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[second_destiny]

[Video]

Hey, everyone. This is the newest member of the police force speaking here. I had basic training back home, so I got through the training here really fast. And they're even letting me do plainclothes duty. But see for yourself:

[At this point, Asem turns the camera feed to his shiny new badge.]

So, if you need help, let me know, all right? I'm always happy to help.

But that's not all. Can I speak to anyone from a world more technologically advanced than this one? I don't mean by like twenty years or so, either -- I'm talking about civilizations with space colonies and advanced combat machines. I have a few things I'm willing to pay to have built here, so if anyone out there can make them, I'd really appreciate it.

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[maxwells_silver_scythe]

What's up?

[second_destiny]

Wait, you're an engineer?

[maxwells_silver_scythe]

I dabble. I doubt I could build a mobile suit from scratch, but if I have something to start with I can get by.

[second_destiny]

If I handed you the data for a design of some parts for a mobile suit -- like a new set of wing binders -- could you build them?

[maxwells_silver_scythe]

Assuming your world's mobile suits work more or less like mine, that shouldn't be too hard. I can take a look at least.

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[abmoemination]

[ Hee. ] I have something you can help me with, offi~cer.

[ Trolling humans over this thing is her new hobby. For one, they can't jam forks into her head through video. ]

[second_destiny]

You do? What's the problem?

[He can't recognize a flirty tone to save his life.]

[abmoemination]

[ Oh, a little dejectedly she'll continue. ]

I'd like for all forks to be banned from the city limits.

[second_destiny]

...Huh?

[He didn't hear that right. He couldn't have heard that right.]

[abmoemination]

City-wide ban of forks. That is what I'd like.

[ Crankily adding on: ] Unless that task is too big for a mere officer such as yourself.

[greyerrant]

Far more advanced. And I have a techpriest with me.

[second_destiny]

Sorry, but could you explain to me what a techpriest is?

[greyerrant]

A technomagus of Mars.

[second_destiny]

Is...is that someone with...magic over technology?

[He's trying to piece the parts of the word together.]

[greyerrant]

No. They are a religion that entirely encompasses the care, use, of replication of technology.

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

Congratulations, Asem.

[Man, this was way more important than her job...but then, her job was secondary to figuring out what's going on in this city.]

I usually don't work with hardware, but if you need any help with design or programming, I'm sure our worlds are similar.

[second_destiny]

I don't think I'll need it yet. The AGE Builder might need it later, though.

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

The AGE Builder...is that what you were talking to Duo about?

[second_destiny]

Oh, you heard that? Yeah, it is.

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

Yes, I try to keep an ear on public COMP traffic, if it sounds relevant...

Um, anyway, the idea sounds really fascinating. A system to automatically convert battlefield data into new equipment to address the situation, right? It seems really...well uh, "cool" is the only word I can think of...

[fracta_anima]

There's space colonies where you're from?

[Color her impressed.]

[second_destiny]

Er. Yeah. We've had them for nearly a century and a half now. Your world's not that advanced?

[fracta_anima]

No. We barely have the one space station and even it isn't as science fiction-y and cool as it could be.

[second_destiny]

Oh, is that Salyut 1? That was the first space station, I think. It went up a couple years after man first landed on the moon.

[fracta_anima]

No, just the International Space Station. Salyut 1 was decommissioned I think six or seven months after launch?