The Cosmopolite
Jericho Fraction
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2008.09.17 11:20:00 -
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Edited by: The Cosmopolite on 17/09/2008 11:26:45
JFS Dreaming Autarch, Nightmare Class Battleship, Status: Combat Ready, Region: The Forge, System: Classified
The Cosmopolite became aware of the latest news feed from ISD as a faint icon in what his brain interpreted as his peripheral vision, spinning slowly to attract his attention. Focusing on the icon and mentally 'touching' it caused it to expand into a slightly translucent overlay of text and images in his central view. He read it swiftly, his body shaking with laughter at one point, causing slow eddies in the ectoplasm that buffeted some of the microbots going about their duties within the capsule fluid. One filter-feeding predator, tasked to keep the nanochine population down and attuned to the tell-tale molecules dropping off cleaner nanos full of dead cells, shook itself and carried on its way with a flick of its tiny tale that might have been annoyance, if it had anything beyond a few algorithms and a tiny neuronet to think with. The capsuleer finished his reading and dismissed the news overlay with a mental command that simultaneously raised the multi-layered channel paths of the GalNet communications forums in his viewspace.
The Cosmopolite mulled over the various comments and congratulations, noting and dismissing the usual carping remarks, veiled threats and typically cheap attempts to suborn information. One rather cryptic remark concerning himself amused for a moment and he wondered if it was a hold-over from the rumours that the Black Plan was an Avatar and not, as now confirmed for all, an Erebus. He made a few remarks on other sections of the channel, downloaded some data and dismissed the connection to the GalNet-space. He had to oversee some logistics later on and he needed to get some welcome downtime before then. The Cosmopolite initiated suspension of higher-functions and activated somatic regeneration routines that would leave him refreshed and renewed when he woke to full consciousness a few hours later.
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