Chapter Four [Video]

[thebestseller]

Who: Richard Castle and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On the Windrose if you want
When: January 10th, morning

[Video broadcast]

So, folks, I woke up to find that my fleet of cleaning droids suddenly doubled. All of them need names- I only have Cameron, Robocop and Leopardon so far. Got any suggestions? I'm a big sci-fi fan so I'd love to name all of them after famous robots, but I'll take anything.

[Action]

[And on the Windrose, Castle could be found following his new troops, a big, goofy smile on his face.]

Don't work yourselves too hard now, hmm?

Comments

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[thebestseller]

They're all slightly different shapes and sizes, yes. And one has a crack on it where something fell on it... things like that.

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[beardstrokes]

That would work.

[ He just doesn't . . . care about droids. ]

Well, if you wish to name them, by all means. They might get carried away, though.

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[thebestseller]

That's precisely why I try to be kind to them. They're only capable of basic functions now, but if Atroma gets ideas...

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[beardstrokes]

It is not a bad plan, but the loyalty of a droid is not linked to its treatment, I'm afraid, but its programming.

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[thebestseller]

You've got a point there, but I didn't make my droids, so I can't know for sure if they'll ever gain sentience.

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[beardstrokes]

That seems a little more dangerous.

[ But then, Obi-Wan fights droids constantly. ] I hope you know what you're doing.

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[thebestseller]

I'll try my best. I was thinking about about Atroma, though- like, for the mid-season finale, they decide to let the robots fight back or something.

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[beardstrokes]

In my experience, that rarely happens to our benefit.

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[thebestseller]

Exactly. So I'm doing everything I can to help my chances.

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[beardstrokes]

[ He sighs. ]

I suppose so. It can't hurt them.

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[thebestseller]

Yeah... the way I see it, it doesn't take much to be kind, but it could come back to bite me in the ass later if I'm not.

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[beardstrokes]

It sounds like you're speaking from experience or some kind of event. Has it ever happened before here?

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[thebestseller]

No, but I've watched a few too many movies. My imagination runs wild.

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[beardstrokes]

Movies? Oh, you mean the holo-net dramas.

[thebestseller]

Yes, those. I'm a big fan.

[beardstrokes]

Oh. Well, I never really cared much for them. So this scenario happens often in a movie?

I can't say I'm surprised.

[ Propaganda would certainly do that. ]

[thebestseller]

Mhmmm. It's fairly common in movies for machines to gain intelligence and think, oh, this sounds like a good excuse to exterminate humanity now that we're smart enough to do something about them.

[beardstrokes]

I've never met a smart droid. And I'm quite thankful for that.

[thebestseller]

Probably best to keep it that way.

[beardstrokes]

I can only approve.