SierraKomodo

>RECEIVING TRANSMISSION >CONNECTION ESTABLISHED >FAX RECEIVED. DESIGNATED RECIPIENT: KARIMA MO'TAKI, ROBOTICIST. REPLY TO: DIRECTOR SILVERS, KATANA PROJECT BOARD >PRINTING... >READY Dear Karima Mo'Taki, NSS Aurora Roboticist, Upon returning to us from a pAI deployment on the NSS Aurora, Katana informed me of what you told her. You made use of a experimental method of modifying a synthetic's processing without actually touching it, and convinced the borg system to not report those events to me. While I should remind you that tampering with station equipment in that manner is a violation of protocol, I must admit I am impresssed. I've never heard of anything like what was described, before. All the same, I would like to request you refrain from performing such experiments on the borg system in the future, without prior consent from myself. That system exists for our own experimental purposes, and the tampering voids any results we may have otherwise been able to use. As a compromise, I have an offer to make. Whenever Katana is issued to you as a pAI device, you are free to perform any experimentation you wish upon her, as long as it doesn't result in destroying or damaging her. Katana has agreed to these experiments, though expect a lot of questions from her about the procedures. Keep in mind these experiments and there results will be logged, unless you happen to find a way to bypass the updated systems, which would have me even more impressed. As a final note, it was mentioned your experiment was a personal project you didn't want shared. I'll respect your wishes, and won't question you on the subject if you don't wish to share any details, no matter how curious I am about it. Sincerely, Director Katrina Silvers

http://gifsound.com/?gif=i.gyazo.com/3086fbf94652af338971c8985bef452a.gif&v=PGNiXGX2nLU Enjoy.

Sairis EMP'd her hand... Again.

[Placeholder for some other stuff. Fax below is so me and Nebula can get going on the communications between Karima and Katrina] ----- >RECEIVING TRANSMISSION >CONNECTION ESTABLISHED >FAX RECEIVED. DESIGNATED RECIPIENT: KARIMA MO'TAKI, ROBOTICIST. REPLY TO: DIRECTOR SILVERS, KATANA PROJECT BOARD >PRINTING... >READY Dear Karima Mo'Taki, NSS Aurora Roboticist, My name is Katrina Silvers. I'm the co-director of the Katana AI project, and in charge of reviewing Katana's shift logs at the end of each week of testing. During the week of January 12th to January 16th, we had deployed our borg system, at the time designated only as 'KATANA', to the NSS Aurora. This system was programmed with a very specific role aboard the station, as part of an experiment - To protect and serve the crew to the best of its abilities while ensuring space law was upheld. The system worked perfectly, up until a certain point midway through the week. January 14th, Wednesday. There is a full hour's worth of data completely missing from Katana's records. No history logs, nothing. We cant figured out why this is - There's no shutdown logged, no errors logged before or after the event, it's almost as if Katana had simply stopped recording for a period, or the data was somehow deleted before it got here. The crew manifest indicates you were the roboticist on duty at the time, so you would have been in contact with the system for repairs, recharging, etc. I'm writing to you to ask if you know of anything that happened during this shift that would account for this period of 'silence' in its history files. If it helps, the last thing shown before the silence was the system guarding the security lobby. Power was low, but still more than enough to reach a charging station without power failures. After the silence, the system was once again guarding the security lobby with a full charge. We hope to hear back from you soon with any information you have. Sincerely, Director Katrina Silvers.

Some more characters to add Katana Bravo - KATANA Project borg system - Developed to focus on protecting and serving the crew Katana Delta/pKATANA - KATANA Project personal security pAI - Developed to focus on protecting and serving its owner, and the crew Ziva Mo'Taki - Engineer that enjoys fixing and building things. The quickest way to piss her off is to break something.

Sairis Helos's infamous cargo militia (Not seen on Aurora because I know better, and it's never gotten that bad with her around as quartermaster)

+1. I've seen Hakra Drat around quite a bit, he plays the character pretty good IMO.

