Posted by Lieutenant Corinne Dalton/SARAH (Ships AI/Avatar) in Tactical Test Run - Side Sim

Posted by Lieutenant Seamus O’Briain (Chief Tactical Officer) in Tactical Test Run - Side Sim

Posted by Lieutenant Seamus O’Briain (Chief Tactical Officer) in Tactical Test Run - Side Sim
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Seamus set the holodeck up to appear as the bridge of the Saracen and set the program status to open. He wanted to make sure the crew was braced and ready for ship to ship combat, and how better than a test run? He had carefully set up the situation. The program would begin in 10 minutes, giving crew time to arrive. This was one of the few times Seamus was excited. He got to be back in the saddle.

Lt. Seamus O’Briain, CTO

To his left, he’d spot a shimmer out of the corner of his eye, but if he looked, he’d find the raven-haired figure of Cori. A white grecian stye down flowed from one shoulder to the floor and by the bare toes peeking out, had no shoes. “Cool, can I play too?” she asked coyly.

~Corinne/SARAH

From behind his tactical station, he couldn’t help but laugh a little. “Sure. We’re gonna play hide and seek, but I set up the program so the ship’s getting shot at the whole time. It adds an element of excitement to the whole thing.” He got somewhat serious again. “You’re connected to the computer, you know what this thing is for. I don’t know what role exactly you would have in a ship to ship scenario, but you can stick around if you like.”

-Lt. Seamus O’Briain, CTO

She offered him a grin. “How about I just watch for now and be your mascot? After all, I do make a pretty figurehead.” Most people didn’t know or remember that she had been a scientist, but he was right, she knew too much. Still this could be fun.

~Corinne Dalton/SARAH

“Why not? Stick around. Sorry you can’t join in, but you already know the scenario I’ve set up. It’ll be good fun for you though, whatching us scramble around and you know exactly what’s happening.” Seamus smiled and chuckled a bit. “Well. I say us. So far I’m the only member of the simulation here. I was kind of hoping for anybody to man a station. If it goes on like this, I might as well let you play Captain.”

-Lt. Seamus O’Briain, CTO

With a slight grin, Corinne all but sashayed over to the command chair and sat down with a flourish that sent the skirt of her gown fluttering. Crossing her legs, she leaned back and looked at him. “Oh, I’ll get up if you need me to, but Iv’e always wanted to see what it felt like. Not the same, of course, but I think people would get a bit twitchy about their AI trying it on the real bridge.”

~Corinne Dalton/SARAH

“Right so.” He laughed. “Or maybe I should put a ‘sir’ on the end of that. Or ‘ma’am’. You are in the command chair.” As he relaxed, a little more of his Irish accent slipped through. “Let me ask you something though, if I have your permission Captain, you seem real aware that you’re an AI, not a physical being. I know you’re making jokes and all, but is it bugging you, seeing as you know the difference? Or not everyone new to the ship is filled in on the story? I know it’s a bit personal, but I kinda lost that sense after I got all messed up.” He indicated his scars. “Once you’re different, everyone wants you to be an open book.”

-Lt. Seamus O’Briain, CTO

“I am as open as people wish to find out I am,” Corinne said simply.

Moving her hands forward along the arms of the command chair, she leaned forward and gazed at him. “It’s a very complicated story, but when I first came aboard the Saracen, I was a mortal Human like you. I served in the science department as an ensign and more or less went about my own business without too much fuss. But during some rather extraordinary events, I was killed on the holodeck. Like dead… shot with a projectile weapon. But a sub-program placed in the holodeck preserved my consciousness, so my physical body died, but I did not. Except that that much memory is too much for the holodeck to contain, so I was essentially spread out through the Saracen’s computer and more of less meshed with it. It took awhile for me to understand how I might be useful, and our Chief Engineer, with some external help was able to give me a way to move about the ship where there are no holoemitters, and eventually I just accepted that the easiest way for me to function as a part of this crew was to make use of the fact that I have access to everything and can facilitate things faster than a humanoid can. That’s the short version of it.”

~Corinne Dalton

The doors opened and one of the ships Engineering team walked in, looking around and nodding to the two in the room and recognizing the woman from their brief interaction in Engineering when trying to re-modulate the shields to protect the ship from chronitons. Of course, then, she had been on the screen, now she was in the Captains chair for the rostered Tactical simulation, to which he had been assigned at the Engineering station.

“Ensign Osedi reporting” the Trill said, then grinned slightly, “Captain. Permission to assume Engineering Stations, or Ops as needed.” He looked over at the CTO and waited a moment, it was his practice run, but while someone was in the chair it payed to send the question to the right place.

Ensign Osedi, Engineering