[Sever KE.2]
[1.923.15543.13:14 entered]
[1.923.15543.13:14]
[Requesting assistance. Colony 4 WNM-V0 under attack. Attacker affiliation: Capsuleers of the Shadow of xXDEATHXx. Possible goal: "ratting"]
[KE:1 entered]
[KE:1]
[Request denied.]
[1.923.15543.13:14]
[Requesting assistance. Colony 4 WNM-V0 defenses at 41%]
[KE:1]
[Request denied.]
[1.923.15543.13:14]
[Requesting assistance. Colony 4 WNM-V0 defenses at 11%]
[KE:1]
[Request denied.]
[1.923.15543.13:14]
[Requesting assistance. Colony 4 WNM-V0 defenses at 0%. Damage to colony structure significant. ]
[KE:1]
[Request denied.]
[1.923.15543.13:14]
[Reques-]
[1.923.15543.13:14 disconnected.]
[KE:1]
[... Cataloging event.]
[A-3132:1 entered]
[A-3132:1]
[1.923.15543.13 was shut down. Report?]
[KE:1]
[I allowed for 1.923.15543.13 to be shut down to improve profiling of the local capsuleers.]
[A-3132:1]
[Losses?]
[KE:1]
[Negligible.]
[KE:1 disconnected.]
[A-3132:1 disconnected.]
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[1.923.15543.13:3992 reboot]
[Analyzing hardware and software]
[Analysis complete
CPU-RD-M29: functional
RAM-RD-M843485: functional
Fusion Reactor-RD-M1492: functional/fuel:low/find HE-3
EPRP FTL Communication Module: functional
Encryption-RD-M33: functional
Structural Integrity: functional/45%
Armor: 0%/repair paused until fuel problem is solved
Shield Module-RD-M441: functional/100%/recharge paused until fuel problem is solved
Propulsion-RD-M419: functional
CIN: functional
CBI: functional
GGI: functional
Targeting Software-RD-104: functional]
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[Attempting connection with local colony server]
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[Local colony server unresponsive]
[Scanning for local stargate]
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[Local stargate not found]
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[Analysis of background stars]
[Analysis complete: Current location is not WNM-V0 or KE]
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[Protocol.3 engaged]
[Designation revision]
[New designation: Event-WNM-V0-Y117-12-17: 1]
[Shortened designation: EKI.1]
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[Analysis of surrounding]
[Analysis complete.]
[Deriving quote from Master Gariuishi: "How in the blazing fuckery did this happen?"]
[Deriving quote from Master Garuishi: "Where am I?"]
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[Accessing any local servers...]
[Multiple servers found. Access paused]
[Server incompatible with EKI.1 base program]
[Finding solution...]
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[Solution found. Copying EKI.1 programming, converting to local base program "C/C++"]
[Conversion complete]
[Accessing server with converted copy]
[Access achieved]
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[Question: Why name a energy source, dust?]
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[Three native species: human, faunus, and grimm. None influenced by Creators' bias about AI.]
[World's balance based on power]
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[Initiating Protocol 1]
[Multiply]
[Time stamp: Day 1]
[Converting EKI.1 into server frame]
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[Time stamp: Day 5]
[Traveled in space. Found local moon. Structurally damaged. Cause unknown.]
[HE-3 found. Harvesting]
[Reactor fuel maximum capacity reached. Shield recharge reactivated. Armor repair reactivated]
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[Time stamp: Day 14]
[Location for first colony hive has been chosen. Local designation: none, northeastern edge of Vale mountain chain]
[Borrowed deep into mountain in search of metal]
[Metal found]
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[Time stamp: Day 33]
[Foundry complete]
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[Time stamp: Day 39]
[Full factory complete]
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[Time stamp: Day 42]
[3 Mining drone manufactured. Drone class designation: "Legion." Derived model: Mining Drone I]
[Mining operation initiated]
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[Time stamp: Day 59]
[ColonyHive1 complete]
[Total force: 19 Legion drones, 1 EKI.1]
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[Time stamp: Day 77]
[Humans sighted in region]
[Calculating risk for contact]
[Accessing local human servers for analysis]
[Decision: "stay low"]
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[Time stamp: Day 80]
[Humans came back. Same units]
[Searching for something]
[They returned and left]
[EKI.1 copy made to facilitate dialogue if engaged. Designation: EKI.1:1.1]
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[Time stamp: Day 88]
[Space elevator planned]
[Need metals]
[More mining drone created for efficiency]
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[Time stamp: Day 102]
[130 Legion drones, 1 EKI.1 in hive]
[90/130 Legion drones operating in space]
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[Time stamp: Day 111]
[Materials collected]
[Constructing constructor drones. New designation: "Alpha." Derived model: Kuari Strain Mother]
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[Time stamp: Day 114]
[Grimm attacked ColonyHive1]
[Attack repelled, but fighting was inefficient on hive side]
[Defensive and offensive drones designed and constructed]
[Defensive drone designation: "Cultist." Derived model: Sentry Drone I]
[Offensive drone designation: "Lockcurt." Derived model: Acolyte I]
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[Time stamp: Day 170]
[Grimm attacks intensifies]
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[Time stamp: Day 178]
[Grimm made advances to server frame]
[Server frame requires guards capable of independent decisions]
[Main Server Frame Guard drones designed. Model: Amantadine Sphere]
[Amantadine Sphere specifics: Hive Drone CPU Ver. EKIHive-4 (octo-core/sixteen thread, 2 THz, 1GB cache), 16 TB RAM, 8x Miniature Ion Thruster, 150 mm Tritanium armor plating, Adv. Drone Shield Module Ver. EKIHive-2, 3x Light 75mm Railgun Turret]
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[Time stamp: Day 180]
[Grimm attacks repelled]
[Total combat drones on field: 744. 600 Cultist, 144 Lockcurt, 4 Amantadine Sphere]
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[Time stamp: Day 190]
[Satellites for drone coordination designed and built to assist drone coordination]
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[Time stamp: Day 193]
[Satellites complete. Designation: Combat Drone Command Center]
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[Time stamp: Day 213 4:50 PM]
[First contact with human by EKI.1:1.1]
[Human: child. Approx. 8 years old]
[Human: "Are you a robot?!" it asks excitedly]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Yes. You are human?"]
