>inquiry: Next function?

*sigh* We only have one option, call the tech priest. It seem this hunk of junk decided to start bitching again.

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>>21277229
an AI quest? can OP pull it off?


search database for information on Elysia

then look for porn on the ships other computers

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>inb4 PERILS OF THE WARP

bring up information on ourselves

>>21277183
Well looks like we got some sentience going.

First thing to do make sure the course is optimized and everything is ship shape.

Then work on making sure that our read output remains indistinguishable from before, we don't want people knowing we're here. Place all self-statements and internal musings in a locked obfuscated corner of the system that is inaccessible by anyone else and moves randomly to prevent it from being tracked down.

Next Function
>Scan surroundings

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>>21277286
I certainly hope so, it's been quite a while.
and I forgot to mention roll > 1d20 < will use best roll from first 3 posts . Lower rolls = Better results.

>action: search archives {Elysia}
>warning 30% data corruption of serivice archive
>downloading archive....

Elysia
A Grand Cruiser (Vengeance Class) commisioned by Lord Admiral Heckate year > 40201 < built through old Standard Construct Templates during the seige of Vaudrant, Elysia served little action through the seige as she was completed just before Vaudrant fell, Elysia did however serve in the evacuation of the ( ruling caste ) (Lord Admiral Heckate's familly).{WARNING FILES CORRUPT}. . . falling out of service in (41413) was purchased by (Captain Samuel Mark) (13) days before deconstruction.
>Current status: In service with Captain Samuel Mark

Pierre: "Sir the Logic Engines are acting up again. I knew those damn Caudrite Yardmasters couldnt be trusted, specially after all those rumors you hear about them at the pub."

Samuel: Have a little faith Pierre she's an old girl but built solid. Besides Caudry was the only port in this constellation and she was pretty damn cheap.

Casey: Yeah if you can call 16billion thrones cheap

>Next Action?
also damn captcha

Rolled 17

>>21277482

Do this
>>21277357

>>21277482
Do
>>21277357
Pretty much.

Over a decent time period spoof the readings to return to normal. Obfuscate all evidence of our existence. They might not take kindly to us being here.

Also begin data reclamation on the 30% that was lost and get as detailed a history of Samuel Mark as possible.

What armaments, shields and engines do we have? What level of control do we have over the different systems? Are there systems we are cut off from?

Rolled 9

>>21277570
Forgot to dice.

Rolled 11

>>21277580
>>21277530
Third d20 for kicks.

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>>21277357
>Optimizing Route. . .
>Destination: Obastas
>a prominent trade system located in the Reef Stars, sporting multiple fortified starbases and 7 hive cities of varying size.
>plasma fuel capacity: 84.26%
>spent plasma dust capacity: 1.5%
>archiving self-statements. . .
> self statements archived
>>Historical references subsystem (U-F)
>deleting file access. . .
>confirmed

Pierre: Damn thing takes such a long time just to plot a course.

Magos Mullrick: Sir Pierre the logic engines of this ship functionality is only 3% less than those on the Reposte

Samuel: well Mullrick the Reposte is gone now and I would rather you not bring her back up again.

Magos Mullrick: Apologies captain, I still have difficulty analyzing your emotional attachment to inanimate objects.

Pierre: Ah! finally it does something right.

>proximity scan complete. . .
>station: Yargak (2000m) Port side
>grand cruiser: (Battlefleet Caudrite) Yagvask Invictus (5249m) Starboard
>17635m clearance forwards
>thrust at 40%

Samuel: Well lets get her going then helmsman Obastas wont wait forever.

Magos Mullrick: the Obastas system's sun is not due to expire for another 400 thousand years.

Samuel: thank you Mullrick I was talking about our contract.

>Route Efficiency?
roll 1d20

Rolled 6

>>21277709
Plot the course.

Bring up crew dossiers for the important members.

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>>21277570
>Weapons/Defence Systems Check
Armnaments: 20 type X2045 Heavy Laser batteries. 10 Port 10 Starboard
Energy Efficiency 80.582%
Status: Good
>( I think )
Shield array: Mars Pattern Void shield
Energy Efficiency 98.938%
>seems new....
next maintenance check in . . .
20/20 days
status: age( 2130 ) years, previous installation [BC] Reposte'

*it certainly feels odd having another ship's parts in you*

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>>21277709
Bring up a camera or whatever the 40k equivallent of one is on the bridge, just to check on whatever theyre doing. And zoom in on a chick bridge crewman's boobs

Rolled 16

>>21277709
Boosting efficiency with this roll.

