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Music Tart
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You are aware that your engine is designed to refill the battery. It will provide enough power to sustain vital functions such as cognition and magnetic grip indefinitely, with the more power consuming systems designed to run from the battery instead. You also know that your disabled features can be re-enabled if and only if they are absolutely and unambiguously vital to prevent a directive being broken.
You make a few queries to control.
"Oh good, thought I was talking to a brick for a second. Nope, no other units on this derelict on our watch. And nice try, auto, but the lack of any identifiable material in your databanks for the company is intentional. You've got the ID hashes, you'll pick up on anything that's us, but again, there shouldn't be, so assume anything you encounter pretending to be a friend is an enemy. And don't engage no matter what. If they come after you, run and hide."
There's a mild cough and the rattling of paper at the other end.
"Says here you've got about a week before we cut loose and leave. Earlier's better. And all we know is that this used to be some kinda pit stop that fell on hard times, except the pit stop part got tore out years ago. Maybe the whole place's been picked clean, but there's gotta be some meat on these bones left. Regarding the limits, well, if you can stuff it in a shipping container, we can handle it. I'm talking the six metre long one. Use the shelves where you are, we can pull them direct when you're done or if they're in trouble."
The voice sips some fluid out of a container. There is a dull thud of porcelain on metal.
"They don't have to be in a shipping container but if whatever you find ain't magnetic, stick it in a box that is first. There's gotta be a lotta those lying around. Aw, fuck. Gotta cut the signal and lie low. Good luck, be safe."
You are aware also that the sort of salvage work you've been involved in is not exactly legal. The station is, despite its derelict status, still property of its original owners. Its advanced state of decay is more due to less subtle scavengers than the passage of time.
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