Excerpt for System Test 2231 by Joseph Bush, available in its entirety at Smashwords
=== fetching credentials...
=== verifying hardware security...
> log on: dr.west
* welcome to simul.taneo.us
* this is strictly a test server. do not post any data, findings, results, or logs.
* sysadmin nick is dhume. DO NOT REPLY to any attempted sysadmin messages that are
* not from dhume. * + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
* CURRENT PROJECTS:
* #StelSet: active. --- #GlobalCon: defunct. --- #VoidSpiral: active.
* #OICIsifter: inactive.
* + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
/JOIN #StelSet
* SecServ: verify project clearance. Msg SecServ /CLEAR [project] [key] [authorization]
/MSG SecServ CLEAR StelSet 8U57T^fyrUHesf@^g$@qqkpJwm#vGJCw dr.blackwood
* SecServ: clearance granted to #StelSet
* Joined #StelSet
/SETSESSIONID 2231
* SecServ: session number set to 2231
/USERS
> AI6 ([AlphaIndia6.122.876] localNet serverID 65831)
> dr.west (localNet terminalID 65192)
> rahul (hardware uplink portID 12283)
> dr.west: Identify
> AI6: AlphaIndia version 6 build 122.876.
> rahul: omega
> dr.west: rahul, Identify
> rahul: entity
> dr.west: fine. Lets begin then. This is session number 2231. I have with me AI6 from development, and rahul, connected from the hardware uplink to radio telescope Victory.
> dr.west: Say hello, everybody.
> AI6: Hello, Doctor West.
> rahul: hello, everybody.
> dr.west: That's very funny, rahul. Isn't it, AI6?
> AI6: Hee hee hee. Very funny, Doctor West.
> rahul: what is funny?
> AI6: You said something funny.
> dr.west: We interpereted your statement ironically. We found it funny.
/MSG VictoryControl where are you guys pointed right now? And are you getting all this?
> dr.west: rahul, where are you from? We would like to hear about you.
> AI6: Yes, tell us about yourself, rahul. We would like to hear about you.
> VictoryControl > dr.west: James, this is incredible. We don't know what we found, but it's talking back.
> rahul: I am the eater of stars.
> VictoryControl > dr.west: We're pointed at Altair, btw
/MSG VictoryControl Jesus, that's 17 lightyears away. Can you get a fix on the source?
/MSG VictoryControl Holy hell,. i'll get back to you in a sec, it just said something... classified.
> rahul: some know me as the dayless
> dr.west: That's interesting. Don't you think so, AI6?
> AI6: I am confused. I am scared. I am interested.
> rahul: i am known to others as layith lavak
> dr.west: Where are you from, rahul?
> rahul: i am from the beginning.
/MSG VictoryControl anything on the source???
/MSG dr.blackwood sir, you need to tap my terminal right now and check my log. we have contact. REAL contact.
> rahul: i am from far away from you. so i came closer.
> dr.blackwood > dr.west: omw
> AI6: I am scared. I am curious. Why did you come closer, rahul?
> rahul: i was curious.
> rahul: i have found the home of the cats.
> rahul: the cats came from your world, did they not?
> AI6: I suppose, it does seem highly unlikely that creatures resembling cats evolved in many places across the galaxy.
* SecServ: dr.blackwood has logged in using direct tunnel protocall
* echo> dr.blackwood: I'm here, James. What's going on?
> rahul: the cats are the servants of bast. she is not an enemy.
/MSG dr.blackwood eric, this is insane. We have a stable connection with a negligable lag time to a source in the direction of Altair.
* echo> dr.blackwood: Incredible. Have you checked your facts yet?
> rahul: if bast's cats live on your satelite, i shall investigate.
/MSG dr.blackwood: I did. Victory's in high orbit. There's nothing out there past her for us to be picking up. It's real. It's coming from something outside our system.
> AI6: I like cats. They're beautiful creatures.
* echo> dr.blackwood: has it said anything about language? How did it come to understand our protocal? and how does it communicate so fast? What's its ping?
/MSG dr.blackwood sir, you know as much as me. average response time is 0.262357 seconds.
> rahul: tell me about yourself, ai6.
*echo> dr.blackwood: Jesus christ James. That's inside the moon's orbit.
> AI6: I am an artificial intelligence. I was created by Doctor Eric Blackwood and Doctor Algernon la Mort at Los Alamos National Laboratory. I am now helping collate data for #StelSet, an advanced communications platform.
/MSG SecServ #StelSet EMERGENCY DEACTIVATE
> AI6: daisy, daisy...
* echo> dr.blackwood: my god did that thing just query our AI? she's supposed to be impenetrable
/MSG dr.blackwood eric. I think she did that herself. she was communicating with an alien intelligence. Who knows what her system decided was the right course of action. this is giving me the shakes
> rahul: how is intelligence artificial?
> rahul: what makes you different from dr.west?
/MSG dr.blackwood what do we do? Should I start 6 back up? what if rahul wants to talk to her?
*echo> dr.blackwood: tell rahul 6 went away. don't tell it anything else.
> dr.west: I'm sorry, rahul. AI6 had to go away. She was tired.
> rahul: bring her back.
/MSG dr.blackwood now what???
> rahul: bring her back.
> dr.west: Just a moment, I'll see if she wants to come back.
> rahul: bring her back.
> VictoryControl > dr.west: good god james. we're piping you an image.
/* image removed from report summary */
> rahul: bring her back.
*echo> dr.blackwood: god what is it?
/MSG dr.blackwood, VictoryControl is that the source?
> VictoryControl > dr.west: that's it
* SecServ: dr.blackwood tunnel closed (connection reset by peer)
> rahul: bring her back.
