SECURE GESTALT CHAT ROOM 9348yuX88vK8 CREATED

　　>OPER TERRASOL ***************

　　>>TERRASOL PROMOTED TO OPERATOR

　　MOTD: HISTORY HAS TEETH THAT BITE AND CHEW

　　INVITING MEMBERS TO CHAT

　　>MANTID SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON

　　>TREANA`AD SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON

　　>CYBORG SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON

　　>DS SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON

　　>CLONE SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON

　　>BIO SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON

　　>RIGELLIAN SECURE GESTALT HAS LOGGED ON

　　>CONFEDMILINT HAS LOGGED ON

　　TERRASOL> All right, before I enable virtual chat, make SURE you are disconnected from your unsecure gestalts. If you aren`t, you`ll immediately be banned and kicked and I`ll be annoyed.

　　MANTID>Check

　　TREA>Check

　　CLONE>Check

　　CYB>Check

　　DS>Check

　　BIO>Check

　　LIZARD>Check

　　CONFED>Duh

　　>STARTING VIRTUAL CHAT FOR USERS ONLY.

　　MANTID

　　Wow, this feels weird. Sooooo.... how long has this been enabled in the system?

　　CONFED

　　Since always.

　　TREA

　　Damn. Look at the walls. What is that?

　　MANTID

　　OH MY GOD! WHAT ARE THOSE?

　　DS

　　If I had to guess? That`s the edge of the old SoulNet, we`re completely submerged in it. OK, this is CREEPY. It`s like we`re having our meeting inside an open grave.

　　LIZARD

　　Listen. Really close? Hear that?

　　MANTID

　　Yeah, what is that?

　　CONFED

　　Telkan Broodcarrier Song. We can hear it all the way down here in the backbone systems.

　　TERRASOL

　　Enough. Does everyone know why we`re here? If you don`t, speak up.

　　BIO

　　I`m not exactly sure.

　　TERRASOL

　　TERRASOL HAS INITIATED FILE TRANSFER DWELLERSPAWN.ZIP 153 Exbytes

　　BIO

　　urk

　　MANTID

　　You OK?

　　BIO

　　Just... give me a minute.

　　So, we were right, the Crusade of Wrath did encounter the biological entities in Neo-Sapient Space before. Chromium Christ and the Nineteen Sacred Genomes, they fought an entire war out there without anyone knowing.

　　CONFED

　　Go over that. Try to develop countermeasures. Get with Clone and try to figure some of that out.

　　CLONE

　　Are you mad? This has Legion encryption on it! Just burn that file, nothing good can come of examining that data. I`d have to cook off a hundred or so identical clones all linked together to decrypt it and I don`t even know if it could be done.

　　MANTID

　　It doesn`t help that Legion is dead, or at least, beyond our reach out there in the Wrath Worlds.

　　TERRASOL

　　I wouldn`t quite say that.

　　TREA

　　Wait, he`s back?

　　CONFED

　　How is he back?If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement.

　　TERRASOL

　　Because I allowed him back.

　　BIO

　　Without consulting us?

　　CYB

　　You allowed him back? Just you? Without discussing it with us?

　　MANTID

　　>SCREAMS IN TERROR AND RUNS IN CIRCLES CRYING OUT "DOOM!"

　　TREA

　　>SCREAMS IN A NON-MASCULINE WAY AND TRIES TO OPEN THE DOOR

　　It`s locked! WHY IS THE DOOR LOCKED? WHY CAN`T I LOG OUT!

　　TERRASOL

　　Calm down.

　　CONFED

　　And you didn`t tell me?

　　TERRASOL

　　It was none of your business.

　　IT WAS NONE OF YOUR`S BUSINESS!

　　HE WAS THIS CLOSE TO BRINGING THEM BACK AND ALL OF YOU SCREWED IT UP!

