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A day in the life of Eize Ryda
-0700 GMT (Galactic Mean Time)-
BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Gah, forgot to turn off the blasted alarm again!"
Eize Ryda reaches over to turn off the alarm, and hits a glass of nanites and water instead.
"Ah man.. what else can go wrong?"
As Eize finally manages to turn off the alarm clock, he also unplugs himself from his bed, and then a soft voice echoes inside his head, "All circuits fully charged, self diagnosis beginning now.."
As his Serco implants begin their normal startup routine, a small needle-like instrument extends from his body, down to the spilled nanites and water, and absorbs them into his body.
"Ahh, breakfa..." "BZZZT!"
The voice in his head calmly states "Error, unable to continue self-diagnosis, reasons unknown"
Eize mutters "I just had to ask didn't I?"
He stumbles towards the cockpit of Behemoth, and asks for clearance for undock, from the station buried deep within TGFT territory, and plugs himself into his control system.
Immediately, the control system malfunctions. "Just great! I'm gonna have to fly this thing with my .. HANDS.." "I have GOT to get back to a Serco Outpost.. perhaps they can figure out what the heck is going on with my implants."
Eize is given clearance, and edges the throttles forward just a little too hard, as he is not used to flying in this manner.
*THUD*
"Uhh, Eize, are you ok?" asks the tower. "Yea.. my implants are screwed, I'm flying manual.. who is that?"
"It's Screwball.. its right there on your screen. If you've dented this station, Gaird will have your hide, or, more likely, make YOU pay for it!"
"Oh, hey Screwball. Go ahead and deduct it automatically from my account, you know I've got the cash *chuckle*"
Eize slowly eases out of the station, and gets his bearings, begins to turn his massive ship towards the closest exit from the system, then pulls the throttle to idle, and the huge ship slowly coasts with no power.
"Hey Screwball.. something's not right today.. I could use an escort to Serco space."
"Hey Eize, did your dying implants say that? Oh fine.. My shift is up in five minutes anyway, just hold tight"
Eize hits the brakes, and brings the massive ship to a halt, tries to run some deep diagnostics on his implants "BEEP, unable to continue, reasons unknown, entire implant system possibly defective, running in fail-safe modes only"
"Hey screwball, I'm dyin out here.. seriously.. I'm in failsafe, please hurry your butt up!"
"Relax, its all in hand" And a massive frigate looms large in front of Eize.
"Holy hell! What is that?" asks Eize. "Ahh, guild funds my man, guild funds" exclaims Screwball. "Gaird said we could borrow it to save your hide, as long as you dont pilot it, or try to plug your damn serco crap into it!"
"Funny Screwball.. ok, heading for the dock"
"Ahh, Eize, remember the station a few minutes ago? Hold tight."
A greenish beam engulfs his Behemoth and slowly drags the ship towards the massive capital ship.
"Where the hell did we get a tractor beam"
"Not sure.. Gaird said he had the entire ship built from scratch, using his own designs, so if theres another one like it, we have a mole"
The massive behemoth settles down next to a very shiny Centaur Agresso.
Eize Ryda hops out of the ship, and manages to make his way to the control deck, where he sees Screwball, ViciousNanite, Obsidian, iTripped, and several other TGFT members. He cant seem to remember who they are at the moment, since his implants are dying.
"All this for me?" Eize asks. Obsidian says "Of course not, we were heading out on a mining expedition, but Initros will do for now."
Eize says "ah, good. Don't waste the fuel on this thing for just me, I'm not worth that much." as Gaird sets the ship on a semi-direct course to the Serco Barracks in Initros.
BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Gah, forgot to turn off the blasted alarm again!"
Eize Ryda reaches over to turn off the alarm, and hits a glass of nanites and water instead.
"Ah man.. what else can go wrong?"
As Eize finally manages to turn off the alarm clock, he also unplugs himself from his bed, and then a soft voice echoes inside his head, "All circuits fully charged, self diagnosis beginning now.."
As his Serco implants begin their normal startup routine, a small needle-like instrument extends from his body, down to the spilled nanites and water, and absorbs them into his body.
"Ahh, breakfa..." "BZZZT!"
The voice in his head calmly states "Error, unable to continue self-diagnosis, reasons unknown"
Eize mutters "I just had to ask didn't I?"
He stumbles towards the cockpit of Behemoth, and asks for clearance for undock, from the station buried deep within TGFT territory, and plugs himself into his control system.
Immediately, the control system malfunctions. "Just great! I'm gonna have to fly this thing with my .. HANDS.." "I have GOT to get back to a Serco Outpost.. perhaps they can figure out what the heck is going on with my implants."
Eize is given clearance, and edges the throttles forward just a little too hard, as he is not used to flying in this manner.
*THUD*
"Uhh, Eize, are you ok?" asks the tower. "Yea.. my implants are screwed, I'm flying manual.. who is that?"
"It's Screwball.. its right there on your screen. If you've dented this station, Gaird will have your hide, or, more likely, make YOU pay for it!"
"Oh, hey Screwball. Go ahead and deduct it automatically from my account, you know I've got the cash *chuckle*"
Eize slowly eases out of the station, and gets his bearings, begins to turn his massive ship towards the closest exit from the system, then pulls the throttle to idle, and the huge ship slowly coasts with no power.
"Hey Screwball.. something's not right today.. I could use an escort to Serco space."
"Hey Eize, did your dying implants say that? Oh fine.. My shift is up in five minutes anyway, just hold tight"
Eize hits the brakes, and brings the massive ship to a halt, tries to run some deep diagnostics on his implants "BEEP, unable to continue, reasons unknown, entire implant system possibly defective, running in fail-safe modes only"
"Hey screwball, I'm dyin out here.. seriously.. I'm in failsafe, please hurry your butt up!"
