Back on the Vedrans Vengeance
Dylan had spent the last few hours looking and processing the information. He was about to open another file when the door to his quarters opened and his Master walked in followed by a team of people.
"So Dylan did you have a nice time the past few days? Process all the information you need to become a warship? Good lets get at it." His Master said before turning around and waving for him to follow as he left the room. When Dylan got out into the corridors he noticed that there were a lot of people walking through the halls hurrying along holding flexis and looking like they were on there way to do something. Dylan followed his Master through the corridors noticing how everyone bowed and stepped away as the hooded figure passed them. They had been walking for about 10minutes before they came to engineering and yet again Dylan was staggered by the size of the vessel. When they reached engineering the hooded man signalled to one of the men behind Dylan and he rushed forward and dropped to his knees in front of the man. "I want you to follow everything Dylan does and make sure he doesn't damage any critical systems, can you do that?"
"Yes Master of course Master. No problem Master"
"Good that's what I like to hear." "Dylan you will obey this man as if he were me for the duration of time you are in engineering you will stop if he tells you to and only start again when he is ready. Is that clear?"
"Yes Master"
"Good. Well gentlemen get to it." He said turning around motioning for the rest of the men to follow him leaving only Dylan and the engineer behind. Dylan just stood there waiting for an order; the man looked at him not knowing what was going on. He started to get frustrated when 5 minutes had passed and Dylan had still not moved
"Why aren't you doing anything robot?" He yelled
"Because you haven't told me to do anything yet"
"Oh you're an Android with Attitude aye?"
"Nothing of the kind I'm just awaiting permission to proceed and until you tell me I can I'm programmed not to do anything"
"Ohhhh... Ok then.... Get to it" he stammered out feeling like a fool
"Yes Sir" Dylan replied before moving into engineering and headed straight for the terminal that was a direct link to the AI main memory. He placed his hand on the console and began to upload the copy he had made of himself for just this purpose, just like the instructions had said. The transfer was going well, he could feel himself growing as the area of his influence grew. He could hear the people walking around the ship, he could hear what they were saying, feel how they disturbed the air as they passed, felt them walking on his decks. He could find out more and more about each and everyone on the ship he thought 'So this is what it's like for Rommie everyday, Wow I honestly never knew she could do so much' as a new appreciation for what Andromeda was and did grew inside him. Almost as soon as the sensations started they were muted as enough of his personality copy was uploaded to the core to enable it to form the being who would become known as the Main AI. As the intelligence of the AI grew he became aware of Dylan and Dylan became aware of him. The Main AI then opened his eyes and looked at Dylan.
"Hi" he said and waited for a response
"Hello" Dylan replied "Ummm... This feels very weird"
"Yes it does" the main AI responded "I always thought talking to yourself was the first sign of madness" he smiled, Dylan returned the smile and replied the same way Rommie had when he said the same thing to her
"Only for wet ware" after he had said that they both started to laugh "I think the transfer is complete"
"I agree"
"Ok then I'll be leaving now whilst you familiarize yourself with your new surroundings. Do you have al the necessary information?" Dylan asked just before he left
"Yes I know everything you know"
"Good. I'll see you on the outside"
"Bye"
And with that Dylan willed himself out of the mainframe satisfied with what he had accomplished. He returned to his body and opened his eyes and looked at the engineer that was watching him like a hawk "It's done" he said to him.
"Good lets go up to command so I can give Master the good news, follow me." The man said with an elaborate sweep of his arm trying to look important. Dylan followed because he was programmed to. On the walk to command Dylan reached out for his ship-self to see what it felt like, he could feel himself starting up all the systems, he could feel the weapons powering up and running through a self diagnosis, he also felt like he was getting a massage. He looked around to see where that feeling was coming from and he saw multiple engineers running system checks on him to make sure everything was with in safety margines 'So this is why Rommie loves it when Harper runs a diagnostic?' Lost in that thought Dylan hadn't realised that they had made it to command. As they stepped through the doors the Master turned and looked at them
"I see the upload was successful." They both nodded "Good. Ship show yourself" he called out and waited for Dylan to appear. Dylan appeared in both VDU form and Hologram form both of which were wearing High Guard uniforms
"Sir we have appeared as ordered Sir." They said before snapping to attention
"Excellent, I see you have chosen to wear your High Guard uniform"
"Sir, Yes Sir, Is that acceptable Sir?"
"Yes, yes whatever makes you feel most comfortable. Just never forget who is in charge, when I order you to do something it had best be done"
"Sir of course Sir."
"Very well then I think it is time for us to test this vessel and she what it is capable of. Weapons officer target the largest asteroid in the field and destroy it." He then sat back and watched in amazement as the asteroid that was the size of a small planet was completely vaporised within seconds. "Good the vessel is as powerful as I had hoped, were there any complications in the access of the firing codes or the use of the weapons ship?"
"There were a few minor delays, hardly noticeable."
"Hmmm... I think we will stay here for a few days whilst we iron out any bugs that may be around in the systems. Then when I am satisfied we will head out to Vegas Drift and show the universe our newest weapon"
"If I may ask sir why Vegas drift?" Asked the android Dylan
"No you may not ask just do as your told. Continue targeting the asteroids and when the interface is at 100 percent accuracy report to me immediately is that understood?"
"Sir yes Sir. The second the vessel is at 100 percent I will inform you."
"Good. Engineer how are the sub-light drives and slipstream cores?"
"They are working perfectly Sir" the engineer that had led Dylan in replied
"Very good. It looks like we will be able to start our campaign much sooner then I had thought" the man said as he left the command deck.
'Why am I going to be taken to Vegas drift once my weapons are at.... No he can't possibly.... Yes I think that is the reason' thought Dylan and what he had deduced was not very pleasant.
