Wanted: Volunteers for scientific survey of Sacrosanct tech resource locations and salvage.
must be willing/able to traverse long distances unaided by teleporters
weapons training recommended
technical and/or medical training a bonus
credits/free food available
Interested parties please reply ASAP.
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I think I qualify. So, whats the job?
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[ping! have some coordinates, Joe]
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[Joe hops on his bike and rides to the lab, arriving later and knocking on the door.]
Hello? Here for the survey? Man I hope this ain't SHODAN bein' sneaky.
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Door: open.]
Come in! I'm not SHODAN!
[Rude cyborg girl shouting from inside: check! She leans out into view, just to prove that she isn't an insane AI.]
Hi- Joe, right? I'm Kim.
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[He walks inside and nods at her question.]
That's me. You're a friend a Proto's right?
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Correct. I... [Friend. Sure, that's. Close to the right word.] I like robots.
[but not. Like that. Unless- NO WAIT. HE'S A ROBOT. Maybe he's reading into it?! This is the worst timing.]
...uh...
[Does he think I'm hitting on him? OH GOD. HE MIGHT THINK I'M HITTING ON HIM. Why is this happening?! WHY ME. WHY NOW.]
So. This job...?
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Maybe you should talk ta Light sometime. Made Mega and Proto after all. Huh? Oh right, the job. So, what can I do for ya?
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[It's weird that Kim, who has a robot arm and lives with robots, doesn't run into just that problem more often.]
So, what I need are specific kinds of sensors. I'm going to need a few thousand of them, accounting for user error and collection loss, so...
[Fishing around in her pile of papers, she comes up with what looks like a thumb drive. She drops it as if burned and goes diving again, this time successfully- and hands Joe a map. Real paper, would you look at that.]
This is a map of drone repair stations that are publicly accessible, at least that I know of. I know there are more, but I haven't been able to map them all. There are also various cybernetics-repair shops and garages...
[Turn the map over, it's a technical diagram! It looks like an eye.]
It's hard to manufacture these by hand. But this is what I need. I'm willing to bet that there are plenty in the junkyard, but since you're more mobile, I want you to look around the station. Pick a zone and get everything you can, then I'll pay you. Alright?
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Ok. So I just need ta drop in on these repair places and pick up this eyes lookin' things? Sounds easy enough.
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[Hence the emphasis on weapons training.]
I also need you to avoid using the teleporters as much as is possible.
[For other reasons.]
Until you're done. Just. As a stipulation. Fine?
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[What can he say? Joe was a greaser of sorts back home.]
Yeah no teleporters will be fine. I've got my bike so it won't take too long ta get from place ta place.
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[Joe has been studying that thing for least boredom for most reward.]
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And. Thanks.
[That's the right thing to say, right? Right.
Okay.]
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