exsilium | [Video] Well this is awkward.

[ Oh hey look, it's Drift. And it appears he's finally given up the gun on the whole trying to pretend he's not a giant awkward robot. He sucks at this whole secret thing. So have a giant robot. ]

So hi there. Uhm. Right. So I'm Drift. And I've got just a few questions.

First is that uh. I'm becoming abundantly aware that I'll probably need to find a better way to fit in here for obvious reasons. I do have something called a "Holoform" which allows me to project a solid holomatter representation of a human. But I'm really. Not a human. So there's that.

I guess what I'm asking is for some help in how humans or organics are really supposed to act.

Second, I'm looking for work. It doesn't actually have to be paid work, but anything I can do to help. My skills lie in.

Uh. Lifting heavy objects, chopping things and... well I'm pretty decent in a fight. So you know. Sparring or training self defense? Anything anyone can think of that they need help with. Please don't hesitate to ask.

[ He's a little desperate to make himself useful. ]

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[ Because the canon is incredibly vague about the process, and the mun can't fake-science her way out of a paper bag, we'll just imagine Drift explains the process of forging and it is much akin to being 'born' naturally as opposed to constructed by existing hands. ]

[As this mun has problems with fake-science too, we'll pretend that Helmsman listened very closely and asked several intelligent questions before getting completely hung up on the following issue:]

That soundth organic, and user Drift ith mechanical.

[He's a little bit scandalized by this!]

Well I mean sure we're created that way but it's not like we're running around throwing DNA at each other haphazardly or anything like that!

Userth are not commissioned, userth are born. Userth have no choithe, userth are born commissioned, userth are created for... for...

[He's not quite sure what for, exactly, but he's getting upset, and he doesn't understand why.]

User Drift wath born into commissioning!

[OOC: he's getting cranked up because he's assuming Drift is like him and is basically a slave to some higher power, and was born into it. However, Helmsman doesn't understand why that bothers him so much, because it's counterintuitive to his programming. So yeah, that's why he's not making much sense right now.]

Uh, not. Not exactly?

Look ah, it doesn't really matter all that much, does it? I am who I am, and you are who you are.

It doeth matter!

[Wherever the Helmsman is right now, little sparks and flares of psionic light are starting to dance around him in his agitation.]

It ith... it ith cruel to create an entire rathe that ith commissioned from the beginning!

I-

Yeah. No, it is. But I mean. I have free will? So It's not like we were...

... user hath free will?

Of course.

How?

Well it's not like there's anyone who can control me. I make my own choices, feel what I want to feel.

User Drift. [look out, Helmsman is using his Serious Business voice!] How ith that possible? User Drift ith like system, and system ith not allowed to have free will. How doeth user Drift'th programming allow such a thing?

Well I don't have programming exactly. I mean, I think and feel just like a human might. Assuming... yeah.

I'm a machine, sure, but I'm alive and free.

So user Drift ith a machine, but a machine with free will, emotionth, thought processeth, and user ith not a slave. Thith ith all correct?

[The Helmsman is working hard to keep the envy out of his voice.]

Do the helmsman on user Drift'th shipth have the same privilegeth?

That's correct.

[ Well, he pauses. ]

Well sure, every member of the crew does.

The Empire will crush user Drift'th rathe if they they ever fathe each other.

[He doesn't sound vindictive here, just tired.]

... Oh I don't know about that.

My species makes war pretty well...

[ In the way that they've been at it for millions and millions of years. And a Cybertronian, by his nature, is incredibly hard to put down. ]

Tho doeth the Empire.

[As the power source for the Empire's prize ship, he's seen more than he cares to admit of how the Empire wages war.]

Permission to be blunt?

You don't need my permission. Go on.

User Drift'th rathe giveth autonomy to all beingth, including helmsmen of shipth. Thith ith a flaw, especially during battleth. Thothe with free will can flee, or disobey orderth, which leadth to hesitation and life lost.

That may very well be, but we choose to work as one, because that's what we believe in, and our comrades truly care about each other. Loss of life is mitigated when each individual is valued. That is what makes us strong.

As a good friend of mine once said:

"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings".

Edited 2013-02-27 17:07 (UTC)

There ith no slavery on user Drift'th world?

Well, there was. At least a form of it, kind of. But we chose to fight to end that.

Slavery does exist in my universe, but me, and my crew live freely, and I'd fight to free someone any day.

[More contemplative silence, and when the Helmsman speaks again, it sounds like his words are sticking in his throat.]

If... if user Drift'th ship Lost Light appearth... can system be user Drift'th helmsman?

...

I think we could make a place for you.

[You can almost hear him smile. ]

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