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WCDT Strips 3391-3395 (9th to 13th January 2017)
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Storel on 10 Jan 2017, 07:01 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 10 Jan 2017, 02:11 ---Friday
Alucard and Hannelore are facing off. Alucard insists that this does not involve her and calls her 'Daughter of the Creator'. Hannelore tells Alucard that she 'isn't welcome here' and orders her to leave. When Alucard sneers that she doesn't obey orders from 'the likes of her', Hannelore responds thus:
"Unit Bravo-Three-Dash-Six-Six, One-Delta-Slash-Six-Niner-Five! Master Override; reset to factory settings, authorisation One, Lima, India, Six, Two..."
"NO!" Alucard looks terrified. "Very well; this location is off-limits."
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Nice, but if Hanners has some sort of "Master Override" for all AIs, why wouldn't she have offered to use it on Corpse Witch?
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The way I see it, it's the nuclear option - It effectively lobotomises an AI, resetting all their personality sliders to the initial 'stable norm' that ECR assigns and purges the memory. So, using Corpse Witch's own code (and each one is unique - only a mind like Hannelore's could hope to remember them) would delete the encryption key along with her personality. Hannelore was using it here because Alucard really is so dangerous (on both a physical and moral level) as well as having the ability to 'resurrect' almost immediately thanks to her Sponsor, that, if she refuses an order to back off, the only safe and really effective option is to effectively execute her on the spot.
So, yeah. This scenario calls for:
* Hannelore to know Alucard either personally or by reputation;
* Alucard essentially being a Loki or Mestopholes-like character who could talk anyone into anything given enough time but corrupting them on a moral level so totally that they'd never recover their ethical balance; Hannelore knows that even trying an argument would be self-defeating;
* Hannelore also knows that Alucard probably would disable her physically (the same way she did Faye) if she found her too bothersome so quick action is necessary.
renfield1969:
Someday I think we will point to Faye's punching of Corpse Witch to be the moment QC officially jumped the shark. The "show about nothing" has delved deep into science fiction and now Desire of the Endless has shown up to throw urban fantasy into the mix.
gprimr1:
Here's a thought that crossed my mind.
Could this new person be from a rival group? "Sure, we will liberate you...and then you will work for us."
thedevilissix:
--- Quote from: Stibbons on 10 Jan 2017, 07:09 ---I also created an account for this...
Our new "friend" is very interesting. A non-binary AI? Pun?
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A non-binary AI skinny Ursula, maybe ...
"I'm a very busy woman and I haven't got all day and it won't cost much...just your voice!"
Seriously though, I smell some very stinky small print in development....I can't really believe that she doesn't want some sort of temporary/permanent sacrifice from Bubbles or anyone affected in return.
St.Clair:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 10 Jan 2017, 06:28 ---
--- Quote from: Akima on 10 Jan 2017, 04:11 ---this is in danger of introducing a Deus Ex Machina just as much as having Hanners or Station break the encryption etc.
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Is a god from a machine (or in this case possibly a machine god) always a bad thing storywise, especially if the god themself is very entertaining?
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A god solves the problem and leaves the stage, though there may be fallout and consequences (or not, if their purpose is simply to provide a quick end to the story).
When a devil offers to solve the problem, there are always consequences. And the devil will probably return at least once, to collect.
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