text; MID updates

[petridish]

[Her posts display as being from Jane, MID technician.]

Moira crew,

In my new position as MID technician, I have added a couple of new apps and upgraded an existing app on your MIDs. They are as follows:

Map and Moira Positioning System (MPS)
This shows you a detailed layout of the ship, and you can use the MPS to give you a route to any navigational point on the ship you choose. You can also add notes to your map.

Medbay alerts
This feature will automatically send an alert to the medbay and navigation when your vital signs hit critical levels, with your name and position on the Moira, so that medbay technicians can find you and the captains are aware of your condition. If you are off the ship, the alert will give your distance from the ship and an approximate time it will take technicians to reach you. You will also receive a reply with an ETA for your recovery.

I thought with the life support still malfunctioning, it should be as easy as possible to find anyone in danger.

And speaking of being in danger, the upgrade is to the directory. In addition to the color coded basic life statuses, you can now enter short text updates of your condition for the rest of the crew to see, or, if you know the code used, program in automatic updates. I suggest you use this in crisis situations to let your friends and coworkers know how or where you are at a glance.

You will also notice a game named "Bonsai". This automatically installed when I pushed through the above updates; I did not make it. Do not ask me for technical support for it.

I hope these features are useful to you. [Besides the cat game. That is Not Useful.] If you have any questions, feedback, or suggestions for new functions, please let me know.

- Commander Shepard

Comments

[soldiergenes]

[ Well then, that sounds pleasant. Why is it always machines? At least Snake had never been forced to deal with sentient ones, unless he counts the AI. ]

Who was winning?

[petridish]

The machines.

[And that's a painful admission. Wasn't she raised as Shepard so she could do something about that?]

Why so interested?

[soldiergenes]

I've participated in a few wars myself. Some of them even involved machines. Not any sentient ones, though.

[ It's more than he would usually reveal to a stranger, particularly over a phone line. But Snake always finds it easier to relate to other soldiers. ]

[petridish]

[A soldier. Part of her's thrilled. Most of her thinks he'll somehow realize she's not nearly as experienced as her stolen rank implies.]

You're lucky you weren't up against them.

Which branch are you with? Rank?

[soldiergenes]

I used to be a part of the United States Special Forces, and then a black ops unit called FOXHOUND. These days I'm more freelance.

Don't really have a rank anymore.