Deterrence [DTR] - Message Dump

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Sender ID

Alejandra Sara Lopez

Location

TAUS

Recipient - Encryption

Deterrence Network - Heavily encrypted

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Buenos dias Carmen,

It is a pleasure reading your interactions with the Master Directive.
Deterrence Command authorizes you to contact these AI and figure out what they wish to achieve.
Maybe we can broker a deal in favor for Deterrence.

Que te vaya bien, preciosas.

Fleet Commander
Alejandra Sara Lopez

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Sender ID

Dimitrious Konstantinou

Location

Freeport 9, Omicron Theta

Recipient

Deterrence COMM-NET

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Hijos de Creta, I have returned home from the talks with the Unioners. We've reached a satisfying deal that has potential. The deal is already in motion as we've managed to assemble two convoys consisting of a mix of Unioner and Deterrence transports above Crete. We will prepare the third one by the end of this week to deliver goods to our clients in Rheinland and prepare for the next phase of the plan. When the Elders are pleased with the outcome of this partnership, we can use their favor to commit to a grander project, one that can benefit the entirety of the Deterrence. As for now, Im asking that you be present and alert, as our enemies will actively try to bring us down.

Now onto Carmens proposal, I must share my concerns with this idea.

Firstly, I admire your optimism to see these machines as 'living' and from what you've described so far, you've had good encouters with them. From my experience these AI have learned to be opportunistic due to their circumstances and Im afraid they could use your naivety to push their own agendas. The Deterrence has had plenty of encounters with AI and it pretty much a gamble as to what kind of AI we're dealing with. We thought them to be homogenous, a shared mind pushing for a singular goal, but their collectives are as fragmented as the Zoner factions that inhabit the Omicrons and the Omegas. They all share the goal of preserving their machine kind, but their methods and ethics differ wildly.

Some machines choose to cooperate with us, it is what you described. They introduce themselves, talk to you, offer insights. They learn from you just as you learn from them. Some have designated us enemy and try to kill us, others decide to join us. We've had machines who have tried to fight for us, only for them to betray us.

Secondly, the collectives you've described are unknown to me, The only collective I know personally is one thats branded EC], they are not too fond of me but I haven't had to fight them so far. Im unsure If I've encountered these Novak and Volatile machines before, I simply can't remember, but I trust you'll be careful when around them or any other AI thats trying to learn from you.

Finally, you must be aware of the potential consequences of associating with these AI. Though they're not numerous, they're sought after by alot of other parties. The vile Core already succeeded in taking a piece of the pie by taking over Gammu for a time and making their own army of AI drones. You will become a target for them if they learn you work with the AI. Then there is Technocracy of Auxo. They are already mistrustful of us and are the closest ally to the machines. It is very likely you'll encounter Auxo and when they see you, they might assume you as trying to steal AI secrets. The Order also wish to dispose of the AI, as they deem it alien and therefore a danger to humanity. They can turn their attention to the Corsairs if we start working with the AI.

It is a very complicated mess of factors that make your proposal, Carmen, extremely difficult to achieve. I don't doubt your success in this, but I feel you might have not grasped all the dangers that come with these machines. The potential is defeinitely there, I can see the vision, but the costs for obtaining it are large. You'll definitely need more that yourself to achieve what you want with them.

Αντίο
Dimitrious Konstantinou

[ceu]

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Sender ID

Dimitrious Konstantinou

Location

Freeport 9, Omicron Theta

Recipient

Deterrence COMM-NET

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DTR-os, I have received a report that I'd like to share with you to keep you informed:

The fight with the scourge that is the Red Hessians has flared up and the Omega 3 and Omega 7 systems have become a Hot Spot for fighting. Its brought enough attention that Rheinlanders and Bretonian forces have stepped in, escalating this situation into a far worse one. Powerful warlords and figures of note are paying handsomly for the heads of each and every one of them. I suspect they are doing this to guard their assets around Cadiz.
The Executor has jumped in on this opportunity and opened the coffers to add on to these bounties. He wants you to keep your fighting skills sharp so the money is a good way to stimulate you. The bounties are already active on the internal network and they'll very soon be available to all corsairs.

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Our brothers also just bloodied the Hessians at the Fischer blackhole. A corsair fleet of Cretas finest just arrived to the Fischer black hole. By some chance they encountered a mixed fleet of Coalition and Red Hessians and soon engaged in battle. The danger of the black hole together with the enemies awful tendency to just refuse to die made this fight difficult and some ships were lost. Nevertheless our fleet was victorious and they will continue their mission in the deep Omegas and come back home once finished. The filthy Hessians and their Coalition allies will be left to be swallowed by the black hole.

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For now we will focus on Omega 3 and 7 and resolve the issue there. The warlords are organising a fleet tomorrow to hold down the systems and destroy any hostilles that roams around there. This fleet will no doubt get attention on it so expect a response if you make it to the designated coordinates. I will stress it again that the enemy have become more cunning and will use trickery to overpower us. Trust your training and be smart going into these systems, lest you want to meet your doom there. Fortune and Glory will benefit those who survive and thrive in there.

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Dimitrious Konstantinou