Episode 19: OOC

[savage]

Ok peoples....here's what we've been given for Episode 19:

➺ SD-4: On board the Iliad, SD-4 and Base Personnel encounter an electronic life form that takes over the ship, believing it to a more superior species. [Story: Troy Loveridge]

CO: Major Travis Oxford
XO: Captain Robert Cromin
Captain Aaron Goldwyn
Lieutenant Marion Savage
Doctor Lars Nyquist
Calvin Riley


Welcome to Aaron Goldwyn to our team....

Now...to the planning....I want us to all stay on the same page with this, so that there's no confusion.

Any ideas with what we are going to do?

[Robert "Scarecrow" Cromin]

Episode 19, cool … Ok I have two ideas, so we can go with anyone of them or none at all. Daniel Jackson makes a huge discovery on a dig off-world. He found some coordinates of some abandoned research space station owned by the Furlings. They were supposedly working on some advanced military Artificial Intelligence but that was about all the intel they found. The Iliad along with SD-4 is sent in to verify the validity of that intel in order for the Pentagon to plan a possible expedition to the Furlings research space station. On arriving at the Station, SD-4 takes a jumper in to investigate the happenings in the station. As far as they were concerned the station was empty, or so they thought. As they got closer to finding out why the stattion was abandoned a self destruct sequence begins and they get in the jumper and got the heck outta there. The station blows up and the Iliad is on its way back to the earth not knowing that the AI the furlings were working on just needed for the Ship to be close enough so that it could stealthily get itself into the ship. Obviously the Furlings failed and now we have to deal with their mess. . . A lot of computer stuff for Riley if we go in this direction. As far as the other option its been done before in atlantis and possibly SG1…………. Let me know what you guys think.

[Robert "Scarecrow" Cromin]

and oh ... I forgot to welcome Aaron, I am no longer the newbie here on SD-4, enjoy!.....The station is called the RAGAMIRE.

[Jake O'Bright]

Well, I think I can give an opinion too. So here it goes. I do believe that whatever is the origin of the AI, that most logical way for it to upload itself into the Iliad's systems would be through the communications stations. Maybe we receive a distress call and we hail them back, poof, AI gets uploaded and starts to make a mess throughout the ship. It could be of Furling origin, no problem, maybe it would add to the fact that we want to hail it back. That's what I have so far...

It'll be nice to RP IC with my brother again, Aaron Goldwyn. It's been a long time....

[Robert "Scarecrow" Cromin]

The distress signal thingy was my second option, but it is been done too much and I just feel its old but anyways that's just me, others have to weigh in too, we can even say that our radio signal gets jammed while in the station and in the attempt of using the stations onboard communication device, the AI finds its way in to the ship ... more thoughts are welcome.

[calvin]

WELCOME NEW PERSON ;D

I got ideas that I morphed from others >.>
Soo...let me just say my own thing for a second and just go with it ;D
[takes place before the ep...backstory if you will]
They got to a space station because of a distress signal and find it abandoned. Upon said space station, they find a huge database of some sort, that they load onto an alien-enhanced flash drive (maybe not HUGE - but significant enough to bring back).
[The ep]
While in the Iliad, Calvin - with said flash drive - plugs it into a secure computer. At the worst it would have a virus, and he could shoot it down in a few seconds...right?
FAIL.
The items upon the flash drive seize control of the computer, outdoing the computer master himself. It forces itself into the controls and security systems of the Iliad, basically playing some sick game of cat and mouse with the entire crew. I see decompression, all the lights going out, random lacking gravity, using security systems against them. And - so that Calvin isn't the only one with things to do (and the Doctor who will be bandaging up people ;D ) there could be other lifeforms it brings with it somehow. Maybe replicator esk? Like...builds using its electronic awesomeness. Or maybe it manifests itself as something. Maybe just a glowing orb, maybe a cartoonish bolt of lightning, or maybe a talking doorknob. I don't know

They could defeat it with a mixture of water, Calvin freaking out with computers, and destroying it while its not running through the circuits to control the ship - so when it manifests itself. Maybe something simple like water, or something scary like turning everything off - including the air - just to give it nothing to feed off of? And of course we'd have to shoot at it and be like "OMG THE BULLETS GO THROUGH IT D="

I like my idea, anyway >.>
Let me know if that was too confusing

[Aaron Goldwyn]

Hi. I take the new guy would be me, so thanks for the welcomes.

