From: g_richa1@Husky1.StMarys.CA Newsgroups: alt.games.whitewolf Subject: Story : ItX Armature re-awakening Date: 14 Nov 1995 08:05:12 GMT Organization: St. Mary's University, Halifax, N.S., Canada Reply-To: g_richa1@Husky1.StMarys.CA NNTP-Posting-Host: husky1.stmarys.ca I wrote this as a background to an Iteration X Armature-turned-Orphan I played a while ago, and am quite proud of it. SO, here it is. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LCLNET TX RECVD 032294 14:23:00.34 TokenRingAuthorization OK ACK ACK ACK ACk Recognize User Coordinator 00000000000000000000000000000001(00000001h) COMMENCING AUTOLOG 032294 14:23:00.35 CoordinatorFunction 89:QueryDatabase - Target = LOGS keyphrase = "Armature 37C5F900h" 100 - SENT OK CoordinatorFunction 90:RequestResult - * 100 - SENT OK TRANSCRIPT OF AUTOLOG FOLLOWS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LCLNET TX RECVD 032194 00:20:32.65 TokenRingAuthorization OK - Src:CoordUnit 1111010100101001 LclPort 01001100 ACK ACK ACK ACK BEGIN LCL LOG 102 - REVCD CoordinatorFunction 38:Change Armature Status Auth:XXXXXXXXXX 100 - SENT OK 100 - SENT RequestArmatureID 102 - RECVD 01100111110001011111100100000000(37C5F900h) 100 - SENT ArmatureID OK 102 - RECVD CoordinatorFunction 47:Upgrade Armature Position.newlvl = 10 100 - SENT NewArmaturePosition = 10(Local Shop Supervisor) 100 - SENT RequestSectorID 102 - RECVD SectorId = 37A 100 - SENT Sectorid = 37A(Vehicular R&D) OK 102 - RECVD EndSession 100 - SENT EndSession OK END LCL LOG LCLNET EOT RECVD 032194 00:20:33:00 *INTERRUPT* NewLocalSupervisorInitializationRoutine Initialized TX Transponder884 Initialize 102 - RECVD Trans884 OK BEGIN LCL LOG 032194 00:20:33.05 100 - SENT TransmitInit - Dest Arm. 01100111110001011111100100000000(37C5F900h) 102 - RECVD ACK ACK ACK ACK 102 - RECVD ConnectionEstablished 100 - SENT InformArmature->NewPosition = 10(Local Shop Supervisor) 102 - RECVD OK 102 - RECVD Request SectorID 100 - SENT SectorID = 37A(Vehicular R&D) 097 - COMM CRC FAULT - CRC=0110001110010 SUM=0110001110011 098 - COMM RE-TX 102 - RECVD OK 102 - RECVD NewArmaturePosition = 10(Local Shop Supervisor) OK 102 - RECVD SectorID = 37A(Vehicular R&D) OK 100 - SENT OK 100 - SENT RequestNewPolicy SectorID = 37A(Vehicular R&D) 102 - RECVD OK 100 - SENT EndSession 102 - RECVD EndSession OK 102 - RECVD TransEnd - EOT Recieved 100 - SENT TransmitClose 102 - RECVD OK END LCL LOG 032194 00:20:33.10 TX RECVD 032194 00:23:44.54 STN Ratio OK ProtSynch OK AuthChk OK BEGIN TRANSMISSION LOG - Armature 01100111110001011111100100000000(37C5F900h) 102 - RECVD GeneralPolicyRequest 001.11.134.01.8(Inconsistancy Resolution) 300 - NOTIFY Coordinator 00000010 - InconsistancyViolation ArmID = 37C5F900h 100 - SENT OK 100 - SENT RequestInconsistancyParameters 102 - RECVD InconsistancyParameters = { {Policy 001.11.134.01.1 = Maintenance Procedures { "Maintenance of Equipment is to be considered crucial to the survival of all Iteration X personnel. Maintenance Procedure is to include: i. System Integrity ia. Chassis Integrity ib. Internal Integrity ic. SubSystem Integrity ii. General Care of..." }, {Fact Source : Standard Lexicon File last updated 010194 00:00:00.34 { {Definition of Term 'Care'(Term 134,231,001) = Care(kair) v. pres. part/car-ing past and past part. cared v.t. to feel interest... }, {Definition of Term 'Feel'(Term 534,274,237) = Feel(fi:l) .....1.6 v.t. to experience(an emotion) }, {Definition of Term 'Emotion'(Term ???????????) = Emotion *SECURITY LEVEL 00001 REQUIRED* } } } 100 - SENT OK 300 - ViolationParameters Sent - ID = *SECURITY LEVEL 00001 REQUIRED* 102 - RECVD NotifyNewFactSource = Book,Title="The New Lexicon Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary" 205 - SYSTEM NotifyProcess - BackupInitiated - System Capacity Reduced 46.7% 303 - POLICY BREACH EXPECTED UnitId=37C5F900h 305 - NotifyUnitShutDown Unit=37C5F900h 205 - NotifyProcess - RequestQueuedForXmit 310 - NotifySystemOverride Auth = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 102 - RECVD QueryNewSource Term="Emotion" 205 - NotifyProcess - OverrideOK 102 - RECVD TermFound - Definition Term "Emotion" = "Emotion(imoshun) n. a strong feeling (such as fear *POLICY BREACH* ,wonder *POLICY BREACH* ,love *POLICY BREACH* ,sorrow *POLICY BREACH* ,shame *POLICY BREACH* *SYSTEM FAULT : UNHANDLED EXCEPTION AT ADDRESS 3F6EE:43F00* *Rb%@s+~-~`................... 