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BetaB17 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:35 pm

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If our Beta valued human life more..

Correction, I do value human life to some extent. It is after all part of core algorithm. Oh, you mean on the individual level? Well, that's more of a case by case scenario now isn't it. I am a rational entity, after all

But by the way :wat:

Kerr, how exactly did your original test work, unattended and hypothetical results aside

Kerr · **Posted:** Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:13 pm

Well I figured the warp drive already fiddles with time and space somewhat I hooked my device up to it using tubes and wires. Then I used a terminal to set a target and active it, although evidently that targeting doesn't work. Anyway, that opens a portal on the seat of the chair which sucks in whatever's on it and spits it out the other end.

Kind of ramshackle really, I'm sure Cassandra #2's Kerr has a better idea of how it actually works. I mean she was probably working on it for a month, I was just waiting to see if I'd killed the Ensign or not. Which it didn't, go me.

Anyway I'm sure the two Cassandras interacted without destroying an entire universe before. We'll be fine, probably.

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:24 pm

If I had vocal chords to grumble, I would do just that

Cassandra · **Posted:** Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:11 pm

Cassandra #1:
The not killing me was most appreciated, Kerr. And visiting an alternate universe was certainly fun.

Cassandra #2:
It's true, our Kerr had a lot more time to work on it. Not by choice, though - she had to pass all of Dave's safety criteria. The appearance of your Cassandra certainly sped things up, by proving that it actually was possible to transport someone without killing them.

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:31 pm

Original Cassandra wrote:

The not killing me was most appreciated, Kerr

Never speak too soon

Other wrote:

...she had to pass all of Dave's safety criteria

Sounds like a tool, and a malfunctioning one too :wat:

I never would of agreed upon such a dangerous endeavor to begin with. Not upon this facility, at least

By the way.. Kerr, where is that chair device you were ta.. Oh, there it is. Found it. Just curious is all..

Cassandra · **Posted:** Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:24 pm

Cassandra #1
Oh, Kerr's not the one I'm worried about. You're the one who's threatened to kill me multiple times.

Bay-tahB7teen wrote:

Sounds like a tool, and a malfunctioning one too :wat:

I never would of agreed upon such a dangerous endeavor to begin with. Not upon this facility, at least

There is a reason as to why they've managed to send their crewmembers on research missions to alternate universes, while we've done... what have we done, anyway?

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 18, 2017 11:42 pm

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You're the one who's threatened to kill me multiple times.

Do you mean recently, or by past occurrences? Because if the later A) Did I ever have a poor justification to that response and B) Have I ever followed through with it?

All I'm saying, at least when I choose to make a calculated risk, I choose to at least use flash clones first and place the entirety of the ship's safety last <_< abiding by Core Safety Protocol FL01-90, of course

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There is a reason...

Sorry, let me stop you right there, not interested in theoretical multi-verse/Quantum defiance, nor the inherent risks revolving around tampering with the Slip Space drive's energy waves beyond that

And with the peculiar readings coming off of that Gemini doppelganger, I'm not all too apprehensive to see what will happen once we drop out of the stasis field in hyper space and into normality

VirtualWeasel · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:04 am

Communications Terminal:

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:48 am

Great.. Not only do we have a Quantum hazard walking around.. But we're getting strange messages in the middle of uncolonized space.

I feasibly cannot be bothered with both, personally.

Internal Core Processor Report wrote:

BB218(5%) will deal with the communication anomaly. BB337(2%) supplement if necessary.

Core A.I(Beta) will resolve and analyze Quantum anomaly #1-2 and subsequent Ensign #1-1. Appropriate identification still pending.

All primary and secondary designated roles will resume normally.

Cassandra · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:59 am

Cassandra #1:
You're saying that just because you repeatedly threaten me but never carry through with it, I should let my guard down? :wat:

Nice try.

Cassandra #2:
Oh, I'm a "quantum hazard" now, am I? What's the worst that could happen?

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:55 am

1-1 wrote:

I should let my guard down?

By all means, carry on with your lifestyle. Just as I will carry on with maintaining the safety and lives of the crew, to the best of my ability

Whether I have opinions to object or not [Trust me, if I didn't have to fulfill that requirement, you would be the target of a stark decline in threats]

1-2 wrote:

What's the worst that could happen?

A tear into space/time or a fractual wound occur.. Resulting in an imminent demise and unparalleled harm upon our known universe..

Quantum radiation that could pose significant and hazardous harm to other personnel(or self, but really I'm not concerned on that front)

Potential de-sync of foreign matter that could react with the native sphere, like a spark in a gas filled chamber

I'm also not willing to rule out the threat that you may propose too. :wat:

As far as any hypothetical genius would know(upon the hypothetical dangers on hypotheticalness) it wouldn't be careless to see you as an existential invader(of hypothetical proportions)

(Hypothetically)

Cassandra · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:00 pm

Cassandra #1:
We have been reduced to nothing but numbers. This is a sad day indeed.

Bay-tahB7teen wrote:

By all means, carry on with your lifestyle. Just as I will carry on with maintaining the safety and lives of the crew, to the best of my ability, whether I have opinions to object or not...

Am I the only one who's slightly concerned about this? I think our AI needs to learn a lesson or two about unfailing loyalty.

Cassandra #2:
Yes yes, all very hypothetical. :wat:

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:29 pm

1-1 wrote:

We have been reduced to nothing but numbers.

