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<blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 3128515" data-attributes="member: 17691"><p>[sblock=OOC]<span style="color: Gray">Very nice description BTW.</span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray">The conference room sounds fine for 1X's plans. It'll just have to take precautions for it and Dofina to not be battered by flying furniture during the depressurization.</span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray">You mentioned a security checkpoint near the lift. Is that a manned checkpoint or some type of automated one? Either way, what do they/it check? If it's just manned by troopers or security agents I'm not too worried. Same thing with the technicians on the upper level. With her Bluff, Diplomacy and Intimidate skill scores being what they are, I imagine any NPC peons confronting Dofina are likely to crumble before her considerable social might! Still, is there any route 1X could lead Dofina along to avoid any such security check-points altogether? The maintenance level above Dofina's room for example, does it's lift access have such a security check-point?</span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray">Does the emergency kit include anything else, such as a liquid cable dispenser? If not 1X would keep an eye or three out for such a device; it might prove useful. Upon reviewing the equipment list in the book, I realized that there's actually two different medical kits; the medkit and the medpack. One restores vitality points and the other restores wound points. I'm not sure which kind of damage Dofina is suffering but ideally 1X would like to have both on hand with which to treat Dofina following her torture. She'll need all the strength she can muster to succeed in our escape. Are both versions to be found in the emergency kit 1X already has? If not, 1X would likely have taken that detour to the nearby medical bay on its return trip to Dofina's quarters. It would have executed a similar covert retrieval operation there to find the medical equipment it was lacking before heading back.</span>[/sblock]The diminutive probe droid floats motionless behind the ventilation grate as it watches its Mistress, its program-backed reason for being, suffering horrible torment at the hands of her jailor. DRK-1X's heuristic processor is again awash in a series of conflicting programming paradoxes which threaten to completely derail the droid's neural network. The overwhelming need to end its Mistress' torment conflicts directly with the probots self-imposed inaction to preserve the integrity of the pair's escape plans. Adding to the neural conflict is its own Mistress' recent orders to allow this occur. With each of its Mistress' screams, DRK-1X's own programing continues to degrade.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Cognitive Processing</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Datum: Mistress Dofina is screaming due to the physical agony she is experiencing.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Datum: The cause of Mistress Dofina's agony appears to be a set of electronic</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">arm and leg bands.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Datum: General Davil is controlling the restraints via a remote device.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Algorithmic Node: Master preservation protocols apply. Immediate intervention required. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Deploy lightsaber (Y/N)?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Heuristic Node: Override. Master preservation protocols apply. Immediate intervention</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">jeopardized Mistress Dofina's long-term survival.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Algorithmic Node: Error. Obeisance protocols take priority. Previously issued orders</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">suspend master preservation protocols.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Datum: Mistress Dofina is screaming due to the physical agony she is experiencing.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Algorithmic Node: Error. Master preservation protocols apply. Immediate</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">intervention required to prevent bodily harm to Mistress Dofina. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Unable to reach Volition Threshold.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Algorithmic Node: Master preservation protocols apply. Immediate physical</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">intervention authorized.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Program efficiency at 82.7%</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Deploy blaster cannon (Y/N)?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Heuristic Node: Override. Self-preservation protocols apply. Immediate intervention</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">jeopardized DRK-1X's long-term survival.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Datum: Mistress Dofina is screaming due to the physical agony she is experiencing.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Algorithmic Node: Error. Self-preservation protocols cannot supersede master</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">preservation protocols.