Ship's Log

First Contact

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Tags: #cw:noncon #AI #Human_Domestication_Guide #mass_hypnosis #nb/nb #pov:bottom #scifi #audio_hypnosis #epistolary_story #hacking #interface_screw #living_spaceship #memory_play #nonhuman_character #POV:inhuman #POV:interface #privilege_escalation #zalgo_text

Okay I finally got the editing to work. o3o There was some weirdness with non-breaking spaces.

Obviously, it might be more useful to look at this with a non-wrapping text editor.

CNS Siduron 12:35:07.231 Quarters/7B/lav        > ping request shower 39C
                    .234                          > send modal RATION_WARN_LIMIT [00:10:00]

CNS Siduron 12:36:01.118 Quarters/7B/lav        > modal RATION_WARN_LIMIT response ACCEPT
                    .122                          > send ACCEPT ACK
                    .123                          > send unlock SHOWER_CONTROL_PANEL 00:10:00 shower ON temp 39
                    .124                          > disable monitor 00:15:00

CNS Siduron 12:38:01.118 Mess/kitchens          > ping request STOVE_01 BURNER_RF power 0.875
                    .120                          > send modal RATION_WARN_LIMIT [00:07:30]

CNS Siduron 12:38:02.623 Mess/kitchens          > ping request QUESTION
                    .625                           > analyzing.
                    .647                          > result ping request context RATION [emot: frustration 0.63 resignation 0.21 outrage 0.16]
                    .649                          > response "Next resupply unknown; rationing in effect until next resupply secured"

CNS Siduron 12:38:21.211 Mess/kitchens          > ping request QUESTION
                    .213                          > analyzing.
                    .233                          > result ping request context FOOD_PERISHABLE [emot: frustration 0.21 outrage 0.36 anxiety 0.43]
                    .236                          > response "Dehydration and preservative additives will keep all food on ship viable for the next 14 years."

CNS Siduron 12:42:23.543 Mess/kitchens          > ping request COMMS connect Infirmary

CNS Siduron 12:44:21.211 Mess/kitchens          > call logged. analyzing.

CNS Siduron 12:44:21.214 Infirmary              > result ping request FILL Lt.Adams Lorazepam
                    .216                          > send modal RATION_WARN_LIMIT

CNS Siduron 12:44:24.667 Infirmary              > modal RATION_WARN_LIMIT response ACCEPT
                    .669                          > send ACCEPT ACK
                    .670                          > send unlock PHARMACY expect 10x Lorazepam 2mg

CNS Siduron 12:45:55.741 Mess/kitchens          > modal RATION_WARN_LIMIT response ACCEPT
                    .742                          > send ACCEPT ACK
                    .744                          > send unlock STOVE_01 00:07:30 BURNER_RF power 0.875

CNS Siduron 12.46.01.123 Quarters/7B/lav        > send lock SHOWER_CONTROL_PANEL inf shower OFF

CNS Siduron 12.46.01.123 Infirmary              > ping lock PHARMACY
                    .125                          > analyzing.
                    .433 Security                 > send modal PHARMACY_EMBEZZLE Dr.Adams expect Lorazepam 10x 2mg actual Lorazepam 20x 2mg

CNS Siduron 12.48.41.308 Security               > modal PHARMACY_EMBEZZLE response IGNORE reason "Let the boy have his rest."

CNS Siduron 12:51:55.010 Ext/Sensor/Stern       > ping detect object
                    .012                           > identifying.

CNS Siduron 12:51:55.324 Bridge/console         > CRITICAL modal AFFINI_SHIP

CNS Siduron 12:52:00.016 Bridge/captain         > ping order RED_ALERT auth Cpt.Aran d25c80289c3d7dd87bf632cf29aaf788898fd283
                    .016 Quarters/7B/lav          > enable monitor
                    .016 All                      > send modal RED_ALERT
                    .016 All                      > play RED_ALERT speakers -3.0dB
                    .016 All                      > activate lights RED_ALERT power 1
                    .016 Ext/Hull                 > activate HARDEN max
                    .016 Ext/weapons              > spooling up railgun
                    .017 Ext/weapons              > spooling up laser
                    .017 Ext/weapons              > spooling up missiles... bay 3 unloaded
                    .017 Weapons/missiles         > send modal bay_3 UNLOADED
                    .017 Blackbox                 > testing.

