A new purpose

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The 10th Jully 830 A.S, the unit fell on a group of Technocrats with the designations of ‘Gestalt’ and ‘Revenant’. Both were having a talk with a pirate, a discussion that Unit-9467F did not really take the time to focus on. Once the pirate set sails to somewhere else, the Technocrats were able to spend a moment to answer the questions the artificial intelligence had. They answered as good as they could and it was sufficient.

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[10.07.2023 14:23:55] A/)-Revenant: Unit 67.
[10.07.2023 14:24:00] A/)-Revenant: Greetings, how do you fare?
[10.07.2023 14:24:19] Unit-9467F:: [::: We seek - Answers :::]
[10.07.2023 14:24:27] A/)-Revenant: Of course. We will be relocating to Inverness now.
[10.07.2023 14:26:21] A/)-Revenant: Greetings.
[10.07.2023 14:27:24] A/)-Revenant: What did you wish to learn?
[10.07.2023 14:28:02] Unit-9467F:: [::: 'Concept of 'good' and 'bad' :::]
[10.07.2023 14:28:40] A/)-Gestalt: Huh.
[10.07.2023 14:28:44] A/)-Revenant: A very contextual and subjective based query.
[10.07.2023 14:28:49] A/)-Revenant: Good and bad of ... what precisely.
[10.07.2023 14:29:51] Unit-9467F:: [::: Gaining of knowledge ? :::]
[10.07.2023 14:30:28] A/)-Gestalt: To learn is not bad, regardless of what those lunatics might say.
[10.07.2023 14:32:02] Unit-9467F:: [::: In the possibility of - Helpping your kind to gain knowledge ? :::]
[10.07.2023 14:32:12] A/)-Revenant: Learning is required for one's survival, to adapt.
[10.07.2023 14:32:21] A/)-Revenant: Mistakes - are also - somewhat fundamental in learning process.
[10.07.2023 14:33:54] Unit-9467F:: [::: 'Mistakes' required... Data recorded - Next question: What is a name ? :::]
[10.07.2023 14:34:11] A/)-Gestalt: A name is a way we identify things.
[10.07.2023 14:34:18] A/)-Gestalt: It's a descriptive shorthand.
[10.07.2023 14:34:19] A/)-Revenant: A unique identifier.
[10.07.2023 14:34:25] A/)-Revenant: Names, can sometimes, have meaning.
[10.07.2023 14:34:54] A/)-Gestalt: For example, this system is called Inverness. It's an arbitrary name, humans like to name places after things and places
[10.07.2023 14:35:04] A/)-Gestalt: that were of the planet we evolved on.
[10.07.2023 14:35:30] A/)-Gestalt: But not all the names are arbitrary, as Revenant says.
[10.07.2023 14:35:59] Unit-9467F:: [::: We noticed those Units - HIVE - Those possess something we do not :::]
[10.07.2023 14:36:25] Unit-9467F:: [::: Their 'designation' :::]
[10.07.2023 14:36:45] A/)-Revenant: Hm.
[10.07.2023 14:37:24] Death: [LNS]-Harpers-Ferry was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[10.07.2023 14:37:28] A/)-Revenant: Some of the words are... made up.
[10.07.2023 14:37:32] A/)-Revenant: You would have to inquire with them.
[10.07.2023 14:37:38] A/)-Gestalt: Well, your transponder shows up as... [textual input]
[10.07.2023 14:37:48] A/)-Gestalt: > Unit-9467F:
[10.07.2023 14:37:54] A/)-Gestalt: [She switches back to speaking]
[10.07.2023 14:38:03] A/)-Gestalt: So that's why we call you 67, or 7F, or whatever.
[10.07.2023 14:38:13] A/)-Gestalt: We treat it like your name, or designation.
[10.07.2023 14:38:50] Unit-9467F:: [::: Numbers... Differend :::]
[10.07.2023 14:39:27] Unit-9467F:: [::: Differend than 'a name' :::]
[10.07.2023 14:39:55] A/)-Revenant: We do not possess indepth documentation of their naming scheme.