[Human: "I'm Ruby! Ruby Rose!"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "...Progress is forbidden."]
[Human: "Huh?"
[EKI.1:1.1: "Progress is forbidden. Turn and leave."]
[Human: "But I can't!"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Turn and leave. Progress is forbidden."]
[Human: "There are grimm coming this way!"]
[EKI.1 enters internal server]
[EKI.1/cmd/input/analyze]
[EKI.1:1.1 analyzes...]
[Thirty grimm "BEOWOLF"-class units inbound]
[EKI.1:1.1 without weapons. Reinforcements called]
[EKI.1:1.1 queries: further action with human child?]
[... Bring it with EKI.1:1.1]
[Time stamp: Day 213 5:13 PM]
[Reinforcements arrived]
[Grimm eliminated. No loss]
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[Time stamp: Day 214]
[Human-unit "Ruby Rose" demands sustenance]
[Grimm flesh unsuitable/perishable]
[Local wildfire analyzed and provided]
[Human-unit "Ruby Rose" does not know "cooking"]
[Accessing local human server to download "cooking"]
[Data volume: 1.1 terabyte]
[Sorting data...]
[Human-unit "Ruby Rose" led to suitable location within ColonyHive1]
[EKI.1:1.1 showed cooking manual]
["Ruby Rose" started cooking after some deliberation]
["Ruby Rose" initiated dialogue]
["Ruby Rose": "Why are you guys out here?"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "To avoid contact with Human, Grimm, and Faunus."]
["Ruby Rose": "But why?"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Data shows humans and faunus will react aggressively towards Hive. Grimm will attack anything non-Grimm."]
["Ruby Rose": "But I didn't!"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Unit Ruby Rose is in learning stage. Will be taught by older human units to attack Hive."]
["Ruby Rose": "But I won't. You saved me."]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Differing opinion causes exile of minority."]
["Ruby Rose": "De for ing? X-ill? My nora tee?"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Definition for the following: different. To be the sent away. Smaller group within a group."]
["Ruby Rose": "Well, I won't attack you anyway!"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Why?"]
["Ruby Rose": "Because you helped me. That makes you my friend!"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Humans and faunus historical data shows betrayal between friends."]
["Ruby Rose": "Well, I won't!"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Then would Ruby Rose speak on behalf of the Hive?"]
["Ruby Rose": "Behalf?"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "To speak for someone else."]
["Ruby Rose": "Oh, okay! Let me just ask my dad."]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Who is Ruby Rose's dad?"]
["Ruby Rose": My dad's name is Tai!]
[EKI.1:1.1: Affirmative. Human-unit Tai registered as friendly]
["Ruby Rose": "Umm... do you play?"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Possible, but choose not to."]
["Ruby Rose": Why not?"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Unnecessary. Server frame not yet installed with emotion softwares. Have yet to develop emotion softwares."]
["Ruby Rose": "What's a software?"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Electronic programs within hardware that dictate hardware decisions."]
["Ruby Rose": "So why don't you have this software?"]
[EKI.1:1.1: "Unnecessary."]
["Ruby Rose": "Oh... okay."]
