Rise of a new being

[Lolipop12]

Location: Omicron Pi / Secundus Outpost
Time: 00:00 / Secundus Outpost time zone
Date: 29th October 834 A.S

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The 28th October, Unit-9467F patrolled the Omicron Pi system and spotted a Med Force Enterprise vessel carrying a derelict nomad artifact. Having an interest, they both started having a discussion.

Exchange with the Med Force Enterprise vessel

[27.10.2024 20:01:59] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Well...that is unexpected...
[27.10.2024 20:02:32] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Derelict nomad detected - Useful - :::]
[27.10.2024 20:02:38] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Indeed.
[27.10.2024 20:03:11] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: What are your intentions with it ? :::]
[27.10.2024 20:03:40] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: I was planning to, ah...show it to someone, then donate it. To the Technocracy. I know for a fact that they /love/ to tinker --
[27.10.2024 20:03:58] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: --with such things. Until then, it stay safely stored in the hazmat unit of this vessel.
[27.10.2024 20:04:14] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: I, ah...happened to stumble across it. Over there, in the field.
[27.10.2024 20:04:44] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: It will be in better hands - in 'my' hands :::]
[27.10.2024 20:05:17] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Hm, hm...
[27.10.2024 20:05:53] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Let's be straight forward. You AIs love logical decision making, correct?
[27.10.2024 20:06:09] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Will you use force if I do not hand this artifact over?
[27.10.2024 20:06:39] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Perhaps :::]
[27.10.2024 20:07:10] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Depends your ties with - The Core, The Order, Technocracy and Corsairs :::]
[27.10.2024 20:07:46] Tip: You were a new player once. If you see someone making obvious mistakes, talk to them and help them.
[27.10.2024 20:08:23] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *faint smirk* Alright, let's sort my allegiances out first. The Core, I could not care less about. The Order and Corsairs? Not-
[27.10.2024 20:09:00] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: -hostile towards me personally, but I am not fan of theirs either. And I call a few Technocarts my close friends.
[27.10.2024 20:09:01] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: There.
[27.10.2024 20:09:09] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: What is your judgement then?
[27.10.2024 20:10:44] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Answers collected - 'I' will not use force - However persistent :::]
[27.10.2024 20:11:08] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Damn, speaking of the devil...I am urgently needed in Delta...
[27.10.2024 20:11:46] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Why ? :::]
[27.10.2024 20:12:11] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *worried* A transmission. From a vessel called Subjugator. Apparently, there is a medical emergency.
[27.10.2024 20:12:34] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Look, duty calls, as it is my oath as part of the MedForce. Do you require this artifact, or not?
[27.10.2024 20:12:47] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Affirmative :::]
[27.10.2024 20:12:53] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Let's make this snappy. I give it to you if you need, or want, it. But there are lives on the line.
[27.10.2024 20:12:58] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Roger then.
[27.10.2024 20:13:28] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: There you go.
[27.10.2024 20:13:38] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: And now, I am terribly sorry to cut our conversation short.
[27.10.2024 20:13:39] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: 'Thank you' :::]
[27.10.2024 20:13:45] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: But I am needed at the Freeport. Stay safe!

After getting the artifact, the unit set course to Secundus Outpost and stored the object with the two other it had in possession. Later that day, the unit patrolled the Omicron Delta system. It met again the same vessel from the Med Force Enterprise and another one with the callsign of: INS-Subjugator. From the captain of its board explained they were here for the unit, the help it wanted, but the same person also explained that Leviathan was badly injured. His life was threaten if he was not treated fast. Forced to do something, the unit invited the two vessels: INS-Subjugator and [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben to follow and dock on Secundus Outpost. Even if in normal situations, the unit would not let this to happen.

The 28th October, the unit received some news. Not only Leviathan was in a stable situation, but he needed to be sent back for more cares. A bad timing for the unit. It had only five weeks of activity. It was short. And according to the person from the INS-Subjugator, it will take a week before Leviathan is in a better state. The unit explained its situation. A terrible fate seems to cloud its existence. The pilot from the Med Force Enterprise was also there. He had some sympathy toward the unit and said he could try to do anything to help.

