Thanks for you patience. I needed to take a break and focus on something easy. The something easy was titled "The Royal Treatment" if any of you want to check it out. Okay, shameless promotion over now the credits. Thanks to DAF9 from the official fox site message board for the idea of going to Sebastian. Thanks to my dad for sitting through a rapid-fire q&a session about organic chips (he got a little annoyed when I came back to ask a question every 10 seconds) and for letting me use his computer because mine's in the dorm. Special thanks to Ana, who had to add a comma every other sentence.
Carina 13a (all she can be)
They sat in Sebastian's office, silence dominated as they peered at the computer read outs in front of them. "I've never seen this kind of technology," Sebastian said through his computer, breaking the silence. "The Chinese were experimenting with organic computer chip implants, but they never came close to a working prototype."
"But if the chips were organic, how did they pick up on the scrambling signal?" Max asked curiously.
"Here," he said as he mysteriously zoomed in on her x-rays displayed on the screen. "It appears to be metal, possibly some kind of transceiver. "
"Leave to good ol' Lydecker to make her all she can be," Max said sarcastically. "Do you know what's wrong with her?" She said looking at Sebastian, although his eyes didn't look away from the screen.
"The chips in her head are completely filled with data. They appear to be undamaged but without memory space there is no way to open a program to compress or purge the unwanted files. And without getting rid of files she will not have enough memory to run any programs. She is stuck."
"But didn't she say that it was waiting for her to enter a run command?" Max questioned and looked to Logan.
"It probably is," Logan answered. "But even if she initiated the command, the programs wouldn't be able to do anything." He turned to Sebastian, "What do you think we should do?"
"It is difficult to say. The chips are organic which means replacing any of them is tricky. First, to remove a chip holding a vital program may cause more damage. Second, blood vessels supply the chips with the nourishment they need to maintain themselves, which would make replacing them extremely difficult."
"Can we leave her like this? Let the human part heal?" Max asked. Carina had seemed so happy when she had said the computer was gone, Max hoped this was the answer.
"No." Sebastian answered. Max frowned and looked to Logan. He gave her an equally concerned look as Sebastian continued. "You said that when you shut off her system, she stopped breathing. It appears that she has an emergency system going, but look at her nose." Max looked at Carina through the glass and she saw Jake holding a cloth to her nose. The white cloth was speckled with blood. Upon arriving Carina had tried to walk and before Jake could catch her, she had hit the pavement. It had started her nose bleeding again and it had been bleeding all during her examinations. "It appears that her body has lost the ability to regenerate itself as quickly." Max again frowned.
"But what does her immune system have to do with the implants in her head?" she argued. "The cells are made through glands and are controlled by chemicals. Her circuiting shouldn't affect them, at least in the short run,"
"No," Logan said drawing Max's glance even though he stared at the computer, "The heart would normally pump extra blood to that area. But now it's set at a precise beat because of the program," he frowned and looked back at Max, "with Manticore genetics it would even make sense if they computerized some of her immune system cells. "
"What? Like nanoprobes?" She said in disbelief.
"It is possible," Sebastian added. "Whatever the reason, her system is breaking down. She is growing weaker, and without the ability to heal and maintain the chips, she will die." Max looked at Carina for a long time and tears formed in her eyes. She remembered when she had lost Brin to Manticore's fucked up genetics. For all the strength and all of the skills Max had, they didn't count for anything when it came to saving them.
"I won't lose another sister," she said determinedly, then looked back at the two men. "Tell me what to do."
"I need more information on where the chips are located and what they control," Sebastian answered.
"Is there anyway around it?" Logan asked. He knew Max, she would march into Manticore if it meant saving her sister.
"There are too many complications to deal with. We must get her schematics."
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I've already started on 13b and I have idea's on 14 so it won't be too long to an update. -puppy
Carina 13a (all she can be)
They sat in Sebastian's office, silence dominated as they peered at the computer read outs in front of them. "I've never seen this kind of technology," Sebastian said through his computer, breaking the silence. "The Chinese were experimenting with organic computer chip implants, but they never came close to a working prototype."
"But if the chips were organic, how did they pick up on the scrambling signal?" Max asked curiously.
"Here," he said as he mysteriously zoomed in on her x-rays displayed on the screen. "It appears to be metal, possibly some kind of transceiver. "
"Leave to good ol' Lydecker to make her all she can be," Max said sarcastically. "Do you know what's wrong with her?" She said looking at Sebastian, although his eyes didn't look away from the screen.
"The chips in her head are completely filled with data. They appear to be undamaged but without memory space there is no way to open a program to compress or purge the unwanted files. And without getting rid of files she will not have enough memory to run any programs. She is stuck."
"But didn't she say that it was waiting for her to enter a run command?" Max questioned and looked to Logan.
"It probably is," Logan answered. "But even if she initiated the command, the programs wouldn't be able to do anything." He turned to Sebastian, "What do you think we should do?"
"It is difficult to say. The chips are organic which means replacing any of them is tricky. First, to remove a chip holding a vital program may cause more damage. Second, blood vessels supply the chips with the nourishment they need to maintain themselves, which would make replacing them extremely difficult."
"Can we leave her like this? Let the human part heal?" Max asked. Carina had seemed so happy when she had said the computer was gone, Max hoped this was the answer.
"No." Sebastian answered. Max frowned and looked to Logan. He gave her an equally concerned look as Sebastian continued. "You said that when you shut off her system, she stopped breathing. It appears that she has an emergency system going, but look at her nose." Max looked at Carina through the glass and she saw Jake holding a cloth to her nose. The white cloth was speckled with blood. Upon arriving Carina had tried to walk and before Jake could catch her, she had hit the pavement. It had started her nose bleeding again and it had been bleeding all during her examinations. "It appears that her body has lost the ability to regenerate itself as quickly." Max again frowned.
"But what does her immune system have to do with the implants in her head?" she argued. "The cells are made through glands and are controlled by chemicals. Her circuiting shouldn't affect them, at least in the short run,"
"No," Logan said drawing Max's glance even though he stared at the computer, "The heart would normally pump extra blood to that area. But now it's set at a precise beat because of the program," he frowned and looked back at Max, "with Manticore genetics it would even make sense if they computerized some of her immune system cells. "
"What? Like nanoprobes?" She said in disbelief.
"It is possible," Sebastian added. "Whatever the reason, her system is breaking down. She is growing weaker, and without the ability to heal and maintain the chips, she will die." Max looked at Carina for a long time and tears formed in her eyes. She remembered when she had lost Brin to Manticore's fucked up genetics. For all the strength and all of the skills Max had, they didn't count for anything when it came to saving them.
"I won't lose another sister," she said determinedly, then looked back at the two men. "Tell me what to do."
"I need more information on where the chips are located and what they control," Sebastian answered.
"Is there anyway around it?" Logan asked. He knew Max, she would march into Manticore if it meant saving her sister.
"There are too many complications to deal with. We must get her schematics."
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I've already started on 13b and I have idea's on 14 so it won't be too long to an update. -puppy