ID: 299e2c
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>>249708

They use these symbols in the shipping industry to tell what's in each box. As I don't, in fact, work in the shipping industry, I have no clue what they mean.

>>249706

Except for this one. This one means "contraband". Which is why this crate is interesting. Let's see what's inside, shall we?

Ooh.

>>249779
I'm *fairly* sure they'd know if we took one. It is really tempting though... and knowing they're here to get if necessary is useful by itself.

Are they loaded? Any ammo crates?

take two and and some extra ammo.
check the others for neat things as well.

>>249779
Are those... shotguns? Any ammo in there?

Velesi 2010/10/30(Sat)11:03 No. 250258 ID: 299e2c
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I think some people would see some sort of phallic symbolism here...

>>249782

They're assault rifles. Or submachineguns. Or whatever. I'm not familiar with the nuances of firearm classification.

>>249780
>>249782

Oh yeah. Lots of ammo.

>>249781

Two rifles seems kind of impractical. I mean, how would I hit anything with a rifle in each hand?

Other neat things... Hmm...

well see, you have the second in case your first one breaks.

Velesi 2010/10/30(Sat)13:28 No. 250308 ID: 299e2c
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>>250262

Oh. Well, why not? Two rifles it is.

Hey, a light started flashing by the door. I think we've arrived. What do I do?

stay hidden, assess the situation before engaging.

We're gonna get in trouble...

Oh god put the guns back

>>250341
hey, we stole those guns fair and square.

Velesi 2010/11/04(Thu)11:47 No. 252214 ID: 299e2c
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>>250309

Okay.

"Let's get moving, people!" someone shouts. "These crates aren't gonna move themselves!"

I can see two guys right now. There are probably more, though. I don't think they're armed. There weren't supposed to be any passengers here.

wait until they get closer then get the drop on them. you can also try getting on top of the box when they get close to it and sneaking past them.

>>252214
Hide, someone in the unloading crew should know that there is a passenger to smuggle aboard in here. Unless something is wrong he should look for you pretty soon.

Velesi 2010/11/11(Thu)08:56 No. 255212 ID: 4a6c93
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>>253101

Okay. What now?

well, you already have them at gunpoint, tell them to not move or the room will get a new coat of red paint.

>>255212
Now you tell them that you want to get out of this space tub. Kindly ask them for directions, give one a rifle butt to the face if they give you any lip.

Velesi 2010/11/15(Mon)11:48 No. 256673 ID: 4a6c93
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>>255214

"Please don't move," I say, "and the room won't get a new coat of red paint."

"U-Understood," one of the guys says.

>>255531

"Could someone kindly point me in the direction of the Knife?" I ask.

"Up those stairs and to the left, ma'am," another guy replies. Pretty civil considering the circumstances. "You will, uh, have to leave those guns at the door."

"Yeah, I know. Later."

I assume we won't be taking any detours?

>>256673
That's correct. Let's behave ourselves. We have the excuse that waving around a gun was to make sure nobody took advantage of us.

>>256673
Skip the scenic route. We get this done and then we can see what else there is.

Make sure they go first, but not to far ahead so one can't just sneak off.

Velesi 2010/11/19(Fri)07:39 No. 258029 ID: 4a6c93
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>>256747

"Would one of you gentlemen mind going first?" I ask.

"Not at all," the polite one says. "This way, ma'am."

Oh hey, you can fold the stock of this gun. That's handy.

"Ahem," my guide says suddenly.

"What?"

"You're not an assassin, are you? I'd hate to lose my job."

>>258029
Tell him that you're not an assassin. You just seem to have some people after you that want to kill you, or something. It's making you a bit paranoid.

Nope. Just careful.

Velesi 2010/12/06(Mon)04:02 No. 262388 ID: 4a6c93
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>>258113

"Nope," I say. "Just careful."

"Oh. Good," he says. "The Knife is just behind that door."

Through the door we go, and there's no-one here. Fuck.

"There's no-one here," I say. "Explain."

"Now, before you do anything rash," he says, "you should probably know there is a sniper up there. See?"

There is. Double fuck.

"Now, we'd all like to walk out of this alive, no?" he asks.

"Yes," I say tentatively.

"You had business with the Knife."

"Yes."

"Well?"

"Well what?"

"You see," he says, smiling, "I wasn't lying, technically, when I said the Knife was behind that door. He was."

