Leave Your Weapon On the Table

[Ashlie Minamida]

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>> "We'll keep an eye on it and see if anything needs to be done."
>> "For now I'm inclined to take it as a positive development."
>> "Check your memory files, see if there has been any additional compression or processing."

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>> "You made quite a bit of progress on your project."

[Natalie Denisov]

"I'm not happy with its operating time. It's strictly short-term with the current power supply I have. But iterative development, right?"

[Ashlie Minamida]

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>> "One step at a time, yes; and you've already made great strides."

[Natalie Denisov]

"Need to put it through some practical tests at some point," she says, her processes obviously spinning through her memories in a diagnostic.

[Ashlie Minamida]

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>> "Let me know and I will clear some room for you in here."
>> "Assuming you don't want to wait a couple days for the Danger Room repair to finish."

[Natalie Denisov]

"Do we have a couple of days? We have enemies barking at our gates at the moment."

[Ashlie Minamida]

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>> "You want to fight."
>> "I should have realized."
>> "Run your tests, I'll monitor your algorithms."
>> "I don't expect to change your mind, so I should at least ensure your tools are working at peak efficiency."

[Natalie Denisov]

"I want to help my friends. I want to defend my home. This seems to be the way to do that at the moment."

[Ashlie Minamida]

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>> "Unfortunately, yes."
>> "Come on then, let's clear some space in the back."

[Natalie Denisov]

Natalie nods and moves back, working to clear some space at Ashlie's direction. Finally she returns to the suit, giving it a look-over before she disconnects the parts and starts putting it on. It's not particularly sleek, but it at least has a uniform appearance, even if that appearance is 'metal gray'. All the pieces reconnect and she pulls on the helmet, the system in the suit beginning to boot up and feed her information. Finally, the lights in the helmet go all green and she says, "Well, here goes nothing," as she takes a a few slow steps towards the cleared out area.

[Ashlie Minamida]

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>> "Stabilizers and movement routines seem to be doing fine so far."
>> "Try running and coming to an abrupt stop. Models never quite line up to reality and that should give me enough data to adjust."

[Natalie Denisov]

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"Will do."

She backs up a bit and then runs forward, arms moving as someone's arms would when they run. She skids to a stop, the hips and knees having to compensate a bit for the slide and almost making her sit on the ground.

[Ashlie Minamida]

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>> "Interesting. You seem to have adjusted to some of it on the fly."

There's a brief injection of code as Ashlie patches some of the algorithms.

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>> "There, that should make it a little easier. Less unwieldy."

[Natalie Denisov]

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"I think I failed to compensate correctly for the variance of weight in this body from my original body."

She runs again, sliding to a stop better this time. A couple of more tests with both more and less momentum and the algorithm seems to be holding, the movement assist code working as intended.

[Ashlie Minamida]

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>> "It's hard to account for every possible factor ahead of time."
>> "Mobility seems to be working fine. I'm seeing no excessive stress in any of the modules."

[Natalie Denisov]

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"Power consumption seems to be holding steady. Let's try this."

She walks over and squats down to lift one of the heavier crates they had to move out of the way. Servos across the body spin up to provide additional support in response to the effort.

[Ashlie Minamida]

Metal groans for a moment as components and materials settle under the strain, but nothing breaks. Power consumption shoots up but that's to be expected.

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>> "Well within parameters."

[Natalie Denisov]

She sets the crate down, moving to a lighter one and lifting it, monitoring the power spike.

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"Power consumption seems to be proportional to lifting assist as expected."

[Ashlie Minamida]

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>> "It'll be higher than expected in combat, keep that in mind."
>> "Powers have a tendency to break the standard rules of physics."

[Natalie Denisov]

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”Of course. It only has to last long enough. It doesn’t have flight systems or anything to draw additional power, so active power consumption should be somewhat predictable. Reactive consumption like stabilization after taking a hit might not be.”

[Ashlie Minamida]

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>> "You should be okay against most of what they can bring to bear."
>> "Do not even consider engaging Void."
>> "I'm working on a possible solution to that particular problem, but it's ill-suited to be utilized in a populated area."

[Natalie Denisov]

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"I've reviewed the footage. I've seen what Void can do. Not looking to engage at that level."
"We could try to take the others in hopes that, separated from them, Void might just get bored and go somewhere else."

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"Making her someone else's problem wouldn't be an ideal solution, of course."

[Ashlie Minamida]

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>> "It wouldn't be ideal but far from the worst case."

[Natalie Denisov]

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"In any case, we need to find a way to confront them somewhere that isn't Maldon. They don't care about collateral damage since it just plays into their hands anyway."