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5th Whistle ["anon" text]

[Now those who know Blues, which probably isn't a lot of people, will find this post to be really really strange. More or less because he thinks he posted it under the guise of anon and well.

them tricksy pixies went and fixed that. So while he is very sure this was posted as anon? It ain't.]

So.

Say you have a machine, it's from your world but it has a flaw. One that you can't actually fix yourself because well. You can't.

It wouldn't go well if you tried, but getting someone else to repair it is a bit tricky. Because you don't want it to be changed too much, but you want it to be working properly. And there is the fact that you don't know any of the people who could fix it nor how good they are at what they do.

[wow, so rambly there get to the pooooooooooooint.]

I guess what I'm saying here is this; who here is good with machines?

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It's computer hardware, actually.

"Data storage or computer function?"

A computer function, I'd guess?

"Ultimately it depends on the error. Most are simple enough to fix if you have the proper tools. If its a memory core issue those are a bit more delicate but generally if you back up your data in a secure zone as well as remove the core while you repair it there is no corruption. Power supply ones are probably the simplest to fix. I'd need more specifics."

The specifics that I know of aren't the best.

[Cause he's being vague as hell here, or trying to.]

It's a power issue that could take out the systems AI completely if not repaired properly.

"That's fairly simple. Switch the computer core to a different power feed to insure the AI isn't tampered with and replace the faulty power system. Depending on the system it shouldn't take any longer than a few hours unless we are talking about a battleship or something else that has a non man-portable power supply.."

Define "man-portable" here, please?

"Weighing less than 150 pounds, and taking up less mass than your average person."

... Ah, then it's man-portable.

And you make fixing it sound so easy too.

"AI maintenance and repair is my chief training. I've done it several times. The hardest part is making sure the AI's data core isn't altered, which is why you want to keep it powered on even when the body is shut down."

I see. And yes, it's very important none of the programming ends up altered.

"AI's have just as much right to sentience as anyone else, just because their neural pathways are all ready mapped out people forget that. But is this an academic question or is one of the local AI's suffering from a damaged power core?"

[Oh boy. Blues is just going to lie like a fiend here, since he's also getting hassled by Rock, that and he doesn't exactly want it publicly known he has... issues.]

An academic hypothetical, Miss.

"Well then hypothetically if I had a copy of the power system's schematic I could create a 3D simulation of the entire process and tell the feasibility of replacement or repair given local tools. It may be an interesting intellectual exercise while I look for some things that have gone missing."

Sadly this hypothetical doesn't have schematics to loan you, sorry.

"That does make it harder for any theoretical work. I guess I could swap out with data from one of the AI's I've met here, but that may be rather impersonal. I'd have to get permission first."

That and I doubt that many of them have a prototype power system.

"Prototypes are just the first stage in a refined production base. That being said the refinements can be rolled back to prototype stage. I know Omoikane gets upset whenever I suggest standardizing his reactors. Apparently prototype sounds cooler."

[okay that... might have made Blues chuckle.]

It might sound "cooler" but it also means "old" and "outdated".

"Where I come from, if people have a damaged organ, they have nanomachines that can rebuild it to a more modern spec. Just because a part needs upgrade doesn't mean the whole is useless and outdated. Omoikane is one of the older prototype AI's and he's worlds smarter than most of the military ones. He just has more personality. Anyways, I'll begin working on a hypothetical rendering over the schematics of the female android that needed repair and see what I can come up with."

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[Suddenly, a private message!]

I don't know you, Miss, but I can provide schematics for a, ah, similar power system - as long as you don't let on that you have them, or tell where you got them from.

Ruri looks at the message and lets out a deep sigh.

"I've been offering my services to all the AI's trapped here and Omoikane stores the schematics from the repair. I can just say I pulled them from the database I've built. Its really no different than the ones built by the doctors at the hospital."

That works. And I apologize for the oddness of the situation - Blues and I are brothers of a sort, and we've got some family issues, to say the least.

[Attached to the message is a schematic of Rock's own power systems.]

"Is this a prototype vs. production unit issue? Because in my experience its how one acts, not what version of software that matters."

Sort of...

Something went wrong with how his power core was installed, but I don't know what, exactly - but Blues is technically the prototype for me and the other robots like me at home, so I would imagine my schematics can't be too far off.

How one acts, though, that's a big part of. I've offered to help him, but he keeps blowing me off.

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