audio; march 7th

[alan_1]

[The recorded voice that addresses the crew through the MID is affable and slightly apologetic.]

Hello everyone. This is Alan Bradley speaking. I have a couple of questions for the crew, and I think I might as well use this opportunity to introduce myself to those I haven’t met yet: As I said, my name is Alan Bradley, and I’ve been assigned as one of the ship’s MID Technicians. I’m afraid I don’t have any particularly interesting abilities outside of computer programming, but that should be enough for me to do my job here. Some of you may have already met Sam Flynn, my godson from back home, as well as Tron and Rinzler, two, ah, programs that I’ve written. [Is that how he’s supposed to introduce them? It’s quite clear from the misgiving in his tone that he isn’t completely sure. He isn’t even certain he can correctly refer to them as two programs if you want to get technical, but explaining that would be far too involved for a simple introduction, so he’ll have to settle for the potential inaccuracy.] If you ever need to contact me, I’m always available at my personal inbox. [A slight chuckle.] I guess we all are since these things are strapped to our wrists.

Introductions aside, I was hoping someone could tell me who I should see about getting a new pair of glasses? Mine seem to have been lost as I was coming through the portal here. And seeing as my job on the ship will probably require spending most of my day staring at lines of code, I’d like to get a replacement sooner rather than later.

Speaking of my job here, I’m also looking for suggestions for programs people would like added to their MIDs, or improvements made to the interface. I’ll admit, the technology here is quite a bit more advanced than what I usually worked with back home, so anyone with more technological know-how is welcome to offer guidance: other programmers, engineers, AI… I’d be grateful for any advice.

Just leave a reply if you want to get in touch. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

Comments

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[cardboard_boss]

I can't help with your glasses but I'd be interested to know what technology you can add to the MID.

[Because Venom wondered what improvements could be made to the fancy watch. Perhaps, a long range radio? Maybe he could contact Earth?]

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[alan_1]

Back home I specialized in coding security programs and auxiliaries for larger operating systems. I also dabbled in a few video games as well. [There’s a chuckle at that. Alan had never been as interested in games as Flynn, but as ENCOM had become a bigger and bigger player in the industry, it was inevitable that he’d be pulled in too, even if it was just to handle a few mechanical functionalities here and there. Flynn had always been the true mastermind in that area.]

Is there anything in particular you’d like to see added?

[cardboard_boss]

Sounds like you know your stuff. You remind me of a guy who worked at my base back at home.

[Huey. Oh, Huey. Why did you have to act like an asshole after all?]

Curious about long range radio so I can contact my base. If it's possible.

[alan_1]

[That’s a tall order.] Sorry, but something that could contact Earth from here sounds a little out of my paygrade. Assuming you’re from Earth, that is. [Alan keeps having to remind himself that that may not be the case for everyone here.]

You might be better off asking an engineer.

[cardboard_boss]

[Maybe it was such a tall order. Who knew how far from Earth they actually were right now? Venom sighed and nodded to himself.]

Yeah. I'm from Earth. Are you any good at programming and prosthetics? I've got a metal arm and am wondering if you could knew anything about such things?

[alan_1]

Can’t say I have any experience in medical tech. Though if the prosthetic is programmable, I might be able to do something with it… [Alan’s never heard of programmable prosthetics before, but it would hardly be the strangest thing he’s encountered on this ship so far.]

[cardboard_boss]

sounds good enough to me. should we meet up somewhere so you can take a look at my arm?