Jack finally came to his senses. He was feeling terrible headache. Jack slowly opened his eyes. He saw a cockpit of a ship just in front of him. He was sitting in the ship pilot's seat.
"I'm in the... ship?"
He looked around him. Ship's interior seemed to be familiar to him, but he couldn't remember its name. Then he saw a text near Neural Net screen. It stated "BDR-804 "Guardian", property of Liberty Security Force". Jack was at a loss.
"What? Liberty Security Force?"
He tried to remember anything, but he only strengthened his headache. Then he finally noticed that he can't see anything from the cockpit due to high density nebula. He pushed "BOOT" button near screen. Screen started blinking and Jack saw a message.
"This vehicle is voice locked. Say the passphrase to unlock."
"But I don't remember any passphrase! I don't even remember how did I get here!"
Then he saw a button named "Guest account" and pressed it. Menu showed up. "Navigation System", "Weapon Systems" and even "Diary" buttons were disabled. However, "Neural Net" button was enabled. Jack was interested in information about Liberty Security Force and this ship as it could help him to remember how did he get into this ship and what happened. Strangely enough, but he was able to find a pilot history of this "Guardian". The last one mentioned this:
Quote:I.D.: Jack Summers
Date of Birth: 24.05.800 A.S.
Gender: Male
Origin: Liberty, Planet Erie
Rank: Officer
Status: M.I.A. (Missed in Action)
"Summers? Yes, that's me... But it means that this is MY ship! I'm working for LSF and I'm M.I.A.? What happened? The last thing I remember is..."
Jack tried to concentrate. Parents, school, flight academy, Liberty Navy recruitment, battles, medals, Liberty Security Force exam, first mission and ... light. He was trying to remember everything after that, but unsuccessfully.
"Well, at least something cleared up. As I can't unlock computer without passphrase knowledge, it's unlikely that I can survive. This ship can't hold much oxygen and I can't send any messages"
Computer screen blinked again and new text appeared:
"You have new message. Opening..."
Quote:Q1 - What brings you to request being in a potential Janitor position of our almighty temple. We will work you hard. What have you done to deserve sitting at the janitors console, and hold the almighty mop of cleaning?
Q2 - What makes you a superior janitor to everyone else?
Q3 - Do you expect to gain anything besides being being able to wield "THE HOLY WINDEX"?
Q4 - What responsibilities do you believe you'll have in the position. (Hint: Scaring away geese is 'not' one of these responsibilities)
Q5 - Out of the pool of Mortals - Is there anyone else you think would be a more experienced janitor than you?
"What? Janitor application? And this strange wording... "
He noticed that "Reply" button is active.
"It's my chance to survive! They can rescue me! But only if my application will be good enough. I can't just call for help, they'll think that it's a joke."
Jack filled blank fields, looked at them, exhaled loudly and pressed "Reply".
"Message sent."
Quote:Q1 - What brings you to request being in a potential Janitor position of our almighty temple. We will work you hard. What have you done to deserve sitting at the janitors console, and hold the almighty mop of cleaning?
I never was a Janitor, but I can learn quickly to work effectively.
Q2 - What makes you a superior janitor to everyone else?
I can be very active keeping the Neural Net clear. Looking here, looking there for anything that is abnormal.
Q3 - Do you expect to gain anything besides being being able to wield "THE HOLY WINDEX"?
With great power comes great responsibility.
Q4 - What responsibilities do you believe you'll have in the position. (Hint: Scaring away geese is 'not' one of these responsibilities)
Maintaining Neural Net, looking for bad-behaving mortals and clearing after them.
Q5 - Out of the pool of Mortals - Is there anyone else you think would be a more experienced janitor than you?