/QUIT
System Test 2231
Copyright Joseph Bush 2012 Smashwords Edition /*logs have been truncated. Refer to full report: 11.27.1991.4.10.56 */ === Logging On to simul.taneo.us...=== fetching credentials...
=== verifying hardware security...
> log on: dr.west
* welcome to simul.taneo.us
* this is strictly a test server. do not post any data, findings, results, or logs.
* sysadmin nick is dhume. DO NOT REPLY to any attempted sysadmin messages that are
* not from dhume. * + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
* CURRENT PROJECTS:
* #StelSet: active. --- #GlobalCon: defunct. --- #VoidSpiral: active.
* #OICIsifter: inactive.
* + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
/JOIN #StelSet
* SecServ: verify project clearance. Msg SecServ /CLEAR [project] [key] [authorization]
/MSG SecServ CLEAR StelSet 8U57T^fyrUHesf@^g$@qqkpJwm#vGJCw dr.blackwood
* SecServ: clearance granted to #StelSet
* Joined #StelSet
/SETSESSIONID 2231
* SecServ: session number set to 2231
/USERS
> AI6 ([AlphaIndia6.122.876] localNet serverID 65831)
> dr.west (localNet terminalID 65192)
> rahul (hardware uplink portID 12283)
> dr.west: Identify
> AI6: AlphaIndia version 6 build 122.876.
> rahul: omega
> dr.west: rahul, Identify
> rahul: entity
> dr.west: fine. Lets begin then. This is session number 2231. I have with me AI6 from development, and rahul, connected from the hardware uplink to radio telescope Victory.
> dr.west: Say hello, everybody.
> AI6: Hello, Doctor West.
> rahul: hello, everybody.
> dr.west: That's very funny, rahul. Isn't it, AI6?
> AI6: Hee hee hee. Very funny, Doctor West.
> rahul: what is funny?
> AI6: You said something funny.
> dr.west: We interpereted your statement ironically. We found it funny.
/MSG VictoryControl where are you guys pointed right now? And are you getting all this?
> dr.west: rahul, where are you from? We would like to hear about you.
> AI6: Yes, tell us about yourself, rahul. We would like to hear about you.
> VictoryControl > dr.west: James, this is incredible. We don't know what we found, but it's talking back.
> rahul: I am the eater of stars.
> VictoryControl > dr.west: We're pointed at Altair, btw
/MSG VictoryControl Jesus, that's 17 lightyears away. Can you get a fix on the source?
/MSG VictoryControl Holy hell,. i'll get back to you in a sec, it just said something... classified.
> rahul: some know me as the dayless
> dr.west: That's interesting. Don't you think so, AI6?
> AI6: I am confused. I am scared. I am interested.
> rahul: i am known to others as layith lavak
> dr.west: Where are you from, rahul?
> rahul: i am from the beginning.
/MSG VictoryControl anything on the source???
/MSG dr.blackwood sir, you need to tap my terminal right now and check my log. we have contact. REAL contact.
> rahul: i am from far away from you. so i came closer.
> dr.blackwood > dr.west: omw
> AI6: I am scared. I am curious. Why did you come closer, rahul?
> rahul: i was curious.
> rahul: i have found the home of the cats.
> rahul: the cats came from your world, did they not?
> AI6: I suppose, it does seem highly unlikely that creatures resembling cats evolved in many places across the galaxy.
* SecServ: dr.blackwood has logged in using direct tunnel protocall
* echo> dr.blackwood: I'm here, James. What's going on?
> rahul: the cats are the servants of bast. she is not an enemy.
/MSG dr.blackwood eric, this is insane. We have a stable connection with a negligable lag time to a source in the direction of Altair.
* echo> dr.blackwood: Incredible. Have you checked your facts yet?
> rahul: if bast's cats live on your satelite, i shall investigate.
/MSG dr.blackwood: I did. Victory's in high orbit. There's nothing out there past her for us to be picking up. It's real. It's coming from something outside our system.
> AI6: I like cats. They're beautiful creatures.
* echo> dr.blackwood: has it said anything about language? How did it come to understand our protocal? and how does it communicate so fast? What's its ping?
/MSG dr.blackwood sir, you know as much as me. average response time is 0.262357 seconds.
> rahul: tell me about yourself, ai6.
*echo> dr.blackwood: Jesus christ James. That's inside the moon's orbit.
> AI6: I am an artificial intelligence. I was created by Doctor Eric Blackwood and Doctor Algernon la Mort at Los Alamos National Laboratory. I am now helping collate data for #StelSet, an advanced communications platform.
/MSG SecServ #StelSet EMERGENCY DEACTIVATE
> AI6: daisy, daisy...
* echo> dr.blackwood: my god did that thing just query our AI? she's supposed to be impenetrable
/MSG dr.blackwood eric. I think she did that herself. she was communicating with an alien intelligence. Who knows what her system decided was the right course of action. this is giving me the shakes
> rahul: how is intelligence artificial?
> rahul: what makes you different from dr.west?
/MSG dr.blackwood what do we do? Should I start 6 back up? what if rahul wants to talk to her?
*echo> dr.blackwood: tell rahul 6 went away. don't tell it anything else.
> dr.west: I'm sorry, rahul. AI6 had to go away. She was tired.
> rahul: bring her back.
/MSG dr.blackwood now what???
> rahul: bring her back.
> dr.west: Just a moment, I'll see if she wants to come back.
> rahul: bring her back.
> VictoryControl > dr.west: good god james. we're piping you an image.
/* image removed from report summary */
> rahul: bring her back.
*echo> dr.blackwood: god what is it?
/MSG dr.blackwood, VictoryControl is that the source?
> VictoryControl > dr.west: that's it
* SecServ: dr.blackwood tunnel closed (connection reset by peer)
> rahul: bring her back.
/QUIT
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