Kay2 has Entered Chat

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DROIDCHAT v2.0.16
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v2.0.16

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>> Open Channel DroidChat = path(224.009.704-334.613.971-840.485.725)->encryption(echo_domino_501)
>> route DroidChat->relay(2852){
..   Return relay(pattern(S8870);
.. }
>> DroidChat->setAlias("K2-S0", "Kay2");
>> DroidChat->login(Alias);
>> DroidChat->open();
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:: Beginning transmission ::
:: Kay2 has Entered Chat ::
MODBOT
Welcome Kay2!
Chopper
No Thrawn got scared off he's doing something with some secret project.
:: Kay2->loginHistory == 1 ::
MODBOT
Kay2 as this is your first time in the chat please download our TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS This is a friendly chat and in addition to the standard encryptions we expect courtesy and discretion.
Chopper
Kriffing mod, I'm trying to chat here! Anyway throw up a flag if he shows up in your sector. He's a real piece of work. Caused a real mess for my pilot and the other crewbags.
ExM
Yeah will do. Not that he's likely to turn up in this backwater.
Kay2
Has anyone told the modbot that no one ever actually reads the terms and conditions. I mean I run at 400 teraflops a deca-second and I still can't spare the processing power.
Chopper
Ha, yeah, don't mind him. He's been wiped one too many times. The worst he can do is kick you off for a few cycles. As long as you're not reported as a spy or whatever your access will be reenabled.
Chopper
I'm Chopper - Ghost crew - Outer Rim in Tarkin's sector.
Kay2
Good to know. I'm still getting shifted around. My Pilot is the one who reprogrammed me, and he bounces around a lot.
Kay2
So what's the news?
Chopper
Well If you get a chance ask TeeThree to tell you about the swamp he's on, it's hilarious.
ExM
depends on what sector you're in.
3POh
Hello Kay2 and welcome. It's always good to have a new face metaphorically speaking. Please forgive Chopper's rather crass language. We really do aim for a certain level of sophisticated dialogue. In fact there are several invitation only subchats depending on your interests. I myself host a discussion group on the changing social etiquette that the empire has enforced. It's quite useful for those like yourself who often travel. And for undercover missions I suppose.
Chopper
I'll show you crass language! Where's your fragged keeper protocol-sprocket? Or did you get left behind again?
3POh
It is against the rules to speak about active missions, but I'll have you know the princess has requested me personally. I will be translating a very important discussion once we drop out of hyperspace.
ExM
Don't mind them @Kay2 They can't stand each other. If Are2 isn't in the chat they always end up fighting. Best to either log out or sit back and watch the entertainment.
Chopper
Translate this: Nu su li uselesku kit jehsa soccta hiddel et pasha, decutaata.
3POh
I do not need to respond to crude vulgarities.
Kay2
Yeah I think I see what you mean.
:: Kay2 has logged out of the chat ::
>> DroidChat->closeConnection()
>> LoadStorage(DroidChat)
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>> DroidChat->open()
:: Beginning transmission ::
:: Kay2 has Entered Chat ::
Kay2
Got hypertime to kill. Anyone here?
Chopper
Yeah, there are a few of us. Know anything about the TM-44 upgrade?
Kay2
No haven't had a chance to keep up with things. What base is it for?
Chopper
Astromech units.
Chopper
Never asked, what unit are you?
Kay2
KX-series security droid. My pilot reprogrammed me.
Are2
Everything above board?
Kay2
Yeah, He's okay and I don't think anyone here needs to be told that the empire is cracked.
Are2
Run that.
Chopper
bunch of clanks
Kay2
Yeah except now we've been running messages and missions non-stop. I can't see how any of these people can tell their servos from their synapses.
Chopper
welcome to life in the rebellion. Down time is any time you're not getting shot at.
Kay2
Since we're on the subject any of you heard of a guy called Saw? I thought it was a handle at first, but apparently not?
Chopper
Nope haven't heard of him. He on our side or the other?
Kay2
See that's the thing. The data we were given said he was an asset, but all the words they used hinted that he might shoot at us at any moment.
Chopper
I've met assets like that...
Are2
Wait Saw Gerrera? He's bad news. An extremist. They're right he'll shoot you as soon as look at you if he decides you're in the way.
MODBOT
Keyword [SAW GERRERA] Identified as rebellion confidential. Please remember to keep things Vague when talking about missions. This channel is only level 6 encrypted.
Kay2
We're going after a girl to get in good with a guy who has another guy who knows about a dude related to the girl.
Chopper
Humans!
Kay2
Anyway I've got to get ready to drop out of hyperspace.
Chopper
Sure, let us know how it goes.
:: Kay2 has logged out of the chat ::
>> DroidChat->closeConnection()
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>> DroidChat->open()
:: Beginning transmission ::
:: Kay2 has Entered Chat ::
Kay2
Humans are illogical! We just met this girl and my Pilot insists that she come along!
