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Fenris
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  Where is that Hydrospanner? (Kotaro and Fenris)
July 11, 2008 10:46:15 PM    View the profile of Fenris 
"Query: Master, may I ask why you have requested I joined Vipers?" asked HK-61. Fenris, holding a hydrospanner and some gloves, went to work on HK-61.

"Well, to be honest, The Navy needed more fighters then the Army did.  Besides, you'll be able to execute better maneuvers then most organic pilots could dream of.  A few more upgrades, and I hope you'll have instincts like an organic would.  Now, this might hurt a little ok?" said Fenris.

Sparks began to fly left and right as Fenris went to town on HK-61, taking out non essential parts that would allow HK-61 to still be turned on so he could talk to Fenris, then replacing them with better parts that would help HK-61 and specialize him in Piloting.

"Query: Would you tell me a story, Master?" asked HK-61.  Fenris laughed as he began screwing in a new part.

"HK...you don't have to call me Master, call me Fen.  And sure, I'll tell you a story." said Fenris, taking off his glove and looking at HK.  "But first, I think I should give you a name..."

"Query: A Name?  Why? Does HK-61 not suffice?" chirped the Droid. 

"No, it's not that, it's just you are practically sentient, well, you are sentient.  You deserve something better then a Serial Number. How's Hank Kent sound?" joked Fenris.  The Droid shook his head in disgust. 

"Statement: Veto.  I prefer HK, so that shall be my name...Fen." said the Droid.

"Sounds good, HK.  Alright...so...you want a story?  Any topic?" asked Fenris, tighten various screws and bolts on HK.

"Statement: I understand you were once a Soldier for the Rebel Alliance.  A story from there would be...how you meatbags put it...awesome." reported the Droid. 

"Ok.  Let's see...I've told you about Stain right?" asked Fenris, the Droid, nodding to the question, began watching Fenris work. "Hm...how about...I tell you how I came into contact with the person that sold me to you?" said Fenris.

"Statement: I feel as if this will be rather dull, Fen." chirped the Droid.

"If bloodshed, explosions, and damsels in distress are your idea of dull, then yes, it'll be very dull indeed." said Fenris.
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  RE: Where is that Hydrospanner? (Kotaro and Fenris
July 11, 2008 11:15:49 PM    View the profile of Kotaro 
"Statement: Interesting. Please continue." said HK.  Fenris began to smile as he tried remembering the whole story. 

"Ok.  Give me a second, just need to finish this screw.  There. Alright, so, we were given a mission to infiltrate a small base on the Outer-Rim.  The base itself was making assassin droids for, well, assassination attempts.  The Droids were meant to self destruct if they failed, that way, no traces could be found, leaving the Factory able to operate without any problems." said Fenris. 

"Statement: And something went wrong?" said HK. Fenris nodded his head and continued, his small ponytail swaying as he did so.

"Well, one of the droids didn't explode, instead he actually allowed himself to get captured by my squad, after a long fire fight.  Blaster shots being fired left and right, it seemed as if he was every where at once, surrounding us from all sides." said Fenris, trying to make the story as interesting as possible.

"Query: How is it possible to surround a squad of people if the droid was cut off in an alley?" asked the Droid, finding something illogical about the story already.

"Well, the Droid was given a VI, a Virtual Intelligence, which gave him the ability to think more humanly, but only when he was around more droids that also had VI's, for instance, when he was in the Factory, he was thinking more and more like a Sentient, but the farther away he got, the less he thought like one.  It appeared that he set up a trap, planting remote turrets in the alleyway, they were cloaked and everything, a simple Ion Grenade would have fried their sensors and we would have been able to capture the droid." said Fenris, who was now leaning on one of his work benches.

"Statement: That option would've saved you, but possibly destroyed the droid as well.  A concussion grenade would've been a better option." said HK. Fenris had a confused looked. 

"How so?"

"Explanation: The Concussion grenade would have knocked off the remote turrets, allowing you to shoot them while they were falling, since they couldn't shoot back since they need to be stationary and upright to fire." said HK.

"And the Droid?" asked Fenris.

"Explanation: The Droid would've recieved minor injuries to his chassis, and unless his detonation sequence would go off with extreme force, the Droid would've been fine." said HK.

"Yea, well we didn't have Ion or Concussion grenades, just frags.  Anyways, after we dismantled each of the Turrets, captured the Droid, it took 3 days to get the information from the Droid's memory banks." said Fenris. 

"Statement: Either your slicer's weren't adept or the Droid had a lot of information." said the Droid.

"Well, the droid had fail safes,  like multiple anti-hacking shields.  After we got through that, we had to sift through the randomly downloaded stuff the droid had hoping that eventually, his memory core would automatically delete the oldest stored info." said Fenris.

"Statement: Sounds logical." said HK.
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  RE: Where is that Hydrospanner? (Kotaro and Fenris
July 13, 2008 11:51:59 PM    View the profile of Fenris 
"Well, it may sound logical, but it was a pain.  I'd rather get shot with a Verpine Shatter Gun in my male area then have to do that again." said Fenris, taking a wiring and plugging HK to the wall.  "This will allow you to stay up and running, just out of your chassis, you'll be able to talk and see, just you would be able to be in your body."

"Query: Do I have such failsafes?" asked HK, his body turning off completely, slouching in place a bit.  His metal body was cold to the touch almost immediately after the power supply left his body and became plugged into the wall. 

"To answer your question, yes." said Fenris, completely dismembering HK and applying more add ons and upgrades.  His hands were working quickly, the occasional sound of metal meeting metal could be heard, as could flesh meeting warm metal. 

"Query:What are these failsafes?" asked HK, his voice echoing from the speaker.  Fenris looked up and began to think. 

"Well..let's see. You have multiple anti-slicing shields on your databanks, and multiple anti-hacker protection on all your programs...you've got a personal shield generator that will turn on and go around your key functional parts when your chassis is opened without a hydrospanner or if it is open incorrectly.  That prevents them from being taken." said Fenris, moving towards his work bench, which had a dusty bottle of bourbon on it.  He got one cup down after offering some to HK as a joke.  He poured the reddish brown liquid slowly, enjoying the smell that wafted into his nose.

"Statement: Please, continue." said HK, his mechanical voice showing no sense of urgency. 

"Yes. Where was I? Oh right.  Well, after many days after taking each individual anti-hack shield down, we get in.  The Droid had everything we need, as we thought.  It gave us names, addresses, planets, even how and when to take them down. It was strange at the time, but now, since I know what happened, it seemed appropriate." said Fenris, screwing in the last bolt.
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