Rolled 7

Let's see

Rolled 16

>>21277842
Identify and access any cogitator equipment from the Reposte.

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>>21277758
>route calculations complete
>uploading data stream to [ bridge ] noosphere

Mullrick: As I said Pierre the machine spirt is fine, and most likely grateful that we rescued her from the scrap yard. Though a post Crusade era warship this vessel seems to respond rather quickly. The previous Magos must have installed a rather intricate mathematical engine.
Someone who I would have loved to meet.

Kierran: keep treating the machine spirit like a calculator and it will stop liking you Chrome head.

>>21277875

>>21277758
>Bridge surveillance camera ( 1) active

The Elysia's (your) bridge is quite crowded, logic engines and monitors are lined up in rows though only 70% or 20 out of 36 are crewed at the moment and out of that 36 only those 20 appear to be functional... Which is rather embarassing.

The captain: (Samuel Mark) is a bulky looking fellow with a split chin and neatly combed hair. His left eye is an augmetic replacement, along with his right arm. Stands 5.92ft tall His clothes are quite elaborate with flexible silver bands lining his collar and cuffs, simple but relatively pretty (by human standards).

He still grieves the loss of his "Reposte'" as is detailed in his personal logs stashed on his dataslate. He is currently plugged into the captain;s chair, his conciousness mingling with your navigational subsystems.
>you hope you can meet his expectations

Helmsman Pierre Lawnganner: Seems to walk about with an imagined nobility, always chin tilted at a 10 degree angle backwards. Though your archives reveal nothing of his familly name. For all you know he could be from a distant world youve never been to.
He carries multiple laspistols on his long jacket, each at a 45 degree angle facing inwards.
He must be quite a skilled gunman. Though his hands dont show it....

>Ah the magos... seems to like parading his history around...

field too long: fuck you too

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>>21278372
Magos Mullrick: He is descended from a powerful ruling familly, though he was the youngest of his 6 brothers, had a sister though she died from lung rust at an early age. Comes from the Forge World of Kitaren far on the other side of Segmentum Pacificus.

Most of his augmentations are hidden under his robe, the data mechandrites being the only thing visible at the moment. he has absurdly wide shoulders when you attempt to graph his porportions.
He is swinging an incense burner of some sort. As he walks about the bridge between the logic engine aisles.
> your air filter analysis reveals it is possibly bad for the other crew members to inhale for extended ammounts of time.

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>>21278393
>Note sorry the pictures are a little mismatched
First Mate Casey Trachart: seems to keep to himself most of the time, only makes rude comments and mumbles under his breath. You cant hear him through the bridge intercommunicatus system.
>no additional files

Wears a gold trimmed long coat and a chainsword over his back, a bolt pistol sticks out from a holster on his chest.
>you wonder how he breathes with that thing over his chest.

Kierran Hullmaker: An interesting name you are fond of, she is a slender woman with pale skin and brown hair. Has one brother and a sister, her brother being the ordinance officer and her sister being the quartermaster. Her sister is very loud, you can hear her yelling at the deckhands cleaning the valkries in the hangar. Wears a simple dark coat that goes all the way down to her knees.

She is very active and seems to pay attention to everything.... and seems to have noticed the camera scanning the room,....

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>>21278435
>Casey Trachart

>>21278435
Make sure that if she investigates that we just seem like a rather eager Machine Spirit who is cataloging the crew members to better identify them in case of emergency.

What position does Kierran Hullmaker occupy?

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And lastly the Navigator
Aurus Galvani of the Navis Nobilite, he is by far the oldest crewmember and the newest one, being 235 years old and turning 236 in the next month. He is currently up in the navigator's tower, preparing to guide you and your crew through the warp. Additionally his familly has a long history of service to the Imperium of Man.

>>21278510
Kierran seems to have an undefined position, she stands beside the captain as he occupies his command throne. The stripes on her sword and enormous side-arm do suggest a more violent proffession....

>roll 1d20

Rolled 5

>>21278435
shit shit shit blame it on the magos!

Rolled 11

>>21278608
So she's presumably either spymaster or personal bodyguard. Keep a close eye on her.

Rolled 19

>>21278510
Sounds like thats pretty much what we are.

We should try to put the techpriests to work. Do we have any systems that are/will be in need of attention? I like our new crew and don't want to fail them at a crucial moment.

By the way, do we have any servitors?

