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--Target: The Lane Hackers --Source: Unknown
--Source ID: Claroke Goldenton
--Source Transponder: Zoner Miner
--Encryption Level: Extremely High ----Message Begins:
Greetings and Salutations
We at the ZoE have a proposal for you, the group known only as The Lane Hackers. Please hear me out and then make a decision.
As you may or may not know already, the Zoner Ore Extraction Inc. uses drone miners to mine whatever we need to mine in large amounts. We prefer drones because they tend to have no problems doing what theyre told, they do not need to be paid wages, and they keep us from having to work too hard. I would add that they are cheaper to maintain than manned vessels but Im afraid this is, as of yet, not true. This is why we need your help.
We recently purchased a very basic mining program from Ageira Technologies and began using it on our mining drones. We soon realized that this was a mistake. While Ageira may be... decent at building Tradelanes and Jump Gates, they know very little about mining drone Operating Systems. Soon we began getting reports of drones crashing into asteroids, running into bases, planets, and other ships. We even heard someone complain about one of our drones attempting to drill into another transports cargo hold to access the ore inside. While enormously amusing, this is effectively stultifying our mining operations, which is completely unacceptable and is costing us millions in profit losses. Therefore, being ex-Ageira Employees yourselves, and being capable of hacking into the most encrypted channels at will, we are willing to pay you handsomely to create a Mining Drone Operating System to replace the defective one we seem to continuously pay for.
Allow me to detail exactly what we are seeking. Because of our contracts we will be switching ore types frequently, rather than requiring a complete re-write of the programs, we seek something that can be altered relatively easily, by remote access. We want to be able to manually over-ride the operating system and take control of the Drone by remote. We need it to be capable of basic navigation and map reading (e.g. Setting waypoints and following them), and it must be able to control its craft easily and naturally. We also want it to be able to interpret signals sent from sensors in order to avoid collisions with planets, other vessels, stations, and asteroids. Most importantly it must be able to interpret sensor signals, detect and target rocks that may contain the ore it is told to, then extract the ore.
Essentially, while not completely autonomous and certainly not Artificially Intelligent in the strictest sense, it must be able to operate on its own, completing tasks set to it by an external operator. So, are you interested in this proposal? Think of it as a way of discrediting your nemesis Ageira by showing just how bad their products are. This is certainly one way of advancing your vendetta with the corporation that exploited your talents and caused you to descend in the eyes of society to the mark of the common criminal.
While I acknowledge that the majority of your group specializes in hacking and the interception of transmissions, Im confident that your collective cognitive skills will be capable of creating such a program. As I stated earlier, we are willing to pay handsomely for such a herculean project as this. But if it is not a pecuniary prize you desire so much as goods or ore Im certain we can come to an agreement.
We await your reply.
Signed:
Claroke Goldenton
Chester Copperton
Eric Goldsteen
--Message End--
---Link Re-engaged
Ah Yes. I almost forgot. Let us keep this, shall we say, "Under the Wraps" for the time being. I am certain that you understand. ---Link Closed
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