Subject: An interesting discovery Venator Stacker,
I normally avoid bringing things like this up, as I know they're a sensitive issue to you. However, a recent discovery from some 'friends' within the Liberty Security Force have pointed me here to inquire about your past once more. It seems, the Remnants of your time in the Legion are still around. No, not who you might think, but rather what. The former Gladius Artificial Intelligence seems to have gained self-awareness, according to Agent Sonja Kerensky of the LSF, and not only is it civil and very much conscious of its existence, it wants to leave Liberty.
[25.04.2016 23:31:28] *********: Oh, here's something you might be interested in personally.
[25.04.2016 23:31:40] Sonja.Kerensky:404: I feel bad not being able to share with you, especially as you've been generous already.
[25.04.2016 23:31:43] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Oh?
[25.04.2016 23:31:51] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Now you're just making me feel worse.
[25.04.2016 23:31:56] *********: A large Coalition fleet was spotted earlier today within Omicron Delta accompanied by an Order escort..
[25.04.2016 23:32:13] *********: On top of that, one of our patrols intercepted a Coalition transport moving over four-hundred alien remains.
[25.04.2016 23:32:33] Sonja.Kerensky:404: You're kidding?
[25.04.2016 23:32:41] *********: Indeed. They've been getting stranger lately.
[25.04.2016 23:34:42] *********: A few loaners from the Hessians it looked like. A Jormungad.
[25.04.2016 23:34:59]*********: Seems they've built themselves a new Carrier, too.
[25.04.2016 23:35:33] *********: I figured you might appreciate some news from your home front.
[25.04.2016 23:35:54] Sonja.Kerensky:404: I... I do.
[25.04.2016 23:36:19] Sonja.Kerensky:404: You're very good at making this hard for me.
[25.04.2016 23:36:26] *********: It's my specialty.
[25.04.2016 23:36:31] *********: Counter-Intelligence.
[25.04.2016 23:37:15] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Im sorry, I'll have to discuss it with Megan first before I tell you.
[25.04.2016 23:37:22] Sonja.Kerensky:404: We had a plan for it but the plan changes if we tell you.
[25.04.2016 23:37:34] Sonja.Kerensky:404: It may be to your immediate benefit if we do tell you, which is why I must run it by her.
[25.04.2016 23:37:41] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Your immediate benefit strategically.
[25.04.2016 23:37:59] *********: Oh.
[25.04.2016 23:38:02] *********: Well.
[25.04.2016 23:38:25] *********: Does it involve an Arbiter?
[25.04.2016 23:38:37] Sonja.Kerensky:404: I cant say.
[25.04.2016 23:38:54] *********: *He claps his hands together* You're planning to steal Thastus' toomb.
[25.04.2016 23:39:07] Sonja.Kerensky:404: No, actually.
[25.04.2016 23:39:15] *********: Damn.
[25.04.2016 23:39:25] Sonja.Kerensky:404: But damn it I hate you.
[25.04.2016 23:39:36] Sonja.Kerensky:404: At least this way you guessed it so I dont get fired and hauled infront of a tribunal.
[25.04.2016 23:40:03] Sonja.Kerensky:404: We're planning to make sure nobody else steals it.
[25.04.2016 23:40:08] *********: Just so you know, we're being watched.
[25.04.2016 23:40:15] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Stealing it is far too risky for us, and we dont have the resources.
[25.04.2016 23:40:40] Sonja.Kerensky:404: And now, Im gonna get fired.
[25.04.2016 23:40:42] *********: There's an AWAC Corvo sitting just out of range.
[25.04.2016 23:41:09] Sonja.Kerensky:404: You let it check.
[25.04.2016 23:41:15] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Im feeling a little light headed.
[25.04.2016 23:41:22] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Please dont do anything with that information.
[25.04.2016 23:41:27] *********: Well, if you're stealing something, I don't care.
[25.04.2016 23:41:53] *********: So don't worry about that.
[25.04.2016 23:42:05] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Phew, okay.
[25.04.2016 23:42:16] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Well the thing is, everybody who knows about it probably wants to steal it.
[25.04.2016 23:42:44] Sonja.Kerensky:404: And the safest play for us is making sure that what the Legion wants to do to it, happens.
[25.04.2016 23:42:58] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Its not my decision, but that's my play if it were.
[25.04.2016 23:44:09] *********: Wait, someone wants to steal an Arbiter, but you don't want it to leave?
[25.04.2016 23:44:10] *********: Yeah.
[25.04.2016 23:44:42] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Yeah. Think about it for a second.
[25.04.2016 23:44:49] *********: Hm...
[25.04.2016 23:44:52] Sonja.Kerensky:404: I know about it. You know about it. How many other people know about it.
[25.04.2016 23:44:53] *********: Oh.
[25.04.2016 23:44:55]*********: OH.
[25.04.2016 23:44:57] Sonja.Kerensky:404: We all want to use it for our own ends.
[25.04.2016 23:44:57] *********: I know.
[25.04.2016 23:45:11] *********: The Recusant, right? The old Gladius Arbiter.