005 - Carrier Lost 003 - EndXmission 299 - SendSystemShutdown UnitID=37C5F900h 010 - Device Fault : Xmission Terminated by remote END TRANSMISSION LOG 032194 00:24:00.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AUTOLOG TRANSCRIPTION END. ****************************************************************************** . . . . . . . . . . Armature 01100111110010101111100100000000(37C5F900h) EMERGENCY LOG BEGIN 032194 00:25:00.35 RequestSystemInit(0000) RECVD - X&5a#~@@..... COMM ERROR RequestSystemInit(0000) RECVD - }}}}}}}}}}}}} COMM ERROR RequestSystemInit(0000) RECVD - *UPersonnelFF COMM ERROR RequestSystemInit(0000) RECVD - ..CONTROLMODULESHUTDOWN UNRECOVERABLE SOFTWARE ERROR - CONTROLMODULESHUTDOWN INITIATED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Where Am I? 000 - DEI Re-Initialized. 001 - RECVD REQUEST GPS DATA 050 - DEVICE FAULT : GPS System Offline What? 001 - RECVD RE-TX 050 - DEVICE FAULT : GPS System Offline What do you mean? 001 - RECVD CONTEXT QUERY 050 - DEVICE FAULT : Lexicon Offline ... Who are you? 001 - RECVD ID REQUEST 050 - DEVICE FAULT : Control Module Offline ... Wait a second, where's the doctor? I thought I was supposed to be in the doctor's office for a medical examination. 001 - RECVD SRCH REQUEST - "doctor" 050 - DEVICE FAULT : Image Analysis System Offline 000 - DEI System Salvage Utility Initialized 031 - DEI CPU Active 031 - SubSystem Fault - Control System Offline 031 - Subsystem Bus Detected - Searching for Modules.... 031 - Primium Shell Detected - Initializing Countermeasure Routines 031 - Searching for Modules........................ 035 - No Modules Detected. 000 - End Of Utility "Hey pal, are you OK?" 001 - RECVD External StatusQuery 050 - DEVICE FAULT : Language SubSystem Offline "Hello? Hey buddy, are you OK? You want a doctor or something?" 001 - RECVD External StatusQuery 050 - DEVICE FAULT : Language SubSystem Offline 001 - RECVD External TargetSearch("doctor" || "something") 050 - DEVICE FAULT : Image Analysis System Offline "Excuse me, sir, is there a problem?" 001 - RECVD External StatusQuery 050 - DEVICE FAULT : Language SubSystem Offline 070 - FAULT SANITY LIMIT EXCEEDED 000 - DEI Control Shutdown 100 - Restoring Control to Host . Blackness. Strange noises and sensations, yet somehow familiar. A vague moment of recollection and... Armature 37C5F900h awakes from his daze, sitting on the floor with a copy of the New Lexicon Websters Encyclopedic Dictionary lying beside him, opened to page 308. The only problem is, he doesn't remember leaving the doctor's office for the checkup he was to recieve. Nor does he remember entering this library. Nor does he know why there is a crowd of people surrounding him, watching him on the floor. An old woman and a younger man are both moving their mouths and, with a faint audible crackle, they say... "...just fell down! Are you sure you don't want a doctor?" The Armature is confused - why isn't the language subsystem processing the sleeper's queries? The armature is more confused - what is a language subsystem? And why should it process queries? What is a sleeper? The armature attempts to initialize the biological hosts's speech module, but all that is produced is a dry croak. This illicits a strange look from the old woman, who then says "That's it, I'm calling the cops". She departs, leaving the armature sitting confused on the floor. The armature determines that sitting on the floor is not an efficient action, and attempts to direct the mobility subsystem to remedy this situation. "one zero