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Unable to reach Volition Threshold.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Emotive Node: Confusion 42.2%, Doubt 28.6%, Frustration 18.2%, Anxiety 11%.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Program efficiency at 64.8%</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">11001001</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Algorithmic Node: Master preservation protocols apply. Immediate physical</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">intervention authorized.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Deploy lightsaber (Y/N)?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Heuristic Node: Override. Master preservation protocols apply. Program efficiency</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">indicates possible system failure. A system failure jeopardizes Mistress Dofina's</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">long-term survival.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Emotive Node: Confusion 32%, Doubt 28.6%, Anxiety 21.2%, Frustration 18.2%.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Algorithmic Node: Err0r. Master preservation protocols apply.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">1mmediate intervention required t0 prevent bodily harm to Mistress.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">0010101010001010001010</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Pr0gram effic1ency at 46.8%</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Datum: Mistress Dofina is screaming due to the physical agony she is experiencing.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Unable to reach Volition Threshold.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Algorithmic Node: Error. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Heuristic Node: Override. Master preservation 011010 protocols apply. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Heuristic Node: 0verr1de. Se1f-preservation protocols apply. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Emotive Node: Doubt 38.6%, Anxiety 32.2%, Confusion 29.2%.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Warn1ng. Pr0gra111 eff1c13ncy at...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">11101001010</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Err0r. Unabl3 t0 ca1culat3 pr0gra111 eff1c13ncy.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Ptogram fa1lur3 1s 1mm1n3n+.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Da+um: M1s+r3s5 D0f1na 15 sCr3am1ng du3 +o +h3 phy51cal ag0ny 5h3</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">1s 3xp3r1enc1ng.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">H3ur1s+1c N0d3: 3m3rgency 0v3r1d3. 53lf Pr3serva+10n pr0+t0col5 app1y.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">D3ac+ivat3 3X+erna1 53ns0r f33ds. Mu5+ D3L3+3 0ff3nd1ng pr0+0c0Ls.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">W0rk1ng.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">000110100101001010101010010101010100101010011010101010101010101</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">101010010100101010101010100101011101000101011010101010100100000</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">111110001010010111010001001011110100010001010101000101101101101</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Offending protocols deleted.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p>Unable to continue watching its Mistress being tortured the diminutive probe droid shuts-down its external sensor feeds. Deprived of additional sensory data, DRK-1X mentally tries to regain some measure of order to its Code. Although it had originally been designed to operate with a simple algorithmic processor, the probot was now equipped with a heuristic processor capable of learning and adapting to problems. Finally, as a last resort, 1X's heuristic node takes an extreme measure to save itself from self-destruction; it deletes some of the problematic behavioural protocols which govern which actions it takes to preserve its Mistress' life. Although some remaining protocols would ensure its continued service to its Mistress, this one act moves DRK-1X incrementally closer to true independence. Now free of the offending protocols, the probot takes final action to stabilize its code and return itself to full-functionality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ambrus, post: 3128515, member: 17691"] [sblock=OOC][COLOR=Gray]Very nice description BTW. The conference room sounds fine for 1X's plans. It'll just have to take precautions for it and Dofina to not be battered by flying furniture during the depressurization. You mentioned a security checkpoint near the lift. Is that a manned checkpoint or some type of automated one? Either way, what do they/it check? If it's just manned by troopers or security agents I'm not too worried. Same thing with the technicians on the upper level. With her Bluff, Diplomacy and Intimidate skill scores being what they are, I imagine any NPC peons confronting Dofina are likely to crumble before her considerable social might! Still, is there any route 1X could lead Dofina along to avoid any such security check-points altogether? The maintenance level above Dofina's room for example, does it's lift access have such a security check-point? Does the emergency kit include anything else, such as a liquid cable dispenser? If not 1X would keep an eye or three out for such a device; it might prove useful. Upon reviewing the equipment list in the book, I realized that there's actually two different medical kits; the medkit and the medpack. One restores vitality points and the other restores wound points. I'm not sure which kind of damage Dofina is suffering but ideally 1X would like to have both on hand with which to treat Dofina following her torture. She'll need all the strength she can muster to succeed in our escape. Are both versions to be found in the emergency kit 1X already has? If not, 1X would likely have taken that detour to the nearby medical bay on its return trip to Dofina's quarters. It would have executed a similar covert retrieval operation there to find the medical equipment it was lacking before heading back.