Onboard of Secunda

[Hitman-76]

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Meeting aboard the war vessel "Secunda."

Topic: Classified

"They are number diagnostics results of tests done on a standard Mako." Duke replied. "What I mean is, they are the results of standardized tests that are run throughout the ship, making sure that everything is normal." He briefly waves a hand over gesturing towards his left at the engineer before speaking again. "I am sure you are no stranger to ship maintenance, but what I'm getting at here is if your ship numbers do not match a standard "all green" result, then we might be able to find the root cause of the Artificial Intelligence "takeover" if you will.

Duke stops speaking for a minute and pulls his hand back towards himself to pull something out of one of his pockets. "Now, if your ship was customized, then it won't be so simple." What Duke pulls out is a blank blueprint of a Mako chassis and hands over to the engineer for everyone to see. "If, your ship was customized to accommodate this Artificial Intelligence, you will have to specify how it was modified. The reason for this, is because if we do a number diagnostics test with your current ship status, the numbers will be coming from a custom Mako and not a standard one, and that isn't what we want. If you can tell us how exactly your ship works, we can run a simulation version on the Lockdown and run the test on that."

Duke continues, "What we want here is a mismatch, because that will tell us where, when, and how this happened, or we are at least hoping." As Duke is speaking, the scientist pulls out a large data pad to type on for remembering things. The engineer sees and rolls his eyes at this, pulling out an old-fashioned pen and notebook if he has to write anything down. "With this knowledge, we will be able to make barriers that the AI can't override, a counter to their override of whatever systems they make take control over."

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