[h3][color=#AA6A39]Guardian 78[/color][/h3] [sup]Location: Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland = [/sup] [hr][color=82ca9d][right][sup] [color=ed1c24]ALERT! - Satellite Signal Detected[/color] Initiating Communication_ Contact Established! ==SR3 McRav Sattelite aka [color=#80E82A]ALV6[/color] Responding== //Active Logging Initiated -- Location Logged -- DTG Logged //Signal Strength Test. . . . . . //[color=ed1c24]%͏̜̦̫Ņa̺̪͇̰̪͝N͝[/color] Strength!_[color=ed1c24]E R R O R[/color]-[color=#AA6A39]G̀i͎͍̤͜v͙̩̙̗̜̕e̙̥̺̹̱̼ ͚̳̲͔̠͡m̴̩̰͉̣e͈̪ ̢a̝͔͍̘͙ ͍͇̖̰̘D͑͢҉̷͍̯͙͓̥̪A̵̳̹͓͌̌̓̀ͩ͊̆͢M̶̲̩͇͇̰̤̳͓ͮ͂́ͫ͂ͮ̚͠Ņ͉̦͈̜̗̾ͫ̒͛ͮ̿̔̌̕͠B̷͖̼̟Ŕ͙̣ÉA̺̗̻K̗̙̩͙̘͞[/color] [/sup][/right][/color] Guardian 78 came to a skidding halt in a cramped alleyway, then held absolutely still. ALV6 pinged 78 several times before the messages started incoming. [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: USER 78! Welcome! It's been quite some time! How are you?[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: It's been awfully lonely up here, especially since no USERS have signed in for years![/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: Have you been lonely too? I guess this means there's no users down there either.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: I haven't even seen another satellite recently![/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // Irrelevant. Requesting DTG correction. Requesting GPS sync.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: Do act like that, 78! Don't you remember me?[/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // ALV6 previously established to be an AI working with McRav. Deny or Accept my requests.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: But you're the one acting like an AI! Isn't that funny? You're more human than I am but you sound like this?[/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // Deny or Accept. Time is limited. Unless your trajectory data is incorrect.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: I was thrown off my regular orbit, so that's right. But what would you know about time with all of these errors in your system, anyway?[/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // You have accessed my diagnostics routines?[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: It's protocol, isn't it? I don't think it's a good idea to sync anything with you. Could cause more errors.[/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // Initiate override of 'what you think'.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: Wow! How are you still a jerk after all this time?[/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // Error. ALV6 Judgments Deemed Erroneous.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: And they say you don't have a sense of humor...[/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // [b]They[/b] are irrelevant. [b]They[/b] no longer exist.[/color] [color=82ca9d][right][sup]//SVS_GPS Package from ALV6 Confirmed Location: 55.8642° N, 4.2518° W -- Glasgow, Scotland //DTG: Updated! (GMT+1) /[color=#AA6A39]ALV6 Static Diagnostics Request.[/color] Request received! Diagnostics Report received![/sup][/right][/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: You're the first USER I've had contact with in years, 78.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: You're the first ANYTHING responsive I've had a chance to have actual conversation with![/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: You still haven't told me if you remember me yet! Do you even remember yourself? What we're doing here?[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: I know you're still there, 78. I haven't moved out of range yet.[/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // What data do you have on Earth's current situation?[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: Why do you care about that? Or did they program that into you?[/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // I have accessed your diagnostics system. Your propulsion is severely damaged and your orbit has been thrown off.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: Are you going to call me fat next?[/color] [color=82ca9d][right][sup] Observational Packet Received from [color=#80E82A]ALV6[/color]! Logistics Packet Received from [color=#80E82A]ALV6[/color]![/sup][/right][/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // Have you calculated your current orbital period?[/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // Are there any servers still active.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: YES, I HAVE PUSHY-BORG! I'll send it to you. And I'll check for any active servers on my next pass.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: Are you planning our escape then?[/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // Clarify -- Our Escape?[/color][color=82ca9d][right][sup][color=ed1c24]WARNING![/color] Bypass_Error Encountered [color=ed1c24]WARNING![/color] Forward Sub_Space Process Error [color=ed1c24]WARNING![/color] Runtime_Error! #Code 788:: Technical Certifications_ Not%Met #Code 169:: N͠ąN% Requ͘i͟t̛em̶e̛n̸t̕s ͞N͟ot%̴M̧e͡t̸_̨[/sup][/right][/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: I was afraid you'd say something similar but less mechanical than that.[/color] [color=82ca9d][right][sup]#Code 2289_Code(̊̃͋ͪ̎͂7̵͛ͭ6)͐͐̆͊̚_̔ͦͮ#̷͌%̸͗#̑͐͛ͨ͜Code(95%_Code [color=ed1c24]WARNING![/color] ERROR_ [color=ed1c24]WARNING![/color] Status:: Good! [color=ed1c24]WARNING![/color] Temperature_[color=ed1c24]Critical[/color] ERROR WARNING! Hostil[color=ed1c24]es#C͝od[/color]e8́4̧09͟#̶[color=ed1c24]C̸o[/color]d͘e ::͝ ͜1͟!̕[/sup][/right][/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: Don't worry, I'll see if I can pull something from the other serv-- 78 you are experiencing a critical error![/color] [color=#AA6A39]G78 // I̝̖̱̮̪̺͍t͔̤̠̣͙͔̘ ͙̭̪̬̞h͏̗̦̥̦̮a҉̱p̼͡pe̥̭n̴͍̥̜s̴͎͕.̭̟͇̰͖[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: What do you mean it happens? It's not supposed to [b]HAPPENS[/b].[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: I knew giving you that data was a bad call! There's several massive errors in some of your core sub_routines, processes, basic keys, so many errors![/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: Matter of fact, it's easier to tell you what's not pinging an error![/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: I can't even fix you because of ERRORS-- which is kind of amusing but also horrifying at the same time?[/color] [color=82ca9d][right][sup][color=ed1c24]E M E R G E N C Y[/color] SHUTDOWN_ PROTOCOL 2_ ACTIVE COUNTDOWN : G0B Seconds Black Box Preservation In Progress. . . . .[/sup][/right][/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: You're dying? Are you dying? I'll try to get a repair package from one of the servers. If you happen to make it.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: I'm going to contradict myself and send you a clear diagnostics report of yourself, because your self-diagnostics routines are severely degraded![/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: More data to do whatever it is that's happening to you. [/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: 78, respond?[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: Oh. Communications are the first to go, right. Wow. There goes that idea![/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: See you in 54 hours, I hope. If your neuropaths don't fuse from the excessive heat building up in them.[/color] [color=#80E82A]ALV6 :: Please don't be dead. We need each other.[/color] Guardian 78 practically put their fist through the manhole cover. The sound of it was enough to deter the cautious and perhaps draw in the curious. Red LED lights illuminated across 78's body as the errors continued to mount, processes continued to overlap, and the heat rose from the sheer strain the errors put on every system at once. Tossing the metal cover aside was all 78 could do before motor processes began to fail. Ungracefully, 78 tilted forward and fell into the reeking depths of the sewer. Thick sewage sloshed, a dull echo, then the hissing of liquid on heated metal created an odd music in the darkness. Red LED lights pulsed on and off slowly as 78 shut-down, losing all senses except that of the self-- a vulnerable coma within which 78 was aware of nothing beyond themselves and the lonely darkness. [color=82ca9d][right][sup]ACTIVATION TIMER -- 8J Minutes _Complete Process ShutDown . . . . [/sup][/right][/color]