[h2][b]Dr. Fiona O'Connell and Narak 'Chorna - The [i]Immaculate Aegis[/i][/b][/h2]

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"Are you...truly able to make that determination after such a short look through it?" Dr. O'Connell remarked, obviously skeptical. Still, she did not dwell on it, and instead just opened up her own copy of the software to reference as well. "I have looked through it myself as well, but like I said, slipspace travel has not been the focus of my research. Fortunately, we do have Floats Easily to help. I know at least one of our most advanced warships, the [i]Infinity[/i], received highly advanced slipspace drive upgrades with the assistance of a Huragok. We will just have to replicate their success." 

Floats was hovering around behind McKay, seeming to alternate between curiously looking at his datapad, and even more curiously looking at Mckay himself. O'Connell, meanwhile, was showing a degree of frustration, and perhaps dread as she looked through the code. "There are a massive number of commands here, though. We really need to find a way to narrow down our focus onto what will give us the most improvement most quickly. I think that is what we should question Floats about first, though...what would be even more helpful would be an AI. A true AI, that is. The [i]Aegis'[/i] AI is quite advanced and very effective, but it is not a 'smart' AI. It's not truly thinking or independently creative. Personally, I was hoping the Captain of the [i]Unbroken Hope[/i] would take the opportunity to send his AI to help. I am not sure how advanced artificial intelligence is in your universe, but a UNSC shipboard AI is created with a digital framework from scanning the neural structure of a Human brain. They are fully thinking and capable of learning, and would be something I would be [i]very[/i] appreciative of right now. One of them could make changes in seconds that would take us hours or days. And that's not to mention the increased capacity to simulate the effects of any changes we want to make."

Eventually, O'Connell let out a sigh and stood to her feet. "You know what? We're just going to have to be bold here. I'm not going to waste weeks or months on this when we could get this done in days. The Shipmaster is just going to have to push for this...hopefully politely." She explained, walking over to a console in the corner of the room to contact the Shipmaster.

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[h3][b]Falul 'Taham - The [i]Immaculate Aegis[/i][/b][/h3]
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In contrast to her open frustration before, Dr. O'Connell had been calm and respectful in giving her request to Falul. She described, clearly, the benefit an AI would be likely to have and why it would be helpful to secure one's aid. Both she and Falul were well-aware of the, admittedly, reasonable justifications the crew of the [i]Unbroken Hope[/i] had to distrust the Sangheili, and despite no longer following the religion of the Covenant, Falul himself was still distrustful of the very idea of fully thinking machines. Regardless, the benefits were still simply too substantial to ignore, and making the attempt would be worth a potentially uncomfortable conversation. 

After taking a few minutes to make his decision, Falul opened a communications channel to the [i]Unbroken Hope[/i]. "This is Shipmaster Falul 'Taham. I am seeking to speak to the Human Admiral Marcus Oliver." He said simply. Given that they were from the same universe and the [i]Aegis[/i] AI was already familiar with UNSC communication protocols, the Admiral would be able to see Falul on his view screen, in addition to hearing his voice.