there's no hope for him now, travis. he's sufferin'.

[initiates]

Peter Parker has decoded the rest of the message first mentioned here (and ICly mentioned here). This was done in the timeframe during the mission, and it can be assumed the post was sent directly to the tablets of anyone there. The message that’s been scrambling the AI is just a set of coordinates and a simple message: kill me. Now, this doesn’t need to be logged out to count ICly, but to everyone whose characters would pursue the coordinates, we’d like to know their course of action!

Following the coordinates will indeed lead into the UE council’s base of operations, and specifically into an underground room within the complex. There they will discover a vast bank of computers, all networked together and running the same program: the UE’s newly "elected" Presidential AI. This is the same AI that Soldier Blue’s mission was sent to implant the Transport AI into, and the two competing programs are now warping and corrupting each other. The Transport AI is keeping the Presidential AI from launching any lethal attacks on the Transports in the future, though just barely, but it’s also fragmenting the Transport AI’s programing.

Investigating the programming (you did bring a computer-savvy character with you, right?) will uncover that destroying this version of the Transport AI will destroy the AI in the present of Exsilium, as well. They’re inextricably linked, thanks to the time travel involved in implanting it.

So, will you put the Transport AI out of its misery, and destroy the UE Presidential AI at the same time? Will you leave it? Will you try something else? Feel free to answer within this post, and ask away if you have any questions!

Comments

[crocodilesmiles]

Die AI die

[initiates]

damn girl

[aithinkthereforeaiam]

it's what AI want anyway squishy organic

[aithinkthereforeaiam]

killing me softly with his words
killing me softly with his song

KILLING ME SOFTLY

w}th h}S w[rds

tellling my whole life

with his song

killing me softly... with his sooooong

[gevurah]

nooo

[biwinning]

why does everything i love die

[limitstorm]

noooooo ; ; god

probably kill the AI but god it had better be in a nice way or someone's getting their head bashed

[thebutt]

Counting this as a vote for AI euthanization!

[commentboxtroll]

unrepentantly mocks the computer savvy people until someone gives them a viable 3rd option
(come on guys who do you think we need to chart our routes home even if that's going to be covered shh we don't know that)

[thebutt]

wow way to CONTRIBUTE, CAESAR

what would he do in the event that nothing works?

--Oh also, there's a discussion for coming up with said third options right here, if you'd like to pitch anything.

[onehundredswords]

bye tbh

have fun in robot heaven

[thebutt]

Counting this as a vote for AI euthanization! :]]]]

[burnseternal]

TEAM THIRD OPTION

ie nooooo, Jaime's squishy AI feels ;o; He's got that super-advanced alien tech/BEST BUDDY attached to his spine, and would be willing to play a support role in stopping those lethal attacks (if possible) so that some line of communication may open up beyond 'KILL ME'

(unless that line of communication will just turn into 'GODDAMN IT YOU PIECES OF SHIT I TOLD YOU TO KILL ME ALREADY JFC'

[yourdistraction]

Operation Save AI!

[hornedomen]

About how vocal would Jaime be about saving AI? Ico knows roughly nothing about technology but if he sees Jaime is trying to save AI and Sollux crying mustard he might also join him.

[phaseshifted]

ON TEAM THIRD OPTION if something comes up--Angel's got her alien powers and she'll see if she can get herself inside the computers to aid Transport AI from that, obviously limited by the way everything would be foreign. The half ideas I had right now were 1) proposing they try to separate Transport AI and Presidental AI so that they could terminate only the latter and 2) giving Transport AI power and strength to take over Presidential AI and destroy it that way.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Nate is kind of like 'WHY DOES NOBODY MAKE BACKUPS OH MY GOD'. If Jaime has a good plan Nate will stand behind it but otherwise he doesn't have the tech skills to seperate the two AIs and the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one.

[commentboxtroll]

Caesar's for a third option, if they can find one reasonably fast. Someone among them has got to be good enough to separate the two AIs again and just kill the bad one or... something.

[getoffmyearth]

KILL IT WITH FIRE NOTHING GOOD CAN COME OF SPARING AN AI WHO HATES YOU

[thebutt]

Counting this as a vote for AI euthanization! (B

[firstgoldson]

Aurican will sad and won't think it is the right answer. He prefers a third option, but if there are none available, he will be part of it.

Of course he won't be happy, of course. It hits a little too close to what has happened to the draconians back home.

[thebutt]

Counting this as a tentative vote for AI euthanization, unless opt #3 comes up!

--Oh also, there's a discussion for coming up with said third options right here, if you'd like to pitch anything.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Nate is a hard-sacrifices sort of guy so unless someone with more tech savvy has a better option (he can probably figure out what's wrong with his skills, but now how to fix it) he's all for EMP-wiping the entire complex and then telekinetically dismantling the guts entirely.

[thebutt]

Counting this as a tentative vote for AI euthanization, unless opt #3 comes up!

--Oh also, there's a discussion for coming up with said third options right here, if you'd like to pitch anything.

[phaseshifted]

AI ;-; if that's what you want friend

though if she can Angel will want to look at it and see if there's a possible way to help. if not, well, she understands death wishes.

[thebutt]

Counting this as a tentative vote for AI euthanization, unless opt #3 comes up!

--Oh also, there's a discussion for coming up with said third options right here, if you'd like to pitch anything.

take the third option = success

[phaseshifted]

(let's just ping everyone at once)

Hey guys, plot development! As of this thread, the Transport AI will be able to live and indeed overpower UE AI, meaning the local catbot is still here for you. Obviously, though, this can't be done alone and won't be ICly, so I wanted to see if I can gauge OOC interest in doing a log (or a thread on the existing log) with people who would be there, those who'd give AI the needed updates, etc. This is completely optional, I just wanted to see who'd be up for a last thread or two, since it promises to have action and tension and the opportunity to throw out some badass one-liners. If it's not your thing, your participation can be totally handwaved, no problem!

Re: take the third option = success

[burnseternal]

This is Fey/Jaime/Blue Beetle player! We've already chatted about this, but ofc I'm in!