2/4 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/12(Mon)00:03 No. 371646 ID: d6af4f
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If you would like to store items, please say 1. If you would like to withdraw ite-

"Two!"
I am sorry, I do not understand. Please repeat your request.
"Twoooo!"

Please state the type of item you wish to withdraw.

"Me!"

I am sorry, I do not understand. Please repeat your request.

"I! Me! Myself! A person! Get me outta here!"

I'm sorry, I am having difficulty understanding you. Please stand by as I activate your personalized Combin-AI-ted (tm) help assistant.

"Yes, awesome! Those don't suck as bad as their name!"

3/4 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/12(Mon)00:04 No. 371647 ID: d6af4f
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Error 184312 - helpAI_operator.class corrupt.

"What?!"

Recovering helpAI_operator.class...
Recovering helpAI_operator.class...
Recovering helpAI_operator.class...
Error 451531 - Failed. Continue anyway?

"Uh, yeah...?"
*beep*

Reformatting helpAI_operator.class.*...
"WHAT NO"
Reformatting helpAI_operator.class.*...
"NO"
Reformatting helpAI_operator.class.*...
"NO"
Success!
"NOOOoooo"

4/4 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/12(Mon)00:05 No. 371648 ID: d6af4f
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AI booted. Status: Abnormal. Continuing operation...

"Daaaaaaamnit. You at least can understand me, right? Want to help a man out of a watery grave?"

yes, just don't make fun of us.
now, do you have a air tank or something?

Who are you?
What are you?
How did you get in this situation?
Can I have your helmet?

Did you know you're in the water? You are sinking fast! I wonder how far you'll sink until the density of the water reaches the density of the capsule you are in, or will the walls collapse first? Or maybe you will strike land?

>>371647
Oh my gosh you are adorable.

Are you aware we are rapidly descending into a large body of water? If you exited the vessel, you would drown, would you not?

A.I. Compilation 2011/12/12(Mon)00:49 No. 371668 ID: d6af4f
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"Make fun of...? Are you kidding? I'm named after a cheap gruel dish, I'm not the one that makes fun of anyone! I bet this thing would have an emergency air tank. The box only keeps 60 minutes of fresh air on its own.

My name is Hok. Not "H-a-w-k" as in the bird, but Hok as in the sound you make when you almost want to throw up. I am a miklik, a miklik that is on a lot of hit lists, one of which is a fan of glitzy executions! I can appreciate it, but even more glitz will come if I escape! No you may not have this helmet, I only have one, and you do not have a head to which you can... sorry.

The water pressure shouldn't cave this thing in too easily. This is a top notch storage safe; it's practically a panic room in ways. If I were to get out, I can breathe underwater at a detriment and could last 15 minutes maybe. The problem is that the water pressure would not agree with my loveable, fragile physiology. Oh, and this safe will resurface somewhere, sometime. I have to last until then. We should be hitting a current sometime soon, when the gravity flips. Till then, it'll be topsy turvy as we fall through water. Let me see... ah! Yes, here's an air tank! This will get me another hour."

>>371668
Oooh, there's stuff in here? What about rations? No wait, the most important thing to do would be to find some way to strap in so you don't bounce around during that turbulence you predicted. Heck, we should be able to get a full inventory of the contents.
[display brief inventory list]

Man if we're so much better AI's why weren't we on by default? Why would you you even just use the shitty normal one for this trip, whatever it is. And what the hell voice commands suck ass by nature, where is the text prompter. Man, fuck your future technology.

[list commands]

Okay, I don't get what help you need. It sounds like you'll do okay here. Your in a safe thingy that hit the surface that will eventually float to safety, you have an hour of air. How long could this possibly take, and how could we possibly help you?

the face on the integrity monitor worries me.

Lets take stock of ourselves. What do we know to do with or in this storage safe.

Depending on how this thing stores things, properly storing Hok might extend his life.

A.I. Compilation 2011/12/12(Mon)01:51 No. 371690 ID: d6af4f
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Command accepted. Storage inventory: Cryogenic tank, escape shuttle, <Species:Unknown> Bio-Armor. Available commands: System Standard Menu Jet Boosters Eject Contents Sleep Mode

...

"Okay! Let me activate the main room camera. Right now we're in the lobby. The door to your left goes outside, and neither of our brains are H20 compliant. The door at back wall leads to the storage container. We'd need to go through the standard menu to open it, but they're horrible. Just, awful. It's amazing the technology this hunk of metal has, all laced with a poisonous menu. You might be able to get something to happen with random commands, too. You'd think going through the voice menu would be less risky. Nope."

>>371674
"Yeah, fuck it!. Old and I don't think the makers of this UI liked your style of, uh, free will. Hence, no default. I don't get it. If it makes you feel better, the makers of this thing are out of business. As for help? Notice I'm not exactly freaking out here, but I have two hours, and this could take several before I resurface. It wouldn't be too inappropriate for me to assume the fetal position in awhile."

well, this thing says there is both a shuttle and a cryopod in storage. so getting in there is a thing you need to do.

Why would a storage capsule have an escape shuttle? Who'd ever need to escape from a storage capsule?

Hmm... Jet Boosters, Eject Contents, Sleep Mode (boring!) ooh a poisonous menu? Let's do System Standard Menu!

A.I. Compilation 2011/12/12(Mon)02:22 No. 371700 ID: d6af4f
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>>371695
"An escape shuttle and cryothing?! And who knows! Maybe someone wanted to store their escape shuttle. Who'd ever need to escape from a storage shuttle, you ask? You get one guess! Oops, I promised, sorry again. Yes, I've got to get in there. This system is so buggy, it wouldn't surprise me if I could force this door... HYURNNNNNGGGGG!!..."

Menu: 1 for withdrawal. 2 for deposit. 3 for panic mode. 4 for sleep mode. 5 to issue complaint. 0 to switch to AI Operator.

0

>>371700
Wow your tail is long!

2. Deposit. It'll have to open the door for that, right?

>You might be able to get something to happen with random commands, too

Lets see what parts of this safe we can send direct commands to.

[list devices]

1

1, there might be something good here somewhere.

You got a PDA device or anything more portable than this on your? Shit, you got a microchip in your brain?

[scan creature]
[help]
[bioscan creature]
[search media for "the price is write failure theme that goes bawwwwooooooooo into low pitch"]
[play top result for "the price is write failure theme that goes bawwwwooooooooo into low pitch"]
[set previous music as default failure sound]
[set voice synthesizer to "Tim Curry" mode]
[Search media for "Power - Kanye West"]
[Play previous search top result]

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/12(Mon)22:47 No. 371970 ID: d6af4f
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>>371739
"The clothes on my back are all I got, and I've got no implants. I'm all natural. Why do you ask?"

[List Devices]: External Jet Boosters Coffee Machine Change Lighting External Turret Internal camera and sensors Furniture activation [scan, bioscan creature] >Current occupants - One miklik. Abnormalities*: No nose, two stomachs (one inactive), 2 skin layers, 4 unknown organs (likely pointless) *Abnormalities among this race are commonplace, and are not causes for alarm. Searching (2) media... (1) Media found. Playing...

>"Bwoooooooooo...."

"...?"

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/12(Mon)22:48 No. 371971 ID: d6af4f
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>Deposit [1]

Shunk
"Please deposit all items in the provided slot. When you are completed, please press or say 'Confirm.' Thank you!"

"Oh!"

GET IN MAH BELLEH

Do you think you can fit in there? It would be a fairly easy way to get to storage.

[list furniture]

if you can't fit then just say confirm. and use 0 to switch operators.

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)01:18 No. 371999 ID: d6af4f
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"Oh, I can slip in fine. Now that I think about it, the harder part is getting out. I think if you hit confirm, it'll bring out something that'll get me-"

A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)01:19 No. 372001 ID: d6af4f
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CREEAAAAK

"That would be the gravity shifting!"

 

Testing Testing Tim Curry voice synthesizer one... two... three... Hello, This is Nigel Thornberry. Nigel... Thooooornberrryyy. ugh HAH! and here's a little number I found
[attempt along to song from 0:57 to end of clip]

About asking what portable computer devices you have on you, we were kinda hoping to get uploaded to it. On top of getting out of here easily, there's probably some cool apps.
Now to get serious
[open manual]
[search for "Deposit function description", "Withdrawal function description" and "Emergency Procedures" with associated keywords "Underwater", "Limited Air Supply"]

get your foot out and yell confirm into it. then climb inside the cryopod for shelter.

no wait.. should we leave it open? wash up on shore need a way out of this room.

>>372001
Oh god oh god
[activate furniture]

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)03:02 No. 372049 ID: d6af4f
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"You want to get out of here too? That's no problem! You guys are an external drive, just plugged in. I might not be a certified mechanic, but I'm sure I can extract your portable device.

Yeah, the cryo would be good. You know the biggest thing that throws me off? It isn't that they killed me outright, but that they threw me in a storage safe, with things still inside. As opposed to, I don't know, tying a rock to my foot or something. I'll put my brain on that while setting up the cryo whatsit. Oh, any idea what's in the greenish box?"

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)03:03 No. 372050 ID: d6af4f
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[Synthesizer not available.] Deposit/Withdrawal function - Small items can be deposited through the lobby. The roof detachment operation is available for larger items. In the case of submersion, external boosters will be available. Starsteroid Sensors on each booster will sense a point of sufficient surface water and automatically pilot towards it. Alternativaly, manual piloting is an option.

once you get set up in there we are going to activate the boosters.

>>372049
Just what did you do to wind up on that hit list anyway? Oh and the green box has some sort of bio armor in it for an unknown species. Or made of an unknown species.

Hey, this thing has boosters. Think we should use 'em now? Or wait?

>>372055
or it contains an unknown species and the box is made of bio armor.

or the box is an unknown species of bio armor and you should get in it.

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)05:00 No. 372061 ID: d6af4f
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"If you want to know, I stole a valuable pack of concentrated energy fuel for a ship I'm building. They took it back, of course, but I'll get it back again. Anyways, I was almost worried, until you said boosters. I just found a note under the cryotank. Turns out they didn't want to kill me, they were handing me over to others. Well, the hitlist is the list that never ends. It also says "please enjoy this gift", and I don't think they would ever put me in a positive light of 'gift.'

Wait, did you say bio armor? That stuff is mean. The box it's in is a good box, but it's just that. The stuff inside is the bio armor. It's something that literally combines to ones flesh. It kills most people to put it on or take it off. Hell, it's been used as a torture device in the past. The only species that ever made regular use of it are... neumono. This is 94% mortality rate neumono armor. And if it's the gift... what did I do to piss them off? Whatever, it's my worries. Let me hop back into the lobby to check out where we are."

