02: Video

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[Felix is sitting for this one, his lower body hidden, but the sharp-eyed might notice that his crutch is nowhere in sight. His uniform is also gone for good (for now). He's at the long metal table in his barracks, and the surface is absolutely covered with wires, cables, microchips... It looks like he's dismantled an entire fleet's worth of communicators.

He seems a little annoyed about it.]

Does anyone have a spare computer they could lend me? Or even just a motherboard and a serial port connector cable.

[Private to Dr. McCoy]

I think I'm starting to get the hang of it now, Doc. I... thank you, really. It's a big improvement.

[Private to Sarah Connor]

You said you're Gaius's Warden, didn't you? We should talk sometime.

Comments

:D

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I guess I should be grateful mine at least has wiring, then.

[inhistorybooks]

Probably. I don't know if these things even operate on a conventional battery system.

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I found a battery-- [He holds it up.] But gods know if that has anything to do with the actual mechanics. I also found five sound cards, ten graphics cards of varying origin, four hard drives... and no networking system.

[inhistorybooks]

Honestly, I think Omega's on the right track about this bein' some kinda energy construct rather than an actual communicator like we'd be used to. It's frustrating, but there's no use drivin' yourself insane trying to figure out stuff and gettin' angry when you can't find the answers. Any scientific work around here's more just a way to pass the time than actual discoverin' stuff and getting published.

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[That gets an eyebrow raise.] I don't care about getting published. I don't have anyone to report back to. I'm just trying to understand just what kind of world it is I'm supposed to be living in now.

One where science is useless, apparently.