audio; un: nines

[twoaffirmations]

[9S' voice comes in smooth and practiced, at least for the start of his introduction.]

Greetings, this is YoRHa Unit 9S. Most of the people here I've met are humans, but I'm an android. The humans of my world have lived on the Moon since 5012 AD, when the aliens invaded, and we androids were created to reclaim the Earth from them.

[There's an awkward pause.]

...It's been a long time since then, though. Coming here was the first time I was able to even meet a real human! It's truly an honor to meet all of you.

[With that stuffy introduction out of the way, 9S' gains a little more character. Really, he sounds like a totally different person.]

Soooo... I saw the station roster. Isn't a lot of this stuff redundant? Uh, seriously, I don't know what half of these mean? Is there a difference between a medic, a doctor, and a surgeon?

Er, anyway. I'm good with computers, so I guess that means I should work in Computing & IT.

...Or as a Computer Engineer?

Well, I'm here to provide support wherever you humans need me. Glory to Mankind!

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audio; id: hank_127

[lostsymmetry]

[Oh, this is a familiar voice. And with slightly more explanation, even! Nice to see Nines keeping the multi-world confusion in mind.]

Good with computers, huh?

[twoaffirmations]

[Hey, it's that incorporeal AI he spoke with earlier. 9S likes him well enough.]

Yup. We Scanners are the only YoRHa units with the innate ability to hack. We can also handle basic repairs, more if we have experience, but it's not something we're inlaid with like the R&D team.

[lostsymmetry]

[The "innate ability to hack"? That sure is an interesting way to refer to your functions, new buddy.]

Groovy. Have you checked out the local systems?

[twoaffirmations]

["Groovy"...

This AI sure used some archaic language.]

You mean the terminals you're grounded in?

[lostsymmetry]

Yep. Unless you've found any other ones?

[twoaffirmations]

Unfortunately not.

[He sounds a little frustrated.] I haven't been able to get any information out of the terminals.

[lostsymmetry]

Frustrating.

[It's sympathetic.]

If it's any comfort, you're not the only one who's hitting a wall there. [A considering beat.] Maybe literally.

[twoaffirmations]

The technology on this ship has advanced anti-hacking barriers like I've never encountered before.

[Despite that, he's not lost all hope.] But it's only a matter of time, it can't keep me out forever. I know there's data on this ship, somewhere, and there has to be a way to reach the locked decks and control room. I just have to get to it.

[lostsymmetry]

...where I'm from, we call those firewalls.

[Or encryptions. Or a lot of other things, but that would undercut the joke. The irony in his voice smooths rapidly, though, tone earnest as he continues.]

I know what you mean. Too many blank spots.

[twoaffirmations]

Okay...?

[9S isn't sure why Hank is so caught up in semantics.]

I wonder why they locked all of deck 7 and the main shaft. Ideally we'd be able to find out what's inside before we open it, you know... Just in case.

[lostsymmetry]

[Someday, Hank will find your sense of humor, Nines. Someday.]

That would be nice.

If there aren't schematics, maybe we could find out secondhand? Track the life support, or power distribution.

[Assuming, of course, that they could get into those...]

[twoaffirmations]

[Sounds fake, but okay.]

Theoretically yeah, but trying to get access to those is a whole different story. The terminal's defenses evolve as you try to bypass them.