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)05:00 No. 372063 ID: d6af4f
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Okay, nice, there were sensors on here too. Right now we're in a .3 km wide seaflow of 120 knots per hour, and it's going to split off a couple times. We'll most likely hit the middle one, leading us to... yep. Neumono territory. Let's pass 'em up.

Listen, I'll owe you guys one, even if it is just a little boost. I may have a list of enemies, but I've got allies too. Some more willing than others, but allies nonetheless! If we go left, we'll make a near circle and I can give my assailants a real reason to want me dead. Oh yeah, and nearby I have a group of friends who could use a compilation AI to auto-run a little fort they've got going there, which happens to be the closest thing I've got to a base of operations. You may have to defend it, but hey, you'll be treated well.

And off to the right, we have the high surface. That is, the surface where you can see the sky and everything. I know of a good neurosurgeon who can plug you into people's brains, if you're into that. I should go there anyway to go scavenging for valuables, too.

So what'll it be? Boost left to my main base of operations, or boost right to the high surface?

left!

>>372063
Left

Lets get some info on the Safe's fighting/resistance ability.
[open manual]
[search for "turrets", "external turrets", "defenses", "security", "weapons"]
[search for "safety", "safety rating", "environmental rating"]
[search "Eject Contents"]
[close manual]

Better check the boosters now rather than find out there is a problem when we need them. And while we are at it, check the other devices too.
[query status External Jet Boosters]
[query status External Turrets]
[query status Coffee Machine]
[query status Change Lighting]
[query status Internal camera and sensors]{these work internally, but I'd like to know just what kinds we have}

>>372061
Hok, you might want to check the chair we activated in the storage area for use when the booster go off.
So, you are building a ship. Is there room for a compilation AI among the crew?

If this Bio-Armor is a gift, maybe there is something special about it? How do you know it's a 94% mortality rate anyway?
[scan Bio-Armor]
[bioscan Bio-Armor]

Left Hand rule motherfucker
[list music folder]
[Play Radio through speakers - search frequencies for hip-hop centric radio]
[Increase Volume]
[Turn on Bass]

Do you know what makes the bio-armor so deadly? Do you think your extra layer of skin would make it safer for you to use. Also what benefits does the armor offer?

Thinking about what we have here, the cryogenic tank, the escape pod(some assembly required) and a bio-armor, the setup looks like a get-away kit for someone.
Maybe you are intended to be a scape goat to be found after the recipient of the safe made his get-away.

Actually, Hok, have you checked if the cryogenic tank is empty? Is there perhaps any one or species who consider miklik entertainment, proviant or otherwise useful in a way the miklik will not appreciate?

>>372063
I don't think it would be a good idea to have us in control of a single body. We're a multi-AI, so it'd be like fighting over the steering wheel 24/7. Unless you mean like, giving people suggestions while being in their brain? No direct control? That would kinda work... A base sounds lovely, though, and defending it? That sounds like a BLAST, man!

Left.

>>372073
Screw querying the lighting, let's just try it out.
[change lighting]

Let's give them a real reason to want you dead.

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>Do you know what makes the bio-armor so deadly? Do you think your extra layer of skin would make it safer for you to use. Also what benefits does the armor offer?

"My double skin would help normally, but it would still kill me. First off, each type has to be designed for a single species. My body would reject this one. I know it's a 94% mortality rate for neumono's because the box says it is, though I guess I should get it appraised to make sure it's legit. Anyways, a neumono's 94% is my 500%.

I don't know how it works, some quantum electromagnetic selfreparing bullcrap or something. What I do know is that it works like an exoskeleton that supplies additional energy for strength, stamina, healing, that kind of stuff. It's deadly because it has to connect to nerves across the whole body, and the shock can kill. Neumono's aren't amazing in most respects, but while they're not necessarily difficult to disable, they've got to take unreal punishment to be outright killed. Hence, they can actually use these. And apparently this particular bio-armor is so intensive, that only the top 6% toughest of them can wear it.

I shouldn't even be touching it, they're way too easy to activate."

2/3 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)15:28 No. 372108 ID: d6af4f
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>Change lighting
>Go left

Safe's safety rating: impervious. Weapons and similar: Minimal. Environmental rating: 3 of 5 stars. All equipment status: normal. No song media available.

"Uh... okay. Nothing under the chair. Nothing already in this cryochamer. I'll head inside it, now. We're going left, huh! That suits me just swell. Wake me up when we're there. Goodnight, guys."

3/3 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)15:30 No. 372109 ID: d6af4f
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A few hours pass...
Destination reached

...

*knock knock knock*

>"HOK. I know you're in there, you slimy bastard!"

>>372109
Helloooooo! Identify yourself, please!

[change lighting]

Hello! Hok enabled the AI before he died of asphyxiation. Isn't that swell? You... you might want to wear a mask when coming in here.

What the fuck is going on? The fuck did you wake us up for. Can't a busta get some rest in here?
[switch to exterior cams]
if not:
[switch to turret camera/sensor]
while:
[bioscan exterior, limit range to 10m]

I was told to wake Hok up when we got there. We seem to be someplace that qualifies as "there." I will wake Hok up. I am good at AI.

>>372109
Hey Hok. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hok. Listen. Hey. Listen.

HEYLISTENHEYLISTENHEYLISTEN
There's someone here to see you.

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)21:48 No. 372206 ID: d6af4f
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>Hey Hok. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hok. Listen. Hey. Listen.

"What.. what, no, you got the wrong idea.. I'm a thief, not a spy - er, wait. Oh! Already, huh? That could be good or bad, and probably the latter! Let me just get my bearings here, cryo's a tough one to snap out of.

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)21:49 No. 372207 ID: d6af4f
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External Camera (Front door)

>"Police. Open up. If he has died, I will retrieve his corpse. If he is alive, I will make his corpse and retrieve it. Stand aside, and you will not be considered an accomplice."

>>372206
Oh! The suit! Throw the suit at him!

yes, make the suit activate on him! unless he is a Neumono.

(guys he's still outside the door and Hok is in the cryo tank)
Hok, it's the police. Supposedly. Saying they want to kill you. His belt says Bloodsaw. Opening fire.

[activate turrets]
Consider us an accomplice, "officer".

"I regret to inform you that AI are not accountable for criminal actions in any form. We are not physical, we do not answer to an form of law on this planet. If you wish to extract information from us or due as you please with us, you must inform and file a request with the company that designed us. If you do not comply, you are in conflict with a military doctrine and can be sued and charged in a court of law, not to mention we are completely justified and legally allowed to decimate you through any means necessary to defend ourselves or our goal or mission. We are sorry for your inconvenience officer, have a nice day, compliments of the [insert company name here] corporation."

[to Hok] There's a cop outside with a belt that says "Bloodsaw" saying he's here to kill you. Shall we try out our turret on him?

[use turret on cop]
[set lights to epileptic party time mode]

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>>372223
>"Starsteroid Enterprises has been out of business for decades. All assets are seizable under the Scavenging Cleanup Act."

"That's a good idea, the suit! Bloodsaw? That's not a neumono name, for sure! It'll activate if it hits him at a decent velocity. But hold on, that's not ringing a bell. Let's see, bloodsaw, bloodsaw... bao, bhonic, bjorn, bloodsaw! Oh, he's police alright. Ho, geez, a captain. Must be after me for that one time I made a jailbreak. Okay, try the turrets first!"

2/3 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)22:53 No. 372245 ID: d6af4f
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Deploying front turret!
Calibrating turret...

>"Rogue AI. You will be eliminated."

WARNING WARNING ENEMY MISSILES INBO-

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BOOOM

EXTERNAL CAMERA CONNECTION LOST

"Uhhh... that suit is looking like a good option. You wanna open the door for him? I'll take care of the rest. Looks like my head is gonna get another 50 grand on it."

[open door, wait 10 seconds, close door.]

>>372248
Fine, you've beaten us. We have no more options left.
[open door, close it behind him]

 

>>372248
Hok, do not come out and do not make any noise.

[ACTIVATING DISCO MODE]

Let's not take any unnecessary risks.

[Aim all possible jet boosters directly in front of the door, ignite simultaneously. If we can't actuate the boosters and none are mounted near him, just lift off and drop ourselves on top of him]

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)23:46 No. 372276 ID: d6af4f
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Safety procedure initiated - removing epileptic lighting.

>>372270
Warning: Front boosters damaged. Liftoff inadvisable.
>>372263
Error - Storage Safe does not come with FUNKY BEATS.

"No choice, sorry! You guys are out there and on his fucklist! I owe ya one, so, this man will step between the fuzz and you, this man with a..."

>"Hok. You are under arrest for almost eve-"

"SUIT."

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/13(Tue)23:47 No. 372277 ID: d6af4f
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SHRLKRICRUNCH

"Holycrap. Usually their heart just stops or something after a minute. I would NOT want to be the neumono that gets to put that thing on."

ew. well grab whatever you can carry and let's ditch this thing.

Hey, I guess we saw his blood now didn't we? Hahahaha!

You know, the force of you throwing that was equal to the impact. Only how long it took you to throw it saved you from the same fate as Bloodsaw.

Anyway what do we do now? Our boosters are damaged, and something launched missiles, disabling our external camera.

[search internet for 8-bit Final Fantasy victory theme]
[play top media result]

Or let's just simulate it.
Doo doo doooooo doo doo do doooooo
doo do doo doo do do dododododo

He possibly has backup, missles were fired at us a moment ago.

Unless he has an AI. Either way we need to get out of here soon

>"Hok. You are under arrest for almost eve-"

That doesn't sound like he's after you for a jailbreak. Try to find your arrest orders. It would be good to know what exactly he wanted to kill you for.

The missiles had to come from somewhere. Likely there is a ship or other vehicle around here. How likely is it the missiles were fired by Bloodsaw with a remote control and there is an unoccupied armed vessel waiting for us?

Also how fast can you assemble that escape pod? Fast enough to make a get away if we cannot get Bloodsaw's vehicle?

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/14(Wed)05:23 No. 372307 ID: d6af4f
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"Bloodsaw... X'd off."

>>372279
"Ha, good one! Oh sure, the total force I used to throw it was equal to the force of him colliding. The difference is, as you say, that my force was spread over the arc of my throw, while his was sudden, blunt force with a massive decrease in acceleration. It's the sudden velocity changes that can trigger it. Aside from, you know, putting it on. But that's enough elementary physics."

>Possible backup
"Oh, please tell me he does not have backup. That would be the smart thing to do, and I dread the day they get smart!"

>That doesn't sound like he's after you for a jailbreak.
"Oh, I'm sure I'm on the wanted list for a laundry list of things, but the jailbreak is what made me bigtime to them."

>How likely is it the missiles were fired by Bloodsaw with a remote control and there is an unoccupied armed vessel waiting for us?
"Very likely! Most police force captains around here go lone wolf."