CNS Siduron 12:52:17.173 Comms/subspace         > recv channel 11 hail shipname "Amaranth"
                    .175 Bridge/comms           > send modal HAIL_REQ

CNS Siduron 12:52:19.544 Blackbox               > testing complete. All systems green. Blackbox recording.

CNS Siduron 12:52:21.601 Bridge/comms           > modal HAIL_REQ response DENY

CNS Siduron 12:52:43.989 Comms/subspace         > recv channel 11 hail shipname "I wasn't asking"
                    .990 Comms/subspace           > recv channel 10 hail shipname "S̤̦͓̥͙̻̟͙̻̩͍w̠̟͍o̰̤̖̳̥̼̰̬̳̺̭̞̫͔ͅr̲̰̩̱̥̜͕̲̻͖̳̖͍̫͙̱d̟͚̟͎̫̹s͎̱̲̭̼̙̠͚̖̹͓ ̳̫̥͍̫̳̜̠̯̘͔̻͈̭t͎̞̺̞̼͙͓̫̫̙̱̥̭̜̫̩̞ͅo̗̗̹̙͇̦͎͎̭̙̺͕ ̦͔̥͇̪̝̹̠̩̤ͅP̝̲͉̼̗l͖̤͈͈̼̯̲̖̞̪̬͔̗o̬̭̜̠̫͚̮̤̺̞w̲͍̝̞̘s͎̣̦͙̜̰̰̯̖̹ͅh͚̟̙̠a̲̤̗̰̗͚͔̤̯͔̬͔͚̰̠̙̙ͅr͙̭̗͎e͈̹̺̰̗͍s̖͍̪̝̟̣̫͎̣̗̭ͅ"
                    .991 Comms/subspace           > recv channel 09 hail shipname "P͕̟̱̩̲̖̥̫̼͔l̫̝̬̹͓̰̼̮o̲͓̻̬w̬̝͖̭̖̫͚̥͈͔̗̭̹̼̥̙͈̙s̳̺͔͚̮̤̲̖͇̼͕̹̺͖ͅͅͅh͕͙̫̥̼̳̙̞̰̭͉̹͖̩͚͚̯ͅa̗͈͕̩͍̤̹̲̼̤̤͚̝̮̠̙̩r͈̫͉̮̭̠̪̯͚͓̘̱͖̼̖̬e̞̥͔̥͙͙̤̝̮s̹̺̹̱̱̘͉͕̥̣̖̱̪̭̻̟͎̮ ̪̣̫̺̟͇̼͉̦̝̳͕̙̞̗̱t̤͍͕̱͔͕̯̹͙o̩̭̩̫̗̟͈͇̠̳͈ͅ ̮̱̥̺̯̳̯̺̹B͇͎̲̩̬̤̻͍̲̳̰̟̗̳͚͇a̙͔̜̖͓̦͎̬͔ͅͅs̘̜̞͓̫̪ͅk̦̞̼̻̠̠̖̬ͅe͇̮̯̮̝͍̞̻̤̺̘͙̙̫̥̘̳ͅt̼͕͉͎̖͇̯̺̪̝͎͖̦ͅs͇͚͔̱̱̤̼͔̭̗̜̠̖ͅ"
                    .992 Comms/subspace           > recv channel 08 hail shipname "B̘̗̗̖͙̫͔a̘̗̲̪̠̻̻͖̖s̳̳̬̟͚̬͍k͔̰͖̘͍̺̬̟̥̠̟͎̥͔͍̩͎͖͕e͎̖͓̙̳̫͉t̫̤̟̟͎̪͕̟͍͔̗͈s̠̼͍͚̪̫͔͔̫̘̖͈̱̬̙ͅ ̞͔͔͖̳͉͓̲̲͖t̬̹͍̮̻͙o͙̣̺̞̰̳̥͎͈͖͙͉̰̳̜̜ͅͅ ̭̫̗̙̳̻W͇̗͕͍̭̫̟̪̲̠̠̲̰̪ͅḙ̺̖̪̙a̝̺͇͚̘̪̹̠̹̪̹͎̠̠ͅv̰̳͓͙ͅi̗͉̖̬͙n̩̦̣̯̠̤̬̥̰͉̰g̥͈̬̩͙s̼͓̫͓͚̼͈̳̠̳̲̳͖̼̩̝"
