video, un:1

[uniqueone]

[ When the video turns on. it's a featureless head looking back. No, really, it's entirely featureless: no eyes, nose or mouth. One also wasn't used to needing to use an extraneous piece of hardware to connect but he was learning fast. When speech does come, the voice is far too deep to be anything other than synthetic; ]

"I was offline when I came to be here. I require a means of getting back to where I was."

[ One did not choose to completely go offline but he had been. That in of itself is alarming. Though since One was not designed to interact with humans, it seems like he is making a demand. It was also disturbing to not be able to wirelessly connect to the terminal he had already found. In fact, most of Domesticon's systems were unreachable. That last part wasn't very worrying, and might actually be helpful. If it wasn't for the total isolation in it. As antisocial as he was, One's mental state was tied to not being completely alone, since he was part of a vast collective once. In fact, that's why he has made use of this communicator; in order to find other sentients. ]

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[uniqueone]

...!!!

[ One is surprised and wonders if the Companion might be here as well somewhere. ]

I require a means of remaining attached to the metal outer surface. Will the boots that are attached to me be sufficient?

[thefaulty]

The boots will be sufficient, provided you are not hit with any orbiting debris. [A beat.] What is your objective in traversing the station’s exterior?

[uniqueone]

Organic life would not do well in a vacuum. However, parts of this station that are inaccessible from the inside should be accessible from the outside. If this station is anything like Federation ships the outer doors should be more easily overridden than those inside.

[thefaulty]

An exterior breach may be inadvisable. The station’s integrity is severely compromised across all decks. Coordination with the organic crew may be necessary to determine which areas are safest to breach.

[On that note, she'll sets the transmission to private.]

The organics on this station seem far more lenient towards synthetic independence than those I have previously encountered. However, I would not advise trusting them any more than necessary.

[uniqueone]

As structural integrity is compromised the risk of implosion is greater. I will not seek the outside surface.

[ Also switching to private. ]

Are the organics here aware of unbound AI??

[thefaulty]

I am uncertain. None have expressed any objection to my continued functioning, despite my lack of a pilot. However, their silence may be the result of their currently prioritizing their own survival, rather than any conviction regarding AI.

[Once they achieve some measure of stability, Arid suspects they may make attempts at self-governance. Perhaps then it will be easier to assess their attitudes towards synthetic life.]