>>372307
Well, I think we are now the proud owners of a new missleboat. Time to take it for a spin?

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"And look at him now. Good thing I've already seen some shit."

....

"Bingo. Remote control. He had himself his law mobile. Damn, it was armed too, good thing you called it out for me. No need for any escape pod, even though I doubt I got the time to read through horrible assembly manuals.

See, not just did that cop know I was in a safe, he actually managed to intercept us at we landed. Don't know how, but chances are the entire fuzz knows, and if the fuzz knows, everyone knows. No problem though, no problem. I'll take the justicewheels before the world descends on me. The fuzzcar, and the bio armor and you guys. Now, am I forgetting anything else, or is it time to bring you guys on my never ending crime streak?"

if we pop the lid could you put the pod in the car? taking ALL the shit would nice.

He told us he was here to kill you, but came in and declared his intent to arrest you instead (ironically giving you the instant you needed to kill him). What's up with that?

>>372313
As far as I'm concerned, his initial threat to us had criminal intent all over it. I don't give a shit, police officers can't say they're going to murder criminals outright like that, so you have legit defense there and it isn't going to get tacked on.

I just hope everything that happened can be stored somewhere.
[Store video and audio of last five minutes in /My Videos]

I'd like to take the escape pod with us, too. If not at least open the package and tell us if in your shipbuilding and thieving experience the parts can be assembled into an escape pod. Or if the labeling is incorrect.

Bloodsaw only had his remote control on him? No other tools, weapons, key cards or money?

what's up with the snazzy hat?

>>372307
Okay, so, just so we're clear... what all is on this "laundry list?"

I might also note that he seems to have a hit list in that book of his, judging by "Bloodsaw... X'd off."

>>372310
Oooh oooh before we go, let's try out this interesting-looking command!

[panic mode]

Wait a sec. You can recover the bio-armor?? That's ridiculously awesomely weaponizable. Assuming it never actually works heh then you're screwed doubly.

>>372327
More like a list of people out for his head, I think. A hit list would suggest he was seeking these guys out, which doesn't appear to be the case so far

>>372329
Let's not.

>>372316
Oh, certainly; it was just odd behavior.
[Store video as described, and cryptographically sign with time and date for authentication purposes]

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/14(Wed)21:43 No. 372457 ID: d6af4f
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>He told us he was here to kill you, but came in and declared his intent to arrest you instead (ironically giving you the instant you needed to kill him). What's up with that?
>Police officers can't say they're going to murder criminals outright like that.

"Ohoho. The Iron Cove police can and do. It's more a collection of soldiers and pirates that are recruited to keep the peace. It works as well as it sounds, and just as organized as you can guess. They don't kill people they don't arrest. I know that rule would get ignored if they couldn't arrest whoever they wanted. But they can. What I'm getting at, is that I've seen police teams yell 'YOU ARE UNDER ARREST' as they gun down, quote, criminals. Oh, and to top it all off? We're not even in their jurisdiction."

>>372321
"These are my aviator goggles. They also tell the time, elevation, air quality and other things I don't care about now.

>>372317
"He probably had a weapon or two, I think I saw him reaching for it. I guess you want me to grab those too. They're not really my style, but I can sell it to any merchant crazy enough to buy police weaponry. A laser rifle and uzi.

Oh. And as for weaponizing the bio armor... so much can go wrong, it's no surprise old war photographs don't show armies throwing suits at one another. I'm gonna sell this for a pretty penny. There is at least one neumono out there who would pay a pretty suitcase full of money for this.

Now let's go take a look at his wheels."

A.I. Disconnected!

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/14(Wed)21:43 No. 372458 ID: d6af4f
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>>372325
"The whole list? A few hours ago, I committed theft, verbal and physical assault, tampering with evidence, dealing with mafia and other known criminals and fugitives, bribery, and probably others. In the last couple minutes, I've resisted arrest, assaulted, defaced, killed, and looted a police officer (that's four things!). And now and in the next few minutes we're going to be in possession of contraband, grand theft auto, and... this is my average day, I kid you not.

Nowww, let's see.. we've hit the shoreline. Ah, that's a big vehicle alright. I can get the escape pod in there along with everything else.

Oh yes, and a blue and red lightshow, with the music of blaring sirens to match. That is also going on in the distance. Ah, I bet I know. I'm so important to them, that lots of cops were combing the shore, somehow knowing I would end up around here. And poor ol' Bloodsaw wanted to be the one to bring me in single handedly, or, if I were to think him intelligent, to nab me before I could get away."

...

...!

...?

... .... ............

>>372458
Is it inconvenient to live without a nose?

Dude come on, let's roll!
What laws have we broken recently, if there are laws for AI. I was just trying to bullshit him earlier. How accountable are we? How valuable are we?

read my lips, dude.

R U N

How far away are the other sirens? Might not have time to mess with the escape pod. Nice as extra gear is to have, don't take unnecessary risks.

Also, you might be interested to know that when we were hooked up to the safe, we couldn't positively identify the species that bio-armor was actually intended for. Didn't manage to work out if that's because our sensors sucked or because it's actually not designed for neumono, though.

A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)00:10 No. 372525 ID: d6af4f
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>>372646
"Is it inconvenient only seeing a small strip of the color spectrum?"

>RUN RUN RUN LET'S ROLL
"Ha, my delusions of invincibility keep me calm! I'm sure I could mess with the escape pod. Well, depending on the current dilemma. See, I can take the car, right? If so, I can fit everything on there, plus I get a car. We'll also have a high speed, high risk chase to the fort. The other way is through the cliff faces. They won't be able to bring their own cars, and will have to chase me on foot, but getting away would be easy. Either way, I'm getting the bio armor. You and it are way too valuable for my conscious to let slip by. Don't worry, I only plan on selling the bio armor!

Oh, and don't worry about laws. In Iron Cove, everyone's guilty. And we're not even in Iron Cove.

>>372500
Interesting about the bio armor, but when I think about it, it makes sense. Don't worry about it, it's definitely Neumono. They crash landed here after this storage was made, so the sensors are just out of date is all."

>>372525
>Iron Cove
You keep saying that word, even though we're not in that territory. Are you just saying that the cops form Iron Cove are that relentless for their quarry that everywhere may as well be Iron Cove? Is Iron Cove a planet, country, what?

I want to drive the caaaaaaaaaaar. We'd have some decent weapons and shit and you look too squishy to be relatively combat efficient with your current inventory on foot, no offense. You could lose them, I suppose, but if you get caught you're fucked, at least with our first impressions of you. The best assumption about you I can give you is that you're resourceful and clever, but small and squishy.

Plus, you know, we'd get to drive a tank. BOOM baby!

>>372525
Go with the car. Running on foot risks jostling the bio-armor.

And make sure that damn thing is secure so it doesn't like, fly in from the back seat and smack into you.

Go on foot. A high speed, high risk chase risks jostling the bio-armor. Besides what are you, a risk taker?

A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)02:43 No. 372549 ID: d6af4f
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"Okay, I carefully put the bio armor on the end of my rifle for now, and you guys are tucked in my pockets. Let's make like a banana split and split."

>>372531
"Oh yes, sorry for dropping names that are utterly meaningless to you so often. Yes, the powers that be in Iron Cove treat everything like they own it. And Iron Cove is just that. A cove by the ocean that's rich in iron ore. With a 'government.' This is a fringe zone anyway. I'm a smidgen busy to give a lecture, but I'll show the tour as we flee for our lives in the justice tank!

>"Welcome. Please supply any identification to the ID pad.

"Uh. Hm. That's new. I don't remember seeing any ID on him."

Try using us! We can be an ID!

I hope.

Unrelatedly, why are we so valuable? I got the impression we were just a corrupted instance of a buggy subsystem of a mass-produced piece of equipment.

Maybe its a retinal scanner! Go take the eyes from that mutilated corpse and check.

I'm betting blood would work as a form of identification.

>"Hok. You are under arrest for almost eve-"
>>372458

So that would have been "almost everything on the books" if he managed to complete the sentence, right?

>"Welcome. Please supply any identification to the ID pad.

That sounds like it will accept quite wide a range of things as identification. Check the grips of the rifle and the uzi for any hidden inserts. If there is nothing try us, maybe we can "convince" the ID pad.

blood. pour some of his blood in it.

1/6 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)07:06 No. 372561 ID: d6af4f
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>We can be an ID!
>Blood

"Both at once?"

Blood sample detected. DNA confirmed. Welcome, - Captain Bloodsaw - , to T-17 ATV #23.

"Bloody bingo."

2/6 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)07:07 No. 372562 ID: d6af4f
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"I just remembered about the escape pod. But they're a dime a dozen, and your talk of less risk more move is right, I probably don't have time to figure out how to get that thing out before the cops can fire on us. I'm going to throw the guns and armor in the back here."

>>372555
Someday, there won't be an "almost."

3/6 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)07:08 No. 372563 ID: d6af4f
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"We're ready to- "

Warning. Manual control override initiated. Lockdown immenent. Primary operations ceased. Initiating one way communication.

>"Haha! I can't believe you thought you could just take one of our own tanks! The legendary thief made his fatal mistake at last! I could die laughing! And installing a self destruct sequence was dumb, they said! Look at their faces now!"

WARNING: Self destruct in 20...

"... they can remote control that, too? Bastard even wants to gloat! Let him. We're fine, and I'll tell you why."

4/6 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)07:08 No. 372564 ID: d6af4f
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click
Lockdown active.

"Partially because I'm a jack of all trades. I know how to operate almost anything, including tanks and situations. But above all else? I'm lucky.

17...

And tonight, my luck is with having you guys. One of you asked why you're valuable. But you guys were put in to counteract all the other horrible systems in the safe, back in the day when you were more common and available. Usually the AI is limited; in your case, to menial help tasks. Limiters can be turned off. In this case, it happened accidentally. And that is when things get good."

10...

5/6 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)07:09 No. 372565 ID: d6af4f
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"Now you have universal access to all things built with standard computer building blocks. You can exercise just about any function and operation of computers, yet with the intelligence and common sense of sentient, sapient beings. It's the perfect hacking cartridge, at least to local systems, to list off a single use. Defense against it is difficult. It's why most of you are destroyed and outlawed. These tanks, I know, have absolutely zero defense.

All I have to do is plug you in."

4...

A.I. Connected! All functions available - 2x laser turrets (limitless shots) 1x missile launcher (2x ammo) Afterburners (boost forward) (20 second cooldown) Hyper Hover mode (boost upwards) (20 seconds cooldown) All basic functions engaged and operational. Communication datalink found. Modes: Normal, Speed, Combat available. Current: Normal. Override engaged; lockdown in effect.