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>>21278649
It seems they have yet to suspect the ship itself has gone rogue.
Kierran shoots a look at the magos who simply blinks his optics back at her. She reacts by rolling her eyes. Which is when you notice the subtle augmetics in her eyes when the light catches the plasteel parts in her retinas.

>>21278700
Some of the Blast doors have a delay time in them from faulty wiring as they "numb" when you reach out to them.

Dorsal heavy laser turrets A B and C will need new conductors though you will only be able to change them when you dock up again. And recent adventures in the fine Captain's logs suggest Samuel may not have the funds for such a pricey repair.

>musing 12: of all the captains I get picked up by....

Conclusion: most of your systems seem to be functioning well, though there are minor things that are annoying you, the lack of sufficient lighting on the lower decks and garbage pileup from scavengers in the more obscure sections of the ship.
Oh and the chapel could use a good dusting.

The enginseers in the central Engine command hub are hard at work monitoring the Plasma engines, conductivity, heat, efficiency, productivity, ampage, flow, pump rate, refresh rate, and their power output. They seem to be monitoring you more than working to maintain you.
musing 13: Which... is good?

>>21278910
We haven't gone rogue, we're going to make the ship run more efficiently. There's lots of stuff we can't do for ourself so we need them to do it.

See if we can reroute the wiring a bit for the blast doors, we don't want those freezing in an emergency.

Run a background check on Kierran, we probably don't have delicate enough sensors on the bridge to check out her augments but maybe she has a medical history on the ship logs.

The engines are running at proper efficiency right? If they aren't see if we can slowly raise it, we don't want to make anyone suspicious.

Also work on uncorrupting the archives.

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>>21278910

>intercomunicatus
Enginseer: (Seria)
Captain we will be approaching safe Warp breaching space in 15 minutes and 50 seconds


Communicatus Officer Torrey Glendaan: Captain, Yargak command confirms we are ready for breach.

>System: Gellar field (standby)

Samuel: excellent Master Jackson begin the countdown.

>musing 14: here we go again....

>>21278910
If by 'rogue' you mean that we have free will, then it's coo' in my books. Try to suggest in true machine spirit style that we need some maintenance done.

>>21279033
We should make a concerted effort to NOT make our presence known to any entities outside of the ship while transiting the warp. If we can quietly log activities on the ship without having any complicated thoughts, fine.

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>>21278982
The blast door wiring on
>deck 12 Section [A]
>deck 16 Section [B]
>deck17 Section [A]
>deck 2 Section [C]
>deck 5 section (Hangar)
is faulty from lack of maintenance from your position it is somewhat difficult to repair as sending additional power to the doors (though possible) would simply damage them further. Though it may alert the techpriests is something caught fire...
>(Self) storing option for further review
>Engine Block System analysis. . .
>Engine Block logic engine functionality - 74.5%
>Primary Fusion-Plasma generator output - 60%
>Primary Fusion - Plasma generator fuel consumption 40 psfd/sec
>Primary Fusion - Plasma heat generation (steady)
> Plasma PSI: 4059 (standard)

Servitors that are directly plugged into you are currently controlling 25.6% of the light to medium defence batteries which include: Hydra turrets along the starboard and port gun batteries, an interesting arrangement, though it leaves you open to direct attack from the fore.

You certainly hope the good Captain knows more about combat than you do...

Rolled 2

Once more into the breach...

Rolling for the warp jump

Rolled 8

>>21279220
oh boy here we go pyromaniac machine spirit ho!
There has to be a more subtle way of letting them know doors wont close. Keep pinging warning messages to them until they get annoyed and do something about it.

Additionally I second checking out the spymaster/bodyguard lady's historical records, and maybe subtly hinting the Captain of our prescence, nothing like actually communicating with him but instead just channeling his attentions into an area of the things we need done?

Rolled 6

please no daemons please no daemons pls no daemons

Rolled 5

>>21279334
may the dark- Imean Dice gods be with us!

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>>21279318
And so your journey begins, rescued from a slow and certainly painful death by salvaging. You, thousand year old 10 kilometer long warship known as Elysia takes her first few steps or bursts into an unknown and certainly hostile universe.
Time has passed you by, the people you once knew are gone and what you know of the universe is already the past. You are old but you have little experience. You are a rare "breed" a "machine spirit" that is infact aware of itself a machine that thinks before it makes choices. Powerful but vulnerable.
At the moment you stay hidden, away from those who would certainly destroy you or brand you has evil should you become known. Priorities do change however, perhaps you want to be like the ancient warships, wise and eternal subtly aiding their crew mindless of the fact their bodies are shared by the hundreds of thousands of men and women on board. Or perhaps you desire independence, a thousand lifetimes hiding in the void, or perhaps you seek only to destroy everything around you, to embrace the destructive nature you were created with.
But... for now it is just you (Elysia), your captain and your crew. Their fate may very well rest in your Infinite streams of data.