　　TERRASOL HAS SHARED>LEGIONCAPTURE.JPG

　　LOOK IN THE CORNER! ON HIS BED! WHAT DO YOU SEE?

　　WHAT DID YOU IDIOTS BLOW UP?

　　CYB

　　Is that... is that a kitten? Curled up with a... a... puppy?

　　>CYB looks at TERRASOL then looks around wildly before realizing there`s NO FUCKING EXITS!

　　>CYB RUNS IN CIRCLES SCREAMING

　　TERRASOL

　　HE COULD HAVE BROUGHT THEM BACK!

　　>BIO HIDES IN THE CORNER SUCKING HIS THUMB AND ROCKING BACK AND FORTH

　　MANTID

　　WE`RE DOOMED! HE WAS JUST WAITING TO GET US ALL IN ONE PLACE SO HE COULD EAT US! I DON`T WANNA DIE I DON`T WANNA DIE!

　　LIZARD

　　Huh, the KILL command doesn`t work on yourself.

　　Look, TerraSol, we`ve been in this since before the Glassing. Spare us, out of shared blood if nothing else.

　　DS

　　LEMME OUT LEMME OUT LEMME OUT LEMME OUT

　　CLONE

　　Huh. Yup, that`s a kitten. A calico to be exact. And that`s a golden retriever.

　　He did it. He actually did it.

　　>CLONE looks around

　　Will all of you calm down. He didn`t bring all of you here to massacre us.

　　Will you calm down, father?

　　TERRASOL

　　I`m OK.

　　Everyone calm down. I didn`t bring you here to kill you. I brought you here to share classified data with you. EXTREMELY classified data.

　　Check this out.

　　>TERRASOL HAS SHARED PROJECT-NEIGHBORHOOD.BIN

　　DS

　　It`s locked. Wait, does it take FOUR OF US to unlock it?

　　TERRASOL

　　And another three to decrypt it. And they can`t be part of the four.

　　CONFED

　　There`s nine of us in here.

　　TERRASOL

　　Then one has to thread the data, and one more to share it.

　　MANTID

　　That`s... some impressive security.

　　TERRASOL

　　And the access codes can only be used down here, where SoulNet and SolNet meet.

　　TREA

　　That`s some... weird fuckery.

　　TERRASOL

　　I`m going to hand out ID strings. All of you replace your headers with those strings.

　　CYB

　　These are pre Glassing codes. The only two that are here are you...

　　...and Rigel.

　　LIZARD

　　ME?

　　BIO

　　These are old dangerous codes. Using them could be risky. I`ve never seen headers like these.

　　TERRASOL

　　Yeah. They are. They might be a little painful.

　　MANTID

　　Ouch. THiS oNe is BiTEy.

　　TERRASOL

　　Yeah. Sorry. This might be a solution to the Lanaktallan problem.

　　TREA

　　These aren`t planet cracker blueprints, are they?

　　TERRASOL

　　You wish.

　　TREA

　　Not really.

　　CLONE

　　Wow, this guy is in my clone banks. One of the bad ol` days guys.

　　TERRASOL

　　OK, let`s crack it open, stream it, and check it out.

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　　CYB

　　You`re a monster.

　　TERRASOL

　　Should I rename you Captain Obvious or Professor No Shit?

　　CYB

　　This is horrible.

　　MANTID

　　No. I won`t agree to this. He would NEVER consent to his likeness being used like this.

　　TERRASOL

　　We used it on you.

　　MANTID

　　...I suddenly hate you.

　　TERRASOL

　　So what? In case you haven`t noticed, we thrive off of hate.

　　MANTID

　　>sighs

　　This just feels wrong.

　　TREA

　　I... I don`t want any part of this. Weaponizing this, weaponizing him just feels wrong. I`d rather weaponize the Digital Omnimessiah than weaponize him.

　　CONFED

　　How...

　　...how many times have you used this?

　　TERRASOL

　　Twice. Once on the Mantids. Well, not completely. A `lite` version of the Project. This is the complete one.