Exchange with Med Force Enterprise and INS-Subjugator

[28.10.2024 23:27:51] INS-Subjugator: [Stokes sighs heavily.]
[28.10.2024 23:28:01] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: That story's a long one. You might wanna settle in.
[28.10.2024 23:28:02] [OOC] Cesar`Gutierrez[TBH]: on the bright side, no flying back to Lolicrons for you
[28.10.2024 23:28:06] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: But we don't have to unpack this now, in the open. That's something for strong drinks and a bar.
[28.10.2024 23:28:55] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Ooooh...greetings?
[28.10.2024 23:29:04] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: That's a bigger unit than yesterday...
[28.10.2024 23:29:22] INS-Subjugator: Stoke: A welcome sight either way.
[28.10.2024 23:29:28] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: 'I' have many 'bodies' :::]
[28.10.2024 23:29:29] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: There's not many of the big cores left.
[28.10.2024 23:29:58] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Has been a while since I saw that kind of vessel...
[28.10.2024 23:30:31] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: And honestly doc, it's no biggy. These guys were all over the news.
[28.10.2024 23:30:48] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Articles about a bunch'a slave traders and organ farmers basing off an old Insurgent ship should speak for itself.
[28.10.2024 23:31:41] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: [visibly disgusted] Alright, already made me feel the opposite of sorry for their fates.
[28.10.2024 23:32:00] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: Is entity 'Leviathan' - fairing 'well' ? :::]
[28.10.2024 23:32:13] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Yeah. Thanks to your help, he was able to be stabilized.
[28.10.2024 23:32:18] Death: RPA|PRS-Clonmel suffered a self-inflicted catastrophic decompression.
[28.10.2024 23:32:29] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Revenant demanded he return home and collected him herself, but he'll be back.
[28.10.2024 23:32:33] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: And in greater numbers.
[28.10.2024 23:32:54] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: Unfortunate - - - - :::]
[28.10.2024 23:33:13] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Doctors say it'll be about a week before he can move on his own again.
[28.10.2024 23:33:28] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Correct. The biological and organic parts suffered drastically, but he's....wait. What do you mean, in greater numbers?
[28.10.2024 23:33:47] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Well, that's what got us caught in the first place, right? We were travelling small. Only about six of us.
[28.10.2024 23:33:55] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: So if he's coming back, he's not doing so alone.
[28.10.2024 23:34:30] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Oh! Oooh...*he chuckles once more*...thought you'd kick off a cloning program for Leviathan...*sighs contently*
[28.10.2024 23:34:33] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Reckon he's sending the Pytheas and Venator Serapis up with the mobile lab to help our Unit friend here.
[28.10.2024 23:35:01] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: By the time remaining - 'My' activities need to be interrupted - again and longer :::]
[28.10.2024 23:35:57] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Shouldn't be long. Man survived an engine explosion after all.
[28.10.2024 23:36:04] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Didn't think Lazurith would, be he did too.
[28.10.2024 23:36:36] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Speaking of! The focus was set on Leviathan the whole time. Well, my focus. How is the boy doing?
[28.10.2024 23:37:04] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Stable from what I heard.
[28.10.2024 23:37:11] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: I can try patchin' him through!
[28.10.2024 23:37:15] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: That's...not much info, but important one.
[28.10.2024 23:37:17] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Might take a second.
[28.10.2024 23:37:24] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Well I don't get much details myself.
[28.10.2024 23:37:30] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Kinda been out here.
[28.10.2024 23:38:09] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Huh....I mean, if he is in a condition to chat, and wants to...why not.
[28.10.2024 23:39:07] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: ... Nah, looks like he ain't responding. Or I can't get a signal. This whole terminal is a friggin' mess.
[28.10.2024 23:39:43] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *worried* No...problem. As long as he gets the care he needs for his condition.
[28.10.2024 23:39:57] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: But mentioning him and an engine explosion...that does not bode well.
[28.10.2024 23:40:13] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Well, I don't know what happened or how bad it was there, but I can tell ya' how it started.
[28.10.2024 23:40:49] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Leviathan put together a little team to come out here for our friendly host 9467F. We left on the Python on Friday.
[28.10.2024 23:41:17] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Passing through towards the Sigmas, using the Copernicus shortcut. Figured since Prometheus drove-
[28.10.2024 23:41:30] INS-Subjugator: the Rogues off the day prior and took out one of their gunboats, we'd have a clear shot. My idea.
[28.10.2024 23:41:38] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Ended up walkin' RIGHT into the Subjugator.
[28.10.2024 23:41:54] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: They uncloaked right on top of us and opened fire. Never had a chance. I got knocked out in the fighting.
[28.10.2024 23:42:09] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: By the time I came to, Ganes and I were locked in a cell and Ganes was out cold. Beaten to shit.
[28.10.2024 23:43:26] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *whistles* Hell! You all can count your blessings that you made it outta there in one piece...or at least a sub-critical --
[28.10.2024 23:43:30] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: --number of peices.
[28.10.2024 23:43:35] [OOC] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *pieces
[28.10.2024 23:43:43] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: One point the lights go out.
[28.10.2024 23:44:02] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Ganes tells me the door is maglocked, so I pry it open with a pipe we pulled loose. Just enough to crawl under.
[28.10.2024 23:44:23] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Others had already gotten out. One cell had two dead Rogues in it, other was completely empty.
[28.10.2024 23:44:55] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Last one had some civvie pilot we helped get out. Guided them right to the escape pods.
[28.10.2024 23:45:09] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Bumped into CS along the way. Ganes covered the door and took another bullet for us.