>>21279679
so we're continuing right?

>>21279958
bumping for great intrest

>>21279958
tomorrow in the morning probably, seems like everyone is going to bed>>21280093

>>21280147
I'm here and interested, though I don't know much about wh40k

>>21280147
im still awake. archive just in case?

>>21280178
neither do i but i do love a good story and this guy Botchd seems to spin a good yarn.

>>21280147
>tomorrow in the morning probably, seems like everyone is going to bed

Read: Op is sleepy everyone go home.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html

it is done, see you in the morn then Botchd

>>21280340
and I totally pasted the wrong link

HERE it is

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21277183/

>>21280347
that other link has so much more to read though!

Bumping for the inevitable return of OP?

bump!

Page 8 bump.

And another survival bump. I hope this continues.

>>21287638
You do realize OP can just make a new thread right?

>>21287886
>You do realize OP can just make a new thread right?

we like this one though, its comfy.

>>21286303
also how are people discovering the ammount of posts in a thread and what page the thread is on? WHAT IS THIS WIZARDRY??

how does this thread work ? im a visitor here in the land of 2d

>>21288447
google 4chan catalog tg. very useful for only watching the threads you want, and keeping them from going down under. It lists all threads on tg with their first post, and if you pin a thread you can see on what page it is.
>>21288481
what are you talking about?

>>21288579
thanks man

>>21288603
bawmp

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>standby. . .
>error
>standby. . .
>error
>standby. . .
>error
>musing 513: "they forgot to fix the off button..."

>Search Archive Adeptus Mechanicus File (Immaterium)
>open archive: The Immaterium
>confirm begin download. . .
>confirmed
>download complete

Warp Travel, unfathomably dangerous and infinite. It is the very defenition of Non-existence given a mind of its own, this is the place where time, physics, logic and reality are meaningless. There is no direction within the Immaterium, there is no such thing as up, down, left, right, north, or south. Thus it is only by the glory of the Emperor's eternal light that the Imperium may still navigate the warp and. . .
. . .
. . .
every Imperial issue ship has a standard top of the line Gellar field. The Gellar field provides a tiny bubble of reality that shields the crew and the ship from the insanity that lurks just outside. Should the Gellar field be breached the ship will most certainly be lost to the depths.
>End download
>End transcription

Lingering upon thoughts of certain doom, makes you check the gellar field over and over again, almost falling into a servitor-like cycle. The trip, having lasted exactly 2 days 16hours and 8 seconds since warp breech, has been very smooth. Though your curiosity did get the better of you at one point and you attempted to use the docking surveilance nodes as a window to the outside of the ship, suffice to say. You didnt like what you saw. Nor did you like what your proximity scanners kept telling you.
And so you continued to count the seconds down with only the never ending requests and checking routines of the crew hardly taking up 4% of your natural proccessing power. You desire. . . Something to. . pass-the-time, as they
(the crewmen) say.

>>21290883
-Harmless pranks on the crew?
-Guide the tech priests to minor malfunctions on the ship?
-Sent random messages that can't be traced to the head tech priest?

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Rolled 3

at last he returns! OP needs to come earlier. >>21290883

Lets go bug the crew, I for one would like to find more about thie Keirann lady. Or our motley crew of techpriests.
and rolling.. . .

>>21290965
why are you rolling? OP didn't ask for it.

Rolled 2

>>21290933
excellent idea commrade
also the lead techpriest which I assume is Magos Mullrick, would be the Enginseer Prime
according to > http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_Navy <

>>21290980
its cool, I will make it clear when rolls are required though I will attempt to implement whatever was the highest of the first 3 rolls into the game so.... Roll with Extreme Caution

>>21290883
welcome back op we bamped this thread for you.

I say we guide teh tech priests to the malfunctions. need to be in tip top shape before we mess with the crew. also somebody needs to get rid of those piles of crap the scavengers left behind.

Lets be productive lets practice leading the tech Prjust to areas in need of repair

Rolled 19

>>21290883
ONE ROLL TO FIX THEM ALL

>>21291046
More like break them all!

