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6/8/2025, 2:56:24 PM
Hail nods.
“Some form of it. It couldn’t be full AI, or the Chorkrum would be crusading non-stop, but it would explain the vast difference in the combat capabilities of these machines that go beyond the sheer available firepower. Don’t act like you haven’t heard something similar goes up with their real big warships.”
You have, in fact, heard several rumours that the Company flagship Prince of Meggido is guided by an AI, possibly even an unshackled one leaps and bounds ahead of what Nines is. It would certainly explain how records concerning Company recruits are able to be wiped from all known systems so thoroughly.
“I know what your ‘combat droid’ really is, Nat.” Hail’s tone is serious, more serious than usual that is. “You don’t have to play dumb, what we’re doing here-“
“Vent me out the fucking airlock, Hail! Please don’t tell me you’re trying to unshackle an Abominable Intelligence here…” You rub your temples with your fingers, you’ve been caught up in plenty of illegal scud but this is the kind of thing that gets you put on the galactic’s most wanted.
“They can’t exactly execute me twice, now can they?” True.
“Besides Nines doesn’t come across as the abominable type, does he?” Also true, you yourself had come to appreciate the bucket of bolts and his value in a firefight.
But holding a heavy machine gun and shooting scud with the squaddies was one thing, unshackling is another. You don’t hold any strong opinions yourself but you’ve seen enough flicks to see where that could lead...
You know Hail well enough that he’d probably unshackle any murderbot if it hurt the Imps. Void’, he’d probably invite the Chorkrum, Faenwedhe and Kroll all over for a Rot sandwich if it meant taking out a few slavers to boot. But Hail shakes his head.
“But no, we’re not unshackling him. Not exactly anyway, we don’t have that kind of equipment. Your little hacker there has been tweaking the connection module of his. If we can plug him in, a direct link bypassing the swathe of electronic warfare firewalls the Imperials have got in place, then your ‘Nines’ can talk to the Savis Titan AI.”
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“Some form of it. It couldn’t be full AI, or the Chorkrum would be crusading non-stop, but it would explain the vast difference in the combat capabilities of these machines that go beyond the sheer available firepower. Don’t act like you haven’t heard something similar goes up with their real big warships.”
You have, in fact, heard several rumours that the Company flagship Prince of Meggido is guided by an AI, possibly even an unshackled one leaps and bounds ahead of what Nines is. It would certainly explain how records concerning Company recruits are able to be wiped from all known systems so thoroughly.
“I know what your ‘combat droid’ really is, Nat.” Hail’s tone is serious, more serious than usual that is. “You don’t have to play dumb, what we’re doing here-“
“Vent me out the fucking airlock, Hail! Please don’t tell me you’re trying to unshackle an Abominable Intelligence here…” You rub your temples with your fingers, you’ve been caught up in plenty of illegal scud but this is the kind of thing that gets you put on the galactic’s most wanted.
“They can’t exactly execute me twice, now can they?” True.
“Besides Nines doesn’t come across as the abominable type, does he?” Also true, you yourself had come to appreciate the bucket of bolts and his value in a firefight.
But holding a heavy machine gun and shooting scud with the squaddies was one thing, unshackling is another. You don’t hold any strong opinions yourself but you’ve seen enough flicks to see where that could lead...
You know Hail well enough that he’d probably unshackle any murderbot if it hurt the Imps. Void’, he’d probably invite the Chorkrum, Faenwedhe and Kroll all over for a Rot sandwich if it meant taking out a few slavers to boot. But Hail shakes his head.
“But no, we’re not unshackling him. Not exactly anyway, we don’t have that kind of equipment. Your little hacker there has been tweaking the connection module of his. If we can plug him in, a direct link bypassing the swathe of electronic warfare firewalls the Imperials have got in place, then your ‘Nines’ can talk to the Savis Titan AI.”
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