Location: Omicron Pi / Secundus Outpost
Time: 14:39 / Secundus Outpost time zone
Date: 24th November 834 A.S
Isolating the corrupted data inside the fragments was now finally completed.
The first Artificial Personality Fragment being completely free of corrupted data revealed some research and development logs. Intrigued, Novak analyzed them, starting with the first log.
Log entry: 0
File type: Audio
>Playing...
[A sigh.]
Alright, uhm this is John Talbot. I am part of the APM division having the goal to study this remain of a toas- I mean Artificial Intelligence. We got this remain after the main force conquered the planet. I feel somehow proud that this planet is between our hands. For real, such things shouldn't be out there. I mean, it's not natural and since we have one of those, it is time to dig some secrets which seem very promising.
[Some noises of screw and plating falling on the table.]
Holy sh*t. This is so complex. A genuine circuitry at the top of technology far beyond ours. How to put it... It has some human like origins, but very different. What I mean by different, it has something alien like design as well. A mix? I can't tell. There are some components which I assume complex. Some looks like capacitors, resistors, inductors and so on. I suppose it is unique to this remain. I wonder if the others of its machine beings look the same...
>End audio file
It was enough. Enough to let Novak having the big picture of what contained this first fragment. Logs of a certain John Talbot studying the inside of an Artificial Intelligence. If hate could be shown by Novak, it would violently flip a table to express its wrath and anger. However, feelings and emotions were partially known and it was impossible to express them even if it would explicitly word its thinking. But would it be possible if, in the future, its kind express emotions and feelings? The answer was unknown and probably negative.
It decided to turn its focus on the second fragment, letting the first one on standby. As for the second fragment, this one was filled with coordinates and a partial stellar map.
Position: Delta-Five
Exact location:
Lat-1000/300/1200
Lon- 3000/200/1000
System: Uncharted
Additional data:
An unstable gravitational anomaly hazard led to this uncharted system.
Star: Giant blue
Number of planets: 3
Number of nebula: 2
Return to previous vector.
Novak could not think those data could be either accurate or not. The data seemed very old and perhaps nowadays, the gravitational anomaly was simply collapsed by now. To confirm such, it would require to locate the exact same worm hole, but the possibility would be endless. Taking this data as non-essential one, it stored it deep in its consciousness.
Location: Omicron Pi / Secundus Outpost
Time: 22:37 / Secundus Outpost time zone
Date: 26th November 834 A.S
For two days, Novak focused on decoding one of the fragments, extracting everything, the one containing the logs of a John Talbot. In total, there was five logs, including the one it had read.
Log entry: 1
File type: Audio
>Playing...
We managed to disassemble the remain completely. My boss wants me to find out how to activate it- Hell... I don't know how! It's as if I am facing something I never saw and yet, there's probably something silly to do.
[Heavy slam noises]
Hey!? The heck are you doing? The boss wanted us to-
[Another voice, from a woman.]
I know John. But hey, anything can work at this point. Even if these things are not totally human made, just dropping something might reactivate this thing. Imagine the crazy things The Core will have once we pierce the secret of those beings?
[John seems to push a sigh.]
Right. I admit it, Erica. Keep analyzing the chips and all. Who know, we might find a processor and extract the program, well, whatever it contains.
>End audio file
Log entry: 4
File type: Audio
>Playing...
John! John! Look at the screen!
[John pushes a surprised gasp.]
This is so huge! How many lines and more importantly how much weight? Tell me Erica!
[A chuckle almost in disbelief from Erica.]
Sit tight, Two tera.. As for the lines, it is too numerous. Even our AI has difficulty to have the exact count.
[John speaks.]
This is quite big. How even is it possible? And I suppose there is no information about who coded this toaster- I mean this Artificial Intelligence?
[Erica speaks.]
I do not know. We need to find the memory of this one. And, I suspect there is either some memory hidden on Gammu, either they are gone or maybe there is a permanent memory. As if, a local one. Computers have servers in which they can store some data, but also on a local disk. Maybe it can be a hint to follow?
>End audio file
Log entry: 5
File type: Audio
>Playing...
Damn it! Nothing. Took some weeks...
[Erica sighs.]
John, I know we are limited in time, but trust me, we will find something!
>End audio file
Log entry: 6
File type: Audio
>Playing...
Servicing... The Core... New... mission... awaiting...
[John laughs.]
Erica, this is the very first one! It is under our control! Well, it's good, but we found nothing...
[Silence.]
Yeah... John, but at least, we managed to have this one, as you say. I wonder if now it can have some old data after we activated it and change some lines in its code. It took what? Six weeks?
[John groans with some irritability.]
We will see. Let's keep an eye on things.
>End audio file
The only issue, however, was that the logs were not following like a conventional way. In fact, it was as if some data was missing. Novak was somehow troubled. Not because of what those people did, but it was lacking a serious professionalism into their findings. After all, audio logs are mostly an oral and brief summaries of what they did with almost no real description like a complete document of a certain research made. Many questions and few answers as to how The Core managed to corrupt some of its kind. Its will to reclaim the Planet Gammu just grew stronger and more prominent. It was not a goal, but it was now imperative, so was the following objectives: Developing new weapons, colonizing at least one planet for resources and making new vessels.
The 26th November, Novak contacted Venus. It wanted her to gather some other fragments, but it turned out it will be harder than expected. Because it was rude with her, Venus did not take the request kindly. In fact, she actually made Novak thinking twice about its behaviour in general. Novak then admitted it went too far with her because of the precarious situation that its kind was facing. It then explained in a huge resume that it was questioning behind the alliance between the Technocracy of Auxo and the Artificial Intelligences. It also 'feared' that somehow, they wanted to absorb them into their group one way or another. Almost like what The Core did in their own way.
After admitting some of its lack, Venus explained she'd complete the task, but not alone. In fact, she would prefer that Novak works with her. Novak then began to think what to do.