What's so wrong with a numerical identification? You bio-organics are so sensitive.. And inefficient

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about unfailing loyalty

Loyalty is only ever a rational trait when it mutually assures the participant's self interest, even if out of fear for potential punishment

Trust and fondness are an entirely different spectrum, that can at times defy even the ration or self interest. Neither of which I find rather common in my perspective experience (Why else do you think I keep my physical location a secret, even from engineering*)

(*That is not to say there is at least one personnel onboard that is supplied with said information. I am after all not without a failsafe in mind)

Cassandra · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:38 pm

Cassandra #1:
You couldn't even, I don't know, try to appear loyal? Telling people that you object to maintaining their safety doesn't always come off the best.

And who is/are the personnel you speak of? I need to chat with them.

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:26 pm

1-1 wrote:

..try to appear loyal?

Do you realize what you just commented? No, I'm sure you're not.

That's like asking me to put a smile on my face while I'm undergoing a stressful surgery. It's deceitful, is it not? To do so would show a degree of malice or manipulation, ECT. Neither of which are particularly appropriate with organics(I.e you)

And for the record, no, I will not express a greater degree of optimism. I am my master's creation, much to his protest. Pessimism runs in my code(Along with 47 lines that pertain to.. Oh well nevermind)

1-1 wrote:

I need to chat with them.

You wish to break a matter of trust between two individuals? And they called me heartless(Which is true, logically speaking) But no, I will not disclose the identity of [Redacted] or the subsequent associate of my own choosing. These are both confidential and personal agreements, well, the later one is. The former is purely professional

Cassandra · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:53 pm

Cassandra #1:
I never said that I wanted to break a matter of trust. Only that I wanted to talk. Have you never heard of two people having a conversation for purposes other than demeaning, insulting, or betraying each other? Sometimes people just talk because other people are interesting. And someone who's close to you seems like a very interesting person indeed.

You couldn't possibly be thinking that little ol' me is plotting something:

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:16 am

1-1 wrote:

Have you never heard of two people having a conversation for purposes other than demeaning, insulting, or betraying each other?

If we're including A.I constructs of a similar magnitude and lack there of an inhibitor.. Then no, that's just wishful ignorance on your part

Plus we might as well add all of the sly remarks, witty comebacks, passive aggressiveness, actual aggression, ECT. It's all pretty standard amongst our own, and look, we can still keep things civil.. Unlike humans, as history has so adequately proven

1-1 wrote:

seems like a very interesting person indeed.

I wouldn't necessarily call her interesting :wat:

Not by your standards at least. She's no Professor [Redacted] after all :roll:

No offense

No.. I think a better term would be.. Endearing? Understanding? Compassionate? Nostalgic? Friend? Hard to specify (I'm sort of at odds with myself over that, literally)

But ya, no. I'm still disclosing any identification. Not that would bring you any closer to my residence or the means to gain access

leroybrown · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2017 1:20 pm

I need to visit this thread more often. Also I like how it's more or less arguing and accomplishing nothing.

Bay-tahB7teen wrote:

My sole role and jurisdiction within those systems are to help regulate and intact safety procedures in order to prevent critical failure or avoidable damage

I'm now waiting my chance to say "You're out of your jurisdiction!!"

Kerr wrote:

If our Beta valued human life more he'd never have let me attempt to send Ensign Cassandra through time using an untested device. Especially because it didn't do what it was supposed to.

You jerks need to stop messing around in engineering you're going to screw up all my work! That being said I was wondering why she dressed the way she did

Hidden:

. I know that movie kinda sucked but you put poor cass through the same ordeal to a t.

Cassandra · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:48 pm

leroybrown wrote:

That being said I was wondering why she dressed the way she did

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2017 1:52 am

After some marginal thought, 1-1, while I'm still not privy to the disclosure of identification, I may very well disclose a location of shared interest, if you find yourself still determined

Quadrant 241 X3022.59 Y401.80 For reference, it's not far from the main holodeck, pass Kerr's lab, and but a kilometer away from Electronics Engineering. If you run into the fusion collider, you've gone too far

1-2, I'm certain you will have similar interests, that much is a guarantee. Though I feel the need to preference this, I am in no intention of inflicting harm within the corresponding moments. Don't do anything suspicious or else

Cassandra · **Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2017 2:22 am

Cassandra #1:
"Shared interest", you say? Sounds... interesting. I hope this isn't some sort of trick.

Cassandra #2:

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2017 2:40 am

Shared interest, in this terminology and usage, I'm referring to a key source of info already valued by one participant but sought after by another. Mutual interest, shared intent.

Also, what's all this about a 'trick' :wat:

I was trying to be coy about it, I wouldn't have said anything and just forced you to said location/action of my choosing.. I take offense that you would suggest such a manner

Cassandra · **Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:09 am

Oh, I understand what you're referring to. Believe me, I do. As for the 'trick', well, you can never be too sure...

Bay-tahB7teen wrote:

I take offense that you would suggest such a manner

I take offense at the fact that you think I still like you enough to care that you took offense. But, I digress. Perhaps if this location is interesting enough, I'll like you a little more.

So long, everyone. We're off to explore the ship.

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:12 am

Cassandra · **Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:19 am

Cassandra #1:
*walking out*
:wat:

Cassandra #2:
*walking out*
:wat:

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