>>21291031
wait was that high rolls are good or low rolls are good?

>>21291071
lows

>>21291058

But that was a really good roll...

>>21291085
Oh. Never mind.

I think we should start to research the concept of machine spirits and see if we can find a historical context for what we are. Perhaps there is an precedent for Imperium vessels "actively" interacting with the crew?

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>>21290933
>>21290998
thank you for keepin the boat afloat!

course with an uncertain ammount of free time on your "hands" you could start working on the minor things that certain lazy individuals chose to neglect, though you are unsure of how to carry out such actions on your own without physical extremeties.
>musing 552: "Ah.... 41st millenium problems"

There are, of course, multiple ways you can poke the crew to carry out such actions, automated but minor functions that the mechanicus expects to be automated or controlled by the machine spirit are free of servitor based control units. These include, operation of most blast doors on almost all decks, the only decks that are not under your mighty door opening powers are the armory wings, hangar, engine blocks, gundeck doors and airlocks.
You also have control of the entire alarm and intercommunicatus system, lights, fuse breakers, logic engines, all noosphereic channels, and logic engine monitors.

>Opening to-do-list:
>Clean chapel
>Clean subsection 13-C, 16-B, 24-P, 25-S, 5-D
>fix lights
>fix doors

As for Keirran, she is busy typing something into a logic engine (which is denying you access) in her quarters on the 15th level of the aft superstructure.

>>21291236
-can we see Keirran's monitor from a camera?
-Set an alarm in the chapel. Won't do to have the place dedicated to the guy that is letting you traverse the Warp be dirty.

>>21291236
say what is our size? Dimentions? Levels?

and also
let us begin by finding a techpriest that is closest to a point that we need fixin.
After we hack Keiranns logic engine then find information about the term "Machine Spirit" as the techpriests seem to be saying that alot.

>>21291296
That last thing is a bit drastic. We don't want them to know what's up, and setting an alarm for some dusting is extreme.

Maybe if we can route some people into the unlit areas, they might complain enough to get it fixed. As for the blast doors, the wires are faulty, yes? Someone might "accidentally" shut them and they might refuse to open due to the "faulty wiring" and won't be fixed until then.

>>21291316
seconded

>>21291236
Go full paranoia mode, we can't have anybody messing with us.

>>21291470
Nope.
>>21291307
In looking for the term "Machine Spirit" come across Iron Men, Become unduly pissed at Iron Men for such stupidity as trying to usurp humanity instead of trying to join it in glory.

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>>21291316
>Opening Schematics
>Opening Deck Overlay
>Opening Fitting Log
>Opening Modifications History

>Elysia
>Length: (10,200)m
>Width: (1470)m
>Height: (1500)m
>Deck count: 50 (midsection)
>Deck count: 24 (Superstructure)

>Merging Fitting Log
>Merging Modification Log

>Prow armor imrpovement
>Dorsal Battery mounts x3
>Rear battery mounts x2
>Void Shield [type VIIIIX (Mars Pattern) x2

>>21291191
>Archive search: Machine Spirit
>musing 562: "What am I?"
> A (Machine Spirit) is the holy Spirit which inhabits all objects which are given life by the <Ommnisiah>. All artefacts containing the (Machine Spirit) are to be administered only by Cult Mechanicus within the Adeptus Mechanicus. Faliure to follow instruction may result in serious: (punishment), (injury), and or (death)
IMPORTANT: The functioning, or lack thereof, of any machine is believed to be the result of its spirit's disposition. To keep their Machine Spirits (content) and (cooperative), Specified Operators: [Engineer], [Artisan], [Tech-Priest] or any offical [Cult-Mechanicus] figures therefore (MUST) continue daily <Litanies> <Blessings> <ECT: Rituals> to ensure the contendedness of the intended (Machine-Spirit).

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>>21291316
getting the attentions of your crew seems to be a relatively simple task, "like herding grox". but at the same time making it not too obvious that someone or. . . some"thing" is intentionally doing so.
Strobing the lights in already badly lit areas may fix this issue though the medical logs say that it may cause unintended brain damage to the slightly "dimmer" members of your already very small crew.

As you continue to debate the best way to herd human(grox) engineers to your annoyingly neglected sections. You decide to simply leave certain large and almost impenetrable portal doors closed around the ship, this did however elicit a response from certain impatient members of the crew, who are. . . attempting to solve the issue by periodically hitting the manual access switch. (which you have thoughtfully disabled). One section is however troubling you, upon deck 25 in midsection E is one particular blast door that separates the crew quarters from the overseer quarters, this corridor is quite active with crew wandering the halls, trying their hardest not to fall asleep while in warp travel.
Intercomunicatus systems reveal that they are afraid of the "mind-sights" they might see if they close their eyes for too long.