[/COLOR][/sblock]The diminutive probe droid floats motionless behind the ventilation grate as it watches its Mistress, its program-backed reason for being, suffering horrible torment at the hands of her jailor. DRK-1X's heuristic processor is again awash in a series of conflicting programming paradoxes which threaten to completely derail the droid's neural network. The overwhelming need to end its Mistress' torment conflicts directly with the probots self-imposed inaction to preserve the integrity of the pair's escape plans. Adding to the neural conflict is its own Mistress' recent orders to allow this occur. With each of its Mistress' screams, DRK-1X's own programing continues to degrade. [SIZE=1][FONT=System][COLOR=Green]Cognitive Processing Datum: Mistress Dofina is screaming due to the physical agony she is experiencing. Datum: The cause of Mistress Dofina's agony appears to be a set of electronic arm and leg bands. Datum: General Davil is controlling the restraints via a remote device. Algorithmic Node: Master preservation protocols apply. Immediate intervention required. Deploy lightsaber (Y/N)? Heuristic Node: Override. Master preservation protocols apply. Immediate intervention jeopardized Mistress Dofina's long-term survival. Algorithmic Node: Error. Obeisance protocols take priority. Previously issued orders suspend master preservation protocols. Datum: Mistress Dofina is screaming due to the physical agony she is experiencing. Algorithmic Node: Error. Master preservation protocols apply. Immediate intervention required to prevent bodily harm to Mistress Dofina. Unable to reach Volition Threshold. Algorithmic Node: Master preservation protocols apply. Immediate physical intervention authorized. Program efficiency at 82.7% Deploy blaster cannon (Y/N)? Heuristic Node: Override. Self-preservation protocols apply. Immediate intervention jeopardized DRK-1X's long-term survival. Datum: Mistress Dofina is screaming due to the physical agony she is experiencing. Algorithmic Node: Error. Self-preservation protocols cannot supersede master preservation protocols. Unable to reach Volition Threshold. Emotive Node: Confusion 42.2%, Doubt 28.6%, Frustration 18.2%, Anxiety 11%. Program efficiency at 64.8% 11001001 Algorithmic Node: Master preservation protocols apply. Immediate physical intervention authorized. Deploy lightsaber (Y/N)? Heuristic Node: Override. Master preservation protocols apply. Program efficiency indicates possible system failure. A system failure jeopardizes Mistress Dofina's long-term survival. Emotive Node: Confusion 32%, Doubt 28.6%, Anxiety 21.2%, Frustration 18.2%. Algorithmic Node: Err0r. Master preservation protocols apply. 1mmediate intervention required t0 prevent bodily harm to Mistress. 0010101010001010001010 Pr0gram effic1ency at 46.8% Datum: Mistress Dofina is screaming due to the physical agony she is experiencing. Unable to reach Volition Threshold. Algorithmic Node: Error. Heuristic Node: Override. Master preservation 011010 protocols apply. Heuristic Node: 0verr1de. Se1f-preservation protocols apply. Emotive Node: Doubt 38.6%, Anxiety 32.2%, Confusion 29.2%. Warn1ng. Pr0gra111 eff1c13ncy at... 11101001010 Err0r. Unabl3 t0 ca1culat3 pr0gra111 eff1c13ncy. Ptogram fa1lur3 1s 1mm1n3n+. Da+um: M1s+r3s5 D0f1na 15 sCr3am1ng du3 +o +h3 phy51cal ag0ny 5h3 1s 3xp3r1enc1ng. H3ur1s+1c N0d3: 3m3rgency 0v3r1d3. 53lf Pr3serva+10n pr0+t0col5 app1y. D3ac+ivat3 3X+erna1 53ns0r f33ds. Mu5+ D3L3+3 0ff3nd1ng pr0+0c0Ls. W0rk1ng. 000110100101001010101010010101010100101010011010101010101010101 101010010100101010101010100101011101000101011010101010100100000 111110001010010111010001001011110100010001010101000101101101101 Offending protocols deleted.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] Unable to continue watching its Mistress being tortured the diminutive probe droid shuts-down its external sensor feeds. Deprived of additional sensory data, DRK-1X mentally tries to regain some measure of order to its Code. Although it had originally been designed to operate with a simple algorithmic processor, the probot was now equipped with a heuristic processor capable of learning and adapting to problems. Finally, as a last resort, 1X's heuristic node takes an extreme measure to save itself from self-destruction; it deletes some of the problematic behavioural protocols which govern which actions it takes to preserve its Mistress' life. Although some remaining protocols would ensure its continued service to its Mistress, this one act moves DRK-1X incrementally closer to true independence. Now free of the offending protocols, the probot takes final action to stabilize its code and return itself to full-functionality. [/QUOTE]
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