Snippet #2746006

"I am not an asshole.. is that any way to talk to your computer Mistress?" The A.I. admonished, as the display of a young man of indeterminate nationality grinned. An alpha level was generally designed to mimic or even duplicate a person, and Rei really had no idea what the person who the A.I. was made after had been like. All she knew was on a good day it was a pain in the ass, and a bad day impossible to deal with.

"Yeah, it is, especially when it's a mouthy SOB... Maybe I'll get someone to reprogram you to be mute next stop over after this. Isom paid me enough to... " Rei grumbled under her breath giving the projection the middle finger before turning her attention back to the engine display. "Deploy the cloaking screens and see if you can't scan for anything out there. The maps don't show much except the occasional derelict and planet." She added, fingers flying across the console as she skimmed the display, hoping for something that would let her dump the video into it and run.

'Screens deploying and scanning now.' Specter acknowledged. Self preservation aside, the A.I. was genuinely looking forward to causing a bit of chaos on a larger scale. Most of everything lately had been small time, and he could see how his boss's face lit up at the potential of a large pay day and hitting someone like the Aschen were it could hurt.

But, being near or in Aschen space this long made Rei feel antsy, nauseous, and her heart race all at once. The sooner this was over, the better. "I'm gonna fuckin' kill Isom if this goes sour.." She thought aloud, anxiously tapping the arm of her chair and clenching her jaw as she waited for the scan to return.

Nothing should be going this well, by now she'd have expected to at least encounter a small localized patrol. "This is too easy.."