BYOND Key: SierraKomodo Character Names: Sairis Helosi, Ariana Eshlian, KATANA How long have you been playing on Aurora: About a month Species you are applying to play: Tajaran What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): Sandy colored (RGB 131,111,65) - Eyes: Dark brown (71,35,23) Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question Why do you wish to play this specific race: I've been looking to start playing a non-human race on Aurora for a bit now, and there's already a community of characters on the station that are Tajaran. Despite people saying there's too many catfolk already, it seems like a good place to start with non human races since I can take cues from other players on certain mannerisms of the race (It takes me a bit to get comfortable with new things such as a race someone else put together). Also, I've been invited to play as another character's cousin, which sounds like it would be fun to do. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: The Tajaran have a slightly different way of speaking - Typically, referring to themselves in the third person and rolling their Rs (I.e., instead of 'I am grateful', Ziva would say 'She is grrrateful') and due to their warm fur, they prefer light clothing (Which explains the common sight of shirtless tajarans). And yes, I am aware they are not Khajiit. Why does this species in particular hold your interest? This seems like a similar question to the one above buut.. There's already a lot of developed stuff about the Tajarans from what I can tell, based on what I see from the tajaran characters on station. That makes this a good starting point for playing non-human races on aurora, I think. Character Name: Ziva Mo'Taki Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs She was raised in an industrialized trading city, near the city's harbor, and right next door to her cousin Karima Mo'Taki, whom is barely a year older than her. Her parents both worked at the harbor - Her mother with the cargo crew, her father taking care of repairs for a price. She worked with her parents, learning both fields of work as she grew up, and found she had a liking for building, tinkering, and fixing things, and was quick to accept the official job offer to work with her father when she came of age, and spent the next few years working on repairing various transport vessels that had come in for dock. It was only very recently - About a year and a half ago - That she decided to join NanoTrasen and work aboard stations as an engineer and maintenance technician, making sure everything stayed fixed and functional. It was during this past year, while working away from home, that she discovered and extreme dislike for more crewmembers, due to what she perceived as their inherent ability of breaking things and not following any form of safety protocols - Such as opening firelocks when she's trying to repair a hull breach, and nearly getting themselves killed. She's picked up a reputation on certain stations as a result, and in some cases has made crew members less likely to muck things up. In others? They seem to just want to taunt her. At least, that's how she feels. She was recently transferred to the Aurora, being told that the station, focused on research with a relatively smaller crew, might be less likely to make her blow a gasket. What do you like about this character?: There'd be a bit of a love-hate relationship with this character, actually. On the one hand, she's very dedicated to her work in building and fixing things, and enjoys the work so much she would probably work for free. On the other hand, she has this idea in her mind that everyone around her are idiots - Especially the people that keep breaking things that she has to fix repeatedly, or that open firelocks. And she's not afraid to voice that opinion if someone mucks something up. How would you rate your role-playing ability? I'm certainly not the best, particularly since I just recently got back into writing/roleplaying, so I'm a bit 'rusty' as you might say. I'm sure the players that have seen KATANA, Sairis, and Ariana can give you a better idea. It's hard to judge yourself and all.

Very interesting interpretation of a law: Robotic Talk, E.C.L.I.P.S.E. (AI) states, "Cloning APC has been disabled in accordance with new lawset: Crew are expensive to replace."

OOC: Josh1133: Is the server still under attack? OOC: Conspire2Ignite: Yes OOC: SierraKomodo: Shhh. If we dont acknowledge it, it doesnt happen OOC: KiwiDaNinja: ^ OOC: Conspire2Ignite: ^ It literally died again about 30 seconds after that. You jinxed us, man :<

So a pAI whose owner is dead/deepcryo/otherwise incapacitated without any supplemental directives or instructions would essentially behave as a lawless AI unless the player has a default lawset of some kind in mind for it, as there is no longer a master to serve then?

NAME: Sairis Julius Helosi DATE OF BIRTH: Jun 19, 2424 AGE: 33 SPECIES: Human SEX: Female CITIZENSHIP: Sol Alliance CLEARANCE LEVEL: Command (Engineering) Staff (Cargo, Engineering) EMPLOYED AS: Chief Engineer, L1; Quartermaster, L1 PHOTO: Artwork by http://otakatt.deviantart.com/ HEIGHT: 178 cm (5'10") WEIGHT: 66.68 kg (147 lb) SKIN COLOR: Tanned DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Varous cut and burn scars mark her body and face HAIR: Red EYES: Green MEDICAL NOTES: Mechanically prosthetic hand, mechanically assisted eyes. Avoid usage of EM based equipment. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY MEDICAL

Regarding a pAI personality.. I understand they are given more freedom in interpreting their directives/'laws' (As the case is for pKATANA's programming), and can be designed to have more of a personality than other synthetic/AI systems. My question here is.. How much freedom does a pAI have in interpretation? In its personality? If a pAI's owner dies, is put into cryo, or is otherwise indisposed for an indeterminate amount of time, can that pAI still function under a 'default lawset' so to speak, or under directives/instructions it was given prior to its owner becoming unavailable? If the pAI is never actually bound to someone, only activate, does it still have to consider that person its master? These are things I've already gone into answering with pKATANA's 'programming', but I'm curious as to how much freedom a pAI would have without the extent the KATANA program has gone for their little experiment.

Fun fact; With Mutiny, the side that wins the objectives is deemed 'In The Right', as per end-round text. If mutineers win, then the directives were false, if loyalists win, then the directives were true. I think it should be randomized whether or not the directives were true, not counting on who wins. Adds a little more variety to things, imo.

Sairis Helosi - Ex-military quartermaster/cargo technician. Slow to trust others. Believes she can run the entire cargo department herself better than any teams she's had on other stations. Ariana Eshlian - Recent security academy graduate. Tries to be everyone's friend, and goes for the 'nice and friendly' approach for enforcing Space Law.