audio;

[standaloneshell]

We can't afford to keep reacting to events without thought. I mentioned some time ago the hazards of setting yourself up as the final moral authority.

[Would it be rude to say 'I told you so?' Motoko doesn't seem to care.What's your opinion on this 'Purge?' It's been said that it doesn't necessarily have to be initialized by Hypatia- there's more

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Encrypted: Section Nine

[timeforviolence]

[...so you are still here.]

You mean besides being dead?

Encrypted: Section Nine

[standaloneshell]

[The reply is a loud, sharp burst of static. Who do you think you're dealing with here?]

Encrypted: Section Nine

[timeforviolence]

[Okay, he gets the nonverbal 'shut up and be serious, Batou'.]

Not sure. Everything was fine and then all sensors blanked out.

Definitely increases the chances of this whole place being an elaborate hack.

Encrypted: Section Nine

[standaloneshell]

You needed a reminder?

[But there's no real venom behind it. She's getting tired of amateur hour. It was kind of funny when it was just the Spartans; now it's their allies.]

There's a new safehouse. [She sends along the coordinates and the keys to both the Normandy personal radios and their patented network encryption.]

Your old shell is there.

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[theuserabides]

Truth value undetermined, man.

[One can hear the shrug in his voice.]

But if you give a program enough sentience, you have to deal with the possibility they'll interpret their directives in a way you don't like some day.

[Heh heh oops.

He's not encrypting because why bother. Sigh.]

audio

[standaloneshell]

Hm. That's not always a bad thing.

audio

[theuserabides]

Not always a good thing, either.

[Flynn's experience with his problem child didn't turn out nearly so well as Kusanagi's with the tachikoma.]

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[standaloneshell]

[Well we can't all be perfect. That would be boring.]

There's also the fact that we're actually dealing with plural versions of the same AI. At least two- the secondary personality seems defense-oriented.

[Which is at least one explanation for what it was doing with all that pilfered storage space.]

Of course, it's just as likely that Hypatia had only very little to do with it. People are perfectly capable of circumventing a system that allows this kind of disregard for death, if they really want to.

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[howkickassiam]

My opinion is we need more info before we go assuming it's an AI, 'cause they don't need any more bad PR than they've got.

[ lmao butthurt ]

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[standaloneshell]

[You're going to base your operational theory on what you want the truth to be? Well, that's a different kind of stupid.]

We need more information, regardless. I'm asking for opinions, not detailed tactical plans.

[Prejudice is unavoidable, York.]

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[howkickassiam]

My opinion is she's probably rampant, probably did cause it, but without a way to dig into her records to find out what happened, we're kind of flying blind.

audio, encrypted 90%;

[standaloneshell]

You're referring to the timeline Delta gave, a few months ago?

[Which was not technically for her to hear, but that was before everyone started acting all savvy. She throws up a standard sort of encryption, just because.]

Audio; what exactly is an encrypt for?

[a_perfect_end]

The what.

Clarify.

Specify exactly what you mean.

[He is sick to death of guest clearance. And probably ready to smash some windows.

In case of emergency, break glass.]

audio; it's called common sense, admin-boy

[standaloneshell]

[CLU, she is disappointed in you. Real AI keep proper tabs on communications.]

This station is built with the capability to support more than a million human lives, with room to spare, including leeway for support structure and robotic assistance. The planet is a chaotic mess, unfit for long-term habitation.

[Well, for groups larger than fifty or so, anyways.]

Do you think the previous residents left willingly? They were killed.

[Not said aloud; and with the right circumstances, we're next.]

Re: audio; common sense: inapplicable when one is having a hissyfit.

[a_perfect_end]

[He's been keeping tabs on all the things! Well, all the things from his world. Which is the same thing. Or it will be.]

...Known parameters of condition: tour specified a mining survey.

A million individuals would be redundant. That's your answer, right there: choke points in the system.

Someone's altering the playing field.

[Without notifying him.]

audio; but CLU is always having a hissy fit.

[standaloneshell]

Past tense. The only thing that's altered is your perception of what was already there.

[And mining survey her ass.]

Audio; Normandy Channel

[cmdr_renegade]

Cheerful topics, as always.

[Shepard, while she cares about the Purge, doesn't really care who initiated it beyond a strictly historical standpoint. Any route, she's invested in ending Hypatia.]

What?

Audio; Normandy Channel

[standaloneshell]

Are you aware of the teleporters role in the resurrection phenomenon?

[She smirks- it's probably audible in her tone.]

I think you'll enjoy this: I need you to kill me.

Audio; Normandy Channel

[cmdr_renegade]

Hm, you're right. I think I will enjoy this.

[Shepard is silent for a beat.]

So, you want me to kill you to test out how the resurrection process works?

Audio; Normandy Channel

[standaloneshell]

Mmh, something like that.

[And the other reason; how far would you trust military hardware produced under the control of Hypatia?]

I'd like to do as little damage to my actual body as possible. It's expensive, and I can reuse it afterwards.

[Which yes, is exactly as creepy as it sounds.]