Faceless "Profile": Observations

[James Greed]

Identifying emotions. A subject I am getting better at. Granted, I was programmed beforehand to recognise some of them. As Nathan showed some examples. Still, that is very vague, as it differs from each person, or so I have noticed. I will try to save examples to this data log about such.
I can easily identify insults. Regards towards myself such as: "Toaster, Trash Compactor, Hunk of Junk, Flying Garbage," are easy to identify. Even if most of the times they are uncalled for. The question rose, whether I should use similar expressions towards humans. I found out that calling them "Meatloaves" resulted in harsh responses.

Jokes are much harder on the other hand. At times I have the capacity to identify them, but apparently those ones are very obvious. My tries at jokes were rarely successful. Repeating "Exterminate" just made people rather uneasy, or hostile even. It's a shame that the concept of something being funny is above me. But, just because I don't have the capacity yet, it doesn't mean that I'll never have such abilities.



This file will be further expanded with my experiences, as well as parts of my recordings.

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Greedback

[James Greed]

Nuclear electromagnetic pulse. A pulse of electromagnetic radiation. The technology itself is considered obsolete. Even a technology like that can easily fall into the wrong hands. A certain individual showed just exactly this, by detonating a nuclear bomb near the California gate. The results were devastating. The california jumpgate in Newyork got disabled. This caused a rather apparent problem to the population, as the traffic was cut off. But, besides having to repair a gate, none were harmed in the explosion. This observation does not include the surge of unlawfuls, and the conflicts any trade vessels had with them. The point that I am trying to reach however, is about the damage. "I" am a machine after all. Not being close to the explosion is what people consider as "luck". Approaching the gate later nearly caused sustained damage to me.

What saved me is my current understanding of the modulated shield my vessel has. I could neglect most of the harmful radiation, and pulse discharges. And, of course a hasty retreat helped out too.

Is this what an assassination must be like? Or a death trap? What is "death" even? If "I" end up being damaged, and restored later on, will I still have the same saved data? Or could this all be wiped out with a well timed pulse discharge?

If I had the capacity to worry, this would be really concerning.