[FTL RP, WE'RE BACK, REBOOTED!] The Rogue Cadets

[stylesrj]

Lux looked at the teleporter console "Just so you know... I haven't actually done this before. Not even in sims at the Academy" she said very reassuringly with a big smile.
The Pelican was within optimal range. "Just so you know, the worst-case scenario is that you miss the ship and end up drifting at lightspeed through space... my father said that's what most of the Mantis casualties were during the late stages of the war..."

There was a flash of light and hopefully Bren and company were teleported to the Scarab with all their limbs intact and not sharing bodies with someone else... or splattered.

I would imagine that Mantises early on had some decent teleporters thanks to their Engi slaves but as ships were destroyed in great numbers, the Hives quickly threw together some badly-designed ships and with equally-terrible teleporters and packed as many Mantises as possible within in the hopes of keeping up.

Also, plot twist: The override doesn't work, the drone becomes Skynet and you have to loot the Pleasure Cruise as your new ship. And Bren is given a pirate accent. Ok, joking... unless you totally want all that to happen.

[BrenTenkage]

Lux looked at the teleporter console "Just so you know... I haven't actually done this before. Not even in sims at the Academy" she said very reassuringly with a big smile.
The Pelican was within optimal range. "Just so you know, the worst-case scenario is that you miss the ship and end up drifting at lightspeed through space... my father said that's what most of the Mantis casualties were during the late stages of the war..."

There was a flash of light and hopefully Bren and company were teleported to the Scarab with all their limbs intact and not sharing bodies with someone else... or splattered.

I would imagine that Mantises early on had some decent teleporters thanks to their Engi slaves but as ships were destroyed in great numbers, the Hives quickly threw together some badly-designed ships and with equally-terrible teleporters and packed as many Mantises as possible within in the hopes of keeping up.

Also, plot twist: The override doesn't work, the drone becomes Skynet and you have to loot the Pleasure Cruise as your new ship. And Bren is given a pirate accent. Ok, joking... unless you totally want all that to happen.

Bren panted a bit, "I really hope Lux was joking" he said as he ran to his post, Ruwen and Gorlag to theirs

HE went to the drone, "...alright get out I'm taking over" he said, hoping the drone at least would recognize his authority as captain (or in this case have a nice chat with Trenchoat about the mission and him joining the crew as tech expert and hacker....well by literally going into enemy systems and hacking them LOL)

[stylesrj]

The drone slowly rotated its head to look at Bren. Trenchcoat's image flickered on the "eyes" and it seemed to recognise the Zoltan... "Daddy?"
Suddenly it rotated the rest of its body; it had activated its welding tools. "I don't wanna leave!" it said in a robotic voice. "I want to fly the ship Daddy!"
Laughter erupted over the comms, although most of it was Eden and her pirates. Lux only seemed to have joined in because of mob mentality.
"I think the little thing has imprinted on you" Eden said.

Introducing Trenchcoat Junior! Because that's good for ratings, right?

[BrenTenkage]

The drone slowly rotated its head to look at Bren. Trenchcoat's image flickered on the "eyes" and it seemed to recognise the Zoltan... "Daddy?"
Suddenly it rotated the rest of its body; it had activated its welding tools. "I don't wanna leave!" it said in a robotic voice. "I want to fly the ship Daddy!"
Laughter erupted over the comms, although most of it was Eden and her pirates. Lux only seemed to have joined in because of mob mentality.
"I think the little thing has imprinted on you" Eden said.

Introducing Trenchcoat Junior! Because that's good for ratings, right?

Bren blinked a bit, 'Umm what?" he asked

(I kinda expected him to do that to fuck with him but hey this works the AI fragment became its own person)

"listen I need to fly the ship, I'm the captain and I can properly do it, I appreciate you flying it away" he said a little taken aback

[stylesrj]

"No!" the drone said defiantly, moving forwards "I like flying the ship! It goes places! It does things!"
Suddenly the Scarab did a series of complicated stunts in space, although this really stressed out the inertial dampeners in the process. Clearly the childish AI had no understanding of organic bodies and their stress tolerances.

However the stunt did reveal that the drone was using a physical cable to connect itself to the helm. Not that it mattered too much though; the damages to the Inertial dampeners caused its repair programming to kick in and it unplugged itself as it moved away to go fix the systems.

Eventually I guess it could develop "repair programming" that involves "fixing" enemy systems to work for Bren. But for now, I guess it could be one of those characters you call out for a certain job... I don't think any of us want to play Slimer
Unless someone else wants to?

[BrenTenkage]

"No!" the drone said defiantly, moving forwards "I like flying the ship! It goes places! It does things!"
Suddenly the Scarab did a series of complicated stunts in space, although this really stressed out the inertial dampeners in the process. Clearly the childish AI had no understanding of organic bodies and their stress tolerances.

However the stunt did reveal that the drone was using a physical cable to connect itself to the helm. Not that it mattered too much though; the damages to the Inertial dampeners caused its repair programming to kick in and it unplugged itself as it moved away to go fix the systems.

