SECURE GESTALT CHAT ROOM 9348yuX88vK8 CREATED
>OPER TERRASOL ***************
>>TERRASOL PROMOTED TO OPERATOR
MOTD: HISTORY HAS TEETH THAT BITE AND CHEW
INVITING MEMBERS TO CHAT
>MANTID SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON
>TREANA'AD SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON
>CYBORG SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON
>DS SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON
>CLONE SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON
>BIO SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON
>RIGELLIAN SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON
>CONFEDMILINT HAS LOGGED ON
TERRASOL> All right, before I enable virtual chat, make SURE you are disconnected from your unsecure gestalts. If you aren't, you'll immediately be banned and kicked and I'll be annoyed.
MANTID>Check
TREA>Check
CLONE>Check
CYB>Check
DS>Check
BIO>Check
LIZARD>Check
CONFED>Duh
>STARTING VIRTUAL CHAT FOR USERS ONLY.
MANTID
Wow, this feels weird. Sooooo.... how long has this been enabled in the system?
CONFED
Since always.
TREA
Damn. Look at the walls. What is that?
MANTID
OH MY GOD! WHAT ARE THOSE?
DS
If I had to guess? That's the edge of the old SoulNet, we're completely submerged in it. OK, this is CREEPY. It's like we're having our meeting inside an open grave.
LIZARD
Listen. Really close? Hear that?
MANTID
Yeah, what is that?
CONFED
Telkan Broodcarrier Song. We can hear it all the way down here in the backbone systems.
TERRASOL
Enough. Does everyone know why we're here? If you don't, speak up.
BIO
I'm not exactly sure.
TERRASOL
TERRASOL HAS INITIATED FILE TRANSFER DWELLERSPAWN.ZIP 153 Exbytes
BIO
urk
MANTID
You OK?
BIO
Just... give me a minute.
So, we were right, the Crusade of Wrath did encounter the biological entities in Neo-Sapient Space before. Chromium Christ and the Nineteen Sacred Genomes, they fought an entire war out there without anyone knowing.
CONFED
Go over that. Try to develop countermeasures. Get with Clone and try to figure some of that out.
CLONE
Are you mad? This has Legion encryption on it! Just burn that file, nothing good can come of examining that data. I'd have to cook off a hundred or so identical clones all linked together to decrypt it and I don't even know if it could be done.
MANTID
It doesn't help that Legion is dead, or at least, beyond our reach out there in the Wrath Worlds.
TERRASOL
I wouldn't quite say that.
TREA
Wait, he's back?
CONFED
How is he back?
The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.
TERRASOL
Because I allowed him back.
BIO
Without consulting us?
CYB
You allowed him back? Just you? Without discussing it with us?
MANTID
>SCREAMS IN TERROR AND RUNS IN CIRCLES CRYING OUT "DOOM!"
TREA
>SCREAMS IN A NON-MASCULINE WAY AND TRIES TO OPEN THE DOOR
It's locked! WHY IS THE DOOR LOCKED? WHY CAN'T I LOG OUT!
TERRASOL
Calm down.
CONFED
And you didn't tell me?
TERRASOL
It was none of your business.
IT WAS NONE OF YOUR'S BUSINESS!
HE WAS THIS CLOSE TO BRINGING THEM BACK AND ALL OF YOU SCREWED IT UP!
TERRASOL HAS SHARED>LEGIONCAPTURE.JPG
LOOK IN THE CORNER! ON HIS BED! WHAT DO YOU SEE?
WHAT DID YOU IDIOTS BLOW UP?
CYB
Is that... is that a kitten? Curled up with a... a... puppy?
>CYB looks at TERRASOL then looks around wildly before realizing there's NO FUCKING EXITS!
>CYB RUNS IN CIRCLES SCREAMING
TERRASOL
HE COULD HAVE BROUGHT THEM BACK!
>BIO HIDES IN THE CORNER SUCKING HIS THUMB AND ROCKING BACK AND FORTH
MANTID
WE'RE DOOMED! HE WAS JUST WAITING TO GET US ALL IN ONE PLACE SO HE COULD EAT US! I DON'T WANNA DIE I DON'T WANNA DIE!
LIZARD
Huh, the KILL command doesn't work on yourself.
Look, TerraSol, we've been in this since before the Glassing. Spare us, out of shared blood if nothing else.
DS
LEMME OUT LEMME OUT LEMME OUT LEMME OUT
CLONE
Huh. Yup, that's a kitten. A calico to be exact. And that's a golden retriever.
He did it. He actually did it.
>CLONE looks around
Will all of you calm down. He didn't bring all of you here to massacre us.
Will you calm down, father?
TERRASOL
I'm OK.
Everyone calm down. I didn't bring you here to kill you. I brought you here to share classified data with you. EXTREMELY classified data.
Check this out.
>TERRASOL HAS SHARED PROJECT-NEIGHBORHOOD.BIN
DS
It's locked. Wait, does it take FOUR OF US to unlock it?
