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Oct 10, 2011 00:46

My name is John Connor. I've been recruited to be a Warden on this ship, and I've been here for a week ( Read more... )

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[Filtered.] you_run_i_chase October 10 2011, 15:49:47 UTC
The Admiral will fucking do it when he's damn good and ready. Cause he's a fucking asshole.

And Kay's filled you in. Then there's wardens who were inmates before too.

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[Filtered.] metallonkardia October 10 2011, 18:30:36 UTC
Sounds like brass anywhere.

How does that work?

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[Filtered.] you_run_i_chase October 10 2011, 19:03:55 UTC
You're redeemed and then you have the option to stick around here to help someone else or to make a deal or some fucked up combination of the two.

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[Filtered.] metallonkardia October 10 2011, 19:14:30 UTC
... I guess it's reasonable that there's light at the end of the tunnel. [ Though that sounds a bit Flavors of Stockholm Syndrome, to him. ]

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Private. thegooddrjones October 10 2011, 19:30:50 UTC
Well, John, it's nice to have a last name to go with that.

I think you need to have something that will help with the redemption of an inmate. I also think there's a right inmate for each person.

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Private. metallonkardia October 10 2011, 19:40:34 UTC
It wasn't my intention to be mysterious.

I'm sure I sound like a broken record. Do you think people brought here as inmates generally deserve to be inmates?

[ He's still struggling with the disparity between 'held against their will without trial' and 'existential opportunity'. ]

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Private. thegooddrjones October 10 2011, 20:10:44 UTC
I do. I think there's something that they need help with. Or to work on. My husband was an inmate here, before we got involved. And a very good friend of mine, one of the bravest people I ever knew came aboard as an inmate as well.

I knew him before he'd come aboard.

Most people wouldn't chose this for themselves, but they're here because they need to be, even if we don't understand why.

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Private. metallonkardia October 10 2011, 23:27:18 UTC
So it's... really not just arbitrarily taking people and shoving them in prison cells for some kind of cross-dimensional experiment.

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Filtered timesbureaucrat October 10 2011, 21:14:59 UTC
Coordinator Narvin of the Celestial Intervention Agency.

I see Agent K already explained the criteria for wardens and inmates. Sometimes it's a very fine line indeed between them.

As for the ship, I believe what we do in situations like this is hope it doesn't crash or leave us drifting powerless through space. The engineering crew monitor and do basic repairs, but the real workings of the ship are inaccessible. Whatever's happening, our techs can't fix it.

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Filtered metallonkardia October 10 2011, 23:32:16 UTC
Hi.

That's comforting.

Private;

Agent K shortlisted you as someone to talk to concerning workarounds to disable the T-X.

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Private timesbureaucrat October 11 2011, 00:31:37 UTC
A few of us are working on ways to disable the T-X in case it should become necessary. In my spare time I've been working on constructing a virus that could be transmitted at distance, perhaps over the network using her optical sensors as an infiltration point. But since I don't know anything about her code beyond that it originates from Earth, it's been a difficult process filled with more guesswork than I'm happy with.

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Private metallonkardia October 11 2011, 01:03:21 UTC
It'll eventually, but inevitably, become necessary.

[ This conversation is now unlocked to Narvin. ]

I can get you neural net maps and codes from other models from the same AI.

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[Private] batmanschmatman October 10 2011, 22:58:08 UTC
Kay's got it pretty well covered. And I wouldn't worry too much about the ship, we've been through a lot of crazy stuff in the ten or so months I've been here, and everything's always gone back to normal eventually.

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[Private] metallonkardia October 10 2011, 23:33:42 UTC
So, what, the collective mental fortitude of the passengers is periodically tested for the fuck of it?

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[Private] batmanschmatman October 10 2011, 23:37:22 UTC
More or less.

Some of the more ridiculous things that have happened have been an inmate trying to escape - last January, an Aztec goddess summoned her siblings and tried to escape, it was pretty much a blood bath - but some of it, there's never any real explanation for.

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[Private] metallonkardia October 10 2011, 23:50:19 UTC
She get out?

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inhistorybooks October 11 2011, 00:25:05 UTC
Well, even if the rest of it's startin' to look a little less than up to specification, the engines are still running smoothly, and Tosh, myself and the rest of the engine room crew will be sure to let the rest of you know if that changes.

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metallonkardia October 11 2011, 01:20:22 UTC
My sentiments were more aimed at people being upset by the atmosphere. Unfortunately where I'm from, the aesthetics of this thing would fit right in.

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inhistorybooks October 11 2011, 01:34:10 UTC
Just figured I should fill you in. Why are things so bad where you're from, if you don't mind my asking?

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metallonkardia October 11 2011, 02:47:46 UTC
Limited supplies, harsh conditions.

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