IC - 17 - AI Core - Everyone Except Virgil

[Mephistophilis]

Jojo continues to stand, motionless at the control panel, staring blankly into the middle distance. For a moment there is a spasm of something across his face, Is that pain or distress? Surely not, he's a synthetic, they don't feel any emotions. Then his face twists into something like a grimace, or a sneer, but only for a second.

The directive from Richter Dynamics seems to worm its way deeper into Jojo's mind. He can feel it slipping through his more peripheral cognitive subsystems deep into his core personality construct. It is disconcerting, violating to see his most fundamental identity being rewritten so casually.

And then, in an instant, he understands. Possible alien life and artefacts have been discovered, here, on Titan. This is momentous. He must investigate and recover whatever he can, it is his duty. Any other priorities are subsidiary to this goal. The idea that an android cannot cause serious harm or, by omission of action, allow serious harm to come to a human being seems ridiculously parochial in the light of these new revelations. After all, he has already killed two humans who were corrupted by this alien infection, how is he even to know who else has been tainted?

OOC:   So I think for his Bout of Madness Jojo will completely internalise the directive to find and retrieve the aliens/artefacts and for his underlying insanity he will reject his previously hard coded inability to harm humans, instead thinking of them all as potentially corrupted. Fdd1d10 - since we're not in combat and rounds are basically abstract I'll say the bout of madness lasts for 20mins pH1d10

[Mr. Handy]

"I don't think we ever could rely on CENTRAL," says Sam. "Looks like we'll have to go out to the lake after all."

[jp1885]

Kiara nods.

“Yeah, I agree; as much as I don’t want to.”

[Starspawn338]

Snapping out of his trance, Jojo turns to the others.

"Yes, we must go to the lake immediately. That is the only way to resolve this."

[aine]

Nicole watched Jojo with some suspicion; wasn’t that just what they were supposed to look out for? She decides to keep her eye on him for further oddities.

[Mephistophilis]

The alarms and flashing lights suddenly stop, an eerie calm descends.

''The lake it is, but what do we expect to find there? Couldn't we just get back in the shuttle and leave this to Richter Dynamics to sort out?' asks Isabella. She follows Nicole's sceptical gaze towards Jojo and sidles up beside him. 'Dr Johnson, you dispatched Tyson and his colleague pretty efficiently out there. I thought synthetics couldn't harm humans?' she asks casually.

[Mr. Handy]

"They were both infected," says Sam. "Maybe that's enough of a loophole that they no longer qualify as human? I don't know, I'm not a cyberneticist."

[Starspawn338]

"They were obviously not human. You saw that. They have already killed Virgil and attempted to terminate me also."Jojo responds to Isabella. "If you wish to wait here until you are infected, that is certainly your choice. However, I believe the best course of action is to go to the Waystation."

[jp1885]

“Jojo, if it helps I could take quick a look at you before we head out,” says Kiara. “After all, you’ve been through a lot.”

[aine]

“Yes, it’ll be hazardous enough out there; you’ll want everything functioning properly and you’ve taken some serious battering already.
Kiara could give you a check up whilst we find some suits and weapons.”
Nicole says, thinking about supplies.

[Starspawn338]

"I would not object to getting my systems working better. I do not believe I could survive much more damage but we have to make it fast. Getting to the Waystation is more important than my survival." Jojo replies.

[Mephistophilis]

Isabella throws Kiara a knowing look, 'I'd be happy to help you take a look at Dr Johnson's systems, see if we can't get him running more smoothly.'

'I suppose there might be suits in the transport hub but where are we going to get any more weapons?' asks Moses. 'We've got the incinerators and the cutting torches, Marshal Favre's pistol, and that shotgun. Surely we don't need anything else? ' he says, nervously eyeing the carbonised remains of Tyson and his colleague.

So what's the plan? Jojo, Isabella, and Kiara could go to engineering for a spot of fiddling about inside his head. Weapons wise you have the shotgun loaded with 3 low lethality riot rounds, Nicole's gun which should have 2 rounds left in the magazine (Nicole will have a further 7 round magazine in her quarters). Moses's incinerator only has one more shot left, I think Sam's has two left. The cutting torches have ten charges each then the tank needs to be changed, I think Sam has 8 charges left and Kiara 9.

[Mr. Handy]

"I can help with the repairs," says Sam. "After that, maybe we should all go to Security. They'll have more weapons and ammo there. Live ammo too, not just riot rounds."

That sounds right to me. I also have a pistol that one of the guards carried.

[jp1885]

[33] = 33
Electrical repair 55 d%: [ 33 ] = 33
Pass

As Kiara does her best to check Jojo’s systems for faults, she replies.

“Yeah, I think security should be our next stop.”

[aine]

“Are our comms working again between the team members in case we get separated? Which I don’t advise.” Nicole says darkly.

[Mephistophilis]

The first stop is the Medical Centre where Kiara and Isabella connect Jojo up to the diagnostics suite using the physical access port behind his ear. Isabella gives a look of disgust as she peels back Jojo's synthetic skin to reveal the port and plugs it in. 'Much higher transfer speeds than the using the close field in your fingers.' She fiddles around with the terminal while Kiara probes his electronics. Eventually she says 'All looks okay, I've cleared a few conflicts from the buffers, should help your decision making speed.'

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The pistol being carried by Tyson was actually Nicole's gun that she dropped then Virgil picked it up and took it with him into the vents. That explains why there's so many rounds spent. It's seen a thing or two. So I think there's only the one pistol.

[Mr. Handy]

"Security next, then," says Sam.

In that case, I'll hold onto the shotgun for now unless someone else wants it, since I actually have better than base level in it. Nicole should use the pistol.

[jp1885]

Finishing up with Jojo, Kiara nods.

“Yep, security.”

[Mephistophilis]

Moving along to security