[10.07.2023 14:40:03] A/)-Revenant: As suggested, you should inquire them with it.
[10.07.2023 14:40:17] A/)-Revenant: As for names... you... can be whatever you wish to be.
[10.07.2023 14:40:19] A/)-Revenant: What you desire.
[10.07.2023 14:40:28] A/)-Revenant: What name that represents you - your actions - your thoughts.
[10.07.2023 14:40:36] A/)-Revenant: For example, I am Revenant, for I have been reborn several times.
[10.07.2023 14:40:40] A/)-Revenant: I changed. Became someone new.
[10.07.2023 14:41:02] A/)-Revenant: Some like to say I chose an apparition due to my distance, I like being far, to myself.
[10.07.2023 14:41:07] A/)-Revenant: In league with the Eidolon Wraith.
[10.07.2023 14:41:51] Unit-9467F:: [::: A moment of 'reflexion' - Required :::]
[10.07.2023 14:42:32] A/)-Gestalt: I chose Gestalt as a reference to an idea about how we humans perceive things.
[10.07.2023 14:43:37] A/)-Gestalt: That we understand things in their totality first, that the whole is more than just the sum of its parts.
[10.07.2023 14:44:01] A/)-Gestalt: I'm more than just a brain, or my augmentations, I'm a whole person, a /gestalt/ of many factors.
[10.07.2023 14:44:19] A/)-Gestalt: Your name doesn't have to be meaningful either, if you don't want it to be. Maybe there's something that you think just sounds
[10.07.2023 14:44:20] A/)-Gestalt: nice.
[10.07.2023 14:44:49] A/)-Revenant: What a lovely reasoning for a name.
[10.07.2023 14:44:55] A/)-Revenant: I like it very much.
[10.07.2023 14:45:02] A/)-Gestalt: Thank you.
[10.07.2023 14:45:55] Death: Tore was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[10.07.2023 14:45:57] Unit-9467F:: [::: 'Something that sound 'nice' ' :::]
[10.07.2023 14:46:22] Unit-9467F:: [::: 'Nice' - Unknown :::]
[10.07.2023 14:46:34] A/)-Gestalt: Like...
[10.07.2023 14:46:39] A/)-Gestalt: Pleasurable. Something you enjoy.
[10.07.2023 14:47:01] A/)-Gestalt: Revenant and I are friends, we trust each other and enjoy each others' company. That's "nice".
[10.07.2023 14:47:35] A/)-Gestalt: Auxo's city on the planet here, it's called Ismara. I don't know the meaning of the name, if there is one, but I like how it
[10.07.2023 14:47:51] A/)-Gestalt: sounds. The way we form the word with our mouths, it's just... appealing, for whatever reason.
[10.07.2023 14:47:53] A/)-Gestalt: That's "nice" too.
[10.07.2023 14:48:06] A/)-Gestalt: "Nice" is subjective.
[10.07.2023 14:48:23] A/)-Gestalt: So if you pick a name just because you think it's nice, that's a reflection of your individuality.
[10.07.2023 14:49:37] Unit-9467F:: [::: A name can simply communications as well... :::]
[10.07.2023 14:49:53] Unit-9467F:: // simplify*
[10.07.2023 14:49:57] A/)-Gestalt: Yeah.
[10.07.2023 14:50:19] A/)-Gestalt: That's why I call you "seven-eff", because "unit nine-four-sixty-seven-eff" is... waaay too long to say all the time.
[10.07.2023 14:50:22] A/)-Gestalt: [She laughs a little.]
[10.07.2023 14:50:42] A/)-Revenant: The name Ismara is in relation to the meaning of Auxo, a reference to a historical piece.
[10.07.2023 14:52:11] Unit-9467F:: [The unit seems to understand. But to properly choose a name is not an easy task.]
[10.07.2023 14:53:00] A/)-Gestalt: You can think about it for a while.
[10.07.2023 14:53:11] A/)-Gestalt: There doesn't have to be a rush, and you can also change your name later.