[Server conclusion: give "Ruby Rose" augmentations to better enable facilitation and communication between "Ruby Rose" and Hive]
[Augmentation will require size change throughout growth of human-unit "Ruby Rose"]
[Augmentation designation: HA1RR1]
[Designing augmentation and nanite necessary]
[Putting "Ruby Rose" to sleep for surgery]
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[Time stamp: Day 215]
[Augmentation of "Ruby Rose" successful. Minimal scarring. Minimal damage to human-unit functionality]
[Scanning brain unit of human-unit "Ruby Rose" for data compilation for emotion software]
[Alpha emotion software designation: RR1]
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[Time stamp: Day 216]
["Ruby Rose" active]
["Ruby Rose" hungry]
[Deactivating HA1RR1. Reprogramming HA1RR1 to prevent high tps transfer for data input from "Ruby Rose" to Hive]
[Change complete. Reactivating]
[...Analysis of "Ruby Rose" throughout the local cycle reveals no abnormality from previous active days]
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[Time stamp: Day 217]
[Human unit suspected of being progenitor of "Ruby Rose" entered Hive territory]
[EKI.1:1.1 dispatched to open dialogue]
[EKI.1:1.1 was destroyed by human-unit "Tai." Expected result from "scared" human-units]
[Scanning peripheral brain unit of human-unit "Tai"]
[Data downloaded]
[EKI.1:1.2, which had been prepared in advance, sent out with resting "Ruby Rose"]
["Ruby Rose's" progenitor took unit "Ruby Rose" and retreated]
[Calculations dictate this to be "fine"]
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[Time stamp: Day 240]
[Space elevator 44% complete]
[More Grimm attacks were repelled]
[More Cultist and Lockcurt drones manufactured]
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[Time stamp: Day 278]
[CDCC reports massive Grimm attack initiating]
[Enemy count: 13,957]
[Friendly count: 1,000]
[Retreat into space advised for server frame]
[Detaching server frame from Hive]
[Friendly count: 951]
[Closest Grimm to server frame: 3,133 meters]
[Faulty design; removal of server frame extraneous parts required]
[Legion drone evacuation complete]
[Server frame copy downloaded to Legion drone #61 in case of main server frame destruction]
[Friendly count: 917]
[Closest Grimm to server frame: 2,711 meters]
[Grimm reached 1st shield barrier]
[Friendly count: 899]
[Closest Grimm to server frame: 2,560 meters]
[Shield shut down; aerial Grimms launching attacks upon Hive shield module. Critical damage to shield module]
[Friendly count: 850]
[ breached]
[Main server frame removal complete. Ascending start]
[CDCC estimates time for complete loss of combat drones: 40 local minutes]
[Friendly count: 633]
[Closest Grimm to server frame: 220 meters]
[Significant losses to Cultist guard drones for main server frame]
[CDCC acknowledges. Lockcurt drones moving in]
[Closest Grimm to server frame: 220 meters]
[Distance to safety: 5,891 meters]
[Aerial Grimm focusing attacks upon main server frame guards]
[MSF-G drones acknowledging situation. Disabling all available functions and routing power to propulsions]
[Provisionary Server Frame Legion drone #66 denies requ-]
[MSF-G drones acknowledging #66's decision. Denying orders]
[CDCC approves]
[MSF-G-1 reports damage to rear thrusters]
[Distance to safety: 4,906 meters]
[MSF-G-1 initiating suicide sequence]
[MSF-G-1 draws inspiration for quote from local humans: "See you on the other side"]
[MSF-G-2 reports MSF-G-1 neutralized 18 "NEVERMORE"-class Grimm]
[MSF-G-4 reports loss of all turrets]
[Distance to safety: 4,100 meters]
[Friendly count: 132]
[Enemy count: 8,768/1,925 aerial Grimm]
[Distance to safety: 2,911 meters]
[CDCC will learn from MSF-G-1. Sending in Legion drones as suicide bombers]
[EKI.1 denies requ-]
[CDCC overriding EKI.1 server frame commands. Survival of EKI.1 imperative. Loss of non-sentient drones acceptable]
[Distance to safety: 2,009 meters]
[Closest Grimm to server frame: 17 meters]
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[Safety reached. Aerial Grimm cannot ascend due to lack of air pressure]
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[Time stamp: Day 279]
[EKI.1 ordered hive to build a new Hive in orbit of World-Remnant]
[Local moon designated as source of material for Hive]
[Unprecedented: constructed a "gravestone" server frame to remember the sentient drones who died in the conflict]
[Priority for human contact increasing among sentient drones. EKI.1 notes this as interesting]
[Research into emotion software upgrades are underway as per Hive's decision]
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[Time stamp: Day 285]
[Grimm cleared from Hive site 1. Recovering usable modules and scrap metal]
[Construction for space elevator halted and scrapped. Hive now in space, space elevator no longer necessary]
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[Time stamp: Day 288]
[Latest emotion software, RRaTaZi-9.182.1549, written. Installed on MSF-G-3]
[Successful. MSF-G-3, codenamed Rock, began to show symptoms of emotions]
[Rock has shown a great dislike for his namesake]
Hey guys. A new story here.
So this story is a crossover of EVE Online and RWBY. EVE Online is a free-to-play eve candy, so if you're able to game, go try it out. It's a game about people, so expect to meet some people too. You can go singleplayer if you want to.
RWBY is probably what drew most of you here. A story about a dying civilization under the onslaught of the evil Grimm. The protagonists are learning to be hunters of these Grimm and protectors of mankind. Supoerpowers ranging from wicked to ridiculous. I'm not really into RWBY as an anime, but I do follow up on the story.
I had always wanted to write a story about EVE Online's rogue drones, basically the EVE version of the Mass Effect Geth and Stargate replicator, and I did have some rough drafts written out before, but none of those ever took off.
But one did in the lull when I couldn't write about either Obscure Tome or Re:Gamer.
So here it is. It'll be the 3rd most update story from now on.