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Dylan had spent the last few hours looking and processing the information. He was about to open another file when the door to his quarters opened and his Master walked in followed by a team of people.
"So Dylan did you have a nice time the past few days? Process all the information you need to become a warship? Good lets get at it." His Master said before turning around and waving for him to follow as he left the room. When Dylan got out into the corridors he noticed that there were a lot of people walking through the halls hurrying along holding flexis and looking like they were on there way to do something. Dylan followed his Master through the corridors noticing how everyone bowed and stepped away as the hooded figure passed them. They had been walking for about 10minutes before they came to engineering and yet again Dylan was staggered by the size of the vessel. When they reached engineering the hooded man signalled to one of the men behind Dylan and he rushed forward and dropped to his knees in front of the man. "I want you to follow everything Dylan does and make sure he doesn't damage any critical systems, can you do that?"
"Yes Master of course Master. No problem Master"
"Good that's what I like to hear." "Dylan you will obey this man as if he were me for the duration of time you are in engineering you will stop if he tells you to and only start again when he is ready. Is that clear?"
"Yes Master"
"Good. Well gentlemen get to it." He said turning around motioning for the rest of the men to follow him leaving only Dylan and the engineer behind. Dylan just stood there waiting for an order; the man looked at him not knowing what was going on. He started to get frustrated when 5 minutes had passed and Dylan had still not moved
"Why aren't you doing anything robot?" He yelled
"Because you haven't told me to do anything yet"
"Oh you're an Android with Attitude aye?"
"Nothing of the kind I'm just awaiting permission to proceed and until you tell me I can I'm programmed not to do anything"
"Ohhhh... Ok then.... Get to it" he stammered out feeling like a fool
"Yes Sir" Dylan replied before moving into engineering and headed straight for the terminal that was a direct link to the AI main memory. He placed his hand on the console and began to upload the copy he had made of himself for just this purpose, just like the instructions had said. The transfer was going well, he could feel himself growing as the area of his influence grew. He could hear the people walking around the ship, he could hear what they were saying, feel how they disturbed the air as they passed, felt them walking on his decks. He could find out more and more about each and everyone on the ship he thought 'So this is what it's like for Rommie everyday, Wow I honestly never knew she could do so much' as a new appreciation for what Andromeda was and did grew inside him. Almost as soon as the sensations started they were muted as enough of his personality copy was uploaded to the core to enable it to form the being who would become known as the Main AI. As the intelligence of the AI grew he became aware of Dylan and Dylan became aware of him. The Main AI then opened his eyes and looked at Dylan.
"Hi" he said and waited for a response
"Hello" Dylan replied "Ummm... This feels very weird"
"Yes it does" the main AI responded "I always thought talking to yourself was the first sign of madness" he smiled, Dylan returned the smile and replied the same way Rommie had when he said the same thing to her
"Only for wet ware" after he had said that they both started to laugh "I think the transfer is complete"
"I agree"
"Ok then I'll be leaving now whilst you familiarize yourself with your new surroundings. Do you have al the necessary information?" Dylan asked just before he left
"Yes I know everything you know"
"Good. I'll see you on the outside"
"Bye"
And with that Dylan willed himself out of the mainframe satisfied with what he had accomplished. He returned to his body and opened his eyes and looked at the engineer that was watching him like a hawk "It's done" he said to him.
"Good lets go up to command so I can give Master the good news, follow me." The man said with an elaborate sweep of his arm trying to look important. Dylan followed because he was programmed to. On the walk to command Dylan reached out for his ship-self to see what it felt like, he could feel himself starting up all the systems, he could feel the weapons powering up and running through a self diagnosis, he also felt like he was getting a massage. He looked around to see where that feeling was coming from and he saw multiple engineers running system checks on him to make sure everything was with in safety margines 'So this is why Rommie loves it when Harper runs a diagnostic?' Lost in that thought Dylan hadn't realised that they had made it to command. As they stepped through the doors the Master turned and looked at them
"I see the upload was successful." They both nodded "Good. Ship show yourself" he called out and waited for Dylan to appear. Dylan appeared in both VDU form and Hologram form both of which were wearing High Guard uniforms
"Sir we have appeared as ordered Sir." They said before snapping to attention
"Excellent, I see you have chosen to wear your High Guard uniform"
"Sir, Yes Sir, Is that acceptable Sir?"
"Yes, yes whatever makes you feel most comfortable. Just never forget who is in charge, when I order you to do something it had best be done"
"Sir of course Sir."
"Very well then I think it is time for us to test this vessel and she what it is capable of. Weapons officer target the largest asteroid in the field and destroy it." He then sat back and watched in amazement as the asteroid that was the size of a small planet was completely vaporised within seconds. "Good the vessel is as powerful as I had hoped, were there any complications in the access of the firing codes or the use of the weapons ship?"
"There were a few minor delays, hardly noticeable."
"Hmmm... I think we will stay here for a few days whilst we iron out any bugs that may be around in the systems. Then when I am satisfied we will head out to Vegas Drift and show the universe our newest weapon"
"If I may ask sir why Vegas drift?" Asked the android Dylan
"No you may not ask just do as your told. Continue targeting the asteroids and when the interface is at 100 percent accuracy report to me immediately is that understood?"
"Sir yes Sir. The second the vessel is at 100 percent I will inform you."
"Good. Engineer how are the sub-light drives and slipstream cores?"
"They are working perfectly Sir" the engineer that had led Dylan in replied
"Very good. It looks like we will be able to start our campaign much sooner then I had thought" the man said as he left the command deck.
'Why am I going to be taken to Vegas drift once my weapons are at.... No he can't possibly.... Yes I think that is the reason' thought Dylan and what he had deduced was not very pleasant.
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