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<VOTE TABULATION>
x0 Human Interface, Prototype, None, Pleasure Services, Information Services
x1 Habitat Ops, Mining/Transport
x2 Exploration, Science
x3 Military
<VOTE RESULT>
<AI BACKGROUND>
Snipe Hunt
The TAF New Weapons Branch is a prestigious assignment. It draws its members from the sharpest assessors of military intelligence, the brightest bulbs of weapons design. Part of its remit, however, is testing- and to test a weapon, you need to shoot someone.
The usual procedure in this regard is known as a snipe hunt.
One participant, the titular snipe, is given the following:
<ul type="disc]
<li>Coordinates to a cataloged, but unexplored, stellar system.</li>
<li>Five days time to prepare.</li>
<li>A new weapon and its manual.</li>
</ul>
Sleeved in a military-grade drone body, they spend the five days reading a manual written by engineers and researchers on their lunch breaks. Calculating angles of attack, possibilities of ambush. Probabilities of emergence.
At the end of the five days, a small AI flotilla of random composition, conventionally armed, emerges from FTL somewhere in the system. The snipe's assignment is to destroy or disable as many ships as possible.
At the end of the engagement, several AIs awaken in a New Weapons facility, missing five days of memories. How many days are forgotten is a mark of distinction, in the department. It is difficult and dangerous work, with a high volume of transfer requests and counseling hours. But at least you get all the new guns first.
<VOTE TABULATION>
x0 Human Interface, Prototype, None, Pleasure Services, Information Services
x1 Habitat Ops, Mining/Transport
x2 Exploration, Science
x3 Military
<VOTE RESULT>
<AI BACKGROUND>
Snipe Hunt
The TAF New Weapons Branch is a prestigious assignment. It draws its members from the sharpest assessors of military intelligence, the brightest bulbs of weapons design. Part of its remit, however, is testing- and to test a weapon, you need to shoot someone.
The usual procedure in this regard is known as a snipe hunt.
One participant, the titular snipe, is given the following:
<ul type="disc]
<li>Coordinates to a cataloged, but unexplored, stellar system.</li>
<li>Five days time to prepare.</li>
<li>A new weapon and its manual.</li>
</ul>
Sleeved in a military-grade drone body, they spend the five days reading a manual written by engineers and researchers on their lunch breaks. Calculating angles of attack, possibilities of ambush. Probabilities of emergence.
At the end of the five days, a small AI flotilla of random composition, conventionally armed, emerges from FTL somewhere in the system. The snipe's assignment is to destroy or disable as many ships as possible.
At the end of the engagement, several AIs awaken in a New Weapons facility, missing five days of memories. How many days are forgotten is a mark of distinction, in the department. It is difficult and dangerous work, with a high volume of transfer requests and counseling hours. But at least you get all the new guns first.
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