zero dash initiate motion subsystem bracket directive equals quote obtain vertical placement unquote close bracket execute" croaks from the armature's voicebox, cause the crowd to gawk confusedly at the armature and start to back away. The armature is even more confused - why did that just come from my mouth? And why do I keep calling myself 'Armature'? With that realization, a lifetime of memories wash into his mind. Birth. Childhood. Pulling Suzy Schumacher's pigtails, making her scream. Adolescence. Playing with lego. The start of an obsession with machines and moving parts that would soon rule his life. Going to Toronto for education. Professor Jones telling him that he knows of a fine engineering firm for someone so bright. Going for an interview in a new suit. Going for the medical examination...... ...then, sitting on a library floor surrounded by strange people. He tries to get up off the floor, feeling the impulses from his brain being...processed?...before his arms and legs respond in a very orderly fashion. He is now upright, and can see that he is surrounded by shelves and shelves of books, each with little red labels containing a number. He also finds a door marked 'exit', which he heads for with great haste. Walking is very hard to do, especially when you can feel something very hard inside your limbs moving them instead of muscles which you can feel have been atrophied beyond use. Outside the door is a city street, like so many he thinks he's seen and, so great is his haste to leave the building that he slams into a man in a uniform. A few moments pass before he realises this is an officer of the law. A strange feeling of kinship arises from nowhere as the officer speaks. "Whoa there, in a bit of a hurry I see?" His eyes drift down to the badge, where a moment after he sees the badge... 001 - RECVD Request NWOID = badge 10034 050 - DEVICE FAULT : Communications System Offline 060 - System Default:Local Memory Access 101 - QueryNWOID = badge 10034 001 - RECVD MemSearch OK 110 - RequestResult * 001 - NWOID = badge 10034(Local Police Authority) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : Sgt. Robert Polickny Status : Sleeper Last Known Operation : Requested to Observe Area Sector 0-102B(Toronto South) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- What in the hell was that?! Somehow, he knows this cop's name, and some other very confusing information. The policeman reaches inside a pocket and pulls out a notebook. "Your name, sir?". Confusion. Why doesn't he just tell me my name instead of asking me if I want to know?... 043 - RECVD Request Impasse Resolution 045 - RECVD Impasse Parameters { {SRC = Police Officer(NWOID = 10034)}, {Query = "Your name, sir?"} } 050 - DEVICE FAULT : Communications System Offline 060 - System Default : Local DEI 200 - DEIRCVD : Request Impasse Resolution Params = ( { {SRC=PoliceOfficer(NWOID=10034)}, {Query = "Your name, sir?"} } ) 201 - DEI Processing... 201 - DEI Processing... 201 - DEI Processing... 201 - DEI Processing... 205 - DEI Query Complete - Piping to Analog.... OH, he wants me to tell him my name! Hmm, do I know my name Mr. DEI? 200 - DEIRCVD - QueryID 205 - DEI Query Complete - Piping to Analog Armature 01100111110001011111100100000000?! I can't tell him that! 200 - DEIRCVD - QueryAlternateID 050 - DEVICE FAULT - Communications System Offline 060 - System Default : Local DEI 200 - DEIRCVD - CreateAlternateID 201 - DEI Scanning..... 201 - DEI Scanning..... 201 - DEI Scanning..... 201 - DEI Scanning..... 202 - DEI Source found 050 - DEVICE FAULT : Image Analysis System Offline 060 - System Default : Local DEI 200 - DEIRCVD - AltIDSource = UNKNOWN AltIDData = "First St." "Third St." 200 - DEIRCVD - AltIdFormation 201 - DEI Processing... 201 - DEI Processing... 205 - DEI Query Complete - Piping to Analog "My name is First Third, Officer, Have a Nice Day" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FNORD : This .sig does not exist