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thelegion2017-11-15 09:15 pm
steelandtemper) wrote in thelegion2017-11-15 09:15 pm
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[locked to Legionnaires] Meta-plot (heh)
[ooc: This is the kickoff for the Meta's escape player plot, so it's backdated to fall in the lull before the current plots. Participation in the recapture/rescue log is limited to people already signed up, but anyone can respond to this post.]
We've got a problem.
[It's Cortana's voice, but the video doesn't feature her. It's security camera footage. Some of the team will recognize it as Takron Galtos. Everyone will recognize it as not how things are supposed to be in any well-run facility, penal or otherwise, smoking holes in walls being against building codes generally.
The recording freezes and highlights a figure caught mid-stride in a dead run through the chaos. After a moment, the other objects, then the background, then the smoke obscuring the figure disappear from the frame (courtesy of the UNSC's finest data analysis software--you're welcome) leaving only the escapee.
The Meta.
Should Cortana have that footage? Probably not. Still, the Legion has a compelling interest in making sure the nastiest people in the galaxy stay locked up, and the Meta is kinda personal for quite a few of the team.]
Something interesting, though.
[Because super-powered jailbreaks aren't interesting to Cortana, apparently.
Back to the video, frozen again on a frame that doesn't look noteworthy, but it runs through a series of graphical transformations that emphasize what seems to be noise until overlaid on a grid, which Cortana then thoughtfully translates into human-readable format for the non-AIs in the audience: four rows by ten columns of numbers, all falling between 0 and 300.]
This sequence recurs throughout the recording at intervals corresponding to the first hundred prime numbers. It's the complete scoring record for the AI bowling league right up until we disbanded. Odds against a random occurrence are so high I'd expect to see the heat death of the universe first.
North, get your ass in gear.
We've got a problem.
[It's Cortana's voice, but the video doesn't feature her. It's security camera footage. Some of the team will recognize it as Takron Galtos. Everyone will recognize it as not how things are supposed to be in any well-run facility, penal or otherwise, smoking holes in walls being against building codes generally.
The recording freezes and highlights a figure caught mid-stride in a dead run through the chaos. After a moment, the other objects, then the background, then the smoke obscuring the figure disappear from the frame (courtesy of the UNSC's finest data analysis software--you're welcome) leaving only the escapee.
The Meta.
Should Cortana have that footage? Probably not. Still, the Legion has a compelling interest in making sure the nastiest people in the galaxy stay locked up, and the Meta is kinda personal for quite a few of the team.]
Something interesting, though.
[Because super-powered jailbreaks aren't interesting to Cortana, apparently.
Back to the video, frozen again on a frame that doesn't look noteworthy, but it runs through a series of graphical transformations that emphasize what seems to be noise until overlaid on a grid, which Cortana then thoughtfully translates into human-readable format for the non-AIs in the audience: four rows by ten columns of numbers, all falling between 0 and 300.]
This sequence recurs throughout the recording at intervals corresponding to the first hundred prime numbers. It's the complete scoring record for the AI bowling league right up until we disbanded. Odds against a random occurrence are so high I'd expect to see the heat death of the universe first.
North, get your ass in gear.
[private]
The UP might actually have the tech to repair the neurological damage. I doubt it would bring Maine back [and he seemed like an ass anyway] but there's a chance of turning the Meta into a functional, non-homicidal person.
[This is unusually nice for Cortana, but she realizes his current status is the AIs' fault.]
Or, I kick down the door on his implant and cook his brain the rest of the way to well-done.
[Annnnnd back to normal.]
Permafilter
Even if they repaired the damage, there's no guarantee that he'd be a functional human being again. He might keep the same personality and behavioral patterns he had after the AI were gone, and that's the last thing we need.
[Remove Sigma, and he still acts like Sigma is running the show. There's nothing left of Maine; what's the point of trying to keep a monstrous shadow alive?]
Honestly, if you can do it quickly, that might be a mercy. I'm pretty sure his last death was slow.