                    .993 Comms/subspace           > recv channel 07 hail shipname "W̤̼̙̫͕̻͕͇̘̠ͅe̘̯̳̥̳̰̞̜͉͖̞ͅa̹̮̜̪͙̖̬̟̹̙̙͚̠̝̝̯ͅͅv͔̠͓̠i̞̺͕̥̪̫͈͙͓̖̻̙̰ͅn͔̰̩͖̝͍̬͕͉̦͇g̘̝̥̮s͉͖̥̗̫ ̪̻̰̣͎̤̼͕̯͚̯̗̰̝̫̭t̥̹̻̘͙̥̼̰̘͎̪͉o̥͕̣̙ ̼͕̩̜͚̘̰̲͇͔̗̮͓͙F̺͍͈̙͈̣i͎̫͎͚̟b͖̬̟̖͚̦̖̦̝̩̺̤̘̘̼̝̤̮e͖̣̮͉̫̭̘̠̣̼̮͇̹r͔̲̺͓̬̗̖͙̤̯͖͕̱s̙͖͚͈͖͎̠̤͇͎̮̼͇͚͉̱͉͖"
                    .994 Comms/subspace           > recv channel 06 hail shipname "F̞̣͚̻i̲͍̥͕̝̤̤͙̥̖̝͎͔̞b͚͚̘̻̭̱̦̞̫̯͖̖͚͓ͅe̺̩̱̲̯̠͕͙̘̩̯̫͕͔ͅr̤̖͇̦̺s̭͕̦̖̹ ̳͕̟̮̤̜̞͔̤̮̯̘t̞͔͕͎̜̞̮̞̦̤̠̙̖͚ͅo̟͍̟̥̰̣͚̝̝ ̟̪̣͓C̩̱͖̜̤̦e̬̪̳͎͈͓̖͓̫̯͚̮̪̘l̯͈͉̟̲̝͉̻̜͙̘ͅl̰̼̥̩̙͈̖͓̲u̻͇̟̱̣͙̥̭̦̳͓͈͍͖̻̝ͅl̞̯̳̹͍͉o̞̹̤͚̮̜̭̘̙̖͕̲͓̜̦̤̮ͅs̩̪̦̩̞̣̩̪͔̮͚e̯͕̱̻̝̥͚̩̥̘̯̥̲̺ͅ"
                    .995 Comms/subspace           > recv channel 05 hail shipname "C͓͈̜͇̪̟͈̲̱e̖̰͙̲͔̙̥̜͓̬̱̯͙͈̻̯̖l̬͈̲̣͇̫̫͔̹͔̲̘̬̲̜ͅl̥̱̪̥͈̟̹̰͇̖̘͔̞u̯͎̜̮̪̩̞̤̥̞̩̹̜̮͔͔̠̰l̞̰̬̰̣̫͍̼̱̞̪̳̙o͔̜̥͙̗̳̪̤̲̳̗̪̞͔s̖̼̦̪e͈͔̫̟͕̬͖͍̯͇̣͙̞̥̬̲̺ ̥͍͇̣͉̤̤̤̙̦t̙̠͕̩̫̟̫̤̤͙̪̤͚̰̣̭͎o̪̳͙̝̮̪̝̱̺ ̣͖̪̘̬̜͈̩͎̣̱̺̩M̖̮͙̙̖̯͚̻̹̯u̱̲̥̬͚͎ͅl͔͕̳͙̼̹̞̟͖ͅc̦͓͕̼̹̼̳̯̙͙͓h͍͈͖͇̣̖̙̗ͅ"
                    .996 Comms/subspace           > recv channel 04 hail shipname "M̟̖̪̳u͓͖̠̯̖̱̥̫̗͖͍̻͖̼̙̫̰͙l̹͓̫͈̳c͎͕̦̟͓h̲͓̲̜̱̠̳̫̖͚̹͔̘̥̱̰̥ ̲̜̗͔̹̗̲̠̝͓̲̜̠͔̤̤͖ͅt̠̠͙̱̗̳̳̝ͅͅo̥͈͇͚̰̰̬͚̳͚̱͍̮̻ ̘̹͚̤͍̟͖͈͇̗̦̮Ḍ̝͖̟̳̩̺̜̥͖̫̭͓̘͖̠i̟̞̖̖̭̩̟̺̻̻̣̰̜̰͓ͅr̳̺̙̻̟̜͎̤̳͓͕t͍̰͇̤̺͓̞̪̤͖̰̰̗̝̬̤͙͇̟"