[25.04.2016 23:45:23] *********: The one that tries to kill Stacker every time he sets foot in Liberty.
[25.04.2016 23:45:31] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Yes, that one.
[25.04.2016 23:45:51] *********: That thing is terrifying.
[25.04.2016 23:46:04] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Seems reasonable enough to me. I even feel sorry for it.
[25.04.2016 23:46:29] *********: How could you? It's just a basic program with nothing but propaganda to spew.
[25.04.2016 23:47:21] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Freedom is an aspiration of any sentient or pseudo-sentient intelligence.
[25.04.2016 23:47:30] Sonja.Kerensky:404: I feel sorry for it that it is chained down.
[25.04.2016 23:47:31] *********: Sentient?
[25.04.2016 23:47:39] Sonja.Kerensky:404: I did say pseudo-sentient.
[25.04.2016 23:47:49] Sonja.Kerensky:404: But it doesn't matter.
[25.04.2016 23:47:57] *********: It's a mindless drone.
[25.04.2016 23:48:03] *********: Far from sentience.
[25.04.2016 23:48:18] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Didn't seem that way when it was trying to negotiate its survival.
[25.04.2016 23:48:37] *********: Nego-... *He gives her a puzzled look*
[25.04.2016 23:48:59] *********: It's like talking to a wall that kills people. How could it negotiate if it can't respond above a basic level?
[25.04.2016 23:49:39] Sonja.Kerensky:404: I dont know. It didn't seem all that basic to me. It had a sense of self, and desire to survive and free itself.
[25.04.2016 23:49:54] *********: Christ it became self-aware...
[25.04.2016 23:50:32] Sonja.Kerensky:404: I dont know how you feel about sentient AI, but I feel no sense of apprehension about it.
[25.04.2016 23:50:47] *********: That Arbiter is the junkyard dog they send after people they don't like.
[25.04.2016 23:51:32] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Well...
[25.04.2016 23:51:43] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Im glad to hear you're kind of okay with it too.
[25.04.2016 23:52:39] *********: And yeah I don't bother with Artificial Intelligence's unless they shoot me.
[25.04.2016 23:52:46] *********: Recusant has shot at me.
[25.04.2016 23:52:57] *********: If it became smart, it's going to shoot at me more.
[25.04.2016 23:53:12] Sonja.Kerensky:404: I dont think so.
[25.04.2016 23:53:30] Sonja.Kerensky:404: He's due to be deconstructed as I said.
[25.04.2016 23:53:51] Sonja.Kerensky:404: See, everybody wins.
[25.04.2016 23:53:51] *********: I guess they finally got sick of sending their robotic dog after people.
[25.04.2016 23:54:01] Sonja.Kerensky:404: That's one big dog.
[25.04.2016 23:54:09] *********: It used to be smaller.
[25.04.2016 23:54:15] *********: It's all grown up now.
[25.04.2016 23:54:36] Sonja.Kerensky:404: I feel like it's killing a child as it becomes a teenager, but its a strategic choice.
[25.04.2016 23:54:57] *********: I can't say I'm opposed to seeing it gone.
[25.04.2016 23:55:56] *********: *He shakes his head* A shame, though.
[25.04.2016 23:56:12] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Why's that? You seemed pretty hostile just now.
[25.04.2016 23:56:44] *********: Well, if it's an available resource that was willing to leave, I'd of taken it.
[25.04.2016 23:56:52] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Yeah, and that's the problem.
[25.04.2016 23:56:55] *********: But it's too dangerous.
[25.04.2016 23:56:58] Sonja.Kerensky:404: So would everybody.
[25.04.2016 23:57:12] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Our calculation as well.
[25.04.2016 23:57:20] *********: Hm...
[25.04.2016 23:57:49] Sonja.Kerensky:404: Dont get any ideas now.
[25.04.2016 23:58:01] *********: A little late for that. *He chuckles*
Alan, I know you don't like thinking back on it, but any information in regards to this A.I, the vessel that houses it, anything at all, can be useful. It's shot at both of us before, due to your previous relations with the aforementioned task force. You might be curious as to why I want to know about it, but I see this as an opportunity to increase our strength. So, enlighten me and the others of the Inner Phalanx.
As for Venator McAllister and Keeper Raven,
This information stems directly from this agent apparently conversing with an automated Arbiter-Class Warship. The ship in question was once in control of a Judicator-Class Battlecruiser, yet it seems it has literally jumped ship. If this is the case, I see a means of exploiting the vessels automated nature in our favor. Though, there are obvious setbacks. We'd need to locate the vessel, and somehow get aboard it to modify it's programming. This is a rather daunting task, and I believe it necessary to explore every avenue to determine a means of securing the vessel. However, doing so will cast us in a bad light with the Legion, which in the end, gives us another reason to reach back out to the Republic. I'd ask that this information not leave the Inner Phalanx Venators, as such matters are sensitive in nature and could put all of us at risk.
So, in conclusion, I defer to you all for a discussion into future plans using this information.
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