"Brainiac 5," Babbage. Or "Brainy." Not "The Great Maker." Please.
[He protests politely, at least. He knows the place where it's coming from is ever so earnest, but it's still always so awkward.]
I wish I could be as optimistic as you, but my people are very set in their ways. There are quite a few things they haven't changed their minds about over the last thousand years -- or longer.
[Look at that entire concept of having a Brainiac line. That had lasted for close to a millenium, before...well. Him. Brainy knows it's highly doubtful they'll ever encourage him to have offspring of his own to continue the family line, and even if he did, he certainly won't let Colugov get their hands on them, but it'd taken them quite some time to stop trying for a Brainiac they could control to their liking.]
As for being complicit in the Great Shutdown, Agent Texas, unfortunately, five hundred years is more than enough time for a technologically advanced race to conceal their culpability. Hard evidence of a centuries' old digital crime is difficult to come by; extant digital records left by early AIs is considered too "biased" -- easily manufactured and manipulated.
It's ridiculous, naturally, but the enmity directed at Robotica because of the war is a significant hurdle in the way of justice, despite the Roboticans' innocence due to Computo's control.
[He has trouble figuring out how to explain the rest, how to explain why they don't just trash Colu on the daily. It's...delicate. Largely, because it's so personal.]
The Legion may not be overly vocal in our...discontent with Colu, but that's largely due to our role as UP law enforcement: we must serve the entire UP without bias. When Colugov releases bigoted statements, we condemn them, certainly, and when they take actions that are suspicious and possibly indicate attempted harm directed at Robotica, we investigate it. But further provocation would be counter-intuitive to our cooperation with my people when it's at least occasionally necessary -- and quite honestly, they don't care what we think.
[If it sounds like someone just giving lip service, it is, but not because he disagrees with the Legion condemning his homeworld. It's just that his relationship with Colu is...complicated.]
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[He protests politely, at least. He knows the place where it's coming from is ever so earnest, but it's still always so awkward.]
I wish I could be as optimistic as you, but my people are very set in their ways. There are quite a few things they haven't changed their minds about over the last thousand years -- or longer.
[Look at that entire concept of having a Brainiac line. That had lasted for close to a millenium, before...well. Him. Brainy knows it's highly doubtful they'll ever encourage him to have offspring of his own to continue the family line, and even if he did, he certainly won't let Colugov get their hands on them, but it'd taken them quite some time to stop trying for a Brainiac they could control to their liking.]
As for being complicit in the Great Shutdown, Agent Texas, unfortunately, five hundred years is more than enough time for a technologically advanced race to conceal their culpability. Hard evidence of a centuries' old digital crime is difficult to come by; extant digital records left by early AIs is considered too "biased" -- easily manufactured and manipulated.
It's ridiculous, naturally, but the enmity directed at Robotica because of the war is a significant hurdle in the way of justice, despite the Roboticans' innocence due to Computo's control.
[He has trouble figuring out how to explain the rest, how to explain why they don't just trash Colu on the daily. It's...delicate. Largely, because it's so personal.]
The Legion may not be overly vocal in our...discontent with Colu, but that's largely due to our role as UP law enforcement: we must serve the entire UP without bias. When Colugov releases bigoted statements, we condemn them, certainly, and when they take actions that are suspicious and possibly indicate attempted harm directed at Robotica, we investigate it. But further provocation would be counter-intuitive to our cooperation with my people when it's at least occasionally necessary -- and quite honestly, they don't care what we think.
[If it sounds like someone just giving lip service, it is, but not because he disagrees with the Legion condemning his homeworld. It's just that his relationship with Colu is...complicated.]