It was another event filled patrol for me and Miss Belle, to make and understatement. I started my patrol within Alaska, confirmed 2 targets as fellow officer but then ran into a confused civilian near Juneau. Upon completion of jump to New York, with civie in-tow, my Miss Belle started suffering minor glitches. At first, I thought it might be due to relationship jitters seeing as we are just getting to know each other, at moment.
However, the glitches became more and more intense. I was foced to go to manual and, for a time, my course kept switching towards New York's Sun! While running manual diagonostics, I received a report from local Bounty Hunter of a possible pirate off of the Lanes between Westpoint and Manhattan. Under manual control I investigated.
As I came into scanner range of target "Smeagle" life signs showed a civie pilot in his hold. Natuarlly I assumed he had just been rescued. To my dismay "Smeagle" proved to be less than a humanitarian. Despite several opportunities to withdraw "Smeagle" refused my orders and threaten my destruction. As we can read, he failed in his endeavor and I was able to get our citizen to medical care at Manhattan.
Once I turned the civie over, i had Miss Belle re-activated and the techs and I found disturbing code within Miss Belle's central core:
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::This unit will delete jeff:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::This unit will delete all that gets in the way:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::this unit will delete all navy ::::
Research.Drone-Erasure: ::::Navy wants this unit to leave but there ships stop it leaving:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::This unit is set to full attack mode::::
Research.Drone-Erasure: ::::Erasure is this units code name
Research.Drone-Erasure: ::::Location Newyork::::
Research.Drone-Erasure: ::::Hacking Fortbush security systems::::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::Uploading virus::::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::Virus uploaded shutting down fortbush::::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::fortbush offline:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: ::::Uploading virus to [LN]-Jeff.Blue:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::Virus uploaded shutting down all ship systems::::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::Uploading new waypoint THE SUN to Jeffs Computer:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::New waypoint uploaded:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::Sets auto destruck on [LN]-Jeff.Blue ship 5 seconds:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: ::5::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::4:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::3:::
[LN]-Jeff.Blue: Manual overide Delta1
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::2:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::link lost:::
[LN]-Jeff.Blue: hehehe, just gotta love the off switch
[LN]-Jeff.Blue: why we rule baby!
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::Weapons online::::
Research.Drone-Erasure: ::::Shutting down life support on Smeage cargohold:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::100k to target:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::weapons online target [LN]-Jeff.blue:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::Thiss unit will fire on sight of target:::
Research.Drone-Erasure: :::40k from target:::
Command, I shudder to think what might have happened if I had switched to manual a little slower or had not had a civie to attend to. I was not even aware that this AI was that close to me and Miss Belle. I hope this information shall lead to new software upgrades. Plus, I suggest we make such Critters KOS.
ENCRYPTION:[color=#33FF33]Medium. SOURCE:Battleship Mississippi. Submitter:Sub Lieutenant Joseph Tippman, Liberty Navy, Primary Fleet Recipient:[LN] High Command
Hmm do you have any footage of these crimes? I have seen WRECKER-J many times,and he has personally handed over many Rheinland prisoners. He is a junker so i am sure he smuggles,but without evidence? like guncam footage we cannot prove it.
[color=#FFFFFF]Identification Processing... Captain Samuel Zanders
[font=Palatino Linotype]Salutations,
Got another AI-unit that is hostile.
TARGET:Research.Drone
[color=#FF0000]KOS ORDER IS CONFIRMED (SIGNED BY FLEET ADMIRAL HALE)
You may engage this target on sight if caught being in Liberty.
EVIDENCE A (Logs from Captain Zanders)
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Ensign Arthur Crawler,
I do not think you are lying, but without evidence we can't make any decisions. You MUST take evidence of a pilot breaking the law if you want us to take action. Do not let your feelings get boiled up now, I have been in the same position, just catch him in the act again. He will slip, one day.
If you do have evidence, forward them immediately, and I will make sure he loses his docking rights and issue a KOS ORDER on him for the multiple laws he allegedly broke.
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PENDING ISSUE LSF PILOT RAPHAEL BLACK
All files have been sent to Fleet Admiral Hale, internal issue, him and only him will deal with it from the side of Liberty Navy. All Primary Navy Units have been ordered to ignore any and all orders from LSF Pilot Raphael Black until further notice.