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'''Joshua:''' All right. On to Paquin.<br><br> | '''Joshua:''' All right. On to Paquin.<br><br> | ||
− | As we fly on to Paquin, life gets back to a semblance of normal. Kiera’s starting on dinner, sautéing onions, and the Smart ship | + | As we fly on to Paquin, life gets back to a semblance of normal. Kiera’s starting on dinner, sautéing onions, and the Smart ship adjust the burner flame to the exact amount needed. In fact, all the kitchen systems have been reset to their normal settings. All the hacks and jiggers we’d put in to get past the roadblocks are no longer necessary. for instance, turning on the oven no longer requires us to flip the switch on the trash compactor first. Back in engineering, the computer calmly informs Rina and Beglan that it has detected non-recommended rewiring which it’s now able to bypass.<br><br> |
'''Computer voice:''' This should be examined by a certified Iskellian technician.<br><br> | '''Computer voice:''' This should be examined by a certified Iskellian technician.<br><br> | ||
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Not having a certified Iskellian technician in our back pocket, we thank it for its recommendation and move on. Kiera and Arden put their heads together after dinner, wondering if they can get the computer to decipher the encrypted sections of the med computer. They find that the computer can interface with the med comp but it can’t get past the decryption. It doesn’t have the right protocols to do it.<br><br> | Not having a certified Iskellian technician in our back pocket, we thank it for its recommendation and move on. Kiera and Arden put their heads together after dinner, wondering if they can get the computer to decipher the encrypted sections of the med computer. They find that the computer can interface with the med comp but it can’t get past the decryption. It doesn’t have the right protocols to do it.<br><br> | ||
− | Nika takes the old flight computer that Arden yanked from Equinox’s bridge and installs it in | + | Nika takes the old flight computer that Arden yanked from Equinox’s bridge and installs it in Lagniappe. Rina offers to go along with her to do the finicking work Nika’s eyes are unable to take on. Nika declines, saying she wants to do it, no matter how long it takes. o really, she wants to do it herself. Joshua makes sure that the safe remains off-line of the computer and tells Nika that he’ll set it so only she and he can access it by its combination. All our credits are being stored in it. If anything else important needs to be stored, let him know. The last thing we want is vital assets rendered inaccessible because of a computer failure.<br><br> |
When dinner’s at a point Kiera can walk away from the stove, she fetches Joshua for a quick word. She asks him if he wants to be present when she renegotiates the terms of passage and payment with our passengers tonight.<br><br> | When dinner’s at a point Kiera can walk away from the stove, she fetches Joshua for a quick word. She asks him if he wants to be present when she renegotiates the terms of passage and payment with our passengers tonight.<br><br> |