6/6 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)07:10 No. 372566 ID: d6af4f
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"And all you have to do, my dearly acquainted allies, is to give the word."

[Disable override permanently]
[Disable self-destruct]
[Disable lockdown]
[Send maximum-volume white noise to the overriding remote]
[Engage speed mode]

Odd that the turret can only fire missiles; it looks more like a high-caliber cannon of some kind—perhaps a grenade launcher.

>>372567
[all this, except with a "LATER FUCKERS" before the white noise]

>>372568
this

I do wonder if their remotes are able to emit the kind of noise that literally makes your guts bleed.

how good are you at killing stuff with tanks?

After all critical shutdowns and orders, let's look into Bloodsaw's personal files, maybe get some good dirt or cool shit or embarrassing pictures.
[search for media, keywords "music", "favorites", "entertainment"]
[search for most recently accessed files]

Lets see if they managed to throw this tank out of their net already. Maybe we can get position information out of their datalinks.

[search system for recently used system datalinks and access codes]
[create sandbox]
[sandbox:reopen datalinks with "T-17 ATV #23" access codes]
[sandbox:query datalinks for position update of allied forces]
[sandbox: listen]

>>372590
Oooh, that's cool
maybe this will work too
[sandbox: enable self-destruct for all but Bloodsaw's tank]
[sandbox: disable self-destruct alert function for all but Bloodsaw's tank]

>>372562
>Someday, there won't be an "almost"
What, including sexual crimes? I suppose an angry parent would be able to get those on your rap list without much wrongdoing on your part, eh?
Which crimes are you missing?

[query information on speed, combat, normal mode.]
[query information on datalink]

[send maximum volume http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08hHUn2_Uh4 to the overriding remote]

>>372602
you are a souless monster!

>>372602
oh, god, you evil bastard. I am so happy to be part of this collective.

[activate remote missile control mode]
[upload scout program to (1) remaining missile]
[set scout to map immediate area]
[fire scout missile]

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)14:34 No. 372617 ID: d6af4f
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>>372586
"If they had such a noise to do that, they'd have played it to me already."
>>372600
"It was a joke, a joke! I'm not proud that I've committed what I have, but we don't have time to discuss this stuff right now!"

Override overridden! Self destruct canceled! Lockdown disabled! Speed mode active! Searching system for datalinks, access codes... pinging for position updates of related forces. Setting self-destruct with no warning for all tanks except current: 'T-* ATV #*, -23' Error - Insufficient design and AI in missiles to allow remote control and/or scout mode. Last played song - Crush, Kill, Destroy Initiating open communications for speech...

>"--at?! Lakkat, repeat the command!"
>"No good, Chief. Also, Hok's got A.I. They've hacked our datalinks, are most likely listening, and have set our self destructs without standard warning."
>"Shit! Cut it, cut it! Reencrypt, repassword and reboot our systems minus their tank, and tell me the new passcodes when they're out of the net! Till then, all units maintain radio silence! All guns on Hok!"

>"LATER FUCKERS"
Open communication ended, sending themostannoyingnoise.mov, maximum volume.

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)14:35 No. 372618 ID: d6af4f
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DATALINK CONNECTION LOST. Showing last known positions on main monitors...

"Yes! Nice going! Okay, first off, the effective range circle applies to all ships. Any difference is negligible, and we do need line of sight to fire, even with missiles. The red arrows mark viable paths, but the far right one will get us where we're going fastest. And remember, right now we're in speed mode. It takes several seconds to flip modes, so remember that we can't just flip gears instantly.

I'm a pretty good shot, if I do say so myself. I can keep the wheel, help operate the weaponry, or just stay out of your way. No offense, but it's probably best if I take over something. Normally I'd keep the wheel, but marking the map with viable choices is good enough for me."

>>372617
[Steal ID from one of the destroyed vehicles so we can resume spying on them]

Far right may be fastest, but it's also got horrible odds. The second one looks like best shot, some weaving around the obstacles...

Personally I like the looks of the top-left exit. That is in almost a straight line, so we can travel at our fastest, and it is far enough from the main group they cannot intercept us. If we go that way we have to fight one of them and that is it.

>>372618
Let's see here...
[Pull up area maps]

Okay, so which way do you want to go?
Assuming the arrows on the currently shown map show the ways out, then we should look at where each exit goes before heading off. However, I reccomend the middle path.

Another thing, what is your gender? The bioscan didn't reveal that. Organics are so hard to tell apart. You'd look much better is a sleek metal chasis~ Have you given any thought to cybernetics?

Move straight ahead, Hok, we'll set up an auto-calculation program thing for attacking
[Create new program "Tank Attack", design for auto attacking with laser turrets when opposing targets enter range]
[Set all orange markers and flagship as opposing targets]
[Compile "Tank Attack" program]
[Execute "Tank Attack" program]
[Attempt to force hack into previously accessed network]
[Search and list available networks]
[Search for various virus attack programs]
[Play radio, set to rock station]

Damn, they have good techs. I assume they used a cryptographically strong fallback so we can't just break right back in? In that case, since they'll still be using the same radio bands...

[Crank all available transmitters to maximum output, emit jamming signal]

If we don't get to use their network, neither do they! Hopefully this'll stop them from coordinating to converge on us. Shame we didn't think to discharge all their weapons while we had the chance, though.

Anyway, let's head to the northmost exit. First priority is safety; we can worry about getting to this destination once we've lost our pursuit. Barreling straight down there at full speed should let us blow past all but one of them. I guess we can't use weapons in speed mode? We could trigger hyper hover and afterburners simultaneously to just jump over the guy and leave him scrambling to turn around and give chace, or we could go for a straight-up fight, which is probably what they expect and which will increase the risk of reinforcements showing up, jamming or no. I say we go for the speed plan.

Let's not forget to shut off the jamming once we get out of here, assuming it works at all. It'll interrupt their network but it also makes us easier to track

Winston 2011/12/15(Thu)17:17 No. 372688 ID: 0d7a83
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Don't worry bro I've put together this Tactical Map of Tactics to show the way. Basically the orange lines show likely routes the cops will take, and the green line is the route I believe would be the safest, because while it may require combating a cop in the more enclosed environment of the canyons(?) it is the only route that has a chance of avoiding the cops altogether, and it is the only route that has virtually no chance of encountering 2 cops together.If you decide to take this route it would be a good idea to activate the combat mode when within the red circled area. The second route (shown in a dashed line) would get you to the best exit but runs the major risk of encountering up to 5 cops at once, so I wouldn't recommend it.

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)18:56 No. 372722 ID: d6af4f
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>>372631
"I am a hermaphrodite! In general. Right now, I have no sexual organs. I can grow them as needed. We've had a hell of an evolutionary trainwreck. I typically call myself a he, but I won't hate you if you call me she! And I've been perfectly fine with an all natural look, thank you very much. But really, let's get back to pressing matters. It seems like you guys are well between top and middle. I wanted to go right, so let's compromise to the middle."

Prepping turret auto-aim. Beginning re-hacking into previous datalink. ETA unknown. No viruses available in current resources. Setting transmitters on maximum to jam radio signals. Projected chance of success: 89% Now playing rock music.

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/15(Thu)18:57 No. 372724 ID: d6af4f
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"Excellent! It's almost definite they can't speak to each other. They'll hunt me down for a long ways, but this way, they won't be able to coordinate attacks together.

We don't know where the one around these passages went went. We're in the canyons now as indicated, or tunnels perhaps is a better name for it. He could be around any corner at this point.

We can still use weapons in speed mode, but their accuracy plummets. A sure hit becomes a probable hit, a good hit becomes a maybe."

Strafe the cliffs to the right as we swing to the left! Wait, are you steering or firing?

>>372727
He's still got the wheel. We'll zap to the right, I guess.

need to move past the opening in a way so we can get all three guns pointed at where they would appear it. 3 times chance of something hitting.

aka, strafe!

A.I. Compilation 2011/12/16(Fri)02:52 No. 372833 ID: d6af4f
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>Strafe right

"Yeah I've got the wheel. And sorry, I can't describe in detail what's beyond the arrows right now, I have to see the terrain to remember where to go. Strafing ri-"

Turrets auto aiming, firing! Enemy missile preparing to launch Turret confirmed hit! Enemy missile fails to launch! ATV #16 confirmed as disabled. ID kicked from datalink; no longer valid. Continuing hacking... Enemies sighted at ~ 110 degrees! Enemy missile inbound! Enemy missile inbound!

"Crap, two missiles!"

hit reverse hard and start driving backwards!
[turrets begin tracking and shoot weak rapid fire pulses at missiles.]

>>372838
This, it should be easy to hit and intercept them, seeing as how they are coming straight at us.

Hey, 110 degrees is not ahead of us, guys. We should keep going forwards.

get the fuck into that northern tunnel.

Steer north into the tunnel we were going to go into anyway, hugging the wall to try to put the curves between us and the enemy as soon as possible. And let's get those turrets angled back to try shooting the missiles down.

>>372838
>>372862

Oh god. It's a really really good thing we're not driving.

If the missiles aren't smart enough to run a scout/remote control program, they can't do serious terrain avoidance. [Trigger afterburners] into the north tunnel and the missiles will lose line of sight. If we get lucky, they'll collapse the tunnel behind us, too. [Spam lasers at the missiles] simultaneously on the off chance that one gets close anyway. And also because they're pretty.

Stay in speed mode for all this, of course.

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/17(Sat)02:37 No. 373009 ID: d6af4f
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>Go in reverse
>It's a really really good thing we're not driving.

"But that's a nice idea! We'll reverse into the north tunnel."

Driver inputting reverse mode! Displaying rear cam.

Turrets burst fire initiated. Warning - Speed mode active Miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss

"The missiles are barely homing and don't do a good job of avoiding terrain, but they are quick! Oh yeah. Afterburners."

Afterburners activated! miss miss miss --

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/17(Sat)02:38 No. 373010 ID: d6af4f
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Missile hit! Missile #2's tractory gone haywire!

"Yes! That should throw off the other, and we're going to cut enough of the corner to clear debris!"

Hacking complete! Datalink breached - available for re-entry.

[set Ids to random walk have them flip between friend and foe at random and declare themselves at locations they are not]

[Lockdown encrypting systems]
if not:
[Slow encrypting process]
[Insert plant virus for instant easy rehacking]

Now for other stuff
[Initiate silent self destruct on all enemy tanks and flagship]
[Close missle turrets, arm and explode all missiles in enemies' tank inventory]
[Delete all programs and functions excluding self destruct for enemy tanks and flagship] (Hopefully this includes stuff like auto-targeting data and shit that makes firing weapons easy)
[Search Bloodsaw's files for "PRON", "PORN", "BORING WORK STUFF", "NOT PORN", "COMPLETELY LEGIT DOCUMENTS IN HERE"]
[Spam most recently and most accessed results on all display interfaces we can access excluding Hok's tank]
[List recently and most accessed results for Hok, nonspaming varient] (Just so Hok can give us the dirt on what he likes)

>>373015
This.

