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[p2iioniic]

[Approximately 22 hours after arriving in Pollux, any mission-going Etrayans gets notified of a new post on their internal network with an unfamiliar username. The post loads, refreshes itself randomly, and even displays strange screen effects sometimes when loading in.

te2t te2t

there we go.
2o echo fiinally deciided two take piity on u2?
ble22 u2 wiith a round of 2aviior2?
or maybe a round of chucklefuck2.
about tiime eiither way, iit'2 been gettiing really me22y in here.
mo2tly becau2e of the corp2e2 and undead lmao.
anyway welcome two the 2hiit2how fellow clown2.
make 2ure two giive your no2e a 2queeze before enteriing.

that 2aiid ii’m puttiing my neck on the liine here by even po2tiing thii2 2o
let2 get 2eriiou2.
what’2 your plan, and how can "the re2ii2tance" help?

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[ornithologist]

Thank you, I appreciate that greatly. There's a map feature I can add it to on this network.

Our own A.I. has hers located many levels beneath the surface, and protected by several means. I assume that might also be the case here. We have multiple copies of a new A.I. to install so we aren't putting all our eggs in one basket, so to speak; hopefully, one of us who has a copy will be successful.

Do you have any further information to share on Ms. Harman? Usual methods or routes?

[p2iioniic]

ii2 iit another ca2tor.
double ca2tor2 would be a biit much even for me.

u2e2 a 2word, 2he can fly, and ha2 the2e two fuckoff biird thiing2 2he 2end2 around 2ometiime2.



ii2 iit another ca2tor.
double ca2tor2 would be a biit much even for me.

u2e2 a 2word, 2he can fly, and ha2 the2e two fuckoff biird thiing2 2he 2end2 around 2ometiime2.

[ornithologist]

Good question. I actually have no idea, but if it is, I assume it's an earlier version and wouldn't share the memories of the one here. I wonder if there's some kind of backup system for the city A.I... or if it was working given the communications blackout.

Oh dear. I wasn't planning to wander around unaccompanied, but I'll take note that subterfuge may be the wiser choice.

[p2iioniic]

iif you boot iit up and iit'2 another ca2tor ii might fliip my liid.
can we get another one of your aurora2 iin2tead.
maybe a new one entiirely.
a piictorii2 maybe??

you guy2 got anyone on your team with teleportatiion?
that'll make iit way ea2iier.



iif you boot iit up and iit'2 another ca2tor ii might fliip my liid.
can we get another one of your aurora2 iin2tead.
maybe a new one entiirely.
a piictorii2 maybe??

you guy2 got anyone on your team with teleportatiion?
that'll make iit way ea2iier.

[ornithologist]

If it is, I'll at least have a conversation with him about appropriate caretaking of his residents. (Believe me, I feel more appreciative of Aurora every day.) Pictoris -- following the theme, you mean?

I can't say I know the capabilities of everyone from Etraya, but on my personal team, no. We do have an abundance of skilled snipers, however.

[p2iioniic]

he need2 more than a conver2atiion he need2 a total rewriite.
and yeah, 2pace theme.

gue22 that count2 for 2omethiing.

hey 2peakiing of ca2tor though.
you're the re2iident hacker riight.
of etraya?
ii don't know what iit'2 liike down there iin ca2tor'2 2erver farm.
but iit'2 not goiing two ju2t be liike trap2 wiith 2wiingiing axe2 from the ceiiliing.
iit'2 probably goiing two need 2ome crackiing.
and ii a22ume you're goiing two be the one handliing iit.



he need2 more than a conver2atiion he need2 a total rewriite.
and yeah, 2pace theme.

gue22 that count2 for 2omethiing.

hey 2peakiing of ca2tor though.
you're the re2iident hacker riight.
of etraya?
ii don't know what iit'2 liike down there iin ca2tor'2 2erver farm.
but iit'2 not goiing two ju2t be liike trap2 wiith 2wiingiing axe2 from the ceiiliing.
iit'2 probably goiing two need 2ome crackiing.
and ii a22ume you're goiing two be the one handliing iit.

[ornithologist]

I'm not totally comfortable deliberately altering the personality of an entity proven to have self-determination. A conversation will have to suffice.

"Resident hacker" sounds as if I have some sort of designated title, which is hardly the case, but I suppose I could fit the bill. We have some knowledge of what to expect from past experience with Aurora. I'm cautiously optimistic that, since we're going in sanctioned by Echo, it will take less breaking and entering and more careful exploration.

[p2iioniic]

ok well iif you aren't comfortable wiith iit then ii wiill.

