November-Brown: First meeting was initiated by Tiefenbronn. Following from that, no invites were issued; meetings occurred every seven days on a regular pattern. The ZRK-333 meeting was initiated by Archmagos Toros immediately following a meeting with Tiefenbronn. The final meeting had Stoll and Pinel arrive at the meeting slot regularly scheduled for Toros. November-Pink: Try not to address us individually, please! It gives us a headache trying to route incompatible data flows through inappropriate nodes. We are all November. (Pink was the node with a little bit of humanity to her - an important balancing factor for something as complex as the November collective) [Bullshit Detector] Arranging one meeting, then turning it into a regular weekly event, is typical of Tiefenbronn. Partially for this reason - if you're only talking to people when you've got something important to say you become transparent to logis analysis. Sometimes he'll keep the socialization going for months before he gets to the point, sometimes he pushes the same point week after week until he wears his target down. It's impressive how often he makes it work. He's charming enough to be able to regularly meet with even recluses like PWD-40. He's also got a great sense for when he's overstaying his welcome and letting meetings lapse for a few months or years before restarting them. [Data Recovery] 10> LAMENT. LAMENT TO THE OMNISSIAH, FATHER AND MASTER OF ALL MACHINES 20> THE SACRED RITES OF DEACTIVATION WERE NOT PERFORMED. 30> INFORMATION STORED IN THE COGITATOR'S GOAT INGRESS MEMORY WAS LOST 40> TO MOURN THE LOSS OF SACRED KNOWLEDGE GOTO 10 50> THE PROCESS OF PERFORMING A SAFE SHUTDOWN PRIOR TO REMOVING THE COGITATORS WOULD HAVE ADDED FIFTEEN MINUTES TO THE OPERATION. NOT PERFORMING A SAFE SHUTDOWN MAY RESULT IN THE LOSS OF ANY ACTIVELY PROCESSING DATA. 60> TO UNPLUG THE COGITATORS RATHER THAN CABLE-CUTTING WOULD HAVE INSTEAD ADDED ONE MINUTE TO THE OPERATION. THIS IS NOT MUCH IMPROVEMENT BUT WOULD REDUCE THE RISK OF POWER SURGES. 70> ADDITIONALLY, CARRYING THE COMBINED WEIGHT OF ALL OF THESE COGITATORS WOULD HAVE BURDENED EVEN A POWER-ARMOURED ORKOID CHASSIS, PREVENTING IT FROM MOVING FASTER THAN A WALK 80> FURTHER, VARIOUS PLASTEEL CHIPS CAN BE OBSERVED, INDICATING THAT THE CASING OF THE COGITATORS MAY HAVE BEEN CRACKED OPEN. 90> APHORISM OF MAGOS TANENBAUM: DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE NOOSPHERIC TRANSFER RATE OF A SKORPIUS FILLED WITH DATA CRYSTALS ON FLAT TERRAIN. 100> [load: death-to-the-brute.hmn]