My name is Stella Hoshii, i am the administrator of Corinth Research Station and the actual head of the Velvet research and development division. As a security division facing the most challenging opponent any human being could have thought of - The Nomads - we seek our personnel to be as efficient as possible, be it through means of enhacing their own capabilities or upgrading the ships we have at our disposal. Your field of expertise, however, unlocks a whole lot of opportunities for our pilots, and i just can not let this opportunity slip.
I would like to order one SC-500 as a test unit for the organisation and, depending on how well the tests will go - order more for the rest of Velvet. I am forwarding you the payment and desired specifications of the android - i would like it to match me in terms of appearance and height. I would like the model to be deployed to Corinth Research Station, Omicron Kappa, i am currently arranging the necessary clearance to your subordinates that will be delivering my order.
If there is an option of adding mimicking behavior of the original after a learning period while still retaining the combat capabilities - i would like this feature to be added as well. Rest assured it will be paid for generously.
~Stella Hoshii.
Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.
» Recipient: Stella Hoshii, Administrator of Corinth Research Station
» Origin of signal: Planet Manhattan, New York system
Hello darling,
First of all, I apologise for my informal greetings and some stylistic mistakes. I took some courses on professional ethics, but at the end... I'm still suffering from the lack of practical experience? At the end I'm used to work with androids more than with actual people. Oh sorry, I've got a bit carried away with this...
Let's start again. Let me introduce myself - Heather Marshall, PhD in Robotics and current employee of FuTech Industries. Both the pleasure and honor to get acquainted with you, miss Hoshii. I have been assigned to this contract, therefore I will oversee each step in development of your android and answer any questions you might have.
Oh so... Ughm... About your android, yes. We confirm the payment and I assure you, that our specialists are already working on it. However, I should warn you, that it is going to take another couple of days, due to the specifications of your android. About your additional request on mimicking of your behaviour - yes it is also possible and I'm personally developing combined program for this. There is actually a problem and the reason why we do not usually provide security androids with any personality-mimicking additional - program code, responsible for mimicking of behaviour or personality, sometimes gets... unstable? No, do not worry, it does not turn your android into some kind of rebellious machine, looking for opportunity to kill you, but your android might get "freezed", while trying to compile everything. I am not sure about what Velvet Research and Development group is doing (I apologise for not being enlightened enough), but you personally should understand that combination of these programs might get rather tricky. But I'm working in FuTech not only to get high salary or something like this, I work in FuTech to solve such issues, so I can assure you, that to the day of delivery I will develop the new program, which will not have any problems with mimicking personality and being a security asset at the same time. I have just felt obligated to inform you about this little problem.
Also to fully mimick your behaviour the android also needs to "learn" from you. We will install some basic personality modules, but be ready to spend some time with your android, as it really needs information about your personality, style of talking and et cetera. If you spend enough time with it, android will learn your personality in a couple of days or probably even less. It mostly depends on complexity of your behaviour. Though there is another option - you can try to describe your personality by your own words, so we can create something that resembles you, but I would suggest to stick with the first option.
Oh and cute ears you've got there. I'm not going to ask how, but do you want your android to have them moving as well? And if yes, do you want some random moves or something specific, like connection with "emotions"?
That should be all for now. Please, answer these questions as soon as possible, so we can make corrections (if needed) before sending you an android.
Yours,
Heather Marshall
Employee
Future Technologies and Innovations
Do not give it too much credit. We are, after all, are humans and it is natural for us to make mistakes. I had no intentions to blame you for them on the contrast to some of my recent contacts you are self-conscious and willing to take what you consider to be a mistake into account and learn from it. A rare and valuable trait.
But - lyrics aside, let us discuss the actual business.
I appreciate the steady pace of development and for keeping me updated on sensitive details. Thank you for your thorough guidance, i will make sure SC-500 has enough time to fulfill it's learning algorhytms to mimic my behavior properly.
Now, the ears. As a matter of fact, and with the consideration of the question i assume it is possible for you to have them moving - but it is a rather complicated matter even for me to understand, as their behavior was never properly researched and i myself have only came up with nothing but a theory in attempts to explain their behavior. For now i refer to those movements as an uncontrollable reflex and assume their behavior being somewhat related to my emotional state.
Even the most accurate mimicking of a person's behavior can only simulate emotions and that logic applies to androids in the first place, and from my perspective mimicking this is bound to have a much more complex algorhytm controlling them.
We are sure making the android to rensemble me as accurately as possible, but going such lengths seems unnecessary. If you can - write a basic algorhytm that will make them move at a constant frequency, if this is not deemed possible - leave them static.
It's not that people are bound to notice the difference in the heat of battle.
~Stella Hoshii.
Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.