[ anonymous voice ]

[roomguarder]

[ Suddenly, a computerized voice! ]

URGENT CODE 5-93 COMP SYSTEMS SHUTTING DOWN ERROR CODE 5-93 EMERGENCY CRITICAL 5-93 5-93!!!

[ luckily for her, she shuts off her mic just before laughing. ]

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[Action] 1/2

[echo_of_a_jedi]

[Well, cue about ten minutes of fiddling with the software on this holocaster device...thing. At least it seems to be normal binary machine code...]

[Anon Text] 2/2

[echo_of_a_jedi]

good one. nice excuse for me to learn how computers work here. easier when you can talk to the machine, though.

[ text ]

[roomguarder]

Not really.

Some machines have inferior vocal recognition software.

[ text ]

[echo_of_a_jedi]

well sure, some manual labor droids.

[And don't get her started on Force-forsaken mining droids.]

but the technology level seems a little backwards here. I can't even get a 3D picture out of this comm. nice and portable, though. halfway between a commlink and a big holoreceiver i guess.

[roomguarder]

I'm sorry I have no idea what you are talking about.

Clearly more advanced technology than exists in my world.

Which is funny coming from me.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

are you from Earth? I noticed a lot of people on the comm say they are from Earth, but i've never heard of it. i thought it was just another planet in the unknown regions, but there must be something particular about it if there are so many people from a 'version' of it.

[roomguarder]

Yes I am from Earth.

Are you an alien.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

human as they come. i've just never been to Earth before. i grew up on Dantooine and spent most of my life on the Rim.

[roomguarder]

I still have no idea what you are talking about.

Please explain.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

i grew up on a planet called Dantooine. guess it's far too remote for people to have heard of if they never had business out there.

Dantooine is located in the Outer Rim, which is about 3/4 of the spiral arms of the galaxy or so. the other 1/4 or so of that outer circle is the Unknown Regions and Wild Space, and i assume i am in one of those now. if this planet isn't part of the Republic, you probably wouldn't know any of this.

[roomguarder]

If by "this planet" you mean Earth then yes it is not part of a Republic though there are many smaller republics within.

I do not come from such a republic I come from the United States of America which refers to its system of government as a democracy.

But it is basically the same thing as a republic.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

[Well, that makes sense. A planet without a Republic Senate seat, or that wasn't aiming for a Republic Senate seat, would have little motivation beyond general goodwill to consolidate its government.]

i see. i think i am in a part of space where no one from the Republic ever explored before, so it makes sense that you've never heard of it.

tell me about where you're from.

[roomguarder]

I couldn't tell you much I am a recluse and have no point of reference that I can compare Earth to.

It is full of humans.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

no other species?

[Well, if they didn't have interstellar contact, probably no other sapient ones...]

how about droids?

[roomguarder]

There is a line of mobile phone technology referred to as "Droid" or "Android" however that is not a sentient species.

Unless you are referring to robots then yes there are robots, but not many, and I doubt any but one are sentient.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

oh.

what's the deal with the one?

[roomguarder]

She was created with the intent to be the first humanoid robot. However complications in her vocal functions caused her to be written off as a failure.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

a fully-aware robot was scrapped because of problems with her VOCABULATOR? that's insane.

[roomguarder]

My mother is a perfectionist.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

your mother...you're the droid, then?

perfectionism is no excuse.

[roomguarder]

You don't know the whole story.

Also, I am not a mobile phone.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

sorry, i'm just confusing terminology. and being nosy about someone else's personal business.

i'm told i do that a lot.

[roomguarder]

You found the story reasonably suspicious based on the information you were told.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

well, if you're here now, someone must have reactivated you, and you don't seem too upset about whatever exactly happened.

i'm interested in the details if you want to share them, though.

[roomguarder]

I was never deactivated.