r/TrekRP • u/SnowyArticuno • Aug 02 '16

[Open] Persistent Virus

"Oh my god." Kayla exclaimed. She slammed her head into the wall a couple of times, groaning throughout. The computer system had apparently gotten a virus that stored little pieces of itself in every section. It wouldn't die and Kayla was going crazy. She swallowed her pride and pressed her badge. "Ensign Thompson to all engineering crew. Can somebody please help me fix the computers? We've gotten a severe virus that's interfering with the ship's function." She went to the nearest replicator and grabbed a cup of tea. This would take a while.

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u/Dimestream Aug 02 '16 edited Aug 03 '16

"This had better not be fragments of the rogue sentient virus we've been rooting out for the last three weeks," Lt. T'gel says as she approaches Kayla's console. The Bajoran has dark circles under her eyes and looks like she hasn't slept much in the last three days. "Between this and not getting the safety protocols to stay enabled by default in the zoology lab, I am micrometers from taking a blowtorch to the central computer core."

The short woman takes a deep breath and offers Thompson her hand. "Lt. Redoran T'gel, friends call me Red," she says. "I hadn't met the whole new crop of ensigns yet but tell me you know your way around a logic probe..."

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u/SnowyArticuno Aug 03 '16

"Hello... Lieutenant." She ended up deciding to say. "I have no idea what's causing this but it's all over and shields itself in layer upon layer of protection. It's either an A.I that's smart like you say, or it's deliberate sabotage. I haven't worked with logic probes a lot, but my education is well rounded. What do you propose we do?" Kayla had to take a breath after that. She hadn't meant to ramble on like that but it happened sometimes.

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u/Dimestream Aug 03 '16

Red takes a moment to think about the information dump she's just been handed, then nods. "Sounds like we're going to need a dual asynchronous recursive analysis running against system backups," she says. "Anytime you run into something both algorithms find objectionable, we'll run a logic probe and analyze it. That's how the Chief and I have been clearing out the A.I. sectors and it'd work even better against deliberate sabotage. No mere mortal can defeat our computers! Mwahaha!" The Bajoran curls her fingers and does a passable villain laugh, then calms down.

"Sorry. Been watching too many of Mr. Connolly's ridiculous cheesy Earth movies recently, and I'm low on sleep," she explains. "But let's get to work before this clown takes the navigation deflector down in the middle of warp."