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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 3076350" data-attributes="member: 17691">DRK-1X ceases recording once Four has expired. The diminutive probe droid quickly snatches up the datastick, comlink and blaster pistol; placing the items into the small storage container affixed to the backside of its spherical chassis. 1X then picks up the empty bio-hazard container and scans it carefully, hoping that the MSR-X can identify the substance by its trace amounts.[sblock=OOC]I'm assuming that the steel-colored ooze is some type of poison that Four used to commit suicide. I figure that 1X, with the MSR-X's help, might be able to identify the substance.DRK-1X is curious about the "nanocreatures" that have coalesced "into one part of her body". Since they've migrated through the body and have puddled together it seems clear that they're still functioning and programmed to stay together if possible. If that's the case they may yet be of some use to 1X. Which part of the body are they in and how difficult would it be to extract and collect them? If it can locate them then 1X might simply try punching a hole in the body to reach them. It could then use one of the magnets its carrying to try and draw them out through the wound. 1X could use the empty bio-hazard vial to store them for the time being. I figure that if 1X can scoop the majority of them into the vial that the rest will flow in on their own; making the probot's collecting job that much faster and easier. Being so small, I figure that the nanobots must have some type of limited group consciousness. Having Knowledge (technology) +9 and Computer Use +20 can 1X figure out how it might interface with the nanobots to verify their programming and capabilities?In case you're curious, 1X's light carrying capacity is 3.5 kg. I figure that with the six permacrete detonators, the datastick, the blaster pistol, the hydrospanner, the two magnets and comlink that's it's got that 1X is now carrying a medium load. That would slow it down a bit, down to a speed of 10 meters; about a normal human's speed. A bit inconvenient, though an unfortunate necessity for the moment. Speaking of equipment; was Four carrying the datasticks she'd been using for her personal journals?DRK-1X's next goal will be to reach a pre-selected isolated computer access port just outside the outer shell of the central hub. I believe it'll be 1X's last chance to interface with the outer complex's computer network before trying to breach the hub's security perimeter to reach Dofina. It'll be pausing briefly in that isolated spot to verify the current state of the insurgency and the security force's defenses. Also, since 1X was able to spot Four on the facility's security feeds, 1X knows that it may have allowed itself to be recorded briefly when it approached and departed Four's body in the same location. Hopefully the security forces were too busy tracking the active insurgents to have taken notice of the unidentified probot in the corridor. 1X isn't the type to leave loose ends though so it'll carefully search through the network and to find the data files from that one security monitor for the time in question and carefully slice them to remove evidence of its own presence in the area. 1X will replace the gaps in the visual security record by copying a bit of the file with another recorded image of the corridor at a time when it was empty following the firefight. The probot will then complete the slicing job by modifying the time index of the record to make it seamless and then erase any records of its own slicing of the security files while withdrawing its Code from the network. Hopefully no loose ends, no trail. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Before it heads out, if possible, 1X plans to check Four's comlink, blaster pistol and datastick to confirm that they're intact, charged and functioning properly. The probot also wants to quickly analyze the data on the datastick, simply to determine if it contains any data of immediate use to it and its rescue mission. If it's also succeeded in collecting the nanobots 1X would also like to try interfacing with them.Assuming that the facility's security forces are still spread out as before, 1X will try to identify the current best point through which to enter the central hub. Once on the other side, it'll be looking for another isolated computer access port to access the central hub's isolated computer network to try and pinpoint Dofina's exact location, condition and the best route to reach her.[/sblock]First confirming that the corridor remains empty, DRK-1X lifts up from the tangle of bodies with its new burden and sends a surge of power into its repulsorlift engine. With a naught but a soft humming sound the diminutive probot leaves the scene as quickly as possible en route towards its next checkpoint, and beyond towards its mistress.</blockquote>

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