"On the same side as I was," I realize.

"Exactly. Well then. I don't believe we have been properly introduced. I am Nesakh."

>>262388
Well then, introduce yourself and give a short explination of your problems and your needs.

Uhhh... tell him Caril sent us.

>>262803
Don't tell them Caril sent you yet, that is the one thing we were NOT supposed to do.

You wait until after you have struck a deal when they ask for payment, then hope that's enough stop them from killing you for being associated with him.

Oh right, nevermind. Yes, just calmly and politely explain your situation and that we need a bit of information.

"Someone placed a big bounty on my brother and I, and had enough leverage with the government to get us, and our allies, declared as casteless. I want to know who did it, so that I can have a civil chat with them and fix this."

LonelyWorld 2010/12/08(Wed)10:54 No. 262914 ID: 917cac
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I wouldn't worry about the sniper Vel . . .

Velesi 2011/01/04(Tue)02:21 No. 269050 ID: 299e2c
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>>262410

"I'm Velesi," I say.

"Velesi, Velesi, Velesi," Nesakh says. "Good name. Are you?"

"Am I what?"

"Velesi. Old Vendric veles means regal. Are you?"

"I... don't think so?"

"You're putting yourself down," he says with a frown. "Don't do that."

"Can we please get down to business?" I ask.

"Certainly."

>>262807
>>262870

"A couple of days ago someone placed a bounty on me and my brother. Shortly after, we were declared casteless. I'd like to know who did it."

"Casteless?" he says. "Oh yes, that incident. Velesi... Evrim, was it?"

"You know about that?"

"Of course I know. It is my business to know. Let's see... Four people were downcasted. Ahh, you, Eren ma'Evrim, Sevech es..."

"Drevis."

"Drevis, thank you. The last person to be downcasted happens to be an old friend of mine. But you already know that."

"Yes."

This is going to go badly, isn't it.

"So..." he says. "How is Caril? Does he still act like he is walking on eggshells all the time?"

"I..." I say. "I don't follow."

"Does he act like he's always in front of some invisible audience? Trying to be as polite and verbose as possible?"

"Oh, uh, yes. I guess he does at that."

Okay, fuck it. I'm going to be direct.

"Are you going to kill me now?" I ask.

"Hm? Now why would I do that?" he asks.

"I was... under the impression Caril would be killed if he returned here."

"More than likely, yes. You aren't Caril, though."

"As far as I can tell, no."

"See? No-one needs to kill anyone. That means we can move this somewhere more comfortable. Care to join me for dinner?"

That's... unexpected. Now that he mentioned it, I wouldn't mind some proper food. Unless he's trying to poison me, of course.

>>269050

If he wanted to kill you there are faster ways than poison. He probably actually wants to talk.

Eat and put some meat on those bones.

>>269050
Seems harmless enough. He's probably a bit like Caril and wants to impress you with politness and shit. But it's free food. So go get some.

might as well accept

Actually now that I've slept on it, besides poisoning, there is one other malicious reason to feed someone: drugging them. I doubt this is one of those rape things, though.

Velesi 2011/01/05(Wed)11:12 No. 269344 ID: 299e2c
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>>269051
>>269054
>>269065
>>269072

"Sure," I say.

"Splendid," he says. "Berim, you can put down the rifle!"

That's a relief.

"You can put down your rifle as well," he says. "Or not, if you prefer to have dinner armed. This way."

>>269344
While it is tempting to keep the rifle just for the lulz, it's probably for the best that we comply.

If he wanted to kill you he probably would have by now, and its really has no immediate use since you're surrounded by now anyway. So go enjoy a nice weaponless diner.

>>269344
Sure, as long as you get it back.

well he said he wasn't going to kill you
but be sure to ask if he's going to drug you then sell you as a Sex slave

that way when he does, at least he can't be all smug about it

>>269356

That is crazy-rude. Don't do that Vel.

I suggest keeping it within sight until you're safe again.

Velesi 2011/01/10(Mon)02:25 No. 270160 ID: 4a6c93
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>>269346
>>269349
>>269350

Gotcha. No weapons.

Oh wow. Is that real meat? I can't even remember the last time I had some.

"Oh," Nesakh says. "I knew I forgot something."

"What?" I say.

"The fruit. But by all means, help yourself to the main course. I'll join you in a minute."

And real fruit! This must have cost a fortune.

"This," I say, "is not exactly how I expected this to turn out."

