Fred
Retired Staff
"Hold on." Kotori closed her eyes and sighed. "We might be getting a little too far afield for our own benefit. Let's puzzle back over what we do know or else we might hatch conspiracy theories one after the other until evening..."
"I was given a NH-29 Signaler body when my NH-22M was close to expiring. After the soul transfer, Karl Sylvester did not purge the body. The body was taken out from the YSS Sakura without no one being the wiser and someone had the authority to server the ship's MEGAMI-IES from the universal PANTHEON node on Yamatai at the time."
"When SAINT made a mention of looking for volunteers for certain missions, I stepped forward on my own to participate. I wanted to get back at Black Spiral at the time. I was given an experimental vessel at the time which had been built at the Scorpio Secret research Base. The vessel, at that time, already included the container saying that it is spare hemosynthetic material but that we in fact suspect it to be my former NH-22M body, still alive in stasis with her mind in the same condition as when mine was imprinted."
"So far, Taisho Ketsurui Yui has proven - despite being an ambiguous sponsor of my current relatively self-governed assignment - to be a stout supporter... odds are that if I ask something of her within the bounds of reason that she will grant it. The same goes for Taisa Ketsurui Hanako. When I came into contact with SAINT's new Director-in-Chief, Motoyoshi Misato-Chujo, she too supported the assignment I had chosen and she is too new to really be involved in anything beforehand - I also bet that the separation of the UOC may prove problematic enough for her to be too busy to pay us much mind."
"The presence of the NH-22M in Miharu's cargo hold was unknown to us until revealed by Karl Sylvester. Star Army Logistics certainly had no idea; I doubt they would have had hidden it from me. SAINT was - before Motoyoshi-Chujo came up - apparently aware of my Signaler ability because I was confidently told that my ship did indeed pack counter-measure against hostile psions. It was only after investigation that we found out ourselves, given a few unusual cues around me. SAINT could have kept the secrecy for the same reason Karl Sylvester did: because spontaneity was perhaps more important than foreknowledge. He also revealed what we did not know beforehand: the presence of the NH-22M aboard Miharu."
"Such manipulative secrecy is unlike Karl Sylvester, but he does work for the Star Army Research Administration. SARA is known to having projects which are morally questionable and don't appeal to certain convictions we hold... but that may only show someone in the organization has an agenda of her own because there are too many holes in what we do know - this is too big to be just Karl. That doesn't necessarily make SARA or any other organization within the Empire an enemy. Caution, discretion and vigilance could be the order of the day before we stoop to paranoia."
"Also, copying a nekovalkyrja's mind when the previous body remains alive is illegal and yet it was done. We do not currently grasp the motive, but it must have been done for a good reason or else there would be little reason to bother. Karl also revealed that the NH-22M had been improved on, something which is rare because it is often less complicated to simply build a new body and soul-transfer. We assume there was a good reason for modifying her, to place her aboard and that there might have been an important reason why Karl Sylvester revealed the NH-22M's whereabout to us."
Kotori reopened her amber eyes, looking to Nyton and then Kôsuka. "Seeing how things are and the control we have over the situation, it might actually be better to maintain a status quo. My mission is against Eve - I probably should continue working towards that. My signaler reversal ability might come into play eventually - but there is little use in worrying about it before then. We've covered the issue of moving the NH-22M or waking her up but there seem to be many complications involved - considering that, maybe it was wise from those whom placed her there to keep her on Miharu; I'm considering leaving her there as she is."
She idly fingered the green-stained hem of her mandarin dress. "There is advantage in playing dumb and letting another think she is smarter than you. In time, more answers may reveal themselves."
"I was given a NH-29 Signaler body when my NH-22M was close to expiring. After the soul transfer, Karl Sylvester did not purge the body. The body was taken out from the YSS Sakura without no one being the wiser and someone had the authority to server the ship's MEGAMI-IES from the universal PANTHEON node on Yamatai at the time."
"When SAINT made a mention of looking for volunteers for certain missions, I stepped forward on my own to participate. I wanted to get back at Black Spiral at the time. I was given an experimental vessel at the time which had been built at the Scorpio Secret research Base. The vessel, at that time, already included the container saying that it is spare hemosynthetic material but that we in fact suspect it to be my former NH-22M body, still alive in stasis with her mind in the same condition as when mine was imprinted."
"So far, Taisho Ketsurui Yui has proven - despite being an ambiguous sponsor of my current relatively self-governed assignment - to be a stout supporter... odds are that if I ask something of her within the bounds of reason that she will grant it. The same goes for Taisa Ketsurui Hanako. When I came into contact with SAINT's new Director-in-Chief, Motoyoshi Misato-Chujo, she too supported the assignment I had chosen and she is too new to really be involved in anything beforehand - I also bet that the separation of the UOC may prove problematic enough for her to be too busy to pay us much mind."
"The presence of the NH-22M in Miharu's cargo hold was unknown to us until revealed by Karl Sylvester. Star Army Logistics certainly had no idea; I doubt they would have had hidden it from me. SAINT was - before Motoyoshi-Chujo came up - apparently aware of my Signaler ability because I was confidently told that my ship did indeed pack counter-measure against hostile psions. It was only after investigation that we found out ourselves, given a few unusual cues around me. SAINT could have kept the secrecy for the same reason Karl Sylvester did: because spontaneity was perhaps more important than foreknowledge. He also revealed what we did not know beforehand: the presence of the NH-22M aboard Miharu."
"Such manipulative secrecy is unlike Karl Sylvester, but he does work for the Star Army Research Administration. SARA is known to having projects which are morally questionable and don't appeal to certain convictions we hold... but that may only show someone in the organization has an agenda of her own because there are too many holes in what we do know - this is too big to be just Karl. That doesn't necessarily make SARA or any other organization within the Empire an enemy. Caution, discretion and vigilance could be the order of the day before we stoop to paranoia."
"Also, copying a nekovalkyrja's mind when the previous body remains alive is illegal and yet it was done. We do not currently grasp the motive, but it must have been done for a good reason or else there would be little reason to bother. Karl also revealed that the NH-22M had been improved on, something which is rare because it is often less complicated to simply build a new body and soul-transfer. We assume there was a good reason for modifying her, to place her aboard and that there might have been an important reason why Karl Sylvester revealed the NH-22M's whereabout to us."
Kotori reopened her amber eyes, looking to Nyton and then Kôsuka. "Seeing how things are and the control we have over the situation, it might actually be better to maintain a status quo. My mission is against Eve - I probably should continue working towards that. My signaler reversal ability might come into play eventually - but there is little use in worrying about it before then. We've covered the issue of moving the NH-22M or waking her up but there seem to be many complications involved - considering that, maybe it was wise from those whom placed her there to keep her on Miharu; I'm considering leaving her there as she is."
She idly fingered the green-stained hem of her mandarin dress. "There is advantage in playing dumb and letting another think she is smarter than you. In time, more answers may reveal themselves."