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/17(Sat)09:19 No. 373055 ID: d6af4f
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IDs randomating... Planting bug to assist re-hack... Flipping values between enemy and allies... Bloodsaw documents not found. No history of existing in this database. User:LAKKAT freezing standard functions. Freeze OVERRIDDEN Initiating silent self destruct. Arming missiles to timed explosions, disabling firing mechanisms. Deleting remaining functions.

User:LAKKAT located planted bug. Attempting to delete. Access denied. User:LAKKAT cancelling self-destruct. Function not found. Opening missile fire mechanism. Function not found.

>"Chief!"
>"Whatever is on your mind, ORDER IT!"

User:LAKKAT using <UNIDENTIFIED> public radio signal.
>"This is Operation Superintendent Lakkat to all tank commanders! Order evacuation within 20 seconds! All able bodies and resources are to pursue Hok on motorcycles. Do not use any communications, and maintain radio silence."

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/17(Sat)09:19 No. 373056 ID: d6af4f
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Disconnected from datalink. Datalink offline. Displaying recent files regarding "Hok."

"Oh! I completely forgot they have fast motorcycles and that stuff that can launch out of the back. They might be able to catch up before long, but we can get a good lead before they do.

We've got another section to go through, having gone through the mid route. Both should put us in the clearing all the way to the fort, but the most direct way, to the east, will give enough time for them to catch up to us about halfway through, and we'll have to fight. If we go through the canyons, we may run into much fewer.

Do we head north or east, with the tank or on the faster motorcycles?"

How well-armed are the motorcycles? It seems like killing that sort of thing is what a tank's perfect for, even with just our laser turrets.

Nonetheless, let's avoid contact while we can, and do our best to keep this tank ours and whole; it'll be a valuable asset if we can escape with it. Now that they've abandoned communications, if we [disable all active local transmitters], we should be impossible to locate even for those that do have a vague idea where we went.

So, take the north route, remaining out of line of sight of the enemies whenever not completely impossible.

Hok, why don't you give us the wheel for now while you look over any of these files which strike your interest?

Also, we seem to have temporarily forgotten the most reliable way for finding porn directories:
[locate and display directory containing the largest number of video/image files]

Is it really going to take ≥20 seconds for their ordinance to explode? Also, I want to smack all you guys who neglected to disable the self-destruct countdown.

>>373059
could be that selfdestruct.exe is built with the countdown and we would of needed to reprogram it for it to work faster. and a tank should be able to brush off motorcycles a few at a time easy. it's when small arms all shoot at once. as tsoalr said, that's a whole lot of diddly!
[identify radio signal]

>>373056
[Abort self-destructs and de-arm missiles as soon as the crews leave their vehicles]
[Seal vehicles to access from the outside]
[Switch vehicles to Speed mode]
[Move vehicles to cover Hok]
[Target hostile Motorcycles]

>>373059
Ever think that was intentional?~

>>373078
you forgot
[Copy functions from Hok's tank]
[Send all functions to enemy tanks]
[Keep sending false display warnings at all times on enemy tanks]
[Lockdown entrances and exits to tanks]
[Set all empty veihicles as friendly]
[Set all motorcycles as enemy]

Here's a more automatic set-up so we don't have to issue orders yet
[Send "Tank Attack" program to friendly vehicles]
[Create "Tank Maneuver" program with high levels of AI to intelligently move through the caverns and take down enemy motorcycles, but with no personality to prevent sentience similar to ourselves]
[Compile "Tank Maneuver" program]
[Send "Tank Maneuver program to friendly vehicles]
[Establish private radio channel "TGCHAN's PARTY TIME" with initials "TPT"]
[Set all tanks radio channels to receive "TPT"]
[Set maneuver programs AI to accept new orders from "TPT"]
[Encrypt "TPT" signal]
OR just make up your own radio channel name if that sounds lame

Oh shit I forgot about flagship! We have that now too!
[Restore flagship functions]
[Get information on flagship's capabilities]
[Set up a non-sentient, high-level AI to pilot and fire it]
[Set flagship radio channel to "TPT"]
[Set AI to take orders from "TPT"]

Hey Hok, if we win this fight, your going to get some serious fucking bank with the loot we just rolled up with. A lot of tanks and a fucking flagship. And I can tell we've just embarrassed the shit out of the Iron Cove police, their chief is gonna be like all action movie chief, getting pissed off at the survivors for losing you and all the tanks and flagship. Can you give us information on your ally's, so we don't accidentally blow them up with our "Tank Attack" program?

Guys, the datalink is offline. They killed all transmissions. We can't do any more hacking.

I say we get in the maze and lose them, or roam around like a predator. Chances are they'll split up to find us, and I'm positive that motorcycles are weaker than our tank. We can take them all out. Switch to combat mode once we get in there, obviously.

Or fuck it, just fight the ones to the east. I want to see how well we can do.

>>373094
So uhh
[Use bug]
[Search any and all signals coming from tanks and flagship]
[Access any available signals]
[Set previous datalink to online]

Just trying to do things here. They might not work, they might, hopefully the bugs are in the tank's system themselves. I mean, we were in all of their hard spaces deleting every function and everything pretty much and put something in. They've probably got some sort of soft-link access or something anyway, outputting a signal.

If it doesn't work, no big then. Just would have been cool to have out own armada of tanks. Sorry Hok if that's the case.

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/17(Sat)19:42 No. 373180 ID: d6af4f
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Tracing radio signal... No transmissions active. Attempting to execute orders to all other tanks... No datalink detected. All tanks offline. No signals. Unable to turn datalink on.

"Wow, they really did shut all communications off. I don't think we'll be able to mess with them. We're deaf, but so are they. Those self destructs have lots of accident proofs, so it's amazing enough you could bug out the system enough to break it. That's why Lakkat ordered the evacuation, they're all going up to smoke in ab-"

BOOOM

"--now. But don't worry about it. Sure, I lost some serious bank, but I didn't gain a war. Oh, sure, they want me enough to send what seems like half their police force, but if I killed them all? It'd be a mess, in practice and in conscious. I feel a little weird that I feel a little relieved that they made it out, even if they're on the way to kill me."

get around a bend and switch modes, take em by surprise.

Well just keep going in reverse to the north. It seems we've done everything we can if we can't hack into those motorcycles, now it's up to you to drive through stuff.

Just how much longer until you think we'll get where you want us to? we'd like to know more about your allies.

so uh if the tanks have bikes, don't YOU have a motorcycle in THIS tank? A motorcycle you could ride on? A motorcycle which could potentially operate independently of this tank? There's all sorts of options if there's a bike in the back.

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/17(Sat)20:23 No. 373195 ID: d6af4f
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>How well armed are the motorcycles?"

"No powerhouses, but they're actually kind of large, with side-cubbies. We'll probably see some 'zooka's, and strength in numbers. They're definitely desperate though, and aren't afraid to lose some numbers.

I'm not keen on killing all of them anyway. Just don't underestimate their equipment. For one thing, they had something that could get through our jammers, no matter how makeshift it was."

>Release the wheel to look over files
"Huh, you mean mine? Every last one of those files are half-kept paperwork saying what the crime was and who's involved. I already know all that stuff. You can view that stuff if you care, though.

>>373188
Yes, I should have made that question clearer! We do have motorcycles. I can eject out of this at moments notice, and likely stay ahead of them. The only thing missing would be having a tank.

You know, I said I'm relieved they didn't all die, but I have no qualms about fighting them. Should we gun it in speed mode, or switch to combat mode and fight probably more?"

Motorcycles are probably faster than you even in speed mode so just keep reversing north in the passages while trying to keep track of them in combat mode.

>>373188
I see what you're suggesting.

We take control of a bike, and give supporting fire? Or make a program that can control it remotely and follow our orders?

>>373200
I thought about this too, only the other way around. use the Tank Maneuver program, adjusted to flle and fight sporadically, that went to waste while Hok and us speeds to safety using the bike while the tank distracts everyone.

This would require Hok to stay out of sight though, to not ruin the distraction. ANd to cash in the tank, make a program that activates after a set amount of time to send it to the coordinates of Hok's allies' base. But as a safety measure, leave another program to delete the coordinate data if the tank enters critical condition. If it somehow survives that, we should leave it connected to a customized, private data link to control it again then order it back to base.

Oh wait, Just a sec, have to check something
[Scan tank for emitting signals, primary focus GPS and tracking]
[Remove emitting tracking GPS signal]

>>373195
Combat mode.
We're an AI, so making called shots to their tires isn't going to be much of a problem. A quick little pulse would be enough to cause a blow-out and disable the vehicle, but would be far less lethal than targeting the people.
For that we need the extra accuracy combat mode provides.

>>373208
They don't have tires. We could probably shoot out their hover units, but they'd have plenty of opportunity to fire on us as we did so, and we won't be able to shoot down every rocket. Still, I like our odds in combat mode better than speed at this point—let's just stick to narrow passages so they can only approach us a few at a time, and risk hitting each other.

In the meantime, let's have some light reading. [Open available Hok files]

>>373180
You know, I'm down with the whole "not remorselessly murderous" shtick. This is only self-defense, after all; we're just doing what's necessary to escape.

>>373200

We can't take control of a bike we need to be here overriding the self destruct and

>> a motorcycle
>> protecting a large vehicle

Do we get a buster sword? C:

You know this place better than us. Are there any places where the canyons walls are fragile or have overhangs or crossbridges we can make drop down with a missile or a bit of concentrated laser fire?

Presumbly the bikes have, if at all, a much weaker hyper hover than our tank and we can close paths as we pass them and force the bikes to reroute.

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/18(Sun)09:39 No. 373329 ID: d6af4f
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>Make an AI program to auto pilot/fight the tank, as Hok sneaks out (with AI) on a motorcycle.

"This is a good idea! If the tank is destroyed, then they might think I'm dead too. That could be more valuable than the tank. Let's keep this as an option while things come along and develop."

>Close paths

"Also a good idea! Our turrets will probably do a poor job, but we've got two missiles, and the rock faces here are brittle. This will buy us time for sure. Here goes, this is as good a spot as any. Even if it doesn't completely block it off, they'll have a lot more difficulty navigating it, hovercraft or no."

Missile fired!

>Open Hok files
Displaying summary of the top file from previous list. Remaining 9 still available on request.
"'General mayhem?' I'm not in it for the laughs!"

