Across the Expanse: Day 84

First    Previous    Archive    Next

Day 84

Amy: At the AI core, I was honestly expecting something bigger.

Wraith: Due to the nature of Faar’Shar AI, larger cores were rarely ever made.

Jim: Right, don’t need as much processing power for a single facility.

Wraith: Before checking the system, are there any external signs of tampering?

Jim: Like any direct damage to the core? No nothing like that, it all seems pretty clean. Dusty, but clean.

Wraith: This one sees… Amy, hook the operator frame up to the core so this one may perform a diagnostic on the system.

Amy: Gotcha gotcha, just gotta take this doohickey out right here and… there, all connected.

Wraith: Analyzing…

…

…

…

Done, it appears that this AI has been tampered with.

Jim: How?

Wraith: This one detects that the AI in this system is… fractured. The system has been reduced down to only providing basic functionality to the facility, the personality matrix and other advanced functions have been either deleted or split into junk code throughout the system.

Amy: So someone just kind of… cut the AI apart?

Wraith: Correct.

Jim: Man, that sounds… terrible.

Amy: Anything else you can tell from these systems? Maybe figuring a way out to open that door?

Wraith: Analyzing…

…

…

…

This one cannot access any of the other systems.

Jim: You’ve been locked out?

Wraith: Correct, this one is only able to run a system diagnostic, but even that is limited.

Jim: Who could have done that?

Wraith: This one is not sure… it is not detecting any other lifeforms in the facility expect the two of you.

Amy: Maybe… the person that did this is on the other side of that door?

Wraith: A likely solution, however, unless there is a stasis pod on the other side of that door it is unlikely that whoever tampered with this facility’s AI is even alive.

Amy: Right… is has been a few hundred years since you guys even got here.

Jim: Anyway for you to repair the systems?

Wraith: There is, but it would require Amy to stay within the facility so this one has a connection to the system.

Jim: You alright with that Amy?

Amy: It's not a big deal, but I need some time to prepare, pick up that book you got me because I’m not sitting around here doing nothing.

Jim: So tomorrow then?

Amy: Yeah, first thing in the morning.

Jim: Have fun.

Amy: You know you could always hang out here and keep me company.

Jim: I would, but unlike you I can’t manage my job away from my station.

Amy: Pesky work, always getting in the way.

Jim: Anyways stay safe Amy.

Amy: Oh you know me Jim, always cautious.

First    Previous    Archive    Next