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[knightoflight]

[He seems almost apologetic for clogging the network, but the cause is, he considers, rather serious enough.]

I'm looking for someone who looks like me.  Kind of like me.  

His name's Drift. I've heard he's here. 

[He's been looking, but he hasn't found him yet. And that only compounds Wing's worry.]

I fear he may need fuel. If so, I am hoping someone will help take some of mine.  

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[knightoflight]

It's an ore in our world, mined on planet and our satellite moons. There are artificial sources, but they're not as good.

Still, they'd be something.

[maiinframe]

Ith it possible to recharge current batterieth, even lacking thith fuel sourthe?

[knightoflight]

That I don't know. Would it be worth trying?

[maiinframe]

System ith willing to try.

[knightoflight]

System? Is that you?

[You are a strange creature, friend.]

[maiinframe]

[You don't even know the half of it.]

Yeth. System designation: Helmsman. Ship designation: Battleship Condescension.

[knightoflight]

Helmsman. [That's a better designation.] I'm Wing.

[You know, because if they're going to do some weird interfacing charging battery thing, might as well know each other's names?]

Condescension. Are you a Decepticon, then?

[maiinframe]

Adding user Wing to databankth.

[Normally he asks if he can add someone to the databanks, but today he simply does it. He already knows Drift, and if Wing and Drift know each other, he'll need to have Wing added to his memory.]

Query: what ith a Decepticon?

[He might be one, he's not sure. Better ask and find out!]

[knightoflight]

[Wing has no idea what that means, but being in a databank can't be a bad thing, right?]

Decepticons. They were one of the factions of the war, the ones who started out fighting for those oppressed by the Senate.

They tended to have ship names that were...interesting.

[maiinframe]

[It basically means Helmsman will remember who he is and call him by name next time they talk.]

No, system ith not a Decepticon. System ith a system for the Alternian Empire.

[knightoflight]

[Ah, well, that's just good manners, then! Wing approves.]

I've never heard of your empire, then.

...when you say system, are you, well...are you free?

[maiinframe]

System ith the property of the Alternian Empire. All hail the Empire.

[Pause.]

User Drift will allow system to be helmsman for user'th ship Lost Light, in the event that the ship appearth here.

[knightoflight]

Alternian Empire? [He tilts his head. Never heard of it.] It's not here, is it?

Is that his ship? [Wow, Wing has missed a lot.]

let me know if you and Drift-mun don't want Wing to know all this, and I'll change the tag!

[maiinframe]

To the best of system'th knowledge, system ith the only presenthe the Alternian Empire hath in thith location.

User Drift ith the third in command of ship Lost Light. Commanding officer ith Rodimus, second in command ith unknown to system. Helmsman system in ship Lost Light hath autonomy and often flieth ship on autopilot.

[All the pertinent facts, he has them.]

looks good to me !:D

[knightoflight]

Oh.

[Well. That's sort of sad.] Are you lonely, Helmsman?

That's...so Drift has found friends, it seems. [He sounds proud.]

[maiinframe]

System ith not programmed to feel lonelinesth.

[Which doesn't mean he doesn't, just that he's not programmed to.]

System ith altho not capable of friendship.

[He and Drift are totally friends.]

[knightoflight]

Are you...merely limited to your programming, Helmsman?

[He wants to give you a hug.]

Is, uh, the system capable of learning things?

[maiinframe]

Yeth.

[He gets that a lot, actually.]

System ith capable of integrating new information. Doeth user Wing consider thith learning?

[knightoflight]

Then I imagine you can learn this as well.

[It's not his fault he's so strangely huggable?]

What else would learning be? Do you have things you like and dislike, as well?

[maiinframe]

[That's a complicated question, and the Helmsman needs to think for awhile before answering.]

System doeth not like eating...?

[Does that count?]

[knightoflight]

Eating?

[Well, that was unexpected.]

Can I ask how you do remain operational?

[maiinframe]

User Disciple ith insistent that system eat, ath system doeth not have a ship to power system currently.

[Basically, his old friend from before he became a helmsman shoves food down his throat twice a day.]