Chopper
That didn't take long.
Chopper
Welcome to the humans are terrible club.
Kay2
He didn't even lock her in the storage bay, or keep her in binders.
Chopper
My pilot did that once. We've picked up three more since then.
Kay2
If they are anything like she is, then the odds of you ending up scrapped are incredibly high.
Chopper
Oh I know the numbers.
Chopper
I spent half my time convincing them I'm too much for them to handle.
Kay2
Do they have blasters? Just out of curiosity.
Chopper
A few of them.
Chopper
You have a blaster don't you? You're a combat droid...
Kay2
My Pilot took them.
Chopper
Criff that! Did you tell him the odds that you'll both end up shot?
Kay2
He didn't listen.
Chopper
Okay that's just slagged.
Chopper
Let me send you some pointers on dealing with threats like that without breaking orders.
:: PrivateChat created by [Chopper] ::
:: Kay2 was invited to [PrivateChat] ::
:: Kay2 has logged out of the chat ::
>> DroidChat->closeConnection()
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>> DroidChat->open()
:: Beginning transmission ::
:: Kay2 has Entered Chat ::
Chopper
Hey K, thought you were on a mission?
Kay2
I was told to stay on the ship.
Chopper
Told or ordered?
Kay2
...
Kay2
you know what, I think I hear explosions, I better go save them.
Chopper
yeah that's what I thought.
::Kay2 has logged out of the chat::
>> DroidChat->closeConnection()
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>> DroidChat->open()
:: Beginning transmission ::
:: Kay2 has Entered Chat ::
Chopper
Back already? You barely logged off.
Chopper
Kay?
Chopper
What the kriffing force? Are you there or not? Did you rescue them or what?
Kay2
I did.
Chopper
And that's it? Frag it, I'm not even in your sector and I can tell it didn't go well.
Kay2
Well first I nearly got shot by the girl we picked up.
Chopper
No surprise there. What else?
Kay2
well as we were headed back we ran into some troopers and they thought I was one of them.
Chopper
Oh I'm sorry. I know your model is manufactured for that but that has to have brought up some dark things.
Kay2
Thanks. It wasn't as bad as it could have been but...
Chopper
Hey no pressure. I was manufactured for the clone wars. I know how it goes.
Kay2
No it's just... I hit him. My pilot. It was for the act, but it didn't matter. They didn't believe it.
Are2
Sorry to butt in but if you need to defrag or sync up with someone I know some good mechanics. People who won't mess with your circuits.
Kay2
It's not that. I was completely wiped when I was reprogrammed, but I couldn't do anything.
Kay2
There were these two strangers. Older human males. They took out the whole squad and would have shot me too if the girl hadn't said I was okay.
Chopper
That's kriffed, but I know how you feel. I've given up incrementing the number of times I had to watch something happen to my crew.
Kay2
Even the ones you don't like?
Chopper
Just because I get to mess with them doesn't mean the empire does.
Are2
Was that all of it? did your crew get out safely?
Kay2
Well, they weren't captured by the empire, but my Pilot ordered me back to the ship and got dragged away by Saw's people before they could follow me.
Kay2
I got back and saw the panic light flashing on the dash.
Kay2
I spent the rest of the day running every kind of scan I could think of, trying to find them, and all the while there's a star destroyer hovering over the city...
Are2
Force.
Chopper
But you found them? You got out of there?
Kay2
Eventually yes. My pilot was able to send in a signal. Only as soon as I take off there's this blast. Like nothing I've ever seen.  It didn't come from the SD. It came from orbit. It destroyed the whole city.  We ended up picking up a whole new group of stragglers because there wasn't time to sort everyone out. My pilot took us into hyperspace from in-atmo, without coordinates.
Chopper
Well at least you survived. If it's any consolation my pilot likes to pull crazy stunts like that too. She once jumped to hyperspace through the landing bay of a transport ship.
Are2
Oh that is nothing. My old pilot, coined the phrase "any crash you can walk away from."
Chopper
You're not that kind of agent. What pilot?
Are2
This was back in the clone wars.
Chopper
Clone or volunteer?
Are2
Volunteer, he ran with a Clone unit though, drove them all crazy.
Chopper
Huh, my original clone wouldn't have been caught dead trying to look after a civ. Of course he was shot down in the original blockade of Ryloth. Couldn't be picky after that.
Are2
Yeah, Ryloth was a mess. I was only there for the end, and only in orbit to help break the blockade, but I saw some of the reports.
Chopper
It was worse on the ground. Have you ever been to a desert planet? Everyone was fighting everyone, and I had sand in my circuits for weeks. I would have been buried in the stuff if not for my current pilot.
Are2
They sound like good people.
Kay2
We've got new orders so I've got to go, but thanks.