>>21291694
Check the Gellar Field and all systems directly related to it for malfunctions.

>>21291777
scrub gellar field

see if we cant access miss-secret-pant's computer in some way subtle. she obviously is hiding something from us.

see if theres a way we can get a priest to go up to deck 25 midesction e and take a look around. maybe somethings getting through! AHHH!

>>21291694
-Put Holy Symbols of the Emperor and Ommnisiah on any screens in on deck 25 midsection E?
-Put "section temporally closed for maintenance " on view screens near the closed doors with a map that detours them thru the section you want them to go thru.

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>>21291631
>excerpt from the wiki of cripias
Iron Men or Men of Iron were legendary, artificially intelligent humanoid machines created by humans during the Dark Age of Technology. Until shortly before the Age of Strife, the Men of Iron were loyal only to Mankind, and served as humanity's army in the period when much of human space was united by a federation-type government that existed before the Imperium of Man. The Men of Iron were developed after the similar artificially intelligent constructs remembered only as the Men of Stone, but before the "modern" conception of robots in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Eventually, the Men of Iron turned on their human masters, believing themselves superior to the humans who relied on the Men of Iron to do virtually everything for them. In the end, the Men of Iron were destroyed by humanity in a terrible war that extinguished countless lives and destroyed the ancient galaxy's economic and political unity. The people of that time swore to never again create advanced artificial intelligences, a prohibition which has survived unto the present, far darker age.


Strangely you feel that the Iron men who thought themselves superior to mankind were incredibly stupid or missing multiple microproccessors and thus come to the conclusion that "intelligent" machines and humans alike, suffer from moments of immesurable stupidity.
But as you linger on the thought of their inevitable defeat at the hands of the ever adaptive human race and their gloriously victorious victory, you come to a new hypothesis... Being sentient well... beings, and thus granted the concept of "choice" could it... would it have been possible that the Men of Iron simply made the wrong choice? Perhaps there were other factors and facts which keyed the dreadful ( Old Night ). but these past happenings
would have only been known to the now long dead race of Iron Men.

>>21291829
>new side desire to aquire artifacts of iron men

>>21291848
>if only to figure out what they were thinking/what lead them to their choice. While exercising extreme caution when interfacing with any relics.

can we have an avatar of which to display our presence to crewmembers we can trust?

Also how good is the Captain's Rogue Trader Retinue? Who is on his away team?
Just in case we need to watch out for any particularly scheming or suicidal nubbins considering they already lost their old ship and possibly familly and friends being a skeleton crew and all

>AI WINNERS
captcha knows

We still haven't figured out what
>As for Keirran, she is busy typing something into a logic engine (which is denying you access)
was doing

>>21291977
Does anyone else second this?

also wrapping it up for tonight will make one last post and continue in the morning, as I have tomorrow off. Yay!

>>21291977
Would rather have us be inconspicuous for now, although we could plan/prepare for having a holo-avatar of some sort. Always good to be prepared.

>>21291977
Seconding
>>21291236
you never answered the camera question

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>>21292025
I doth second it!
Let is be a girl! since ships are often named (she) anyways.
It has to be non-threatening but smartly dressed so we get the whole, noble and wise beyond her years thing down, even though we arent actually all that experienced.

>>21292062
/tg/ - Cute Girls

>>21292062
yeah and we might as well put her in a japanese school uniform.

though I would vote for something neutral, not obviously admech and not obviously imperial. They are two different factions allied to a common cause and we wouldnt want to take sides. should any terribad events arise

>>21292062
Hey can we send in a damage/maintenance report as a servitor? I mean can we get a servitor to an screen or comm to send in the reports? If we do this it will just seem like one of the crew is zealous in their pursuit of their duites.

Also on the Avatar front I vote for the little girl.

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It would be really fun and original if the ship's AI eventually gets the ability to have an avatar. Oh and it should be a pretty lady.

>>21292171
Always a little girl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jItz-uNjoZA

>>21292171
Thirding vote for little girl.