Eventually I guess it could develop "repair programming" that involves "fixing" enemy systems to work for Bren. But for now, I guess it could be one of those characters you call out for a certain job... I don't think any of us want to play Slimer
Unless someone else wants to?

Bren cried out in pain and was against the wall, the drone hearing his voiced pain, Bren gripped the device given to him...should he pressed the button to disable it...it was an AI after all, it didn't know any better, it would be like murdering a child....

(yeah since he knows Sarah is an AI and she is considered a crew mate it would be hypocritical of him to "murder" the drone)

[stylesrj]

"Daddy?" the drone asked "Why you hurt? Wasn't that fun?"
The repair tools were zapping away at a nearby console. "Didn't you see what I can do?"
The helm itself was wide open though for Bren to take control. "Ok Daddy... I got to fix broken things... I'll fly the ship later."
It then saw the device Bren was carrying and added rather excitedly "Oooh! Is that a new toy! When I fix broken things, I want to see new toy! Looks shiny!"

"Ok as hilarious as the idea of a Baby Drone is... that stunt I saw was rather reckless. You alright there guys?" Eden said over the comms as she pulled the Pelican towards the main battle.

Hey do you think the Metal-Eaters should show up to finish the job against the Pleasure-Cruise?

[JakeCollins]

SO... SO... Okay! Okay! Idea: The drone is too immature. It needs a mentor. Soooooooooo, we transfer it onto the Mature, where Sarah (being an AI) acts as almost a motherly figure to the drone. Like, takes it under her proverbial holographic wing.

Also, question: AI's have not arisen yet, I would assume. PLOT TWIST: So is Trenchcoat.... from the future?

Just a reminder of our timeline:



-1. Ancient Times. The Lanius were an intelligent empire. The Crystals were thriving. After the Lanius/Crystal War, the Crystals isolated themselves, and the Lanius were reduced to nomads.

0. Pre Mantis War. The Federation was just starting to come together. Humans and Engis started collaborating, Zoltans joined later.

1. Mantis War

2. Early Rebel War. The technology in this era is equivalent to FTL BEFORE Advanced Edition.

<WE ARE HERE>

3. Middle of Rebel War. The tech in this era is equivalent to FTL w/ Advanced Edition installed

<AIs are invented in this area>

4. Late Rebel War/Early Post Rebel War. The technology in this era is equivalent to Captains Edition with the Infinite Loot Add-On. This is when the FTL game timeline ends.

5. Distant Future. Long after the Rebel War has been forgotten, there is all new tech. This is the era from which the Mature is from. Also the era where "Super" AIs (Sarah) are created.

[BrenTenkage]

SO... SO... Okay! Okay! Idea: The drone is too immature. It needs a mentor. Soooooooooo, we transfer it onto the Mature, where Sarah (being an AI) acts as almost a motherly figure to the drone. Like, takes it under her proverbial holographic wing.

Also, question: AI's have not arisen yet, I would assume. PLOT TWIST: So is Trenchcoat.... from the future?

Just a reminder of our timeline:



-1. Ancient Times. The Lanius were an intelligent empire. The Crystals were thriving. After the Lanius/Crystal War, the Crystals isolated themselves, and the Lanius were reduced to nomads.

0. Pre Mantis War. The Federation was just starting to come together. Humans and Engis started collaborating, Zoltans joined later.

1. Mantis War

2. Early Rebel War. The technology in this era is equivalent to FTL BEFORE Advanced Edition.

<WE ARE HERE>

3. Middle of Rebel War. The tech in this era is equivalent to FTL w/ Advanced Edition installed

<AIs are invented in this area>

4. Late Rebel War/Early Post Rebel War. The technology in this era is equivalent to Captains Edition with the Infinite Loot Add-On. This is when the FTL game timeline ends.

5. Distant Future. Long after the Rebel War has been forgotten, there is all new tech. This is the era from which the Mature is from. Also the era where "Super" AIs (Sarah) are created.

(here is the twist, he is from the future, because he went back in time to meet Bren and Co so he could detach himself and mature and become himself to go back...in other words he caused a paradox LOL)

Bren groaned and made his way to the cockpit, "Please...control yourself, I promise I will let you drive when this is over...ugh, everyone ok?"

Gorlag and Ruwen gave groans, they were alive thankfully

"Please make sure everything is operation" he said keeping the device from the drone

[Chickengames]

SO... SO... Okay! Okay! Idea: The drone is too immature. It needs a mentor. Soooooooooo, we transfer it onto the Mature, where Sarah (being an AI) acts as almost a motherly figure to the drone. Like, takes it under her proverbial holographic wing.

Sounds good to me, but I’m not really involved in that so my opinion probably doesn’t matter. I like the idea of sort of am AI baby, tho. Like, how would it mature? How would it view itself or biological races? Would it have to be taught morals like humans? It’s an interesting topic.