<b>Sol System<br/>
Earth Space Port – New York Metropolis<br/>
0803 Local Time</b><br/><br/>Alicia worked diligently at the computer terminal, ensuring everything was in place, checking the programs, and doing a second scan of the data.  Instead of the small amount that Alicia had originally planned, Shakti had wanted to take her entire database of all the information she obtained.  That all included the information from 20 years ago. It had forced Alicia to use half a dozen data storage crystals for it all.  It was more than she had ever planned on having her daughter carry... It was too much of a secret, but Shakti thought it was necessary due to the increase in someone trying to follow, and poke around the AI's activity.<br/><br/><span style="color: MediumTurquoise">“Everything is in place Mother.  the data is all in place in the storage devices.  All my coding is in place in the portable core.  And the wipe is set up.  There will be no evidence that I was here is someone comes looking.”</span>Shakti said from the holo projection, giving the woman her cue to start loading all the devices into the metal briefcase that she would hand over.  It also had a lock that would allow only Sienna, Alicia and Shakti access to the inside contents.  5 of the data storage devices were hidden under the foam protection while the sixth with all the data from while Sienna was growing up, and the data about afflicted.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Ok, got all the data, deactivate so I can put your core and computer into the box as well.”</span>Alicia said, putting a code into her terminal to begin the wipe and reload of the system.<br/><br/><span style="color: SeaGreen">“Ok, Shakti, take care of Sienna, I'll see you the next time she is home.”</span>Alicia said just before the holo-image of Shakti disappeared, and the power lights from the personal computer deactivated.  Once done she removed the core brick from the inside of the computer that contained Shakti and placed it in the respective slot on the protective foam followed by the computer itself.  She topped it all off with the  vial that contained some cybernetic contacts that would be able to display a HUD like image when Shakti and Sienna needed it, the small headset that contained the camera, and the needed small sensors to gather data.  Lastly she put in the flexible fiber cable for the headset to attach to the computer.<br/><br/>Once everything was packed away, Alicia sealed the case with her biometric data, and then initiated the wipe of her personal terminal, and all devices other than the single backup drive that contained a doctored database.  Alpha, the class II would take control after he was loaded first.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“well, time to go see my daughter off.”</span>Alicia said before turning the lights off and leaving the Suite she used as a home.<br/><br/><b>Sol System<br/>
Earth Space Port – New York Metropolis<br/>
1030 Local Time</b><br/><br/>Sienna looked across the promenade of the JFK Planetary Space Port at the hundreds of people waiting for a shuttle to either a larger ship in orbit.  That was why the red headed girl was there as well. Capital ships like a destroyer were too big to enter or leave the atmosphere of a planet without help.  She was here to take a shuttle up to the space station, and the military section of the space dock there to report to the destroyer 'Restless'.  Of course she had to wait a little bit first due to her mother calling her and wanting to meet with her for a bit... so she waited there in the airport in her service dress uniform.<br/><br/>It had been at least ten minutes when Sienna finally saw her mother's top of golden blonde and slightly silver hair moving through the crowd, with just a light glance every now and then.  When the older woman finally made her way to the younger, the brief case she was carrying finally came in sight, though, and she began speaking.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Sienna, Sorry to keep you waiting... but I wanted to at least say goodbye one last time”</span><br/><br/>As soon as the words left her mouth, Alicia moved over and gave her daughter a big hug, though never took her hand off the metal briefcase.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Thanks mom, but did you really have to come out and meet me?”</span>The redhead asked.  Looking her mother over.<br/><br/>Alicia just smiled a bit.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“You'll understand when you become a parent... hopefully not too soon.  Oh, and before I forget, I got an early birthday gift for you darling.”</span>As she finished talking, Alicia brought the metal case up to hand to her daughter.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“It's the newest computer we have.  And some other accessories.   Yours is kinda out of date.”</span>She said, handing the briefcase over.<br/><br/>Sienna just smiled at the gift, she had been thinking about getting a new computer, but had forgotten about that with the partying that Rose had taken her out for.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Thanks mom, you shouldn't have.”