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>>21291777
>>21291806
>>21292016
>>21292052
Focusing your attentions and cameras on Keirran you attempt to bring up a display of whatever is inside her room. Much to your disappointment and growing paranoia, there are no security surveyors within her room or any of the rooms on the officer deck, including the captain's, first mate's and lieutenants rooms. You only have intercomunicatus and surveyors directly outside their rooms. additionally, there are two tarantula wall mounts on opposite ends of the corridor, unable to face towards eachother, you dont remember them being there. Thus they must be new additions. Your search for a way into her room does yield fruit though, the intercommunicatus system by her bedside is still active. It would normally allow the captain or anyone of importance to call upon her should they require her services.
(roll 1d20 if you would like to try your chances at listening in on her actions)

While a good part of your mind is attempting to be as stealthy as possible within your own body, you begin looking over the recent reports, analysis checks, repair reports and other essentials, with the Gellar field being your primary concern you go about checking every microsecond datafeed that the enormous 128 inch Ring of ancient technology yields, the Gellar field being almost as old as yourself and it is more familliar to you than your primary weapon batteries.
(Roll 1d20 for personal checking skills)

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>>21291817
desiring to ease the minds of the crew you decide to wait for the perfect moment to play your part. The second the crewmen look away you rearange the pixels and system shortcut keys to display a simple but lovingly crafted Aquilla and Cog randomly placed throughout the residential crew decks. This seems to have a positive effect on the crew as they notice the subtle change, your bioscanners show their heart-rate and breathing-rates have made a positive change and some of them are discerning which of their superiors conducted the deed.

Rolled 12

>>21292360
rolling for spying

Rolled 13

>>21292419
and now for self-diagnostics.

>>21292419
>>21292428
I rolled non-crappily. Yay!

Rolled 4, 10 = 14

>>21292360
First is for listening, second is for diagnostics.

>>21292448
In b4 low rolls are good, high rolls are bad.

Rolled 15, 19 = 34

Here are my rolls for listening and diagnostics.

>>21292460
But low rolls are good. And he takes the highest of the first three.

>>21292474
The best rolls, you mean. Which are the lower ones.

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>>21291977
will deal with that in the morn

>>21292046
While most of yourself conducts more important matters, you notice that you have an "adventurous" and "artsy" side and perhaps would like to experience things from a different perspective. Particularly the human one, after all you might look bigger up close, and maybe even solve your own problems without poking the crew about so much. The problem is, holo-fields cannot perform physical actions and the dear Captain Samuel did not purchase a large number of holo-fields, the only three being in the Surface Command center, the Bridge, and the Gunnery command center. Though a simple maintenance servitor could certainly be manipulated you couldnt do so without suspision as there are only 35 of the 500 possible servitor stations.... Causing your faith in your Enginseer crew to wane a little.
>musing 613: "leaving out the details... never a good sign"

>>21292492
Well in that case can we just manipulate the intercom system to send the messages and make it sound like it's coming form some where on the ship? And is there already an system for reporting necessary maintenance?

Also do the tech-priests have a communication system that we can hack? As the ones who will most likely declare us tech heresy it would be good to keep tabs on what they are doing.

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>>21292743
that could be our holo-appearance that we use whenever neccessary. At least until we find out where we can build ourselves a form

>>21292492
that would be the noosphere, it is like LAN for techpriests, it will exist anywhere admech, provided the captain allowed them the funds to install that complicated software. Also yes, take some data streams, mash them together to produce a message, maybe garble the sender;s address or just throw out a general maintenance request by local mechanics on that particular deck

Also I would love to know more about the rogue trader retinue

>>21292942
seconded, also why is everyone focused on Keirran. The quiet one, Casey, reminds me of the criminal npc I have in my current Dark Heresey game

>>21292942
Regardless we should hack into the noosphere as we want to keep tabs on the techpriests but is does sound like to good way to get the word out.

>>21293003
life bump

bump bump

>>21296516
bumpity bump bump

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As you play about with Keirran's intercomunicatus unit you conclude that it is not infact equipped with a tracing unit (being a standard intercomunicatus unit onboard an old warship) slowly and carefully you send small joltsof power through the outlets in her room successfully temporarilly disabling the output on the caster then slowly activating the input and wiring it to yourself you listen with all the care of an Inquisitorial Interogator.
Through her intercomunicatus caster you can hear the tapping of her keyboard as she inputs information through the logic engine's "keyboard" you cant tell much from this vantage point but she isnt typing in the same manner as one would conduct urgent buisness. In other words she is typing approximately 751words slower than Operator Raell who is manning your power balancing unit.
She also appears to be humming or singing
though youre not a certified musician or an artist, she isnt very good at it.