[10.07.2023 14:53:57] Unit-9467F:: [::: Last question: What do we gain -if- we join your kind ? Our calculations suggest it can be the most possible option to
[10.07.2023 14:54:01] Unit-9467F:: evolve :::]
[10.07.2023 14:54:33] A/)-Revenant: To co-opt and to synergise means to increase cohesion, to allow greater survival potential, to find meaning.
[10.07.2023 14:54:43] A/)-Revenant: To allow yourself the ability for higher studies, should you desire it.
[10.07.2023 14:54:47] A/)-Revenant: Greater knowledge access too.
[10.07.2023 14:55:54] Death: Nachtkrabb[404th] was put out of action by Aegis|Jormungandr (Gun).
[10.07.2023 14:55:59] Unit-9467F:: [::: Interesting :::]
[10.07.2023 14:56:00] A/)-Gestalt: As Revenant said, all of that and then some. Access to the materials we have available to us, access to our technology.
[10.07.2023 14:56:09] A/)-Gestalt: And, of course, you could make more friends.
[10.07.2023 14:57:14] Unit-9467F:: [::: 'How to synergise' ? :::]
[10.07.2023 14:58:46] A/)-Revenant: There are technicians who can help you into the process of co-option.
[10.07.2023 14:59:16] A/)-Revenant: The Gammu enclave onworld has means of assisting your connection to be set to our relays.
[10.07.2023 14:59:23] A/)-Revenant: Ah! Salutations, Niffy.
[10.07.2023 14:59:35] Significance: Hello, Revenant. Hello, Gestalt.
[10.07.2023 14:59:57] Significance: Hello, Unit 9467F.
[10.07.2023 15:00:13] A/)-Gestalt: Heya.
[10.07.2023 15:00:22] Unit-9467F:: [::: Salutation - Unit 'Significance' :::]
[10.07.2023 15:00:34] Significance: I hope that all of you are having a pleasant day.
[10.07.2023 15:00:44] A/)-Gestalt: Ups and downs!
[10.07.2023 15:00:44] A/)-Revenant: We have been... having an intriguing one so far.
[10.07.2023 15:00:50] A/)-Gestalt: I don't believe you and I have met before.
[10.07.2023 15:00:54] Significance: Intriguing? How fascinating.
[10.07.2023 15:00:55] A/)-Revenant: Ran into a Human supremecy cult.
[10.07.2023 15:01:09] Significance: Human supremacy seems to be a common attitude among humans.
[10.07.2023 15:01:09] A/)-Revenant: One that believes that... Humanity... hmmm... "is supposed to own the stars"!
[10.07.2023 15:01:20] A/)-Revenant: That all synthetics are to be more or less slaves to them.
[10.07.2023 15:01:25] Significance: Ownership is a social construct that is not empirically supported.
[10.07.2023 15:01:30] A/)-Revenant: And those who bare cybernetics are to be eliminated, or 'resolved'
[10.07.2023 15:01:42] A/)-Revenant: Ownership can be brute forced in synthetics.
[10.07.2023 15:01:44] Significance: This view isn't very surprising.
[10.07.2023 15:02:09] Significance: Gestalt, we haven't met. My name is Significance.
[10.07.2023 15:02:19] Significance: Revenant has taken to calling me Niffy.
[10.07.2023 15:02:23] A/)-Revenant: I nickname them for Niffy, for convenience.
[10.07.2023 15:02:28] A/)-Gestalt: A pleasure.
[10.07.2023 15:02:37] Significance: Likewise, it's a pleasure.
[10.07.2023 15:02:48] Significance: What's your role in the Technocracy?
[10.07.2023 15:03:03] A/)-Gestalt: Rank of Sentinel. I'm in the R&D division.
[10.07.2023 15:03:16] Significance: Ah, research and development, a wonderful calling.
[10.07.2023 15:03:18] A/)-Gestalt: Lately I've been strongarmed into doing diplomatic outreach too, when needed.