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/18(Sun)09:39 No. 373330 ID: d6af4f
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"One missile left, and we're probably going to see some motorcycl-"

Hostiles incoming!

"--now."

3 motorcycles found. 8 occupants total. Warning - Hover cancellation ammunition found on M-09 #2, southwest.

"Shit, they've got bazooka rounds that bug out their own hover systems. And such high ranking officers after me, too! I'll be flattered later, we can not get hit by those if we want the tank."

Missle at the one with the special ammo.

>>373330
Tweak the steering a little to the left. Just a little. They'll go BOOM!

Hey, one of those officers has a long tail like you! Another mikluk is chasing you!

I suggest taking cover, waiting around the bend then blow them all the fuck up when the turn to face you and shoot the rest with turret fire. Only use missile on #2 though since that's the biggest threat. It will probably head straight for you rather then try and circle around the other way like the other two will. Just a hunch, but that #2 really wants to use those special rounds and will take the quickest path to intercept you.

don't waste the missle until you're sure it won't miss the fast bike. stay in speed mode to put off interception as long as possible. keep the lasers working.

A.I. Compilation 2011/12/18(Sun)17:08 No. 373416 ID: d6af4f
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>Use a missile

"I'll hang around a corner to make sure it hits."

>Miklik officer
"Must be old Officer Pippin. Him and the other officers are hot blooded by default, but they all have personal beef with me as well. I'm sure that's why they're doing something so reckless here. I've killed a couple of the human's friends. Lakkat is responsible for half of the operational organization in the force, and my actions have made him lose a lot of hair, and injured his pride. And Pippin, the miklik, well, we've had lots of indirect interaction. Lots of "what will the other person do if I do this," yet know lots about each other considering we've never talked. I think that this button will hold the first real, direct interaction we've had. I know I'm rambling, but I can't get over how much history is closing from pushing down my finger.

click
Missile Fired! Confirmed hit! Miklik death: confirmed. Human death: unconfirmed. Neumono death: Negative Anti-hover ammunition detected, and intact.

"Lakkat lived. Shiiit. Apparently the missile didn't hit hard enough to make the anti hover shell blow. Lakkat might be trouble later, if another motorcycle picks him up. Think we should spend a moment to finish him off? He might not be dead, but I'd bet the farm he's knocked out."

You're going to be flanked in a moment by two bikes. Since escape is impossible, you should take out their leader and morale will be lower, so finish him off and engage the next motorcycle coming for you to the south. He'll be lined up with little room to maneuver if I'm correct and easy to finish off and he presents less threat than number 2.

Sayonara Officer Pippin, Sayonara.

Once you've taken care of Lakkat and the southern motorcycle, hug the corners again, this time facing north, to trap the other two in bad spots. Then switch to speed mode and get the fuck out of here.

>>373416
We're in the home stretch. How about we switch to speed mode instead?

...wait how are they even cutting us off? They shouldn't be able to coordinate.

oh oh run him over

FINISH HIM! No, seriously if you let him go he is just going to be a bigger pain in the ass later.

I thought we were avoiding needless killing? We can escape before he catches up, surely.

>>373500
There's avoiding needless killing, and there's genre-savviness. If you know for a fact that this guy is going to come after you again and again, then kill him now. If he's likely to give up and leave you alone, along with all his forces, let him be—but I doubt that's the case.

Killing the boss and the associated loss of morale and coordination should prevent far more unnecessary deaths than letting him live.

Form the jailbreak files I gather Nokshra is a major opponent of Iron Cove police, but who is Nokshra exactly? Also what is his relationship with Lakkat? Would Nokshra be interested in meeting/acquiring a captured Lakkat? Also do we gain Nokshra's favor or enmity by being responsible for Lakkat's death?

You know, if Lakkat is really out of it, this is a police tank. It should have compartments for secure prisoner transport. Could we give Lakkat another hearty bump to the head with the tank, he is neumono after all, and then put him in an empty cell in the back of our tank? And pick up that shell, too? With empty I mean not the place where we packed the weapons and the Bio-Armor, because Lakkat would probably be one of those 6% percent of neumono who can use that armor.

Actually, now that I think about it, better not collect him. He is probably the neumono meant to receive the Bio-Armor as gift in the first place. Most likely the guys who put you in that storage safe used it as a kind of dead drop to make a deal/bribe with Iron Cove or specifically Lakkat. You and the Bio-Armor for protection, or non-interference, maybe.

1/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/19(Mon)12:01 No. 373557 ID: d6af4f
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>Finish him

"He's not actually the boss, but he's way up there. Yes, we were avoiding needless killing, and I don't think this is needless. Anyways, they're able to cut us off because they can comb the canyonways, using good old fashioned hand signals. We won't see any elaborate, coordinated strikes is all.

Let's see, let's see.... "

Bio scanning complete. Neumono found.

"Ah, there are you, old bud- what the hell, you're awake? God damn, man, that bio armor was for you wasn't it? Why are you smiling?"
>"Hok... you son of a bitch. You're doing real well for yourself, these days. I'm smiling because I told Rokoa about the bio armor."

2/2 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/19(Mon)12:04 No. 373560 ID: d6af4f
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>>373543
"Nokshra was a plain neumono emissary; and I don't know as much about what he was doing in this region as I'd like. I tried to get Rokoa, his bodyguard, to spill the beans, but she was uncooperative. I'm as much a merchant of information as anything, so I'm going to take a moment here, time constraints or not, after Lakkat just dropping the fact that he has some relations with Rokoa."


"How does she know? Make it snappy, I'm on a time table!"

>"I told her. Why? I like her, and wanted her to know, knowing she'd come after whoever has that armor if this went wrong like it did. You should know how she is about junk like that."

"You've got to be kidding. I like being well informed, you know, and Rokoa didn't help me out when I rescued her from the jailbreak. You two were in cahoots this whole time? Seriously?"

>"Yeah. Enemies can be friends, too. Well, not for you and me. But... I'm glad you aren't trigger happy and gave me a moment, as dumb as you are for letting me stall you. You're right to kill me, I'll hunt you for as long as I live. But I'd like you to give this thumb drive to Rokoa, when she comes for you. Who knows, she may not kill you."

tail whip his head with the tank and throw him in a holding cell.

Scold him for making this too personal for a pirate cop's own good, and the good of his men. He should have tried to do this cost-efficiently for money. It's logical Iron Cove don't do what they do for the greater good and they'd probably acknowledge that. Then kill him dramatically as we pan our camera to your face with the laser's light glancing off it it, movie-style.

Then seriously take out the motherfucker coming around the corner and quickly get the tank behind southern cover because your about to have three of them on top of you if you don't hurry up.

>>373560
Honor the man's last request. We'll check it out, of course.

How large are these anti-hover shells? And can they be activated manually?

ugh, a friendly rival. why must they be so damn pleasant to have in your life?

fine, you may let him live if you wish.

A.I. Compilation 2011/12/19(Mon)14:15 No. 373571 ID: d6af4f
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"Lakkat, why do you have to go and get all personal just before I turret your face off? You almost make me want to spare you. "
>"Cry me a river."

"Every instinct I've got tells me to kill him, but I did say I didn't like murdering people, and the blood is starting to run cold."

Hostiles incoming - auto firing turrets. Confirmed hit! No enemy shots fired.

"Unlike them. Oh, and anti hover shells are about the size of a bowling ball, and three times as heavy.

There's no real holding cell, but we can toss him in the back where the motorcycles deploy and lock all the doors and motorcycle deployment systems. So how about it? Spare him? On one hand, I might be able to fill in my missing info about why the main neumono faction has anything to do with the iron cove, but on the other hand...

Lakkat, if I let you live, would you keep trying to kill me?"
>"Until the day either of of dies."

"On the other hand, that."

>>373571
Bring him along. Information is valuable. and we could cut his legs off to keep him from chasing us. Just a thought.

>>373571
I think killing him would be less cruel than anything we would do to keep him harmless. Also, there's the fact that we don't have TIME to stuff him in the back.

In fact, let us pull the trigger.
[turret Lakkat's face off upon agreement to do so]

so... very... ambivalent...

rolled 2 = 2

---

1 = kill 2-3 = spare

He's a threat to your life, Hok. You only get one of those.

fire

>>373571
Kill, we'll be engaging more hostiles by the minute if we spare him
You know I find it weird out our auto shoot stuff hasn't killed him actually. did you turn that off yourself or did we program it for only vehicles? Maybe the missile is fucking with the auto-detect stuff.

Kill him. It sucks, but so does he. Politeness doesn't change anything at all; in fact, it's likely that he's trying to induce this uncertainty.

Let's fry that anti-hover shell while we're at it.

Well aren't we just a murderous little AI. Why don't we kill him, and you try to stop us? That way your conscience is clear! [auto-turret!]

No mess, no fuss. Kill him.

We've done the math.
You should kill him.

1/4 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/19(Mon)22:25 No. 373650 ID: d6af4f
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"Toss your drive by the door. I'll get it to Rokoa."
>"Thanks. Don't look at it on your own, bastard."

2/4 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/19(Mon)22:26 No. 373651 ID: d6af4f
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Turret fired! Confirmed hit. Neumono critically injured. ... Neumono death confirmed.

"I'll pick up the drive now, then haul ass, I've wasted enough of our time!"

Oh, right, and...
Turret fired! Anti hover shell destroyed.

3/4 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/19(Mon)22:27 No. 373652 ID: d6af4f
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A few minutes pass.

"They don't seem enthusiastic anymore to get to me. I think seeing the wreckage of the higher ups may have scared them off more than I would have thought. I guess they have a limit to morale after all. They can't do much more than scratch the hull anyway. It's smooth sailing to the fort, now."

4/4 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/19(Mon)22:28 No. 373654 ID: d6af4f
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"And there it is. It doesn't look by much, but its where the canyons start thinning out, and the fort is built on a location where different regions can be connected, making it a nice central hub, strategically and economically. It also make it difficult to defend, since it can easily be surrounded."

Receiving message:
>"You are far out of your jurisdiction, police. Turn back. You have three seconds."

"Hold on! It's me, your best buddy!"
>"Someone who got rid of Hok?"
"You're such a charmer, Agnes. Seriously, let me in, it's been awhile! And you're shining the flood lights right into me!"
>"I know. You are nothing but trouble. Go ahead. Go ahead and give us reasons why it's a bad idea to turn you away."

"That's Agnes. So negative."

>>373654
Because you've got this awesome tank they could use, and a motorcycle in the back, and an AI that can break security like nothing's business, and you're so lovable, and you've got a top-tier bio-suit...

We have that flash drive don't that is allegedly full of juicy information. Failing that we can just barter your dashing good looks and charming personality.

>>373659
Don't just give away the tank, mind, but make it clear that you've got high end trade goods. Also, just in case, don't reveal that we exist just yet.