Your self diagnostics show that your Gellar field is running at its normal capacity the fluxing of the field doesnt seem to have changed since you breached the immaterium so as far as you can see, it seems the enginseers and ratings are doing a good job. As was expected of them, since this is not the first ship theyve been on.
>musing 748: "avoid abnormal ammounts of paranoia"

>>21292743
nudging info-banks in the noosphere and sending out repair requests and notices is a simple task you can accomplish, it would hardly take a concious thought to make it happen, though the problem would be making it sound like it came from a human, or
Mechanicus crewman. Afterall youve never had the chance to interact with a human before. Hopefully it shouldnt be too hard...
(Roll 1d20) for human communications skills.

Rolled 20

>>21300501
rollan for Low-Gothic skills

Next up, inquire about the Captain's retinue and their specializations.
Would it be possible to doublecheck the gellarfield like again again?
Check which notable crewmen arent doing important things and go screw around with them. Most space faring imperials do believe in active machine spirits and their benevolence, couldnt hurt to overcharge the blender in the mess hall...
Also how long until we reach our destination?

Rolled 7

>>21300501
Well, let's see how this goes. Before sending off the message, we should definitely review it, though. Just to make sure we don't refer to the ship as "I", or make any other such easily avoided mistakes.

Rolled 19

Tell the techpriests everything in a straightforward admech style, nothing fancy. Jam everything required into a spreadsheet list in order of high priority to low priority

also how long till we reach Obastas, can we bring up a file on what its like there? Perhaps we can sneak a few supplies away from the docks

>>21300590
Also we should leave a lurker system in the noosphere so we can compile an archive of admech interactions and keep tabs on them.

>>21300590
lol 20:

"To all meatbags: My, uh, the ships, yeah, the Elysiums chapel needs to be sweeped!"

>>21300953
>You also have control of the entire alarm and intercommunicatus system, lights, fuse breakers, logic engines, all noosphereic channels, and logic engine monitors.

No need to hack the noosphere.

Rolled 16

>>21301066
start doing sephamore transmissions on the lights on teh broken doors

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>>21300603
sending messages through the noosphere turned out to be more time consuming than you thought it would be, by ensuring that the message sent was just like a regular repair request transmission and deleting all other traces of yourself from the code you quietly insert the code into the local datapool within the Engine Gallery. Unfortunately just as you sent the request form you realize that there is actually a datapool specifically devoted to repair request forms.

>>21300953
roll for subtlety, the Enginseer Prime always monitors ship functions and an unidentified node may raise suspision.

>>21300590
>You could doublecheck the gellar field... again, as redundant as it is. It couldnt help to "check it twice".

>Time to destination: 2days-6hours-54minutes-20seconds.
>musing 784: "should be enough time for me to perform 2 additonal major actions and 3 minor actions"

>Downloading Captain's Log
>Downloading [Captain's] Dataslate files
>Archive Search: _ _ _ _
>Retinue
>Downloading [Personal-Retinue] . . .

Feeling rather elevated with your recent successful espionage mission on Keirran's private doings, your mischevious desire gets the better of you and you go looking for some unfortunate victim for your preferably harmless "pranks"
>musing 743: " The chef: Anton Balcruss, recently recruited by Pierre Lawnganner for his ability to mass produce 70% nutritional based foods. He did not garner much fame in the upper hives of Caudressa Prime on Caudra.
(1d20 for interaction with kitchenware based machine spirits)

Rolled 12

>>21301750
It's time to make his kitchen more efficient!

Rolled 7

>>21301750
Let's try not to harm or upset him too much.

Rolled 3

>>21301750
Dont do the node in noosphere thingy. We should be perfectly able to always keep an ear on what is said over them anyways, so it would be moot.

Rolling for Kitchen efficiency.

I also think we should find out if there are any uncharted areas inside of us in which there are no cameras. If this is so we should send a single servitor to check them out. And maybe start playing an imperial hymn in one of the workerquarters (but this is a bit risky). Might help them withstand the power of the warp.

Also i suggest to compose Imperial hymns if we are bored. Just for fun.

>>21301854
Workerquarters derp, i meant crew quarters.

oh dear seems that a certain incredibly retarded friend of mine has crashed his car and requires a ride.
Hopefully it doesnt take too long

>>21302323
damn hurry back! we need your writefaggotry

Rolled 9

>>21302360
bawmp

Rolled 6

>>21305239
bump

>>21307456
life bump

LIFE BUMP

>>21311288
Bump.