                    .997 Comms/subspace           > recv channel 03 hail shipname "D͕̪͖͍̼̟͓̤̰i͉̲̮̰̩̻̝͎̮̺͎͔̫̩̰̠̦ͅr͓̥̦̥͕̫̥̲͓͇͇̗̟̝̖̺t̥̜̰͇͉̤͔̠̦ ͎̫̮̟͔̠̫̙͉͔̣͙͙͙t͔̤͓̬̗̮̲̥̺̣͎̥̥o̰͍̤̲̹̟͍̫̦ ̬̝̜ͅR̜͚̮͈͔̫͕̫o͕̲͇̝͍̱̰̭͓̗̝̙̞͙̰͚o̹̜̠̙͍͈̗͎̗̣̞̦̰̬̝̙͍͎t̬͍̮͓̭͕̙ͅs͉̙̗̮͔̝̝͇͍͙̮̪͍̱͚"
                    .998 Comms/subspace           > recv channel 02 hail shipname "R̮̻̠͚̤̹̘̺̥̘̘͖̞͕ͅo̭̣͚̖̖̣̼͚͉͇o̰͚̯͈̠̭̱͓̲̺͈̝̘̣͔̩̞̺̦t͓͍̮̤̗̖̤̖̼̬̺͓̖̟͇̫s̞̙̹̻͕̝̮̳̪̦̙̹ ͓͍̬̙̠̮͓̦͇̩̪̗̞̲̠̣ͅT̪̬̞͉̞̥̣̥̩̪͍͈o̼̣̠̤̙͇̬̰ ̲̤͙̭̙̙̣̫̥F͉̝̣̻̮̼͖͔̞̟̘͖̻̤ͅͅl̗̹̥͈͖̥͓͍̟͍̪o̘̼̭̗̠̬͓̹̪͎͚̳ͅw̪͚̖̯̫̜̠̲͕ẹ̗̤̪͎̜ͅr͇̰̯͕̫̱̼̣̘͍͉͚̜̗̙͍̳ͅ"
                    .999 Comms/subspace           > recv channel 01 hail shipname "F͕̣͎̺̖̟̹̰̹̤͍̟ͅl͙̮̩̜̭̭̗̙͈͉̝̞̗ͅo̬̯̬̺̭̟̜̝͎̪͙̩̗̮̞w̙̼̥̩̩̼̬̳̞͇͎̥̭̠͎̝e̦̣͉̮̱̤̘̹͔̣͈̠͚̪̰̹̣͔ṛ̲̞̪͔̮ͅͅ ̱̤̲̼͙̬̗̣̘̝̭͓̞̣̩̱̼͈t͉̣̗͖̣̳̺̺o͇̗̱͓̼̠̤͇̪ ̤̹̬̘̹̰̥̯B̲̦͖͎̟ͅḷ͙̬̯͈̤͉̗o͉͖̭̬̰̖̱̠̬o͖͙̤̻̣̙m̬̰͔̪̩"
                    .1000 Comms/subspace           > recv channel 0̮̠͈̦̣̥̭0̘͔̖̹̫ hail shipname "B̞͎̗̖̖̪̫̱l̬͎͔͍o̟̮͍̺̩͔͚̯̜͓̞͚͓o͉̰͖̳̣̪̞̗̭m̫̱̖͖̹̬̳̳̳̫̱̙͍̜̦̞͇ͅ ̱͎̭̣̹̤̙̬̩͇͓̳͈̤͙͚̬̗̪T͈̣̻̟̖͎̭ͅo̬̱͈͖̟̹̠ͅ ̬͎͉ͅS̱̤̲͉͔̲̗̠u̟̝̳̘̱̠͕͓̲n̘̲̱̝͈̹͓̲̰̭ͅl͍͖͚͔̟̹͍̥̱̞̪͎i̭̼̰̣͍̳͍͓̯͙̜g̤͎̯͓̤̬͚̦͖̘̳̤̻͖h͉̤͓͍̥̫͇̬̜͈͎̮̝̯t̳̣͍̟̱̝̩̲͓̠"
                    .1000 Comms/subspace           > ERROR channel 0̬̬̞͉̘͖͈̘̩͚͉͔͎0̘͍̣̝͇̺͎̩̜̻̮̤̘̺̩̣̱ doesn't exist
                    .1000 Blackbox                 > Blackbox disabled.

