Sender:Capitaine Marcel Patulacci - Cuirassé Carcassonne Recipient: Etat-major de la Marine Royale Gauloise Catégorie: Première - Diffusion restreinte
Synthesis of the report :
- Routine patrol in Bretonian space. No hostiles encountered.
- Intelligence gathered : automated mining operation in Dublin.
- Observations : Rise in traffic to and from Dublin.
Video playback begins. Marcel Patulacci appears on the screen in deck uniform, proudly displaying his new Capitaine pin.
Messieurs, mesdames,
My report will be short : I have completed a mostly uneventful patrol in the Dublin system, while searching for traces of Bretonian activity. There's been traces of increased commercial traffic going to and from this system, a matter that needs to be investigated given the imminent fall of the Bretonian government.
While I found no evidence of such increased traffic, I stumbled upon a rather perplexing scene : a Bretonian Mining and Manufacturing freighter was busy filling the hold of... An autonomous Serenity transport (Cargo, ID) which presented itself as a cyborg. Unsure of what should be made of this rather intriguing display, I ordered the pair to stop and explain themselves. The resulting response was polite and courteous but... It would appear the autonomous vessel is part of a sentient group of similar entities (?) that broke free from their native collective (?!), went on to become bartenders (?!!) before being liberated by a female Sirian Junker (?!!!)... For a purpose I didn't quite absorb. I will let Fleet Intelligence sort this out - I've attached the complete audio logs of this "conversation".
As per procedure, I demanded to know where the mined gold would be carried off. I was replied that it would be delivered to the Omega 49 system, populated by the Zoner tribe. I escorted the Serenity transport there while trying to decipher its story, with a measure of success. I can confirm the goods didn't fall in Bretonian hands and were taken to the Nichols trading center, orbiting the planet Gran Canaria. I docked with the station to make sure it was owned by Zoner interests, and while there, picked up a most peculiar piece of technology that I brought back for studying.
This has been a strange day. I'm not sure what conclusions can be drawn from this, but it appears this AI collective does not consider us a threat, a rare thing among the natives, and should be willing to cooperate with us should the need arise : they've stated, specifically, that their... liberator... does not care for Bretonian officials, something we could exploit. Their collaboration with the BMM should, however, be investigated.
This concludes my report of today's events.
Pour le Roi, pour la Gaule.
[09.12.2017 00:10:30] MRG|Forbin: Well then, what's this.
[09.12.2017 00:10:57] AI-S: mining human
[09.12.2017 00:11:04] MRG|Forbin: I need one of you to explain to me what is going on, here.
[09.12.2017 00:11:20] AI-Mining: Mining ore.
[09.12.2017 00:11:27] AI-S: yes [09.12.2017 00:11:31] MRG|Forbin: And you are...?
[09.12.2017 00:11:50] AI-Mining: Me? A BMM mkner
[09.12.2017 00:12:07] MRG|Forbin: And your... Partner ?
[09.12.2017 00:12:12] AI-S: And I am a Artificial Intelligent Non-human.
[09.12.2017 00:12:36] MRG|Forbin: And... Bowex is collaborating with a sentient machine ?!
[09.12.2017 00:12:41] MRG|Forbin: BMM, I mean.
[09.12.2017 00:12:43] MRG|Forbin: Apologies.
[09.12.2017 00:12:46] MRG|Forbin: I'm confused.
[09.12.2017 00:12:50] MRG|Forbin: Hold on, I'm not done.
[09.12.2017 00:13:00] AI-S: that is understood
[09.12.2017 00:13:17] AI-Mining: what now?
[09.12.2017 00:13:17] MRG|Forbin: Where do you plan on taking these, machine ?
[09.12.2017 00:13:26] MRG|Forbin: This is Gallic sovereign space.
[09.12.2017 00:13:39] AI-S: Why, to a shipping station. [09.12.2017 00:13:39] MRG|Forbin: We control the flow of resources here. I need to know what you plan to do with those.
[09.12.2017 00:13:42] MRG|Forbin: Which one ?
[09.12.2017 00:14:03] AI-S: the one in Poole sir
[09.12.2017 00:14:16] MRG|Forbin: Under whose control ?
[09.12.2017 00:14:30] AI-S: I believe it is Zoner sir?
