SO Ens. Alexei Lisenov

[Alexei, Garbage in, garbage out, I guess.]

Alexei didn't really know what to think about the hard limits placed on Sara's interactions. While he could agree that limited social programming was a boon, especially when computers were expected to interact with sapients on a massive scale, there was a point where the constructs stopped being mere programs and started to become more person-like. If it was the case that Sara was developed with the ability to develop a personality and sapience, but was locked out of doing so -- well, that wasn't much better than slavery to him. It was part of the reason why he preferred not to program for social AIs. There were still too many questions.

He waited patiently for Sara to finish speaking, ears perked curiously She made good points, but they still seemed to be limited by the linear thinking of a computer. Sure, she could watch his searches, but she couldn't see into his mind. And for all her excellent programming, she still seemed to be limited in her understanding of sapients-- in her understanding of intuition in particular. Part of him wondered how much of that was because of the programmed fetters placed on her, and how much of that was the simple limitation of being a computer construct..

"Sara makes good points," he said, "And that was information that I was going to bring up, when we got to it." His ears flushed red in minor embarrassment -- Sara was making him look somewhat incompetent. "My clearance, however, is rather limited, and so after hitting censor walls, I elected to pursue the problem as if the field had already been narrowed." The fact that the other vessels had been destroyed limited his plans, and he wasn't entirely sure how powerful the signal was, and how far it would be able to go before fading into oblivion. "I admit that I was mostly considering vessels in the immediate area, because those would have the easiest time dealing with signal degradation from the badlands." He went back to his PADD, pulling up information on the signal strength as it was received from Trinity. Starting from there, he might also be able to get some very tentative distance information, as well.

[If the signal was strong]

"But it should have been strong enough to have a good chance of getting some range. We can work up some tentative times and start contacting other stations." He added. This might be easier than he thought. He might even get to test his MAVIS on the data that they were receiving.

[If the signal was medium strength]

"It might have had enough power to go another 10-15 light-years or so. We should be able to work with this."

[If the signal was weak]

"And I don't think it could have gone more than about a light-year beyond where Trinity picked it up. The signal would have degraded a bit too much. Maybe an observer station picked it up. With enough analysis we might be able to get something useful." he finished, hopefully.

[If the signal was very weak]

Alexei let out a low whistle. "Well, we can try. Maybe an observer station had its arrays pointed the right way at the right time. It's going to be a lot of noise to cut through, most of the analysis is going to have to be done with Trinity's signal." He paused, maybe MAVIS would be able to make sense of it? But it was a trial by fire, and he would rather use some more known test cases before he tried it.

[OOC: I wasn't given the relative strength of the signal in character, so I hedged a bit. Signal power (or intensity) is something that likely would have been part of the data file on the signal, and might also offer some insight as to the relative distance from the ship.]

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SO Ens Alexei K'rorrovich Lisenov - Valdivian Station/USS Trinity
Player: Soren Alder
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