</span>Sienna replied, smiling, but honestly a little surprised.  The last time that she had gotten a personal computer from her mother was her 16th birthday, and since then she hasn’t had the money or a need to really get a good upgrade.   Now that she thought about it, she had been told she wouldn’t get any freebees after that, she had to purchase her own.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Mom… why are you…”</span><br/><br/>Alicia didn’t let her daughter finish that question, because she knew that her daughter would tell when she lied.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Just don’t open it until you are in your own room.  It is a little experimental, but it should help.”</span>Alicia said, handing the metal case over and showing the pad on the front.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Just press your finger to the pad, and it will open. Take care of her, and she will take care of you”</span>she advised, avoiding the question entirely.<br/><br/>That attitude got a questioning look from the younger woman as she looked at the metal case, and began wandering what was up with it. Unless someone was trying to steal a new design, maybe to kill the company.<span style="color: DarkRed"><i>‘Fuck…’</i></span>she thought to herself and sighing that she couldn’t help but think her mother was dragging her into some sort of corporate espionage.  That was only slightly true, but she really was just trying to protect her daughter.<br/><br/>Alicia stopped any further questioning by wrapping her arms around her daughter in another hug and whispering into her ear.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Come home again sometime, I love you Sienna.”</span>And then she turned and walked off out of the terminal.<br/><br/>Sienna herself just watched her mother go, likely to work before she looked down at the metal case that was her birthday gift.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Well, that was weird just for a PC…”</span>she thought out loud before she heard an announcement over the loud speakers, her shuttle was leaving.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Shit!”</span>The redhead added the metal case to her small amount of luggage and rushed off through the terminal to the shuttle pads.<br/><br/>Up at the Space station in orbit for capital ships, Sienna made her way around the main docking ring to where the military ships were in port.  The Restless was in dock 7 in Ring B.  She made a straight line towards that docking ring and the ship.  The ship was docked next to a Battleship, making the restless look small as she made her way up to the airlock.  In all honesty, Sienna couldn’t help but look up at the two ships with a little wander.  This was the first time she had seen either of them in person,  all other times had been in simulation.  A petty officer was standing just inside the airlock and checking the identities of those boarding.<br/><br/><span style="color: DarkOrange">“Ma’am, name and ID chip please?”</span>the petty officer asked of her while he looked her over, and her luggage.  Sienna reached into a pocket on the inside of her coat to pull out the small card, about the size of a pair of dog tags, one was, but the other was a data chip that held her identity and biometric data, as well as her rank, position and other pertinent military information.  The petty officer took the chip to slide into his data pad before checking the information with her appearance, then ran a match scan over the biometric data.<br/><br/><span style="color: DarkOrange">“Thank you lieutenant.  The quartermaster has you assigned to the quarters in A deck, section C, Room 23.  Your things have already been dropped off by TMO”  the petty officer said, handing back the data chip and the tags.  “Also, ma’am.  If you have a personal computer, you will need to talk to the communications office, get it authorized for basic access for your own duties.”</span>He advises to the young officer.<br/><br/><span style="color: DarkRed">“Thank you Petty Officer.  Where is the XO?”</span>Sienna had to ask, she needed to report to the executive officer and the captain within the hour.  The Petty officer looked at his data pad for a moment before answering.<span style="color: DarkOrange">“He will be on the bridge for the next two hours ma’am.”</span><br/><br/><span style="color: DarkRed">“Thank you.”</span>She said before finally walking off to find her room. She had another hour to report to  the XO and the captain.  Before that though she had to see what her mother had dropped on her lap.  It took her a good ten minutes to locate the right room in the crew deck, but it was at least on the officer section, though she of course shared a small room due to being a low ranked officer… it was bigger than the academy quarters.<br/><br/>Once there, she closed the door behind her, threw the small luggage bag towards the small closet against the wall at the end of the bed, and the locked footlocker.  The metal case was her primary focus though as she sat on the bed and pulled it into her lap.