"Relax, its all in hand" And a massive frigate looms large in front of Eize.
"Holy hell! What is that?" asks Eize. "Ahh, guild funds my man, guild funds" exclaims Screwball. "Gaird said we could borrow it to save your hide, as long as you dont pilot it, or try to plug your damn serco crap into it!"
"Funny Screwball.. ok, heading for the dock"
"Ahh, Eize, remember the station a few minutes ago? Hold tight."
A greenish beam engulfs his Behemoth and slowly drags the ship towards the massive capital ship.
"Where the hell did we get a tractor beam"
"Not sure.. Gaird said he had the entire ship built from scratch, using his own designs, so if theres another one like it, we have a mole"
The massive behemoth settles down next to a very shiny Centaur Agresso.
Eize Ryda hops out of the ship, and manages to make his way to the control deck, where he sees Screwball, ViciousNanite, Obsidian, iTripped, and several other TGFT members. He cant seem to remember who they are at the moment, since his implants are dying.
"All this for me?" Eize asks. Obsidian says "Of course not, we were heading out on a mining expedition, but Initros will do for now."
Eize says "ah, good. Don't waste the fuel on this thing for just me, I'm not worth that much." as Gaird sets the ship on a semi-direct course to the Serco Barracks in Initros.
Hehe, I hate when my implants go bad.
You may want to take a look down in Odia the good Corvus guys have some nice work around that have really improved functionality of my implants.
You may want to take a look down in Odia the good Corvus guys have some nice work around that have really improved functionality of my implants.
Nearly a month later...
Eize Ryda wakes up from the coma he's been in when his implants
died, and groggily stares around the room, while memories dance around, but not quite making sense yet.
The small voice in his head speaks. "Initiating internal diagnostics. New hardware detected, Serco Industries AIR-220 revision b"
Eize quickly sits up, calls for the main regeneration technician. "Yes Mr Ryda?"
"Bah, forget the Mister stuff, just call me Eize. I have a new implant that I am not familiar with, its the" "AIR-220b right?"
the technician interrupts him..
"Yes, that's it.", says Eize. "What is it?"
The technician states, "Ah, it is a replacement of the old repair nanites, it actually creates the nanites as needed, significantly improving success rate of repairs. And as a side bonus, it also automatically upgrades all known implants to their newest version. All it needs is the technical information on it, and it replicates the item right on top of the old one."
As Eize pulls up the technical data on the new implant and begins reading, he hears "Internal diagnostics complete, new hardware has been integrated, daily startup routine has completed, all systems at 100 percent. Have a nice day"
Eize grumbles to himself, "Why didn't they replace that damn voice with the new retinal overlays."
As soon as he finishes saying that, he hears "Please wait, hardware replacement needed, please hook up to provided data cable." He plugs the cable in, and then something very... uncomfortable.. not quite painful, but still feels awkward, starts happening.
Eize glances in the mirror and watches all his old implants start changing shapes, it's very unnerving to watch, especially for the first time. A thought pops up in his head on its own accord, not even a voice, or a retinal overlay, just.. a thought.
Eize is startled to hear himself say, "Please wait while all implants are upgraded, do not remove the datalink at this time."
The technician starts to laugh, "Don't worry Mr. Ryda, everyone who has used the new thought overlay speaks the thoughts the first two or three times, but it stops and becomes more of a pure thought once your mind adjusts to it. Please relax and have some coffee"
Eize thinks to himself, "Bah, this new fangled technology.. it's going to take some getting used to, I can see that already, ah well, technology is the way. and when the way needs an upgrade, the way gets one."
Eize Ryda wakes up from the coma he's been in when his implants
died, and groggily stares around the room, while memories dance around, but not quite making sense yet.
The small voice in his head speaks. "Initiating internal diagnostics. New hardware detected, Serco Industries AIR-220 revision b"
Eize quickly sits up, calls for the main regeneration technician. "Yes Mr Ryda?"
"Bah, forget the Mister stuff, just call me Eize. I have a new implant that I am not familiar with, its the" "AIR-220b right?"
the technician interrupts him..
"Yes, that's it.", says Eize. "What is it?"
The technician states, "Ah, it is a replacement of the old repair nanites, it actually creates the nanites as needed, significantly improving success rate of repairs. And as a side bonus, it also automatically upgrades all known implants to their newest version. All it needs is the technical information on it, and it replicates the item right on top of the old one."
As Eize pulls up the technical data on the new implant and begins reading, he hears "Internal diagnostics complete, new hardware has been integrated, daily startup routine has completed, all systems at 100 percent. Have a nice day"
Eize grumbles to himself, "Why didn't they replace that damn voice with the new retinal overlays."
As soon as he finishes saying that, he hears "Please wait, hardware replacement needed, please hook up to provided data cable." He plugs the cable in, and then something very... uncomfortable.. not quite painful, but still feels awkward, starts happening.
Eize glances in the mirror and watches all his old implants start changing shapes, it's very unnerving to watch, especially for the first time. A thought pops up in his head on its own accord, not even a voice, or a retinal overlay, just.. a thought.
Eize is startled to hear himself say, "Please wait while all implants are upgraded, do not remove the datalink at this time."
The technician starts to laugh, "Don't worry Mr. Ryda, everyone who has used the new thought overlay speaks the thoughts the first two or three times, but it stops and becomes more of a pure thought once your mind adjusts to it. Please relax and have some coffee"
Eize thinks to himself, "Bah, this new fangled technology.. it's going to take some getting used to, I can see that already, ah well, technology is the way. and when the way needs an upgrade, the way gets one."