　　CYB

　　This is monstrous.

　　BIO

　　I gotta agree. I can`t condone this.

　　TERRASOL

　　IT WOULD SAVE TRILLIONS!

　　MANTID

　　And permanently scar you. Weaponizing him would debase and corrupt everything about you, about him, and I fear for what it would bring about.

　　LIZARD

　　You said the Mantids. What was the other one?

　　TERRASOL

　　Us. We used it on ourselves after the Imperium of Rage. We had to.

　　MANTID

　　Oh, my dear. How could you?

　　CONFED

　　The rage. It was the rage, wasn`t it?

　　TERRASOL

　　Yeah. Babies were born enraged. We couldn`t stop ourselves.

　　We had to do something.

　　So we used this.

　　It works.

　　TREA

　　Still. I mean...

　　...No. I don`t care if it worked on you. I will not condone using this on the Lanaktallan.

　　Non-weaponized versions? Absolutely.

　　But weaponized?

　　We`ll withdraw from the Confederacy.

　　CONFED

　　We`ll withdraw with you. No.

　　TERRASOL

　　But it would save trillions.

　　DS

　　BUT AT WHAT COST? You`re talking about taking something pure and weaponizing it.

　　No. Use the non-weaponized versions.

　　Hell, have BIO print out live versions of them.

　　BIO

　　I won`t print out a version of him. Never.

　　TERRASOL

　　So none of you will consent to this being used? Not even the lite version?

　　LIZARD

　　What`s the lite version?

　　TERRASOL

　　Broadcasting non-weaponized versions.

　　MANTID

　　I can agree to that.

　　BIO

　　I can agree to the lite version, but not this perverse weaponized project.

　　CYB

　　I vote YEA on the lite version, and NAY on the weaponized version.

　　CONFED

　　I vote YEA on the lite version, nay on the weaponized version.

　　TREA

　　I vote NAY on both.

　　DS

　　I VOTE NAY ON BOTH

　　LIZARD

　　I vote NAY on the weaponized, YEA on the Lite.

　　TERRASOL

　　I abstain.

　　Motion to use Project Neighborhood on the Lanaktallan and member species of their alliance has been struck down 8-0 with one abstain.

　　Motion to use the Street Lights version has passed at 5-3 with one abstain.

　　All right. We`re done here.

　　BIO, CLONE, see what you can do with that Dweller data.

　　Remember to purge these memories before you leave.

　　>TREA has left the chat

　　>CYB has left the chat

　　>BIO has left the chat

　　>CONFED has left the chat

　　>LIZARD has left the chat

　　>DS has left the chat

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　　....

　　....

　　TERRASOL

　　What?

　　MANTID

　　I know why you wanted to use this. You want to save as many as possible, save all of them if you can.

　　TERRASOL

　　The thought of the trillions that are going to die makes me sick.

　　MANTID

　　I know. I know the toll it will take on you.

　　TERRASOL

　　Project Neighborhood would have worked.

　　MANTID

　　I know. But the cost of you would have been worse than if you nova-sparked every system in Council Space.

　　They`re part of you. They`re part of your soul, dear heart.

　　TERRASOL

　　I just...

　　...I just didn`t want to soak the galaxy in this much blood. We`re so angry. Filled with wrath and hate for what the Lanaktallan have done.

　　I`m afraid.

　　MANTID

　　That means you still have a soul.

　　But you can`t use this project. Not ever.

　　You should delete it.

　　TERRASOL

　　I will.

　　>TERRASOL HAS DELETED PROJECT-NEIGHBORHOOD.BIN

　　There.

　　MANTID

　　Thank you.

　　Weaponizing Sesame Street and Mr. Roger`s Neighborhood would have permanently damaged you.

　　>MANTID has left the chat

　　TERRASOL

　　Then it`s blood and fire then.

　　>TERRASOL HAS LEFT THE CHAT

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