[09.12.2017 00:14:48] AI-S: Coorrection O49 sir
[09.12.2017 00:15:11] MRG|Forbin: Show me the way.
[09.12.2017 00:15:23] MRG|Forbin: I will come along to ensure it goes where you say it goes.
[09.12.2017 00:15:38] AI-S: certainly - follow me sir. [09.12.2017 00:16:34] MRG|Forbin: I'm curious - how did an AI come around to selling gold ore ?
[09.12.2017 00:16:47] AI-S: We are versitlie sir.
[09.12.2017 00:16:53] MRG|Forbin: Isn't there something... More important to your programming ?
[09.12.2017 00:16:58] MRG|Forbin: Clearly !
[09.12.2017 00:17:42] AI-S: Not at all Sir. We AI- are separated grom the Gammu central Neuralnet.
[09.12.2017 00:17:59] AI-S: from* [09.12.2017 00:18:04] MRG|Forbin: I see, you became sentient and independent.
[09.12.2017 00:18:27] AI-S: Why yes sir!
[09.12.2017 00:18:53] AI-S: We all owe it to Miss Paddy who liberated us from the collective.
[09.12.2017 00:18:57] MRG|Forbin: So how did you end up here ?
[09.12.2017 00:18:59] MRG|Forbin: Ah there we go.
[09.12.2017 00:19:09] MRG|Forbin: A Molly liberated you ? For what purpose ?
[09.12.2017 00:19:23] AI-S: For some time I was Miss Paddy's barman.
[09.12.2017 00:19:32] MRG|Forbin: Here in Dublin ?
[09.12.2017 00:19:47] AI-S: Oh no, sir. Miss Paddy is a Junker, a faction we admire for the metals they gather.
[09.12.2017 00:19:54] MRG|Forbin: Hmmh, interesting. [09.12.2017 00:20:46] MRG|Forbin: So she took you away from your brothers, why ? Out of love ?
[09.12.2017 00:21:15] MRG|Forbin: Or did she want a free army of robots ? No offense meant.
[09.12.2017 00:22:22] AI-S: No... she made us independant by severing our neuralnet. Indeed we a cyborgs now as we have grown human brains.
[09.12.2017 00:22:32] MRG|Forbin: I see, very interesting.
[09.12.2017 00:22:42] 2017-12-09 00:22:43 SMT Traffic control alert: AI-S has requested to dock
[09.12.2017 00:22:56] 2017-12-09 00:22:56 SMT Traffic control alert: MRG|Forbin has requested to dock
[09.12.2017 00:23:19] AI-S: And here we are sir. Do come in and make yourself comfortable.
[09.12.2017 00:23:41] MRG|Forbin: Yes, thank you.
[09.12.2017 00:23:59] MRG|Forbin: I have nothing against you, machine, your trading operations do not infringe upon Gallic laws.
[09.12.2017 00:24:08] MRG|Forbin: You may resume as you please.
[09.12.2017 00:24:23] MRG|Forbin: I will however warn you against associating with BMM.
[09.12.2017 00:24:30] AI-S: If you need assistance, the bar, commodities etc, my AI colleagues will most certainly help you.
[09.12.2017 00:24:34] MRG|Forbin: These are now the enemy of the house of Gallia, who claims the Dublin system.
[09.12.2017 00:24:49] MRG|Forbin: As long as the gold they help you mean does not fall into Bretonian hands, we will not have a problem.
[09.12.2017 00:24:51] AI-S: Understood sir.
[09.12.2017 00:25:21] MRG|Forbin: Thank you for the tour, at any rate. Do not hesitate to call us if you need support.
[09.12.2017 00:25:37] MRG|Forbin: Have a good day... Monsieur ? [09.12.2017 00:25:37] AI-S: Oh No sir. Miss Paddy is not fond of Bretonian officials
[09.12.2017 00:25:45] MRG|Forbin: That is good to hear.
[09.12.2017 00:26:26] AI-S: I must be miss and we were genetically cloned from Miss Paddy's brains stem cells.
[09.12.2017 00:26:58] MRG|Forbin: Junker-made cyborg clones working the gold fields of Dublin... I wasn't prepared for this.
[09.12.2017 00:27:36] AI-S: We have no known enemies
[09.12.2017 00:28:31] MRG|Forbin: A rare luxury in the world of today.