Testrun for UG@

[runners_low]

[1]

[There's a mission soon. Felicita volunteered to sortie, but the request was rejected. The reason - who knows? Maybe she's sick or wounded. Maybe her unit is damaged. Or maybe the side-effects of combat drugs are increasing and it was decided she should take it easy for a while - or forever.

Either way you are the one to deliver the news to the bed-bound girl, and she does not look happy about.]

No. No, no no no. You must reconsider, please.
I must pilot.


[2]

[Whatever you're doing, you are being followed by a small levitating robot. Maybe you know it belongs to a certain ill girl, maybe you don't. Either way, it's not going away soon, taking it your actions and movements with curiosity. What do?]


[3]

[Combat prompt! The situation was looking really bad there, but Felicita ran in with a defensive support - and her agile mobile suit Deva tackled an enemy out of the way, an enemy that would deal you some serious damage otherwise.]

Don't worry. I'm here now, I'll beat them all up.

[Regardless, you are still outnumbered. Considering what you know of Deva's capabilities, Felicita can NOT take all the bad guys just by herself.]


[4]

[And... she screwed up. It's not necessarily related to prompt #3, but whatever Felicita was trying to do, she failed. And there are consequences. Maybe a mission failed or an important target fled. Or maybe even innocent people got killed.]

I'm sorry...

I didn't mean to. I... tried my best. Just please...

[Either way she fully realizes it, considering she's on the verge of tears now.]

Comments

[link_to_revival]

Anything more would be superfluous. It's fitting and brief. That and I like it.

[Another pause. You've given the AI some food for thought.]

And where are you? Are you on the ship or are you a "visitor"?

[runners_low]

I'm in the ward, in my bed.

[She sounds slightly sad admitting that.]

I am a pilot, and I'm helping White Chalice.

[link_to_revival]

Ah. So I take it then that you pilot your machine in a way similar to piloting this probe?

[Just an educated guess. He doesn't know about your Druggie status.]

I'm a pilot as well, believe it or not. I have a copilot, but she's more in charge of managing special systems I don't know anything about. I handle the quite literal legwork.

[runners_low]

No, it's not that. I just tell this drone where to go. With Deva, it's... different.

[The probe draws in even closer, as if to simulate curiosity... or perhaps excitement.]

So you are a computer who is also a pilot? What can you do when you're not in your machine? Can you move around?

[link_to_revival]

Less a computer and more an AI. Given a network, I can move through it and access any systems that aren't restricted. Typically my copilot keeps me around, but some times I just prefer to sit and watch.

[Another moment passes, and R realizes the implications of its word choice.]

Make no mistake, it's simply that I find observing multiple people going about their daily business a fascinating thing to do. Find the common ground in their behavior, find what sets them apart from each other.

It's quite informative.

[runners_low]

It's the same reason why I have this, then.

[The probe bobs in the air again.]