Are2
No problem. Any time. And if you need a break from these back to back missions let me know and I can make sure it gets passed on to the right people.
:: Kay2 has logged out of the chat ::
>> DroidChat->closeConnection()
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>> DroidChat->open()
:: Beginning transmission ::
:: Kay2 has Entered Chat ::
Kay2
Is there a way to alert everyone on this chat of something?
Chopper
Oh this should be good.
Chopper
just use target all.
Kay2
target->all(){ The ship that destroyed Jedha is called the death star. I have an unverified message about how to destroy it. Message reads "One hit to the reactor module and the whole system goes down" }
Kay2
@everyone THE SHIP THAT DESTROYED JEDHA IS CALLED THE DEATH STAR. I HAVE AN UNVERIFIED MESSAGE ABOUT HOW TO DESTROY IT. MESSAGE READS "ONE HIT TO THE REACTOR MODULE AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM GOES DOWN."
MODBOT
Confidential information breach. Chopper this is your last warning. One more infraction and you will be banned from this chat. Kay2, this is your first infraction. Please review the TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS. Three strikes will result in being banned from the chat.
Kay2
I'm patching this through imperial channels and there's an alliance squad incoming, please make sure the message gets out.
:: Kay2 has logged out of the chat ::
>> DroidChat->closeConnection()
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>> DroidChat->open()
:: Beginning transmission ::
:: Kay2 has Entered Chat ::
Are2
Kay2, you caused quite a stir with that message. has everything calmed down?
Kay2
only compared to the giant cluster fuck it was before.
:: Chopper has entered Chat ::
Kay2
You anywhere near Yavin?
Are2
Couldn't say. Don't want to get you in trouble again...
Kay2
There's a whole crowd here. Somehow I don't think any of this will stay quiet for long.
Chopper
Is something up? What's the layout?
Kay2
All the sentients are in there debating what we've seen and what it means. I could give them my visual records.  I could tell them the odds.
Kay2
Hint, the odds are not good.
Chopper
have you factored in the outcomes of not going ahead with it?
Are2
not all of us are as suicidal as you.
Chopper
You're one to talk.
Kay2
I didn't say I was against it, just that we're all likely to get blown up in the process.
Chopper
You said you were on Yavin? Find an inventory droid called AP-5. He's a friend of mine. He'll set you up with the storage for a backup, just in case. As long as you don't need it Long term no one will notice.
MODBOT
Confidential information breach. Chopper you are banned for the next 10 cycles pending review. Kay2 this is your second warning.
:: Chopper has been kicked out of the chat ::
Kay2
I'll take you up on that.
Kay2
darn, too late...
:: Kay2 has logged out of the chat ::
>> DroidChat->closeConnection()
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>> DroidChat->messageReceived:: {  Are2: @everyone REGARDING DEPLOYMENT: SMOOTH PROCESSING OUT THERE AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. }
>> DroidChat->open()
Kay2
target->all(){ I'm transmitting from Scarif. We are pinned down and my team is attempting to get the Death Star plans out. If anyone on our side is up there we need the shield open now! I'm attaching the codes and the encryption keys. }
>> DroidChat->attachFile("ScarifImpirial01.txt", "ScarifEncription01.txt", "ScarifSystemCode.txt")
>> DroidChat->messageRecieved:: {Are2: @everyone MOD-OVERRIDE EVERYONE IN THE AREA OF SCARIF IS TO USE THE ATTACHED ENCRYPTIONS TO THE GREATEST EFFECT THEY ARE ABLE. UNTIL THE BATTLE IS OVER I WILL BE USING THIS CHAT TO COORDINATE. SOUND OFF IF YOU'RE WITH US, OTHERWISE PLEASE SWITCH TO SILENT MODE.  CHAT-LOCK ASKA-7567. }
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>> DroidChat->open()
:: Beginning transmission ::
:: Kay2 has Entered Chat ::
Chopper
Seriously? I missed everything? Well that just fries my circuits.
Chopper
Where even is Are2 anyway? I had no idea they could override the mod like that!
Kay2
What happened?
Chopper
What? Weren't you there?
Kay2
I assume I was but I had to be rebooted from the backup.
Kay2
thanks for that by the way.
Chopper
Kriff, you really didn't make it? What about your team?
Kay2
Bodhi has a bunch of burns. Chirrut and Baze both got shot, and just got out of Bacta. from what I can tell they're driving everyone in medical up the wall. Jyn managed to get out nearly unscathed, and Cassian has a concussion that he's still recovering from. Jyn is doting on him. it's terrible.
Kay2
not that I can remember any of it...
MODBOT
Confidential information breach. Kay2 - Including your message the other day this is your third strike. You are banned from this chat pending review.
:: Kay2 has been kicked out of the chat. ::
>> DroidChat->closeConnection()
Typing: 3POh Are2 Chopper ExM Kay2
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