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ShipCore (ShipCore #1) ShipCore by Erios909
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“If you paint flames on the hull, you will lose all professional credibility.”
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“Alex blinked as she read between the lines. “…It was annoying you.” [Notice: This unit does not experience annoyance.]”
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“Elis cleared her throat. “I’d trust the haiku rock over Nameless. It might not be as smart, but at least it isn’t scheming.”
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“In her workshop, Alex grimaced as she updated the text on a small whiteboard display. |Days since last near-death experience: 0”
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“The station authorities showed up first, but they had been little more than glorified police who seemed at a sort of loss at what to do with the dozen smoking bodies lying around the section.”
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“Balance: -1,750,000”
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“Nanite AIs do not have meltdowns or strokes. This is an organic failing.]”
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“Combat stimulants sound like overkill for a slow morning, thanks.”
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“[Warning: Incoming weapons fire. Recommend securing all loose elements. Especially soft, easily damaged ones.]”
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“Heading toward the ladder immediately, Alex muttered, “I hate ladders.” “Afraid of falling?” Elis asked, with a hint of teasing in her voice. Alex shook her head in her helmet. “No, I just prefer 0-G and a flight pack.”
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“If Elis betrays or kills me,” she said evenly, “you can blow up all the survivors.”
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“Cannibalize excess torpedoes and missiles”
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“Great. Next time, they’ll be practically beating us over the heads with a club, and we’ll still think they’re light-years away,”
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“Tell it to reverse its power conduits and fry itself.” [Informative: That would be illogical and unproductive, much like Federation personnel’s typical behavior. Also, hostile personnel has hidden an MRE utensil in their skinsuit sleeve.]”
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“Days since last near-death experience: 0”
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“it’s funny. I’m only seven weeks old.”
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“~Seven weeks after awakening, one day after martial-arts exhibition match.”
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“176:323:13:56:12”
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“I think the actual problem is they plugged in your circuits backward. We could have had this conversation weeks ago without the megaton warhead sitting in my lap,”
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“Avatar is a nanite synthesized-genetically-modified-nanite-infused-human with a permanent direct neural-digital connection to ShipCore: Alex.]”
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“[Recommendation: Remove warhead from proximity to ShipCore; vital functions are at critical risk.]”
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“You think I’m fragile. Well, you are probably right, after being stranded here for weeks, having lost my memories, being alone in an unfamiliar place… But that doesn’t give you the right to withhold information; your entire statement is a manipulative piece of”
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“[Notice: Visual Enhancement in effect, co-relating known physical geometry, self-generated schematics, and acoustic co-locators and simulating them into Avatar visual cortex.] She translated that to: “Turning radar into vision while transmitting things directly into your brain without permission.”
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“Shower Duration: 16 hours, 36 minutes…]”
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“Logs indicate that there have been 51,334 collision incidents”
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“Can you… just say that in my head instead of printing it on my eyeball?”
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