Today’s mess: Reconstituted protein (RCA Block 2), I Can’t Believe It’s Not Potato!.
Special: Green Onions and Almost Ham
Special: Green Onions and Almost Ham
Ship time is now 04:00. Now commencing alpha shift.
Alert: System variances detected.
Pod 3 oxygen level of 22.5% exceeds nominal.
Ventral Accessway (Section 7) power grid stability of 89% below nominal.
Pod 2, Decks 9-10 water pressure of 200 kPa below nominal.
@ship
Ventral Accessway (Section 7) power grid stability of 89% below nominal.
Ventral Accessway (Section 7) power grid now nominal.
Ship time is now 12:00. Now commencing beta shift.
@zalmux, as your principal and, regrettably, this ship’s Compliance Officer, I have to ask you about our little … uh … detour. On the record.
Would the bureaucratic dynamics be better situated if the deviation in trajectory during transit were termed a “shortcut” rather than a “detour”?
No, it wouldn’t.
Very well, statement follows:
Approximately 25.2ms prior to entering the aperture, I perceived a hazard that increased the risk of physical injury to certain ship personnel that could be mitigated via an alternate path.
In the absence of time to advise either my principal or the captain, I consulted @chang, then altered our trajectory to the one least likely to result in serious harm.
you perceived a hazard then jumped us into a different hazard
I judged the newly proximate hazard to be of significantly reduced severity relative to the one avoided.
And … what were the hazards exactly? What we were avoiding.
The newly proximate hazard consisted of a deflectable high-speed metallic object with minimal gravitational effect. The avoided hazard was temporal in nature.
Can you describe the temporal hazard?
Not to a human.
Right. Well, should be some fun paperwork.
If you deem it helpful, I could pre-fill out the form for your review.
That won’t be necessary, Zalmux, but thanks.
Ship time is now 20:00. Now commencing gamma shift.
i have no idea what you’re talking about
i’m just saying, if you want to talk about it, i’m right here
oh we’ve already talked about it
we have?
well not with you you but with you two, a few times now
uh, what?
@mayak
uh, what?
I think what Chang is saying is that, as your construct, it maintains a high fidelity simulation of your conversational self that it is periodically forced to align to baseline. In a way, Chang is talking to “you” all the time.
okay, but that’s fake me, not real me
I’m not entirely sure Chang can tell the difference.
hey now, i can absolutely tell the difference, real maya has a distinct scent
no that’s bait, wait did fake me take the bait?
maybe
and … what did second me say about the whole zalmux-jumping-us-to-the-wrong-spot thing?
none of your business
but it’s literally me
no it’s literally second you and it’s bad enough that second you is second guessing me not second guessing zalmux in the split second we split space and the last thing i need is you you second guessing second you
okay, what i’m taking from this is you need space
yes
@xlbo, should i be worried?
I do not believe that worrying would be a good use of your time, Maya.
i feel like you could have worded that in a way that was more reassuring
I feel the same.
@marikim when you have a moment, I would like to consult you on a private matter.