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Now lets see what we have here…”</span>With that, she pressed her thumb to the pad on the box for a moment.  The box snapped open with a light hiss.<br/><br/>Inside she found the matte black personal computer in the bottom foam, as well as the separate brick that housed the AI.  It matched the color of the computer perfectly.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Woah, this is at least 4 times as heavy as a regular core…  what did she pack into this…”</span>she thought before pulling out the core and looking it over.  It was odd.  After a moment she moved the box to the desk table on her side of the room. She then went to the top of the box and pulled out the actual desktop terminal from the metal case.  It she set up on the table before pulling everything else out of the box that she could find.  The headset she put into her ear before plugging the cable into the computer itself.  A moment later she pucked up the actual core to insert into the computer itself.<br/><br/>Shakti woke up in such a small world again after having been shut off from what had been her main core for so many years.  Even the network in the hotel that she had resided in for so long was larger than where the AI was now.  But, then again, this she had been expecting as soon as she had been told what her mother's plan was.  After about a nano-second, she felt the connection to the headset and began receiving the data from it, and the few strands of red hair she noticed told her where she was immediately, though she could not feel any of the database knowledge, so she wasn't hooked up completely yet.<span style="color: MediumTurquoise">“Greetings Sienna.  I am Shakti, at your service.”</span>the AI said, remembering that Alicia had informed her to keep the fact that she was a Class III hidden as long as possible, even from Sienna.<br/><br/>Sienna herself heard the voice in the headset immediately after she had pressed the power switch, surprised at how fast the computer had booted up.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Wow, Mom really did go all out in making you.  Ok, Shakti, what are the capabilities of the equipment my mom gave me?  And you?”</span>she asked, at least hoping to get an idea what ma lot of the stuff in the box were that she had set out on the table.  It didn't take long for her to get a reply, though there was a pause a bit that Sienna did like.<br/><br/>Shakti thought an instant about the equipment she knew were installed.<span style="color: MediumTurquoise">“The headset you are wearing is equipped will a camera and the most advanced sensors that could be found that would fit, and can provide basic biometric data and environmental awareness of the surroundings.  It is equipped with a 3d camera that has an infrared and light enhancement mode.  It and the computer are also equipped with high bandwidth wireless antennas.  This information can be fed into the cybernetic contact lenses to provided an enhanced reality display.”</span><br/><br/>With that, Sienna reached over an picked up the small container that contained the said lenses inside a sanitizing solution.  Looking at them, she could see the cybernetic lines along the clear material barely.  She may try those later, not really having time to try everything at the moment.<span style="color: MediumTurquoise">“The dual wireless connections let me transmit the VR display to the lenses and also allow me if needed to gain access to any security systems.  I am also programmed to be able to provide any cyber-warfare support requested.  I also have twice the processing speed, and memory capacity of current market PCs.  That can increase depending on the system I am connected to.  The data storage crystals housed in the casings can also store up to 1000 Pentabytes of data.  That concludes the basics of the capabilities of the equipment sent.  Is there anything else you require?”  </span><br/><br/>A low whistle escaped Sienna.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Well that explains your extra weight.  No, that is enough for now, I don't have time to go over much more.”</span>Ok, she would really be playing with this stuff all later.  Right now, she attached the PC that contained Shakti to the back of her belt and ran the cable down under her uniform.  Then she plugged the terminal in to the wall, and the data port behind the desk before connecting the data storage device and then throwing everything else back into the metal case, sealed it, then threw that into the foot locker and locked that with her own code.<br/><br/><span style="color: DarkRed">“Ok, now where is the bridge... “</span>Sienna began before Shakti interrupted to guide her sister.<span style="color: MediumTurquoise">“Turn left.  I can guide you there.”</span>With the AI's guidance, Sienna reached the bridge with 10 minutes to spare.  At least she knew the XO and captains name, she found the XO quickly and moved up to him and the captain's station, saluting.<span style="color: DarkRed">“Sirs, Lieutenant Junior Grade Sienna Miranda reporting for duty.”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>