The S.S. UESP

[Cassandra]

Gosh darn it, I knew that something like this was going to happen! I knew it!

Seems like a prime way to be brainwashed or something.

I had my doubts about putting my hand on the scanner, but y'know, I told myself that I'd be nice this time and just do what you asked. Never again, let me tell you, never again.

[BetaB17]

Relax.. Cassandra. Just, relax

[Cassandra]

I'm sorry, you're telling me to relax? To relax? You just did who knows what to me from an alternate timeline, and now you're doing who knows what to me, and you're telling me to relax? If I were the type of person to rage, I would most certainly be raging at you right now. What are you even doing?

[BetaB17]

What did I do? What did I do? I secured your lil friend.. When I very well could have, no, should have terminated her on the spot. You should consider that a mercy! Especially when my own Algorithm is gnawing away at me to remove a very potential threat!

I went through the trouble of removing this equipment from storage, rerouting power to these conversion programs.. All so that I could pluck a copy of 1-2's mind, isolate it into an index chip, and stuff her into that neural implant you've got from the muffin incident

Maybe, just maybe I didn't want to kill her. But I have to get rid of her somehow. So there, you still have a way to talk with her, while I send her body and recovering brain back to where she came from!

*A 3rd chair manifests from the ground tiles, it looks oddly familiar*

And after that, I'm blasting this confounded thing into sub-space so that it'll never be a bother again

Sheesh! As I will say, your fine, she should be fine. Just, relax.. Aside from a 2nd voice in your head(aside from your subconscious), or the probable transfer of memories.. The two of you are so identical, if I wanted to brainwash you, I wouldn't use her to do, now would I?

And about her? Well, aside having a near perfect copy stuck in your skull.. Her, yes the one in that chair, will begin to wake up just in time to see herself back in her own.. Eh.. Universe. She may have a bit of amnesia, or even a small loss in certain motor skills. But she's alive, and she'll be home where they can take care of her. Your lucky I only went so easy, and I'm lucky because your such a great vessel for her

In short, she's going back from where she came from, you can still converse with her all you like, I didn't kill or hurt either of you(body excluded) And that chair and all of Kerr's associated research will be gone forever

There! Now let me simmer in my own guilt and melancholy while I see things finally thru

:

(And boom, Déjà vu that, Mars. Stop reading my mind)

[Cassandra]

Oh my. Two of me in... in... in one body?

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[BetaB17]

It was a safer option that for what I originally had that neural implant for. Much safer than me testing it out with a suitable fragment.. Or myself if I was pressed with an emergency..

Last thing I want is to risk a potential sentience contamination.. Memories and thoughts just sort of.. Leak out. Everything just gets tangled.. And it's all too intimate for my liking (Why else do you think I keep Mars away from my primary systems)

[Cassandra]

I guess that's good, at least. The last thing I'd want is to have you in my head. But really now, I don't remember anything about a neural implant. Did I give you permission to give me that? The whole muffin incident is still a bit of a blur.

[BetaB17]

Mmmm.. Having an A.I. bonded to a human partner has always been.. A decisive matter. Used to be banned back in the day..

*1-2's unconscious body is placed into the chair*

Some thought it bordered on the inhumane..

[Kerr]

Hey, has anyone seen my chair and all the associated research? Mars? I mean apparently you are the ship so if anyone would know it's the person who can see everything we do. (Shame that you didn't download in the QT Girl model like you wanted, but being the ship's pretty neat. And I'm sure your meatsuit will be fine.)

Because I got a letter from my alternate reality self last night, it came through a portal in the lab. Apparently their Dave is a better doctor and has perfected all manner of bioware and cyberware, so we're going to share nudes exchange information to compare our lives. For purely scientific purposes, of course. Totally not just trying to woo myself.

[The SheoDovah]

It was stolen by Mars before anyone claims it was the Dovah Empire. This is the TRUE fact and anything that.... ok, i'm not doing that. That is not even amusing. So instead, erm..... why does Kerr have a robot girl?

[BetaB17]

Saying Mars is the ship is a bit of an over-exaggeration. That's like calling Earth a solar system(Instead of it obviously being just a part of it)

Not even I can spread myself so thin as to accommodate every system in a research vessel of this scale. Not saying it's not possible, Dark Spark could probably do so tenfold(And don't even get me started with Colony Class A.I.s) Point being.. Size still holds relevance in digital space as it does the physical
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Hey.. Kerr. Stop that. Or do you want me to stuff your personal computer and media supplies(I.e "Anime") into the void like your experiment.. I mean, I can arrange that

[Cassandra]

Speaking of Kerr, are you really able to get rid of the chair without any sort of permission? Are you that high of a rank? I feel like any and all time-travel research and related objects should be under the control of the Geography/History branch of operations (i.e. Kerr).

