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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shadowbloodmoon" data-source="post: 2858733" data-attributes="member: 9986">MSR-X "I am unaware of any reason that I would be secretly installed in your chassis. I am simply an experimental medical intelligence. Such activities are beyond my reasoning. I am not aware of any other data intended for you, my apologies. I am curious however. Are you taking me to those coordinates? I would like to see this place. Perhaps it is where I am supposed to be."[Sblock=HRD-X]Well, like I said, for the time being he's all yours. Once set free, then I can add him to the NPC roster and X will more than likely encounter the HRD-X again. I built him from the ground up as an experimental model of what is to come in about 30 years. I see you are familiar with Guri already, so we'll leave it at that. The diagnostics package is intended for the technicians to monitor its functions before, during and after test runs. The remote receiver is what allows the technicians, and now X, to override its own independence. A just in case measure. At the moment, no it hasn't learned how to reprogram itself. This was intentional...Each of the X models were so named due to the very fact that they are all experimental. It's a holdover from Earth History, but I like it. Besides, I was thinking that 1X is also an experimental module, as it was built very different from standard Dark Eyes.What we can do is basically have you supplant it's core memory with your own. A true duplicate of X, though modifed for bipedal motion. Though the intricacies of X's programming attempting to figure how to walk would be amusing, I don't feel it would push the story along much. It's physical stats would remain the same, but all skills, feats, mental attributes, etc will be what X's are. Except Improved Initiative, that it will keep, as this is more a physical thing than something it learned. The reason I am doing it this way is because the machine is an experiment and was in the stages of developing what skills would be needed to perform its duties. This way, the technicians could totally rewire it if necessary. Or, as in X's case, replace it entirely. As far as how it looks, I gave it a standard Human male description. Think of Terminator, but not as bulked up. Just enough to hide the fact that it has machinery underneath. If you want to flesh that out, by all means, please do. That and you are more than welcome to switch out parts, you did buy him you know. Lucky for X, Dofina is the last of her noble line. Unless someone could find a willing suitor, but somehow I doubt that will happen. Incidentally, in case you missed it, I posted her stats in the Rogue's Gallery. Feel free to peruse them at your leisure. Some of it might surprise you, some not so much. I am glad you enjoyed the station trip. I've always been a stickler for making sure that only details that slowed the story down were glossed over and I kind of like the bartering idea to get across the feel of the station rather than Imperial Surplus Market 101 or whatnot. Thank you for the compliments in that regard. [/sblock]Hyperspace Jump X finishes the last of its data fixing and programming a set of quick-out coordinates before finally shutting down to reprogram itself for a more general approach to its activities. Not long after, the ship's hyperspace warning klaxon sounds. It's reached the end of its trip. Cutting in the sublights, the Ari's Sorrow appears directly inside a carved out hole in an asteroid of immense size. Whoever gave X these coordinates knew what they were doing. X immediately sees that this asteroid has activity, as the sensors start showing that there are numerous small turrets popping out as the ship is scanned. The process takes a few seconds before a door opens in the rock of the asetroid and a voice comes across the communicator."Welcome aboard, DRK-1X. We've been expecting you."</blockquote>

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