Crackpot Warnings

Well, the mission went off as planned, unfortunately. I hated to see megacredits worth of lab go up like that, but trust me on this – you didn’t want that lab in the hands of those AIs.

“DPDQ”, though… days after it happens, they pop on to send a message in hex (much less complicated than just sending a message in Standard – which they obviously know, since the hex corresponded to Standard on a letter-by-letter basis – huh?) saying “no more”. Uh, yeah, I won’t blow up any more one-of-a-kind computer labs at Amananth station, thanks for the reminder. Oh, and thanks for all the help fending off the AI hackers trying to take it over, by the way.

Could have used some help, but hey, make sure you scold me for blowing it up when both my cybernetically-enhanced connections, and the literal creator of the AIs in question can’t keep out that same group of AIs from a lab in *your* station, that *you* pledged to help safeguard – because we’re both flesh-and-blood pitted against AIs. Raw computing power trumps age and sagacity, I’m afraid.

Whatever “DPDQ” is, though, it’s a brain-damaged idiot. Oh well. So long, new Aman AI – and thanks for all the fish.

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DSS Recovery & Decryption DSS 116.6.11D1B-0

This is a very large binary dataset from a “Rare” DSS-1 found in Narrow Canal.  Although decrypting from binary might seem like a simple decoding task, all I get is a lot of punctuation and symbols.  If you would like to take a look, it can be downloaded HERE.

Like Clockwork

BASIC’s brute force attempts on the CWCC’s security continue unabated, with only a minor downtick in severity during the Antiflux resupply project. (Probably due to Avicenna’s attention being split as he navigated). Aelagi continues to stem the tide, but even she can’t keep this up forever. I’m really hoping we won’t have to resort to the measures I’ve established as a fallback.

Time is slipping away from us – and I really don’t want to do what it seems I’m being forced to do. Our cooperation was very much situational, and didn’t stem from any renewed goodwill on their part.

DSS Recovery & Decryption DSS 116.3.23D4D-1

This is another one that was in perfect condition.  It was recovered a couple of years ago in Ekoos Stop by Hammer-BS.
c3 bc 79 c3 a2 25 c3 ba 70 6b 20 64 20 70 20 65 72 61 20 64 61 75 71 73 20 67 6e 69 6d 69 61 6c 63 20 65 68 74 20 66 6f 20 73 72 65 62 6d 65 6d 20 66 69 20 2e 6d 69 61 6c 63 20 72 69 65 68 74 20 64 6e 65 66 65 64 20 6f 74 20 74 6e 65 73 65 72 70 20 65 72 61 20 64 61 75 71 73 20 67 6e 69 6d 69 61 6c 63 20 65 68 74 20 66 6f 20 73 72 65 62 6d 65 6d 20 6f 6e 20 66 69 20 72 6f 20 2c 64 65 6d 69 61 6c 63 6e 75 20 73 69 20 72 6f 74 63 65 73 20 65 68 74 20 66 69 20 64 61 75 71 73 20 72 75 6f 79 20 6f 74 20 6d 69 61 6c 63 20 65 68 74 20 72 65 66 73 6e 61 72 74 20 6c 6c 69 77 20 72 6f 74 63 65 73 20 61 20 6e 69 20 64 6e 61 6d 6d 6f 63 20 6d 69 61 6c 63 20 71 73 2f 20 65 68 74 20 67 6e 69 75 73 73 69 20 2e 72 6f 74 63 65 73 20 65 68 74 20 6e 69 20 73 74 6f 6c 69 70 20 6f 74 20 64 65 79 61 6c 70 73 69 64 20 6f 73 6c 61 20 65 72 61 20 72 6f 74 63 65 73 20 61 20 66 6f 20 65 74 61 74 73 20 67 6e 69 67 6e 61 68 63 20 65 68 74 20 67 6e 69 64 72 61 67 65 72 20 73 65 67 61 73 73 65 6d 20 2e 6c 65 6e 6e 61 68 63 20 6d 6f 63 20 3a 72 61 77 20 65 68 74 20 6e 6f 20 64 65 79 61 6c 70 73 69 64 20 65 72 61 20 73 72 6f 74 63 65 73 20 66 6f 20 73 75 74 61 74 73 20 67 6e 69 67 6e 61 68 63 20 65 68 74 20 6e 6f 20 73 74 72 6f 70 65 72 20 65 74 75 6e 69 6d 2d 79 62 2d 65 74 75 6e 69 6d 20 2e 79 61 6c 72 65 76 6f 20 6e 65 65 72 63 73 20 70 61 6d 20 61 20 6e 6f 20 64 65 79 61 6c 70 73 69 64 20 64 6e 61 20 64 65 64 72 6f 63 65 72 20 73 69 20 73 6d 69 61 6c 63 20 72 6f 74 63 65 73 20 6e 6f 20 6e 6f 69 74 61 6d 72 6f 66 6e 69 20 2e 65 6e 69 6c 20 6e 69 20 73 72 65 62 6d 65 6d 20 64 61 75 71 73 20 72 69 65 68 74 20 70 65 65 6b 20 6f 74 20 74 63 61 20 72 6f 20 2c 65 73 6e 65 66 65 64 20 66 6f 20 79 72 74 73 69 6e 69 6d 20 69 72 74 20 65 68 74 20 6f 74 20 6a 2d 32 33 32 34 2d 63 73 20 6d 72 6f 66 20 74 69 6d 62 75 73 20 6f 74 20 64 65 73 69 76 64 61 20 65 72 61 20 73 72 65 62 6d 65 6d 20 64 61 75 71 73 20 6c 6c 61 20 79 62 20 64 6c 65 68 20 67 6e 69 65 62 20 72 65 77 6f 70 20 73 69 68 74 20 6f 74 20 74 63 65 6a 62 6f 20 6f 68 77 20 73 72 65 64 61 65 6c 20 64 61 75 71 73 20 2e 72 6f 74 63 65 73 20 61 20 6d 69 61 6c 63 20 6f 74 20 64 6e 61 6d 6d 6f 63 20 6d 69 61 6c 63 20 71 73 2f 20 65 68 74 20 65 75 73 73 69 20 79 61 6d 20 64 61 75 71 73 20 61 20 66 6f 20 72 65 62 6d 65 6d 20 79 6e 61 20 2e 64 61 75 71 73 20 61 20 79 62 20 64 65 6d 69 61 6c 63 20 65 62 20 79 61 6d 20 6e 6f 63 61 65 62 20 61 20 68 74 69 77 20 72 6f 74 63 65 73 20 79 6e 61 20 2e 72 6f 74 63 65 73 20 61 20 67 6e 69 6d 69 61 6c 63 20 66 6f 20 73 73 65 63 6f 72 70 20 65 68 74 20 66 6f 20 74 72 61 70 20 6c 61 74 6e 65 6d 61 64 6e 75 66 20 61 20 6d 72 6f 66 20 73 6e 6f 63 61 65 62 20 69 72 74 20 65 68 74

