beammeout | TEST DRIVE MEME!

WHAT HAPPENS IN SPACE VEGAS STAYS IN SPACE VEGAS

The ship has made a stop at a city-planet to acquire some supplies-- and just everyone's luck, it's one of those wonderful mostly-lawless places where you can do or get pretty much anything. About the only thing the local government seems to frown on is outright murder, though it's quickly apparent that most of the planet's places of business include some rather heavily-armed security to deter thieves and other ne'er-do-wells. Still, it's a chance to get away from the zombies and breathe some non-recycled atmosphere for a while...

Scenarios:

#1: Screw that, I'm staying on board.

Just what it says on the tin. Your character has some plans now that the ship's mostly cleared of both unwilling passengers and zombies.. the Master might even be away! Time for a little reconnaissance behind locked doors?

#2: All work and no play makes Jack something something.

Unhappily for you, you were given a mission on-planet that you should probably try to complete before you go have fun... well, unless you want to get your air supply cut off or any of another thousand yucky things. Thankfully, you just have to pick up that really big palette of mysterious crates watched over by those really big unsmiling dudes.. or was it that other big stack of crates?

#3: Well it's not technically illegal.

There's something on-planet-- money, technology, shinies, whatever your character's heart desires. Only problem is, you can't seem to acquire it by normal economic activities. Ocean's Eleven in Space, anyone?

#4: The chips are down.

It's Space Vegas. Your character is gonna go have a look at the space casinos, or take in a space MMA battle, or whatever other ridiculous thing you can think of on a planet where you can do pretty much anything you can afford... and you've got just enough in credits or barter to cash in...

#5: Wild card! Choose your own adventure!

DO

~Post a top-level comment for a character who will be NEW to the game. So, like.. everybody. If you want to.

~Make sure to label your post with your character's name and originating canon.

~Tag as if you're already stuck on this wonderful ship! Make sure to read through the game info before tagging.

~If you are really shy, try tagging one of the threads already there!

DON'T

~Walk out of the airlocks without a space suit. Jeeze.

~Taunt happy fun ball.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"We can wait. Patience is important to any strategy."

He looked at the creature as he spoke, tilting his head. "If you speak of artificial intelligences, we consider those works of an obscure, misguided path or of foul Xenos. AIs rebelled long before the coming of the Emperor, and much of that knowledge is lost. Thus why the Codexes are of such interest. Cogitators are... like computers, as you put it, but their programs and such are not machine spirits. Machine Spirits inhabit large machines, the smallest being Land Raiders." He thinks for a moment. "They are about 72 Tonnes and 10.8 meters long. Not even all have Machine Spirits. These can inhabit entire ships, giving them unique personalities all their own. This does not mean that cogitators and other small machines aren't venerated, they simply do not have the unique personalities and abilities that unique machine spirits bring."

Clu listened quietly as the other detailed the difference between programs and machine spirits, giving a thoughtful little hum as he processed the data. "Not certain exactly what qualifies as an artificial intelligence," he finally said, "but if they're anything like the MCP- Master Control Program- back home, I can see why you're not especially fond of them."

"As for Machine Spirits only living in larger machines well... I can't say for sure how large the computer I came from was," he said. "I never saw it from the outside. But I know that $flynn_home was a fairly small domain, so it's unlikely to have bee especially large. Encom_511, though, now that was a massive system. Who knows how big it was on the outside?"

He paused, smiling sheepishly. "And I'm probably just confusing you by this point, aren't I?" he asked "Maybe a proper introduction will clear things up; Clu-FA071081, hacking program, at your service." He gave a friendly nod rather than a handshake, since the concept was a bit alien to him yet, and he wasn't sure yet whether the other also used such a gesture as a greeting.

TEST DRIVE MEME!

Are you hitting on me? XD

Maybe, if you're up for a little data-exchange with a hacker. XD