<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/7a/AlineMineiro01.jpg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Petra Sabio (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=339078.msg16082563#msg16082563)<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong> The 11th of March, 9:30am (GMT)<br/><strong>Location:</strong> The Odyssey's docking bay<br/><strong>Content:</strong> First contact aboard the ship; a self-conscious nerd<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong> Everyone - including the Odyssey!<br/><hr/><div style="text-align: justify;"><br/>"I'd be happy to.  And thank you.  I might also say that I agree, regarding violence tending to be a very poor option," Petra murmured to Sybil upon being offered a brownie from the concealed tin - offering it a look of marked curiosity before nibbling delicately.  Not that she was concerned about its ingredients - merely keen to carefully assess the flavour.<br/><br/>The conversation flowed on as she sampled Sybil's creation, before she found herself arching a brow at the pilot... then blinking in surprise at, well, the <em>ship</em> as a whole.<br/><br/>A swift check with her (minor) telepathic abilities attempted to determine whether there was indeed a sentient mind all around her now, or if the actual sentience might be rather more remote.  Of course, if the 'mind' were wholly within the hard-tech side of the Odyssey's systems, she doubted that she would be able to sense it at all - but was it even possible that Orgotek would have kept secret the creation of an artificial intelligence?  Perhaps, given their success in hiding such things as the original jumpship program....<br/><br/>"Ahhh... hello.  It is a pleasure to meet you," she said quietly.<br/></div></div>