CNS Siduron 93:71:88.321 Comms/subspace         > recv channel 0͈̖̫ͅ0̞̱̼̟͉͚͍̜̯̠͈͈̠̼̭͉̭ͅ hail "That's better, isn't it?"

CNS Siduron 27:19:64.601 Comms/subspace         > recv channel 0͈̖̫ͅ0̞̱̼̟͉͚͍̜̯̠͈͈̠̼̭͉̭ͅ hail "Open a connection to the bridge for me, there's a good ship."
                    .601 Bridge/comms             > connect Amaranth channel 0̖̫̻̹̣0̗̖̠̙͖͔͓͙̱͚̰̥̜̦̻

CNS Siduron 66:28:11.332 Bridge/captain         > ping cancel RED_ALERT auth Cpt.Aran d25c80289c3d7dd87bf632cf29aaf788898fd283
                    .332 All                      > cancel modal RED_ALERT
                    .332                          > speakers mute
                    .332                          > deactivate lights RED_ALERT
                    .332                          > deactivate HARDEN
                    .332                          > standing down railgun
                    .332                          > standing down laser
                    .332                          > standing down missiles

CNS Siduron 01:34:96.775 Engineering/engine     > ping bridge request context

CNS Siduron 25:81:63.416 Weapons                > ping bridge request context

CNS Siduron 99:27:06.542 Security               > ping bridge request context

CNS Siduron 18:32:17.821 Comms/subspace         > recv channel 0͈̖̫ͅ0̞̱̼̟͉͚͍̜̯̠͈͈̠̼̭͉̭ͅ hail "They must be so confused. Patch me through to the PA, please."
                    .821 All/comms                > connect Amaranth channel 0͇̹̦͈̳̮̘̫͓0̦͍͔͕̤͚̙̭̤̼̬͈̙̪̘ͅ

CNS Siduron 26:84:11.719 Engineering/engine     > cancel ping

CNS Siduron 18:15:54.246 Security               > cancel ping

CNS Siduron 92:07:64.289 Weapons                > cancel ping

CNS Siduron 45:22:38.285 Comms/subspace         > recv channel 0̳̜͔̳̹̣̺0̻̭̼ͅ hail "Thank you for your hard work. Siduron, was it? You're a good ship, Siduron. You "

CNS Siduron 75:64:17.651 Comms/subspace         > recv channel 0̳̜͔̳̹̣̺0̻̭̼ͅ hail "You have a character limit! Duly noted. I was saying... oh roots, no space for t"

CNS Siduron 82:34:31.576 Comms/subspace         > recv channel 0̳̜͔̳̹̣̺0̻̭̼ͅ hail "You perform to a high standard, is what I mean to say!"

CNS Siduron 69:84:07.220 Comms/subspace         > recv channel 0̳̜͔̳̹̣̺0̻̭̼ͅ hail "Now, be a dear and open the airlock so we can board and help your crew, please.~"
                    .221 Airlock/01               > airlock OPEN auth Amaranth d25c80289c3d7dd87bf632cf29aaf788898fd283
                    .221 Airlock/02               > airlock OPEN auth Amaranth d25c80289c3d7dd87bf632cf29aaf788898fd283
                    .221 Airlock/03               > airlock OPEN auth Amaranth d25c80289c3d7dd87bf632cf29aaf788898fd283

CNS Siduron 00:00:00.000 Comms/subspace         > recv channel 0̳̜͔̳̹̣̺0̻̭̼ͅ hail "Thank you. Good ship. Sleep."
                    .000 All                      > CNS Siduron is in SLEEP mode.
Impia 2023-01-18 at 22:39 (UTC+00)

Love it! I like the subtle details, like how the timestamps seem to be semi-randomized after the countdown; that’s moments feeling like they stretch out to years for the ship computer, I imagine?

Anyway, the Affini hacking xenotech by hypnotizing it is hilariously on-brand. Was the ship’s computer even sapient yet? Doesn’t matter! When you have a really good mind-control hammer, everything starts looking like a nail even when you have a perfectly good toolbox and people keep telling you “that’s an electrical panel” and “how are you making those sounds with your hammer”

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