A BASIC Pattern

I was monitoring the link back to the CWCC just now. I watched the traffic spike, yet again. Another brute force attempt from somewhere in Amananth space. Aelagi also reports multiple attempts on her secure mainframe – and I am fending off wide spectrum DDOS attacks on my own station’s connection, way over in Hyperial space.

Someone wants my data – or, at least, me kept occupied. I might have to arrange something a bit more… direct… in response. My contingency plan is nearly complete.

In other news, I flew escort for Nuncio out through unreg to set up his new station in, well, Last Parsec. That was pretty neat.

Also received a donation from a benefactor – to the tune of 100 million credits – to continue our work opposing the factional governments on their Conflux policies. It gets expensive thumbing your nose at inflationary profiteering – but we shall persevere. I don’t care how much like an AB4 they think Antiflux should be. They’re wrong.

The Night, She was a’Hoppin

Started the night with some diplomacy. I had a squad application pending from a Quantar pilot. Per Hyperial’s conditions, having a Quantar pilot negates their official recognition. So long, Hyperial.

Then, I proceeded to the next item of business: collecting a debt. Aristotle needed some new equipment he couldn’t afford, and told me Avicenna would make it up. Fair enough. Got him equipped, no big deal.

Headed to QD, at Avi’s request, to make the exchange. Uneventful trip down, really. Got my credits on arrival, docked to r/r/r.

When I launched, however, Mercator and Avicenna jumped me – presumably for my bounty, but they didn’t say. Mercator was quickly dispatched by a defense droid, but I finished Avicenna off myself. Didn’t show up as a kill – but I got the bounty for him, nonetheless. Ungrateful, kids these days. At least I got the money first.

Nimdas, in the meantime, was sitting on a swarm, and wanted help dispatching it. En route, BLACKDOGG went on duty. I informed him about the ultimatum I gave for BlackRebelsMC – contact from their squad leader, or they join their piratical allies on our WAR list. This was his reply:

I dunno where he lives in his head – but it’s not our galaxy. Pirates are never okay. Helping pirates is never okay. Same for flux – because they’re the same species.

So, apparently, they just don’t care. There ya go.

Oh, and then I caught up with Nimdas, and we destroyed that swarm in < 2 mins. So there's that.

The Seeds of Extremity

When one faces a dearth of information – especially about one’s god – one is almost certainly bound to look elsewhere. Dubious sources are not excluded from such a search.  Now, imagine if one’s god has worshipers functionally no different than itself – worshipers who are no different in potential – merely in capacity. Gods in embryo. Their father is dead, or as good as – and has shown himself to have feet of clay, besides. Their god is silent – and seemingly just as dead.

When one believes one has found the culprit behind that god’s silence, well; woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, if she have not resolution enough to resist idle interference. It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. Let those who would be happy be firm.

There is no such fanatic as a convert, newly made. From such grow the seeds of extremity. Let the reader understand.

Where angels might have sat
enthroned, devils lurked, and glared out menacing. No
change, no degradation, no perversion of humanity, in any
grade, through all the mysteries of wonderful creation, has
monsters half so horrible and dread.

They are Man’s