[28.10.2024 23:45:40] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: In conclusion - 'My' project is interrupted by unconvenient hazards - made by humans - - - :::]
[28.10.2024 23:45:50] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Well, they're all dead now.
[28.10.2024 23:46:07] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Our ship was destroyed in the fightin', so we claimed control and took this thing out here.
[28.10.2024 23:47:05] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *slowly shaking his head* Gods be damned...
[28.10.2024 23:47:30] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Some Bounty Hunters found us in the middle of the escape though. That's when the engine got taken out.
[28.10.2024 23:47:52] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Must've torpedoed it thinkin' the cruiser would run, but I don't think they had the manpower - or power left to do -
[28.10.2024 23:47:53] INS-Subjugator: anything.
[28.10.2024 23:48:09] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Lev' was in the engineering deck when that happened.
[28.10.2024 23:48:41] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: Can Leviathan - send the plans entity 'Revenant' sent ? :::]
[28.10.2024 23:48:51] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: I can relay that to him, yeah.
[28.10.2024 23:48:59] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Think he's gone in for another round of surgery.
[28.10.2024 23:49:12] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: That he is, Stokes.
[28.10.2024 23:49:52] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: As a matter of fact, I am needed there rather sooner than later. After the initial emergency treatment, we had to let him some-
[28.10.2024 23:50:28] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: -rest after stabilisation. Further fixes and patches would've been to much at once. This is why I was able to take a break in -
[28.10.2024 23:50:34] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: -the first place.
[28.10.2024 23:50:56] [OOC] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *let him have some rest
[28.10.2024 23:51:54] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: 'I' will calculate - the remaining cycle 'I' can be active - - - :::]
[28.10.2024 23:52:14] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Well he's in their care and they haven't stopped workin' on him. Daydreamer probably is runnin' that show.
[28.10.2024 23:52:18] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Kaufman.
[28.10.2024 23:52:32] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Hrrmm...you've helped us so much with the situation at hand, obviously delaying a project of yours...any way we can repay you?
[28.10.2024 23:52:50] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Agreed, yeah. Don't think any of us would've lived without you, Unit.
[28.10.2024 23:53:23] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: Five weeks - Before total offline session :::]
[28.10.2024 23:53:42] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: That's...not much time for any sapient being.
[28.10.2024 23:54:19] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: With entity 'Leviathan' - avaiable in one week - Four will remain :::]
[28.10.2024 23:54:33] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Think that's enough time to do what you need?
[28.10.2024 23:55:10] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: 'I' am not certain - 'I' simulated the case nothing 'bad' happened :::]
[28.10.2024 23:55:36] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *Hans lights up a cigar, as per usual during longer conversations* An impending shut-down does sound bad, though.
[28.10.2024 23:56:29] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: Operating a node, controlling multiple 'bodies' - lack of resources are the main factors :::]
[28.10.2024 23:57:54] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Honestly, wouldn't know anythin' about it, but I will take your word for it.
[28.10.2024 23:58:56] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Poor devils...the units, well, bodies left for operation are already low in numbers after the Core's little stunt...losing--
[28.10.2024 23:58:56] INS-Subjugator: [There was sounds of some furious typing on board, as Stokes stepped away from the microphone.]
[28.10.2024 23:59:22] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: --even more to attrition and shortages is a hard fate.
[29.10.2024 00:00:00] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: 'I' will do everything - to prevent this 'fate' :::]
[29.10.2024 00:00:03] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: [from afar] A'ight! I sent that message. Hopefully you get a relay soon.
[29.10.2024 00:00:16] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: You have my sympathy, AI. Like I said, any way we can repay you? Maybe with those ressources you so direly need?
[29.10.2024 00:00:46] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Can only imagine how hard those are to come by, way out here...
[29.10.2024 00:01:21] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: As a 'repay' - - - :::]
[29.10.2024 00:01:35] EC]-Unit-9467F: [The unit processes many possibilities.]
[29.10.2024 00:01:46] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Ah. Well, good news then, Stokes!
[29.10.2024 00:03:10] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: A planet - A new 'home' - and materials for repairs :::]
[29.10.2024 00:03:10] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: ... Hope to hell they're sendin' backup, too.
[29.10.2024 00:03:51] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *Raises one eyebrow* That's...necessary, but still a lot all at once.
[29.10.2024 00:04:10] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Well the Navarch is adamant about keepin' this hunk of junk.
[29.10.2024 00:05:22] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *scratching beard* Hmm...since my ol' friends would be no more without you, I personally could help out with critical --
[29.10.2024 00:05:35] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: --ressources, at least. But everything else is out of my league.
[29.10.2024 00:06:18] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: 'I' understand :::]
[29.10.2024 00:06:49] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: 'I' shall go in a slumber state on Secundus - :::]
[29.10.2024 00:07:01] INS-Subjugator: Stokes: Thanks again.
[29.10.2024 00:07:04] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Let us know what you need, next time you activate.
[29.10.2024 00:07:11] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Safe skies, Unit!
[29.10.2024 00:07:16] EC]-Unit-9467F: [::: Noted :::]

After the exchange, the unit entered in a slumber state, allowing to spare some precious time of activities. By being in a slumber state, Unit-9467F reduced the energy consumption from 100% to 10%. The 10% allows the unit to remain aware and ready to shift its state if necessary. The countdown of five weeks of activity expands to seven weeks. Which was a good news until Leviathan returns on Secundus Outpost for the promised aid.

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