015 - Quarians Get Proper Food

[not_annika]

Greetings to our new arrivals. Regardless of their inaccurate use of the word 'literal'. Or possibly 'hell'. I am Seven of Nine and I run the lunch shift. If an inmate should find themselves at... loose ends, then the kitchen would be happy to have you. Breakfast is run by Iroh and Dinner is run by Miss Parker, if you prefer.

Until we get sufficient volunteers, sandwiches are being served for lunch and dinner while porridge will be served for breakfast.

I would also wish to know if there is a Quarian on-board.

Comments

Video:

[childhood_surgery]

[The same strange sight greets Seven as was broadcast earlier.]

Yes, there is.

Re: Video:

[not_annika]

[She's not taken back at all.] May I inquire as to your nutritional requirements?

Re: Video:

[childhood_surgery]

Have you no specialists on staff? Very well...

[Ugh, you people have no professionalism!]

We quarians are a dextro-protein species... We exhibit reverse chirality from levo-protein races; humans, asari and so forth. Edibles suited for you would be inedible for me ill - or worse.

[Somehow, that glowing pair of eyes might just be narrowing with suspicion under the visor. Maybe.]

If you've nothing suitable, I'm willing to consume turian cuisine - so long as it's purified in advance.

Re: Video:

[not_annika]

I am capable, however, your species does not exist in my universe.

I have nutrients that are designated for Quarian use, so all I require is instruction on preparation and frequency of consumption.

Re: Video:

[childhood_surgery]

Forgive me if I regard these collective repeated claims of dimensional instability as... Untested.

Nevertheless, I see no harm in abiding by your request.

[And forwards you relevant instructions.]

Re: Video:

[not_annika]

You will gain the opportunity to test them once we encounter the phenomena known as breaches and floods and perhaps once the Admiral docks at a port.

Thank you for your assistance.

Re: Video:

[childhood_surgery]

Possibly. I find a number of things about this vessel odd, to say the least.

If I might ask, what are you the nine of?

Re: Video:

[not_annika]

It will be tested, regardless of the outcome.

I am Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero. It is a Borg designation.

Re: Video:

[childhood_surgery]

I look forward to it. Even through adversity, useful knowledge has worth, Seven Of Nine. What matters is our resourcefulness in combating what odds we face.

You'll need to familiarise me, however, with 'Borg'... A cultural definition, perhaps? What is a 'Unimatrix' and why is it the numerical value of zero?

Re: Video: [Whoops typo.]

[not_annika]

Agreed.

A race bent on the absorption of the entire universe in an attempt to achieve 'perfection': multiple parts working in complete harmony in a collective consciousness. They no longer exist, having been transformed into the more benign species designated 'Caeliar', an extremely advanced and insular race.

The unimatrix zero one is the primary unimatrix in charge of creating order out of the chaos of many thoughts.

Re: Video:

[childhood_surgery]

Fascinating...

[And it really is tangible in her voice, even through the - unintentionally - slightly Borg-like voice modulation. Xen activating some sort of orange holographic device, which floats in sections over her left hand and forearm, while operating it with her right. Typing in this new data with a flurry.]

That you do not compare them to the geth, however, intrigues me. Your kind and theirs possess remarkably similar attributes.

Re: Video:

[not_annika]

[It's not unusual that people turn out to be interested rather than disturbed. It's not the greatest sign, but hey, inmate.] Likely because the geth do not exist in my universe. It is difficult to compare something that you have never heard of.

Re: Video:

[childhood_surgery]

Indeed...

[But you still represent SO MUCH SCIENCE. Possibly.]

Why was it that they named you such a thing? Or am I to believe that you, yourself, represent one of their kind?

Re: Video:

[not_annika]

It is simply my designation, an indication of my placement on board a Borg vessel.

I no longer represent one of their kind, but I spent more time as a Borg than I have been a human. It would be... a dismissal of a large part of me to renounce it.

Re: Video:

[childhood_surgery]

Of course. I don't see why that should be held against you. It's a perfectly logical formulation.

Are you largely synthetic in nature? Or as organic as you look?

Re: Video:

[not_annika]

I am, for the most part organic, or indistinguishable from such.

Re: Video:

[childhood_surgery]

Interesting... The geth, as I know them, are a networked artificial intelligence. In simple terms, the more programmes co-operating their efforts together, the greater their capacity to perform complex processing. Robotic platforms, varying in design, can hold a great many of them in downloaded form.

[Images of various types are flashed up in orange holographic form, from gigantic quadrupeds to more common man-sized bipedal constructs.]

They drove my species to the brink of extinction...

Re: Video:

[not_annika]

They do appear similar in theory.

[Awkward.] I am sorry.

Re: Video:

[childhood_surgery]

As appreciated as your gesture is, I ask for no sympathy. As a people, we have come to expect little and receive even less.

I would ask for only the ability to continue my work in private, but that which will decide the galaxy's fate... By now, must have already come to pass.

Re: Video:

[not_annika]

You may be given the opportunity to continue your research, though inmates are required to submit to supervision, and the Admiral does retain the ability to return you at a time of your choosing, should you wish to do so upon graduation.

Re: Video:

[childhood_surgery]

Inmates...

[And now they're back to a cynical square one. :c]

And precisely what crime am I being held captive for?

Re: Video:

[not_annika]

That information will be given to your assigned warden.

Re: Video:

[childhood_surgery]

I see... My thanks for your assistance. It's been most enlightening.

Re: Video:

[not_annika]

You are welcome.