It's a reasonable question. [ Much as he hates the idea, it's possible she's right. They would have no way of knowing - they're basing their conclusions off their collective data, but if the dataset was tampered with? Or if it was simply technologically advanced beyond their understanding? They were fucked. They were fucked anyway. ] It's possible, but we suspect the natives are simulated; none of the Chosen have demonstrated similar characteristics. And the citizens are - well, they always seem to know when you're a Chosen.
[ Some of them were nice, some suspicious, but they always seemed to identify them as Other. Still, even if they're simulated, Jim's gotten to know some of them passably well - regular customers at the unofficial Fix-It shop he and Spock have going.
Tendi gets really animated over the AI, and Jim raises a hand as if to help quell the onslaught. ] For the record, I agree with you. It's a bad idea for a whole host of reasons.
[ Now's probably not the time to mention that Spock's great fuckin' idea is to plug his BRAIN into it and see what happens, with the Logical Fucking Plan being Jim stunning his ass when he goes Terminator. Needless to say, Jim is not quite on board with that part. ] It's an AI, we confirmed it by communicating with it in binary. It was released on the network and seems to be studying the transmissions.
I tried to crack into it, no dice. But it seems like this thing is embedded in a lot of the functions of this place... [ He shrugs, as if to say, it is what it is. The starstruck quality is going to wear off real quick when Tendi realizes the Jim Kirk from the history books is just as risk-taking and unpredictable as the rest of Starfleet. Or maybe his Captaincy is what helped set that standard in the first place. ] It's the best shot we've got, and we're taking all the precautions we can. This is assuming we can find the damn thing in the first place.
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[ Some of them were nice, some suspicious, but they always seemed to identify them as Other. Still, even if they're simulated, Jim's gotten to know some of them passably well - regular customers at the unofficial Fix-It shop he and Spock have going.
Tendi gets really animated over the AI, and Jim raises a hand as if to help quell the onslaught. ] For the record, I agree with you. It's a bad idea for a whole host of reasons.
[ Now's probably not the time to mention that Spock's great fuckin' idea is to plug his BRAIN into it and see what happens, with the Logical Fucking Plan being Jim stunning his ass when he goes Terminator. Needless to say, Jim is not quite on board with that part. ] It's an AI, we confirmed it by communicating with it in binary. It was released on the network and seems to be studying the transmissions.
I tried to crack into it, no dice. But it seems like this thing is embedded in a lot of the functions of this place... [ He shrugs, as if to say, it is what it is. The starstruck quality is going to wear off real quick when Tendi realizes the Jim Kirk from the history books is just as risk-taking and unpredictable as the rest of Starfleet. Or maybe his Captaincy is what helped set that standard in the first place. ] It's the best shot we've got, and we're taking all the precautions we can. This is assuming we can find the damn thing in the first place.
[ Maybe they'll just blow it up? Who knows. ]