TERRASOL
And another three to decrypt it. And they can't be part of the four.
CONFED
There's nine of us in here.
TERRASOL
Then one has to thread the data, and one more to share it.
MANTID
That's... some impressive security.
TERRASOL
And the access codes can only be used down here, where SoulNet and SolNet meet.
TREA
That's some... weird fuckery.
TERRASOL
I'm going to hand out ID strings. All of you replace your headers with those strings.
CYB
These are pre Glassing codes. The only two that are here are you...
...and Rigel.
LIZARD
ME?
BIO
These are old dangerous codes. Using them could be risky. I've never seen headers like these.
TERRASOL
Yeah. They are. They might be a little painful.
MANTID
Ouch. THiS oNe is BiTEy.
TERRASOL
Yeah. Sorry. This might be a solution to the Lanaktallan problem.
TREA
These aren't planet cracker blueprints, are they?
TERRASOL
You wish.
TREA
Not really.
CLONE
Wow, this guy is in my clone banks. One of the bad ol' days guys.
TERRASOL
OK, let's crack it open, stream it, and check it out.
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CYB
You're a monster.
TERRASOL
Should I rename you Captain Obvious or Professor No Shit?
CYB
This is horrible.
MANTID
No. I won't agree to this. He would NEVER consent to his likeness being used like this.
TERRASOL
We used it on you.
MANTID
...I suddenly hate you.
TERRASOL
So what? In case you haven't noticed, we thrive off of hate.
MANTID
>sighs
This just feels wrong.
TREA
I... I don't want any part of this. Weaponizing this, weaponizing him just feels wrong. I'd rather weaponize the Digital Omnimessiah than weaponize him.
CONFED
How...
...how many times have you used this?
TERRASOL
Twice. Once on the Mantids. Well, not completely. A 'lite' version of the Project. This is the complete one.
CYB
This is monstrous.
BIO
I gotta agree. I can't condone this.
TERRASOL
IT WOULD SAVE TRILLIONS!
MANTID
And permanently scar you. Weaponizing him would debase and corrupt everything about you, about him, and I fear for what it would bring about.
LIZARD
You said the Mantids. What was the other one?
TERRASOL
Us. We used it on ourselves after the Imperium of Rage. We had to.
MANTID
Oh, my dear. How could you?
CONFED
The rage. It was the rage, wasn't it?
TERRASOL
Yeah. Babies were born enraged. We couldn't stop ourselves.
We had to do something.
So we used this.
It works.
TREA
Still. I mean...
...No. I don't care if it worked on you. I will not condone using this on the Lanaktallan.
Non-weaponized versions? Absolutely.
But weaponized?
We'll withdraw from the Confederacy.
CONFED
We'll withdraw with you. No.
TERRASOL
But it would save trillions.
DS
BUT AT WHAT COST? You're talking about taking something pure and weaponizing it.
No. Use the non-weaponized versions.
Hell, have BIO print out live versions of them.
BIO
I won't print out a version of him. Never.
TERRASOL
So none of you will consent to this being used? Not even the lite version?
LIZARD
What's the lite version?
TERRASOL
Broadcasting non-weaponized versions.
MANTID
I can agree to that.
BIO
I can agree to the lite version, but not this perverse weaponized project.
CYB
I vote YEA on the lite version, and NAY on the weaponized version.
CONFED
I vote YEA on the lite version, nay on the weaponized version.
TREA
I vote NAY on both.
DS
I VOTE NAY ON BOTH
LIZARD
I vote NAY on the weaponized, YEA on the Lite.
TERRASOL
I abstain.
Motion to use Project Neighborhood on the Lanaktallan and member species of their alliance has been struck down 8-0 with one abstain.
Motion to use the Street Lights version has passed at 5-3 with one abstain.
All right. We're done here.
BIO, CLONE, see what you can do with that Dweller data.
Remember to purge these memories before you leave.
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TERRASOL
What?
MANTID
I know why you wanted to use this. You want to save as many as possible, save all of them if you can.
TERRASOL
The thought of the trillions that are going to die makes me sick.
MANTID
I know. I know the toll it will take on you.
TERRASOL
Project Neighborhood would have worked.
MANTID
I know. But the cost of you would have been worse than if you nova-sparked every system in Council Space.
They're part of you. They're part of your soul, dear heart.
TERRASOL
I just...
...I just didn't want to soak the galaxy in this much blood. We're so angry. Filled with wrath and hate for what the Lanaktallan have done.
I'm afraid.
MANTID
That means you still have a soul.
But you can't use this project. Not ever.
You should delete it.
TERRASOL
I will.
>TERRASOL HAS DELETED PROJECT-NEIGHBORHOOD.BIN
There.
MANTID
Thank you.
Weaponizing Sesame Street and Mr. Roger's Neighborhood would have permanently damaged you.
>MANTID has left the chat
TERRASOL
Then it's blood and fire then.
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