2ure fiine careful exploratiion iit'2 2tiill not goiing two be a gently waftiing breeze.
even iif echo gave u2 permii22iion we don't know iif the one who fucked wiith ca2tor left 2ome na2ty 2urprii2e2 down there.
my poiint ii2 briing your 2niiper2.
and ii wa2 goiing two 2ay good luck have fun.
but ii gue22 ii'm goiing two go down there two iif ii'm doiing 2ome rewriitiing.


ok well iif you aren't comfortable wiith iit then ii wiill.

2ure fiine careful exploratiion iit'2 2tiill not goiing two be a gently waftiing breeze.
even iif echo gave u2 permii22iion we don't know iif the one who fucked wiith ca2tor left 2ome na2ty 2urprii2e2 down there.
my poiint ii2 briing your 2niiper2.
and ii wa2 goiing two 2ay good luck have fun.
but ii gue22 ii'm goiing two go down there two iif ii'm doiing 2ome rewriitiing.

[ornithologist]

Are you confident in your ability to do that? Hacking is a vastly different task than programming an artificial intelligence.

I don't go anywhere without them in Pollux -- I'm not sure I could get away with it even if I wanted to. I seem to keep acquiring people that want to look after me, despite my best efforts.

[p2iioniic]

ii hack and ii code.
iit'll ju2t be a diifferent language than what he wa2 oriigiinally made wiith.
iit'll be miiniimal change2 liike "makiing a niice lookiing buiilding ii2 not your priioriity" and "giive a 2hiit about people iin2tead of beiing annoyed wiith them when all they want ii2 a fuckiing bag of flamiing hot cheeto2."

yeah iit'2 funny how that work2 out 2ometiime2 riight.
you're liike "no, leave me two diie, im not worth iit" and then 2ome grubfii2ted iidiiot ii2 liike "no ii'm not goiing two let you diie iin a really 2tupiid and carele22 way"
bet they thiink they're real heroiic for iit.



ii hack and ii code.
iit'll ju2t be a diifferent language than what he wa2 oriigiinally made wiith.
iit'll be miiniimal change2 liike "makiing a niice lookiing buiilding ii2 not your priioriity" and "giive a 2hiit about people iin2tead of beiing annoyed wiith them when all they want ii2 a fuckiing bag of flamiing hot cheeto2."

yeah iit'2 funny how that work2 out 2ometiime2 riight.
you're liike "no, leave me two diie, im not worth iit" and then 2ome grubfii2ted iidiiot ii2 liike "no ii'm not goiing two let you diie iin a really 2tupiid and carele22 way"
bet they thiink they're real heroiic for iit.

[ornithologist]

[ Harold has actually had some exposure to the language the A.I. are programmed in thanks to Accelerator, but not enough to feel totally confident in it. And, like he'd said earlier, he's not comfortable with the concept. ]

I wouldn't characterize a restructuring of priorities in the source code as a minimal change. Would you let me at least attempt a conversation first, please? Once we find out what iteration of A.I. this is, whether Castor or otherwise, we can reassess. But I am loathe to modify source code of a sentient being the same way I would have serious reservations about brainwashing a human being, were such a thing possible.

There's no grandeur of heroics, I can say that. But if left to my own devices I would prefer largely to be anonymous and unknown. It just never seems to work out that way, as you said. Something about other people having autonomy and never doing what you expect.

[p2iioniic]

you know a2 much a2 ii do the longer we waiit two iimplement change2 the more iit'2 goiing two feel like a lobotomy.
and ii'm fiine wiith that but ii'm tryiing two cooperate wiith your 2ensiitiive per2ua2iion.
2o iif you want two try conver2atiion fiir2t that'2 fiine by me.
but iif ii get a whiiff that he'2 goiing two wiind up ju2t liike the ca2tor we have now and leave u2 wiith another 2ecuriity rii2k that'2 goiing two kiill hundred2.
ii'm goiing iin wiith the iice piick.
under2tood?

yeah ii get that.
would be a lot ea2iier iif people were prediictable.
liike bee2.



you know a2 much a2 ii do the longer we waiit two iimplement change2 the more iit'2 goiing two feel like a lobotomy.
and ii'm fiine wiith that but ii'm tryiing two cooperate wiith your 2ensiitiive per2ua2iion.
2o iif you want two try conver2atiion fiir2t that'2 fiine by me.
but iif ii get a whiiff that he'2 goiing two wiind up ju2t liike the ca2tor we have now and leave u2 wiith another 2ecuriity rii2k that'2 goiing two kiill hundred2.
ii'm goiing iin wiith the iice piick.
under2tood?

yeah ii get that.
would be a lot ea2iier iif people were prediictable.
liike bee2.