Now to the plot. I do like what Calvin suggested. It would be like HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The only issue is, bear with me since I'm not a computer expert, but if Calvin is using a secure computer, how could the AI/virus escape to infect the ship's systems? To me a secure computer is one disconnected from the network, so stuff like cyber viral contamination doesn't happen.

EDIT: Maybe the AI could attack in two fronts in order to gain access and then control of the ship? The first and larger part would come with SD-4 from the station, but a second, smaller part of it also uploads itself through the communications system as we contact the ship while in the station, being the driving force which releases the first larger part because the computer security protocols would be down due to the first part's interference with the systems. This way we can bring together all ideas so far with a different twist.

It'll be nice to RP with you too, sister.

[Pooja Garcia]

I knew we should blame Calvin

[Cara Coyle]

I told you...its Ian's fault...even it really is Calvin's...cause he's the ultimate scapegoat

[Robert "Scarecrow" Cromin]

I guess I am the only one that think the whole distress signal idea is like beating a dead horse. It just seems like anytime there is an issue with a ship it is because of a distress signal, i am down with what ever the majority goes for.....

[calvin]

Mar 27, 2009 9:17:50 GMT 10 Aaron Goldwyn said:

Hi. I take the new guy would be me, so thanks for the welcomes.

Now to the plot. I do like what Calvin suggested. It would be like HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The only issue is, bear with me since I'm not a computer expert, but if Calvin is using a secure computer, how could the AI/virus escape to infect the ship's systems? To me a secure computer is one disconnected from the network, so stuff like cyber viral contamination doesn't happen.

EDIT: Maybe the AI could attack in two fronts in order to gain access and then control of the ship? The first and larger part would come with SD-4 from the station, but a second, smaller part of it also uploads itself through the communications system as we contact the ship while in the station, being the driving force which releases the first larger part because the computer security protocols would be down due to the first part's interference with the systems. This way we can bring together all ideas so far with a different twist.

It'll be nice to RP with you too, sister.

I know secure computers aren’t hooked in like a normal computer is – but maybe it’s his laptop and it’s plugged into the wall since the battery is low, and the alien life form travels through the electricity? It would technically break the adaptor that you plug into the wall for charging things like a laptop, since it’s a DC, not AC current, and the thing would basically be pushing it to go <- that way when the electricity is trying to go -> that way. I can see Calvin’s face now.

“ Ohh this is bad…”

Hal in 2001 Space Odyssey <3
If we go with my idea, we should totally have everyone that’s seen that movie freaking out. OH – IDEA!

Maybe somehow that movie got beamed into space [go with it] and it somehow got its bad ideas from Hal? Bahahahaha.

And we blame Ian for everything – because it’s fun. ;D

And Cromin, maybe instead of a distress signal, it’s just a signal? Like the ship sends out a “YO – WHAT UP? =D” ish signal. Or maybe something that’s all garbled up and it warrants a team to poke around in there.

I AM SO EXCITED.

[Jake O'Bright]

The whole HAL idea is awesome! This sounds like fun. Go with it, Calvin.

Maybe the AI learned from HAL 9000 how to be a nasty little AI. LOL. Our TV transmissions are everywhere. LOL.

So would it be a complex AI that would develop itself as it gains control of the ship like the Wraith virus in Intruder or something more monoblock that will stay as it was uploaded into the system. If it's very complex maybe the two way infection could work, but if not I think not. Don't know. What do you think?

[Aaron Goldwyn]

Thanks for the explanation, Calvin. I was confused with that part. I like the idea you've offered. I'd go with it if the majority so decides.

[Travis Oxford]

I say Go with it.

[Frank Kepler]

Started the mission thread up, go nuts