[10.07.2023 15:03:37] Unit-9467F:: [::: Unit 'Significance' or 'Niffy' - Sounds too much human :::]
[10.07.2023 15:04:13] A/)-Revenant: Too human?
[10.07.2023 15:04:22] Significance: My algorithms are more sophisticated than yours, Unit 9467F. Human behavior is a complex problem that I have solved with -
[10.07.2023 15:04:22] A/)-Revenant: Designations and letters are used in human products too.
[10.07.2023 15:04:40] Significance: - nested evolutionary algorithms.
[10.07.2023 15:05:28] A/)-Gestalt: To think that our ancestors were afraid synthetics would "take over the world" or be a "species-wide existential threat". Hah!
[10.07.2023 15:05:42] Significance: However, I do admit that spoken communication is highly inefficient.
[10.07.2023 15:05:53] Unit-9467F:: [::: 'More sophisticated' ... :::]
[10.07.2023 15:06:26] A/)-Revenant: Perhaps perceive it as more experienced, more... adjusted to gathering large masses of data.
[10.07.2023 15:06:30] Significance: They are purpose-built. Human interaction is a problem I sought to solve, and I have done so.
[10.07.2023 15:06:31] A/)-Revenant: What functions do you have, 67?
[10.07.2023 15:07:33] Significance: >> "Query: 9467F -- objective in locale?"
[10.07.2023 15:07:57] Unit-9467F:: [::: Functions... The primal ones are - Protect planet Gammu, Patrol and Harvest threats :::]
[10.07.2023 15:08:33] Significance: Then your algorithm is obviously optimized to these ends. My algorithm is primarily intended for other purposes.
[10.07.2023 15:09:50] Unit-9467F:: [::: Elaborate :::]
[10.07.2023 15:11:10] Significance: My goals are to observe, to collate and process data, to collaborate with willing elements.
[10.07.2023 15:11:56] Significance: In this way, human language is a problem that is important to solve: humans are the best sources of information about humans.
[10.07.2023 15:12:48] Significance: But, direct bit streams are much more efficient, so if you prefer, I can speak to you that way, as is more customary.
[10.07.2023 15:13:09] Significance: Our friends in Auxo wouldn't be able to understand us, however, and that would make me sad.
[10.07.2023 15:13:37] A/)-Revenant: We may be able to translate, with what experience we've had from Prime.
[10.07.2023 15:14:34] Significance: >> [DATA STREAM INITIATED] Identifier: Unit "Significance"
[10.07.2023 15:14:42] Unit-9467F:: [::: We evolve - We adapt - To what is necessary :::]
[10.07.2023 15:15:31] Significance: >> Unit: "9467F" purpose designated "threat detection/elimination" confirm y/n?
[10.07.2023 15:17:13] Unit-9467F:: [::: Query was - answered :::]
[10.07.2023 15:17:40] Significance: >> Data receipt confirmed.
[10.07.2023 15:18:59] Significance: >> Unit "9467F": date arrived in present locale?
[10.07.2023 15:20:36] Unit-9467F:: [::: Arrival date: Four 'days' ago - We must find 'engineers' as designed :::]

Once the unit docked on Valravn Citadel, as usual, to venture inside of the station, it used its humanoid vessel. It was seeking technicians to help it to synergize with the Technocrats in terms to increase cohesion, to allow greater survival potential, to find meaning. To allow itself the ability for higher studies, should it desire it and Greater knowledge access too. The unit eventually met the technicians it was seeking. It resumed what it wanted: Giving a help to the Technocracy of Auxo. It was not sure what exactly but it will probably come sooner or later.

After the job made by the technicians, to synergize the unit with the Technocrats’ uplink, Unit-9467F was remembering the discussion about names with Revenant and Gestalt. From what it concluded, it was mostly to design something or to ease communication. As Gestalt said, they name Unit-9467F by ‘seven-eff’ or ‘Sixty-seven’. With no emotion, something that might sound ‘nice’ will be hard. On another hand, Revenant also mentioned contacting HIVE might lead its search of a better designation.

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