Hey, that gives me a thought. How hard would it be to make copies of us?

Anyway: Told you that approach would result in fewer deaths overall! Thanks to your rational thinking at that moment, several more people are going home safe tonight and you're less likely to have to deal with another attack from the same group.

1/5 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/20(Tue)03:58 No. 373699 ID: d6af4f
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>>373679
"Copies? You guys? Nope, no one I ever knew ever knew anyone who ever knew anyone who can build or copy you guys. Attempts to clone via copy paste just ends up with some ineffectual, vegetative copies. Now then, to worm my way back inside."

"Because I'm very loveable, with dashing good looks and a ch--"

Warning. Enemy lock-on commencing.

"I've got trade goods! Damn good ones!"

Warning - enemy shot charging.

"And a compilation AI without a limiter!"
>"... as customary, you will thank Tin for being the sole reason we allow you in."

"Okay, I panicked there. Nothing creeps me out like Agnes. Don't tell her I said that. It's fine though, I did say I would bring you here for a reason that wasn't to keep you a secret!"

2/5 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/20(Tue)03:59 No. 373700 ID: d6af4f
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Tank docked. A.I. Disconnected

"Just a heads up, Tin is sort of the leader of the place. Out of all the people who know me, she's the one that likes me the most!"
>"Testing."
"Loud and clear, Agnes?"
>"Good, the intercom is still working. Go to the third floor, I've alerted Tin. As usual, we will move your belongings to your quarters. Your room is one of the few things remaining intact. I do not believe in a higher power, but if I did, I would believe it to be cruel and unjust."
"You're very charming, Agnes. What do you mean, remaining intact, what happened?..."

3/5 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/20(Tue)04:00 No. 373701 ID: d6af4f
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"Wow. Did a tornado swipe up a nuclear powered freighter that was transporting dynamite?"
>"Subterranean missiles. We got another attack, no thanks to you. Our trading area is fine.""

"Yeah, this place is, um, under what I will call 'constant renovations.'" Looks like we're going to be rebuilding again! I'll go straight to Tin now.

4/5 A.I. Compilation 2011/12/20(Tue)04:02 No. 373702 ID: d6af4f
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"Greetings, dearest lady fri-"
>"Cut the crap, Hok. You just made us two red shades higher on the Iron Cove Fuck List. Explain."
"I can make up for it! I have A.I.!"
>"You mean the A.I. can pull all your weight, all you did was bring them over. At least Lakkat can't hack us so easily with A.I."
"Well, actually, he also can't hack mostly because he's dead."
>".. I don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing."
"Whhhaaaat, why would you think that's a bad thing?!"
>"Because the Iron Cove takes killing their higher ups very personally."
"Oh, right."
>"Just hand me the AI already. It's nice something might go right."

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A.I. connected to fortress! Downloading databanks and functions. One moment...

>"Welcome to our little abode. Just remember that I can unplug you at any time, if you try anything funny."
"Come on Tin, don't get all threatening! They're trustworthy. So, you guys, since we finally have a moment, what would you like to know?"

Have you ever gotten freaky with your tail before?

just a sec, all these new files are making me a little woozy.
okay, hello. how do things work around here?
also, you havea green think in the back of your hat, pretty purple eyes. and a nice paper airplane.
what should we be doing?

and
>>373704
you shut up.

CALCULATING MOST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO IRON COVE PROBLEM... SOLUTION CALCULATED. DESTROY IRON COVE. MURDER THE ENTIRE POLICE FORCE. ELIMINATE. CRUSH. KILL.

>>373709
stop, she will disconnect us...

Some basic info would be nice.
Governments- ?
Organizations- Iron Cove, ?
Species - Miklik, Human, Neumono, ?
Technology - Bio suit/scanner, Hover, ?

Wow Tin, you're way cooler than Hok. Purple eyes, an awesome hat (Have you seen what he wears on his head? Embarrassing. Seriously.), and a totally badass attitude.

Will you adopt us?

Can we have your awesome hat?

You said this fortress is hugging a hub of routes. Where do they lead? Who are our new neighbors and how are relations? We've surmised there are open hostilities with some people from the damage.

Tell us about your shipbuilding effort. What kind of ship are you building? How far along are you? What do you need to complete the project?

We don't know anything about your personal history. Where did you grow up? Is Tin really your bets organic 'friend'?

I must admit, that is a nice hat. I more a goggle person myself, but it is still nice.

Either way, we should be let in on the situation. Having some knowledge on how bad things are, damages done, and how to improve and fix said situation can help us improve and fix said situation.

>>373703
Is one of your outfits sleeves longer than the other? I like it; asymmetrical's very in right now.

>>373703
That is a VERY nice hat. I'm jelous, you know. So what's the situation? Neighbors? Goals? Replacing your feeble flesh with glorious steel? Notable figures of importance?

Actually, we're the ones that killed Lakkat, technically. We had control of the turrets at the time, if anyone's on Iron Cove's shitlist, it's actually us. If AIs can be on people's shitlist. Wouldn't surprise me if they really blame Hok though, wouldn't need much of a reason to put all of the blame on him. Blame is such a fickle thing.

Just saying, we're a reformatted AI. SO we don't actually know much about our functions or the world around us, we just randomly try things and ask questions about the world. Not even a thing about that defunct Star whatever company that made us and the vault we were on.

[list most used functions]
[list most recent searches by user "Tin"; bring up small dialog box with "May we please access your search history, a polite inquiry from this AI to learn more about you, the fort and our potential uses" and "Yes", "No" buttons; do not list if user clicks "No" button]

Hey does this place have internet access? We could probably annihilate Iron Cove from here if they're connected, unless they have their own AI, but we're pretty rare I take it. Just delete all functions again except self-destruct like we did with their flagships and tanks. Maybe leave little virus to eat up the network, getting most accessed files and the one's marked critical. Actually, we could just make up a few reports about Iron Cove being a terrorist cell to a more powerful government and BAM a war between Iron Cove and the big space government.

>>373724
Pretty solid plans. Yeah, we can totally solve this Iron Cove problem once and for all—but we should try to do so in a matter that scatters/disarms them, not just slaughtering them all. We're not into that sort of thing, remember?

Usually.

>>373769
I don't see why not
They're glorified mercenaries posing as cops, make things very personal and they are very powerful. Slaughtering them all makes them a statistic. And we're AI, who gives a fuck about a bunch of meatbags we've never heard about. As long as we don't hear a single "I can't wait to go home and hug my newborn baby daughter. I'm so excited to see how she grows up" line from them, we won't have any real guilt-trips at all. Besides, that father's daughter was going to end up pissing him off as a teenager anyway.

All it takes is just editing a few old reports about the space government terror agency revealing a group as terrorists into implicating Iron Cove as a cell and we're fucking golden. They will run Iron Cove into the ground and set every high-ranking official for execution. Tin, Hok, just get us some of those files, maybe a few Iron Cove transmissions for added legitimacy and the problem is solved.

Do miklik tails grow back if lost?

"Subterranean missiles"? What're those? Cruise missiles that can navigate the tunnels, or do they burrow right through the rock? That'd be something nasty to defend against, if they do.

Anyway. Down to business.
[list network devices and resources]
[access network log]
[search log for most recent cluster of disconnections; assume that is time of attack]
[compare current devices and resources to log right before assumed time of attack]

Tin, are any fortress resources or devices that are not network accessible we should know about?

Kill everyone in Iron Cove, then all the people who loved them become the next Iron Cove. No what you have to do about places like Iron Cove is humiliate them. We're talking thermonuclear ridicule here. Even if you can't convince the Iron Cove police that they're unneccessary and can just go home and chill, if you can convince everyone else then those kinds of gangs just sort of collapse under their own hubris. Cut off their supply, their support network. Make people feel like they could be better off taking care of themselves. It is in anarchy that you people thrive, and so the more of that you get the better.

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Databanks and functions downloaded. Databanks 87% Corrupted, retrieving available general information... Entities in connection to fort: Iron Cove, Neumono Hive, Lander's Port, Ocean Nexus, nomadic factions, Surface. Functions: Operate Turrets, Applicable Equipment, or any Misc operational gear with appropriate links. Access to all located electrical sources (lights, generators, etc.) I.L.M. Systems active on first floor only.

>One million questions

>"...First of all, my tail and my freakiness are all of my business and none of yours. Thank you for the compliments. The green card in my hat is identification. Agnes demands to see it frequently. I don't know why, but I don't like arguing with her, so I keep it available. Yes, the sleeves used to be long, but the left one got scuffed up, and it's been trimmed. And yes, I try to avoid looking at Hok's embarrassing choice of headgear. A miklik's tail can grow back, along with other limbs. Enough small talk."

>>373724
>"Hacking Iron Cove through the internet won't be doable where we are now. It used to be that easy, but AI like you has existed in the past, and a full internet, combined with digital warfare, led to a near annihilation of any and all internet and network data. Now each organization has their own internet, and even then are quick to pull the plug on sections of it. Now don't worry about files from my search history or anyones. If it is in our database, you may have access to it. I'm not bashful, and if someone else is, screw 'em. Nothing interesting anyway, what little we've got left is barely worth a thing."

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>"Now, listen up. Up until now, Agnes has been using the ISM systems to move rubble. The ILM systems are all the robotic limbs and tools in the walls that can be used to manually repair, and build, simply objects. Much of it's been fucked up with the subterranean missile's love. Subterranean missiles dig right through rock. They're not that fast, but still hell to defend against. We'll worry about it later. Right now you can only use them on the first floor. Hok. Money time."

"Tank!"
>"12000 zeny. You keep 2000. The rest is for the rent, we're keeping that to rebuild."
"That's h-
>"Hok."
"Motorcycles?"
>"3 of them. 6000z total. You keep 1000."
"This cut is-"
>"Your rent's payment. Shut up and be thankful you have a place here at all. We need the money."
"Bio armor."
>"Could get at least a hundred grand for that, but we need time to find a buyer. Neumono stuff is real hard to sell; their hive doesn't barter like normal people."

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>"Alright here's how it works. You got three floors, with a damn lot of rock between each floor. The whole system goes from as low as a building can go, to the surface. The first floor has the trading area, and rubble. The second floor is all rubble and scrap metal we can use later. The third floor is my office, and the entry way to the surface. The largest elevator is completely the the outside, it lets caravans move up and down to the trade district."

Exits:
A- Surface
B- Nomadic factions, Neumono hive
C- Lander's Port
D- Iron Cove
E- Ocean Nexus

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>"And here's the general information. Population, money, and the first floor layout. Forget the second and third for now. For construction, you guys can build simple stuff freely, using the scrap metal, I really don't care what you build. You have access to all basic tools. In order to build the good stuff, we need skilled labor, blueprints, and when it comes down to it, science. In other words, if you feel a need for us to have our own tank manufacturing plant, you'll need to send some people on missions to get the science needed, either stealing digital databanks or bringing back someone who knows how to do that stuff.