"Mm?" Nesakh says. "What did you expect, then?"

"Well, I expected you to be more... uh, criminal."

"I'll take that as a compliment. But I notice you're not eating."

>>270160
Say you really don't want to offend, and you're really paranoid because of what's going on... so if he were to have some first we'd be more comfortable.

Also we're here to talk business. Let's get that over with soon.

>>270160
Don't be rude now. Start eating a bit and see if he will start talking buisness or not.

might as well eat, if you are doomed, might as well die after a good meal

>>270160

Tell him the truth, it's been a long while since you had real meat and fruit. Your life before all the recent fuss was a fairly simple one. If you'd had kids and a husband to fuss over it'd have been comparable to Plato's idea of what The Good Life was. This guy is classy, I bet he knows the works of the ancient human philosopher Plato.

Velesi 2011/01/30(Sun)05:57 No. 276399 ID: 299e2c
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>>270170
>>270174

Well, here goes nothing...

...This is pretty good.

>>270164

"We're still not talking business," I say.

"Mm. Are you in a rush, then?" Nesakh says.

"Well..."

"The next ship to the Stalwart Guardian doesn't leave in hours."

"Oh. Well, I guess I have some time to kill."

"You do. But you're right. We might as well get it over with. I believe Caril gave you some sort of code phrase to confirm your identity."

I do. Now what was it again...

"Knowledge is a knife." I say.

"That it is," says Nesakh. "Down to business, then?"

"Yes, please."

"First, the casteless thing. All three Justicars agreed to take your caste. I don't know, yet, how they were persuaded, but I can tell you who initiated this. Justicar Tauvim val'Khaviel. You've heard of him? The human sympathizer?"

"I have, yes. Thank you."

"Don't thank me yet. That isn't all there is to it, not remotely. You said something about a bounty. I didn't know that. Something of a rarity, that."

>>276399

"The supposed bounty is the reason I had the opportunity to make Caril's acquaintance. It was apparently enough money to make it worth his trouble in getting the drop on my brother and I. He got careless after he had us in a holding cell. I was able to take a chance and turn things around on him. Once we had Caril in the cell, I learned he didn't know who exactly had issued the bounty, as he was working through middle-men. Caril, opportunist that he is, started claiming that his best bet for surviving this would be to work completely with us, since whoever had to cash to manipulate him like that would certainly not mind just killing him for being incompetent enough to let his bounties imprison and interrogate him. I don't really trust him, but I don't have the contacts myself to navigate the black market.

"It wasn't until the day Caril was supposed to meet with his contact that we learned we had been declared casteless. In fact I didn't learn about it until shortly after we had taken down the contacts that came to meet us. It was way too fast to have happened in response to us capturing them, unless it was already set up as a back-up plan.

"Talking about too-fast, there was a news story about my brother's fight on the train that also broke far faster than it should have. I was going to follow that up, until we were declared casteless and moving around became more difficult.

"Finally, there was a fifth person helping us at the warehouse, a friend of my brother's, Zarin. He was killed in his home shortly after the warehouse fight, which means that whoever got val'Khaviel to set up the down casting didn't expect Zarin to be involved. Whoever we're fighting against is good, but not perfect at this."

>>276399
The one they sent was Caril and they didn't give him the full story, resulting in him getting overpowered.

Velesi 2011/02/07(Mon)12:05 No. 279821 ID: 299e2c
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>>276405

"The supposed bounty is the reason I had the opportunity to make Caril's acquaintance," I say. "He was given incomplete information, and I was able to get the drop on him. He didn't know who had issued the bounty, as he was working through middle-men. Caril, opportunist that he is, started claiming that his best bet for surviving this would be to work completely with us. I don't really trust him, but I don't have the contacts myself to navigate the black market."

"I see," Nesakh says. "Ever the turncoat."

"It wasn't until the day Caril was supposed to meet with his contact that we learned we had been declared casteless. In fact I didn't learn about it until shortly after we had taken down the contacts that came to meet us. It was way too fast to have happened in response to us capturing them, unless it was already set up as a back-up plan.

"Talking about too-fast, there was a news story about my brother's fight on a train that also broke far faster than it should have. I was going to follow that up, until we were declared casteless and moving around became more difficult.

