ILLUMINARRPG: (9-1613) Counselor/Bondmate - Temas Laredo

[Al Muir]

Mission:  Soliloquy

Day: 9

Stardate: 2446.07.13


(USS Illuminar - Deck 5 - Counselor’s Office - Counselor/Bondmate - Temas Laredo - 1613)


Temas listened as Commander Verin explained Luma to the two new crewmen.  Although Piripi had been on the ship for more than a month she still had not had a chance to interact with the Lenai.  And one really didn’t understand Luma until you met her.  It was one of the reasons her very existence was kept a secret.  He could already sense the concern from the pilot.


“Ma’am, what constitutes an emergency?” Piripi asked.  “It would be rather disconcerting, and potentially dangerous if I lost control during a complex maneuver that I was performing. I recognize that a computer can act faster than a human's reflexes, but I would be worried that it could interrupt the maneuver I was attempting. It is like a weapons officer trying to take control during an engagement.”


Temas cleared his throat, “Perhaps taking over is too strong a reference.  Luma does not interfere with the everyday function of the ship, per se.  And at the same time she monitors the function of the entire ship as though it were her body.  Much the same way you monitor your heart rate or breathing.  Those things are almost autonomous.”


He began to walk in a circle around the commander’s desk, being careful not to slow down behind her seat.


“She would never interfere with anything that you were doing,” he emphasized.  “And her “taking control” would be under very rare, and unusual circumstances.  The only time, to my knowledge, that she has done so was when the Illuminar was being threatened by an interdimensional anomaly and she saw the only way to save Commander Verin was to execute a maneuver that only she was capable of, and there was nothing else to be done.  However, even under the most extreme situations Luma will let her small ones take care of themselves, if they can.”


He looked at Piripi and smiled, sitting down in a chair, “Does that make sense?”


(reply Piripi)


He moved over and stood beside Luma’s purple cat persona with a smile and put his arm around her holographic waist, “And if you ever have any questions about Luma, or even for her, please feel free to drop by and see me.  Luma loves to meet new people.”


(reply Piripi)

(posted by Al Muir)


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