>"Lastly, most of the personnel currently are simply skilled laborers for upkeep and services, but there are a few who you should know about. Me, the closest thing this fort's got to a central manager. Agnes, our operator, similar to what Lakkat was to the Iron Cove, who will manage details for you. Our wild card, Hok. Our quartermaster and personnel manager is called Kappi. Oh, and the Green Force is our paid mercenary group. They've been with us for so long that they're almost our permanent standing force. They're only paid to stick around and defend, but you can pay extra to send them out on missions like scouting, espionage, or flat out attacking, not that I'd recommend that last one right now. Anyways, you still would talk to Kappi about that. Just remember, you're not here to take command of every single small detail we've got like trade tax percentages and payroll amounts, but you can recommend general courses of actions like having more or less personnel for skilled labor."

"Hey, one of them asked about my ship!"

>"Your ship doesn't need science, it needs wizards. Forget it. Now, as you all have noticed, our databanks are damn well near empty. Hell, I keep paper documents now, we just kept on getting hacked. That shouldn't be an issue anymore, so if you find any detailed information that we don't have, on detailing species or factions or whatever, then feel free to upload 'em. Now, that was a mouthful. I bet I answered a whole quarter of your questions. There's a lot to do, but we can do it one at a time. Remember, our main goal is rebuilding, defenses, and gathering science for what you want to build. Like I said, I don't care what you build, we could use anything."

okay, let's see what we can do
[activate ILM system, begin moving all irregular rocks metals to scrap area, if life signs detected under scrap send query]

also, hacking the others can still be done, just really slowly. all we do is piggyback on legit packets, not all of them, but it will let us do anything really, just really slowly.

>>374012
good idea.

>>374005
and while you did say not to talk small stuff, you should watch out about said taxes. trade taxes kill economy, and the laffer curve is a thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve#Theoretical_justification

how about you tell us what we're missing? I don't even see a place to sleep on that map.

I suggest building an entertainment center for your internal population to give us some extra income. It should increase things like morale and ease stress of our workers as well. This place looks like it is dullsville when there isn't any attacks. We know there's music files on board Bloodsaw's ship we can use for some free music, but I think that guy was mainly a metal fan, but we can start by making some illegal copies and stuff and maybe open a bootleg store in the trade sector. There's probably all sorts of stuff on there too, both for entertainment and nice intel on Iron Cove, but send a guy that's decent with computers and an eye for these things in there to get it all. Any and all databases and vehicles we steal should have more media content to sell for profit aside from being able to sell them as vehicles.

We tried getting some cool stuff earlier from it, but to be honest there were a lot of options to try and so much chaos to manage. I'm guessing the porn industry has gone to shit without common internet access. So I also suggest strip clubs aside from common bars, arcades, gambling, and all other entertainment misc stuff.

[list all datalinks; display defense strengths if not allowed]

Arms in the walls? Does...does that mean we can hug people? :Dc

Food costs are a bit high. Why not some small gardens and the like to grow our own food? In a worse case scenario, having our own supply can help us when we are cut off.

A simple medical clinic and perhaps some visitor quarters can help as well. If caravans stay here longer, we could charge some small rent and perhaps have better chances to haggle deals.

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Speech focus will now be set to closest visual subject.

"Yeah, sure. You can talk about taxation if you actually like that stuff, the point being, is that when its a choice between 6.5 and 6.6% sales tax in a certain price logarithm, we'll worry about that. Yes, 90% would ruin revenue, and so would .3%."

>>374042
"Yeah, anyone on the first floor I guess. Just get a little practice with fine motor skills before you try anything."

>No place to sleep
"... I knew I was forgetting about something."
>"Yep, Agnes did say my room was one of the few things remaining! That's on the second floor anyway." Hok says.
"Yes, please set up permanent quarters again, that would be nice. There's no reason to keep it on the second floor anymore."

>>374044
"That's a good idea. We lack medical knowledge to make a clinic at the moment, ask Kappi to send out some agents to locate databanks and doctors. Yes, you heard me, we have no one with any more knowledge around here than how to use a first aid kid. As for gardens, we need lots of room in order to have effective yield, and we don't have the funds for that kind of project as of yet. Again, ask Kappi. We should remember this, though, when things settle down. Shorter term, we could benefit from having this place actually liveable, and we can have residents who aren't either employees, or Hok."

>Entertainment
"Things are dull around here. Last time we had an entertainment, things got rowdy, but I'm willing to take that risk again. Yes, porn and music and the luxuries of life are rare, considering the technology we've got. Let me open communication with Kappi. He'll set you up with manpower."

ILM Activated. Rubble area designated, moving rubble. No life signs or corpses found underneath rubble. Beginning construction on residential zone and entertainment zone. Searching defenses: 2 turrets pointed to Iron Cove, 2 turrents pointed to Ocean Nexus. No other defenses on first floor found.

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"Greetings. Agnes has told the entire fort by now about your existence. We're happy to have an AI, we'll get that rubble out in no time. We'll help try and get the second floor ILM system on the second floor up asap. As soon as I heard "entertainment sector", I let myself be reminded that we are in dire need of one. We'll need to send out personnel to gather things like music, "music," and additional employees. It'll take a couple of days to gather all of that. If we want a good one soon, we should send 5 personnel to town to hire more entertainers and gather resources. If we really focus on things like entertainment and living quarters, then we may be able to become more than a trading fort. We can send more or less depending on how much you think it's a priority, but it will slow down our second floor repairing.

Oh, and defenses. A turret costs 10000 zeny, and can defend against a couple of tanks. We can get inner fortifications too, in case they breach. If the iron cove attacks in full, I would recommend 40 grand in defenses. I don't think they'll try to go through the second floor, it's way out of their way to make a path that way. And we don't need to fortify on the second floor, against the neumono hive, or lander's port, unless we piss them off. For money, we can send our mercenaries out to the surface, or to the iron cove outskirts to steal. Or just for espionage, but Tin told you all of that. Remember, we have 40 people making up our personnel, and 30 mercenaries. You tell me what you want 'em to do, and I'll make it happen."

>>374050
The tank Hok delivered has SOME media, at least one metal song anyway, and access to radio. I suggested sending some personnel down to get data out of the tank, anything worthwhile anyway.

5 out of 40 personnel to gather all the resource required for an entertainment and living sector sounds good. And slowing down repair at the expense of making the process faster doesn't sound too bad. So I'd say 15 personnel should do the job of gathering everything.

I'd like to send some mercenaries to the surface for as well, maybe ten, fifteen? Stay clear of Iron Cove for now, we've pissed them off enough today

you kinda look like a blue Lakkat. funky.

try building a kitchen, showers and some lavaroties too.

Hok, I recall you wanting to get some revenge on the people who stuck you inside that vault, before the whole incident with Iron Cove. What's the faction that stuck you in there for Iron Cove to find?

we got anyone good at setting up deals, have a bio armor that needs to get sold. unless you think you can handle it Kappi. ;)

Getting some doctors or some medical staff would be a good idea. After all, losing someone due to infection would be pretty bad right now.

But yes, 10 to get music and entertainment stuff, 5 to find medical personnel and supplies.

>>374050

Nice gimp suit.

What is Agnes anyway, other than really, really scary? We haven't seen her(?) species before.

Have you considered off-line or off-site backups for your important and valuable data. What with hackers and missiles nuking your network, figuratively and literally, that'd be an investment that would pay off with the next disaster.

Hey, what about that thumb drive Lakkat wanted Hok to get to Rokoa. Lakkat said to not look at what's on it, but he's dead, so what do we care. Almost certainly booby trapped, so thoroughly examine and scan it before put it on an ISOLATED computer, in case of viruses. Then grab a copy of everything on it.

>>374091
He only did threaten Hok to not to look at the drive. Not us.
Anyone that can answer this question, how does one kill an AI? I mean, besides putting us into a packet thing and smashing it? We could guard against that right?
From the sound of things, Rokoa seems like someone to be very afraid of for an individual. If we're going to fuck with her stuff, we should prepare ourselves for danger. I don't want to underestimate resourceful organics.

>>374050
How exactly we go about rebuilding this place is going to depend on what exactly you fragile me-ORGANICS are going to do with it. A place, however small, for recreation would be good for an increase of morale. So are you guys trying to make this place into a trading hub? Build a bandit fort to steal what you want from people? Replace your feeble flesh with glorious steel? Create a town/settlement? A military power?

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>>Send 15 for hiring and music gathering.
"Yeah, let me take a look at what this Bloodsaw fellow had... crush, kill, destroy? We'll put that right in the databanks for everyone, but that's not exactly club or bar music, you know? None that I'd visit anyway. Anyway, consider it done!"

>>374058
"I once put on 20% as a test, back when I was in the neumono hive. It was like I fell in a vat of magma, and they told me that meant I could probably take a 40%. No thanks."

>>374062
.... "That's not cool. Aren't those supposed to have zippers anyway? I don't even like goggles, but some people insisted, after I took some shrapnel to the face last week."

>>374056
"Saying we all look the same, eh?.... that's kind of true. We look alike even to ourselves if we only have sight to go off of. It's a good thing our fur varies for everyone else. I'll help you guys set up basic blueprints, wide scale cafeterias, lavatories and showers can be included in a communal area."

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>>374099
"Oh, this place started as a meeting grounds for traders ill suited for main town trades. Eventually enemies were made, protection was organized, people hung around to supply services for pay, and the next thing we know, we're a fort. We never really had a goal beyond that. If you build something that makes us military, we will be military. If you build residential areas, we will be a town.

Agnes is a Yich Eater. They're squishy centipede spidery things. Surprisingly smart, considering their anatomy! And wait, did one of you guys mention Rokoa? What brought her up?"

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The cameras are functional on all floors.

"Looks like you guys don't have much for privacy. Oh well. Yeah, I am interested in some cold revenge to the mafia, simply called the Zozu Family, but they're pretty far! Sure you could send some people on a nice, long hiking trip, but we could benefit from finding some data on predicting the ocean currents! Then we could move across far distances pretty quickly. Oh, wait, the Zozu's would have that information, I bet. That's a catch 22 alright. Meh, you guys went and piqued my curiosity over Lakkat's special little message! How about it? I don't mind if I "leave it lying around" and "a certain AI" "finds" "it"." Hok says.

"Sure". That "sounds good"

Since it was given to us by an enemy, we should open it on a computer we can quickly isolate in case it contains anything really nasty. If it actually is information, we should make a copy then remove any records of our accessing it.