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WCDT Strips 4026-4030 (17th to 21st June 2019)
Tyr:
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--- Quote from: Zebediah on 20 Jun 2019, 13:28 ---Or is the government a secret Spookybot project? :? :-o :psyduck:
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It turns out that all AIs are just Spookybot inhabiting different chassis. And all humans, too.
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I've read that ficlet.
BenRG:
Okay, here's how I think things will go:
* Roko and May will go to the Parole office with the warranty form. The ParoleBot is more than pleased to file the warranty form in the appropriate cabinet but reiterates that there is no budget for May to have repairs or a new chassis; the most he can offer is something else from their warehouse full of second- and third-hand clunkers; it isn't anything personal, it's just a matter of policy that the Department of Correction doesn't budget to buy new or even recently-vacated chassis;
* ParoleBot confirms that May is welcome to buy a new chassis just as she is welcome to privately source repairs; the only rule is that any new chassis must be registered with the DoC as her 'new abode';
* In response to May asking if they'd want 'this piece of shit' back, ParoleBot says it's like a release suit, given to May to keep and it's up to her what she wants to do with it so long as it isn't illegal; frankly, they don't want it back as it would cost more to get it up to basic use condition for reassignment than it is worth;
* Roko gets ParoleBot to agree to give May an 'allowance', to the value of what the DoC would pay for a replacement chassis.Roko's plan is to find someone who is willing to buy May's chassis (even if only for scrap) and combine both that and the allowance from the Department of Corrections to buy a somewhat-better chassis. So, it's off to Union Robotics to see if Faye and Bubbles can put together a decent chassis or at least buy May's old one and hold off taking possession until May has 'moved abode'. Jeremy and Seven from the Skate Park are there and that's where things get interesting.
How? One possibility is that Corpse Witch had a pristine, if not new, chassis on standby as a 'bolt hole' if she was ever indicted. Another is that Jeremy is willing to let May have a spare anthropomimetic chassis one of the fighters left behind as 'payment' to Corpse Witch for some favour.
Personal Wish:
The new chassis looks a lot like the form May's holo-avatar from her first appearance, with long, somewhat spiked hair from a top-knot.
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: de_la_Nae on 20 Jun 2019, 18:51 ---Where'd the money May stole (well, tried to steal) come from?
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A few years ago, in the Writing Club thread in another part of the forum, I wrote a possible backstory for May as part of my epic-length post-apocalyptic QC fanfic. Short version: she found a back door into the municipal accounting system of a notoriously corrupt Boston suburb. She figured, given that the software was designed to hide illicit withdrawals from the system, she could sneak out a little for herself and no one would notice until she was long gone. And never mind that the amount she tried to sneak out was six times the entire municipal budget of Somerville.
Not canon, but it’s not drastically in conflict with canon either.
rtmq0227:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 20 Jun 2019, 23:13 ---Poor Roko, though! She'll never be comfortable around exposed anatomy! I hesitate to think how she'd handle having to go to a butcher's shop (or even if she'd be able to handle it at all)!
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I seem to remember her being perfectly fine with an AI walking into UR covered in cow...bits...
I think it's just AI anatomy that she's squeamish about.
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: rtmq0227 on 21 Jun 2019, 06:33 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 20 Jun 2019, 23:13 ---Poor Roko, though! She'll never be comfortable around exposed anatomy! I hesitate to think how she'd handle having to go to a butcher's shop (or even if she'd be able to handle it at all)!
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I seem to remember her being perfectly fine with an AI walking into UR covered in cow...bits...
I think it's just AI anatomy that she's squeamish about.
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She was disgusted by the cattle parts, but fainted at the dislocated finger.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 20 Jun 2019, 23:13 ---
--- Quote from: alc40 on 20 Jun 2019, 19:53 ---I don't understand the technician's comment about a warranty form, since May's body is out of warranty.
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I suspect it's some formal notice from a manufacturer's licensed tech that the unit is in poor condition and is beyond economical repair (total cost of repairs exceeds the resale value of the parts) and that the manufacturer recommends replacement.
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There's an insurance term for that, in German it's "Totalschaden" - when repair costs exceed the value of the repaired thing. Insurances then will only pay the value of the thing at the time before the damage.
I wonder how many "favors" Roko will call in to get May a better chassis.
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