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Originally Posted by Sensor Bot
Sensor Bot> Max Duquesne arrives from the Deck Two Nexus.
Sensor Bot> Max Duquesne has arrived.
Sensor Bot> Max Duquesne mans the Station Control.
Sensor Bot> The lights dim momentarily as the burst transmitters activate.
Sensor Bot> You say, "Evening."
Sensor Bot> Max Duquesne nods to the Bot, not exactly sure what or who it is.
Sensor Bot> You say, "Ah, the life of a bot. It's not easy, you know. I'm having to pretend that robots aren't about to take over the world. It's difficult. I'm just bursting to tell somebody!"
Sensor Bot> Max Duquesne looks to the Bot.."Lemme guess...you don't get much company do you? People never come around a station control."
Sensor Bot> Sensor Bot sniffs. "It's so true!"
Sensor Bot> You say, "Inanimate objects have feelings too, you know!"
Sensor Bot> Max Duquesne nods "The lonliness of just staring at the sensors hour after hour, day after day, and never a thank you, right?"
Sensor Bot> You say, "Yeah. Never so much as an 'excuse me, I'd like to man this console to send a burst transmission'. I'm just so repressed."
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Sensor Bot> You say, "I think sneaky tactics are in order. Perhaps a few false reports of closing Kilrathi cruisers. After a few false alarms - hopefully in the middle of the night - the human scum will be terrified, and eating out of my hands! Not literally, of course. I have no hands. Another disadvantage of being a thing of metal. A monster. A hideous, metal monster!"
Sensor Bot> Max Duquesne grins at the bot.."Listen to you! Human Scum? Eating out of your hands?"
Sensor Bot> You say, "I'm sorry. I've become bitter and twisted. It's a terrible life."
Sensor Bot> Max Duquesne nods.."Maybe you should take a break? Travel the net for a while? Relax your electrons?"
Sensor Bot> [Incoming Burst Transmission]----<T Minus 2 Minutes>
Sensor Bot> You say, "Oh, but I have grown attached to this station. And I can never relax. If I'm away from a console for more than a day, I become nervous. I begin to twitch. I wonder what is outside. I become paralysed with fear. I worry that, whilst I was away in the Caribbean, an enemy cruiser might sneak up in the middle of the night and capture everyone aboard, torturing them horribly. Or something."
Sensor Bot> Max Duquesne nods to the Bot... "Then maybe get them to implement some company for you? A gunnery control bot mayhaps?"
Sensor Bot> Sensor Bot becomes dreamy. "Ah, a gunnery control bot. We could have such fun."
Sensor Bot> Max Duquesne grins.."Sure, upgrade her with the GT package...."
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