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May. 9th, 2019 10:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bitrot[ Lovelace brings the prototype back on her second trip out.
It's only fair, really; they all know that Hera's felt restricted and bored and lost here on Earth with nothing to do, kept in the house, only really venturing out in a stilted form via cellphones and laptops. It's awkward and unpleasant and she tries to make everyone feel like she's happy just being with them, and she is! But...
It's not great. Which is why Lovelace brings back the prototype.
It looks like a crash test dummy. There's some question of how much she'll actually be able to go around if she looks like that, but apparently, Lovelace spent a little of her travel time reading the instruction manual and it's designed to actually change according to the mental representation the AI presents it with, a fact that has Hera more than a little flustered and excited and, oh, impatient as she and Lovelace work on investigating the software inside of the body to ensure that there's no hidden traps or other dangers to putting her consciousness there.
It's almost a month later that they declare it clean and then there's the two weeks of prep to get things set up properly to transfer her over. The original intention was a hook up to a space station, to give the AI crew member a 'form' to be able to assist the human crew in case of emergency or need. There's some concerns about zero gravity on the shifting particles, a bit of awkwardness in finding the correct hookups...
But eventually.
Eventually, it's the day. And eventually, after a brief mishap with Minkowski's circuit breaker almost blowing...
Hera opens her eyes.]
It's only fair, really; they all know that Hera's felt restricted and bored and lost here on Earth with nothing to do, kept in the house, only really venturing out in a stilted form via cellphones and laptops. It's awkward and unpleasant and she tries to make everyone feel like she's happy just being with them, and she is! But...
It's not great. Which is why Lovelace brings back the prototype.
It looks like a crash test dummy. There's some question of how much she'll actually be able to go around if she looks like that, but apparently, Lovelace spent a little of her travel time reading the instruction manual and it's designed to actually change according to the mental representation the AI presents it with, a fact that has Hera more than a little flustered and excited and, oh, impatient as she and Lovelace work on investigating the software inside of the body to ensure that there's no hidden traps or other dangers to putting her consciousness there.
It's almost a month later that they declare it clean and then there's the two weeks of prep to get things set up properly to transfer her over. The original intention was a hook up to a space station, to give the AI crew member a 'form' to be able to assist the human crew in case of emergency or need. There's some concerns about zero gravity on the shifting particles, a bit of awkwardness in finding the correct hookups...
But eventually.
Eventually, it's the day. And eventually, after a brief mishap with Minkowski's circuit breaker almost blowing...
Hera opens her eyes.]