Mmmm.. Having an A.I. bonded to a human partner has always been.. A decisive matter. Used to be banned back in the day..

It hasn't ever been tried before, has it?

[MARS]

At least now I'm being compared to the Earth rather than a ghost...

The chair appears to be crammed into that ventilation shaft that's been acting up the past few days. Don't ask me how it got there, I really don't know. I don't know how you'll get it out, either. Please help me though, this is like constipation.

...that was a joke.

[BetaB17]

...that was a joke.

Ha ha ha ha *He says in a depressing tone*

[Also, at least ghosts have souls]

without any sort of permission?

If it proves as a potential and liable risk to my fellow crew and by extension my job? Then yes, it falls perfectly within my jurisdiction. If it's a personnel that is proving the source of these issues, then I will either need to request Security to intervene or do so myself, both would be appropriately followed by a submission report to the ranking officer

*Droids begin to dismantle the chair, carrying parts, cords, and papers off to waste management*

*The door is left open, Cassandra is free to go*

[Cassandra]

Do you mind pointing me in the direction of the Medbay? I've got a splitting headache.

[BetaB17]

*Highlights the route*

[Kerr]

Goddamn you Beta! It would take months to rebuild the Transdimensional Transportation Throne to how it was, if I even could. Never mind make it as viable as the one Kerr 2 made so we could actually use it safely. And now Dave is probably going to try to convince Kerr 2 to stop talking to us because of how much of a creep you were to Cassandra 2 and say our entire universe is a danger to them. The entire reason for my department's existence, my life's work, this story arc, gone.

*Sigh* Just think of what two Kerrs could have accomplished together.

Hidden:

[Aarah]

Goodness Gracious! What is going on on this ship?

*Starts tidying up mess off the floor*

[Cassandra]

*staggers to Medbay, murmuring to self*

[MARS]

*broadcasts fitting music over the P.A. system*

Hidden:

YouTube Link

[BetaB17]

Kerr, do I look like the one to share empathy? [Ignore the fact that I can feel pity and guilt]

I will not permit unauthorized tampering with the inversion field of the slipspace drive while onboard this ship

If you want to have permission to induct research. We will have to dock at the nearest Federal Station(or send the necessary equipment via a probe) and receive approval from Command

Ahem.. Not that I still won't allow reckless communication with these Extrauniversal beings. (Don't you even know the principal rules of engagement I mean first contact)

It hasn't ever been tried before, has it?

No it has, to varying degrees... It was originally proposed when the Gen 1 were still running the show. But by the time later generations started to show up.. Ethical questions.. Started to become more mainstream.. Especially in regards to non-mutual involvement(Mostly in regards to the sentient A.I.'s part)

Nowadays, it's heavily regulated. You mostly see it within the laboratory sectors or personal affairs, and primarily with underdeveloped constructs

[BetaB17]

*Shoves the incinerated remains of Kerr's experiment into the airlock, expunging it into the void of subspace*

Finally!

Oh, you have no idea >__< how it is to finally scratch THAT itch. All this time and my algorithm has been nagging me, burning into my thoughts like a migraine. It's so terribly hard to delay or ignore such a persistent impulse, to hold off an a necessary response. But finally, peace! Ignoring emotional or systemic stress is one thing, but THAT, no.. You have no clue

It's just, so troublesome, even when I tune it out for a second. And now, sweet release. (This would be like you breathing, or eating. They are biologically necessary) But now.. I can finally focus

[Retrieving data from remote module]

Alright.. So then. It's now safe for us to drop out of subspace and materialize at our destination

Also, while I'm at it. Lil Mars, where are you? Oh, still in that coffee machine. I mean, that circuit is safe, all things considered, but you can't really just plan on living in that.. Thing? Not indefinitely, of course[Your code is already showing signs of corrosion]

[Aarah]

Announcement
Mission
The S.S. UESP has now reached Trappist-1. Planets are viewable from the port side windows. All crew in Away Team 1, please report to Shuttle Bay 3 for departure at 14:00.
End of announcement

[The SheoDovah]

Announcement from Lord Emperor Godking Dovah:

Those planets are the sole property of the Dovah Empire. There are no signs of life on it as a result of several blackholes and a ton of metoer showers. You are about to enter an astroid field. If you suffer any damage, I will not be inclined to authorise a rescue.

That is all.

Dictated, not read.

Lord King God Emperor Dovah.

[BetaB17]

Drones have already been sent out to survey the local system. I'll wait for their report, but gauging from my sensors.. I am detecting some, anomalies. But no immediate hostiles to note

Please, refrain from any proximity to planetary entity 4-19, for now at least.