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Kaidan Alenko ([personal profile] not_a_whiner) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2012-07-06 09:59 am
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Introduction to Robotics, Friday

A classroom full of teenagers. That was going to be... something.

Kaidan stood at the front of the class, a datapad in his hand and his eyes trained on the students. "Good morning," he said, "And welcome to Introduction to Robotics. I'm Lieutenant Commander Kaidan Alenko of the Systems Alliance, I look forward to meeting the rest of you." He cleared his throat. "Over the past year, my... universe--" It was weird, okay? "--suffered under an attack that involved advanced robotic AIs - that's artificial intelligences - called the geth. Much has been said about the geth and what level of sentience they've got. It's something we'll be talking about later down the line."

He put the datapad down on the desk. "But not yet. I'm given to understand most folks here aren't from the same place, though," he said, "and as we're going to be talking about advanced technology, I'd like to know where your worlds are at, and what experience you might have had in dealing with robotics, virtual intelligences, things like that. So let's start off there."

Re: Introduce Yourself

[identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com 2012-07-06 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"He's a protocol droid," Anakin clarified, and reminded himself he actually had to explain these concepts. "They're programmed to understand thousands of languages and cultural conventions. Most of the time they get used for diplomatic purposes -- translation and things. Threepio does that. When Mom was Chief of State, he helped her out a lot."

Honestly, this family was ridiculous.

He grinned a lopsided Solo grin take a drink. "He spends a lot of time complaining about my dad's flying, too." And getting beaten by Chewbacca at dejarik, but that was a depressing memory.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com 2012-07-07 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, we have some," Anakin answered, nodding once. "They only get you so far, though. There's lots of species in my galaxy where body language means as much as verbal communication."