"Finally, there was a fifth person helping us, a friend of my brother's, Zarin. He was killed in his home shortly after we took down Caril's contact, which means that whoever got val'Khaviel to set up the downcasteing didn't expect Zarin to be involved. Whoever we're fighting against is good, but not perfect at this."

Whew.

"Mmmmmmmmmmyes," Nesakh says. "I think I can work with this."

"Good," I say.

"Indeed. I'll have someone look into the bounty and the news story. Now, how shall we amuse ourselves in the meantime?"

>how shall we amuse ourselves in the meantime?

ask him what he means by this

...is he trying to seduce you?

>>279887
For the love of god don't say this out loud

>>279877
>>279887
Don't say this
>>279821
I suggest you remain open to suggestions. You're in his lair, there is some excellent food on the table, and he seems polite enough. In any case, all you have to do if he goes somewhere where you're not comfortable is inform him that you appear to possess an infectious AI system. If you tell him about the train incident he may believe you.

There's always Scrabble. Or Canasta. Or whatever traditional games you guys have.

A more productive way to use the time might be getting in some practice with guns though. Ask if they have a range, you're not that experienced with weapons.

Velesi 2011/02/26(Sat)13:31 No. 284458 ID: 4a6c93
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>>280067

"Do you have a range?" I ask. "I could use some practice with weapons."

"How practical," Nesakh says. "Yes, we do have a range. Finish your dinner and we'll get going."

I do and we do.

"So, what particular instrument of death and destruction would you prefer?" Nesakh asks.

Up to you. I have no real preference.

>>284458
Ask if the guitars shoot lasers and if you can try them.

Are...are those weaponized guitars? You must. MUST. Show us how those work.

Supporting guitar Axe curiosity.

What's popular in the fleet, both black market and armed forces? Because that's what you'll want practice with. My guess is there are a couple of standard assault rifle and PDW designs that cover 90% of the fleet's armed forces. Those should be what you practice with first. Then you should practice with whatever pistol designs are favored by toughs and black marketeers who do not want to operative overtly.

Then you can mess with the silly stuff like cyberaxes and swords.

[Secure backdoor access.]

Why hasn't anyone done this yet?

I think now would be a good time to rock out

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>>284460
>>284461

Man, that would be so awesome...

...If it was true. Which it's not.

>>284956

I'll just have to settle for plain old rock and roll.

>>284616

And shooting stuff, I guess.

>>284944

[CENTRAL HUB: Because it will not be quite that easy, my friends. But you're welcome to

try.]

[PROCESSING REQUEST...]

[UNKNOWN PARAMETER: "backdoor access"]

[CENTRAL HUB: Told you so.]

Ask him if he's got a terminal around. Maybe we can connect to something through it.

>>287200
Any particular weapon you liked best? Also, ask him why he doesn't have a guitarr that shoots lasers. Someone should really build one of those.

>>287200

Right, the problem is our very nature. We're a universal program, pre-programmed with the action tables for everything capable of computing, somehow (likely a quantum solution). That includes biology, since the stuff keeping cells running properly does it with instructions programmed into DNA and run using protein readers.

Since FTL is expensive and requires purpose-made matter, that database update we got (extra spoken languages, for your information Vel) had to come through another vector. Entangled quanta of some sort, with the entanglement occurring when we linked directly to the wider network, possibly. A q-bit interface would side-step superluminality issues nicely. But to set up a q-bit interface remotely you would need to know some of the hidden variables relating to locality.

Which explains why the MEC is so important. Oh dear.

Vel, your people had a much better grasp of the hidden variables that affect quanta than anyone else we know of. This is huge. This is why your entire species is being hunted down. They had enough of the hidden variables to make reality itself their bitch, and something noticed.

Ok, if we're going to secure that back door we're going to need to operate the q-bit interface. Remain seated please, I'm going to attempt to collapse the entanglement, and we may be attacked in the process. There may be a little smoke when I collapse it.

[Firewalls up, locate the entangled electrons and perform entanglement-breaking action Φ(ρ)=∑kRkTrFkρ]

>>288890
Nice bump there

>>288890
Well hey, what you did there does look pretty bad ass.

Is it gibberish?

>>288893

It's the generic formula for entanglement breaking. We can manipulate the q-bit interface enough to communicate information through it, so we should have fine enough conrol to poison it and break the entanglement entirely by adjusting the variables in the interface until we get a scenario where Fk is negative.

Easy peasy if I'm right.

>>288901
Fuck yeah computer science majors! Make it so.