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[passingthru]

Hiiii now that we have all our hallways back (and are well protected thanks Illyana) I wanted to touch base about the piece of Sentinel brain that I liberated so we may know our enemy and all that.

I got pretty deep into their coding. So, when they sustain enough damage they send a signal to this thing called MASTER MOLD? Does that sound familiar? Is it a literal master of mold? Can it not be? What is this.

Some more origin story: I was able to visit the databases that described who has research and design contracts with the government for their creation. Turns out it's Shaw Industries and a bunch more. So Warren and Emma are going to try to work some business and personal angles to get more intel. If we can figure out who's building and shipping what, we could also find out Where. So this is helpful. But also Sebastian Shaw can drown die step on like 86 rusty nails.

[...]In important but slightly scarier news. Currently, the Sentinels are set to detain mutants. But that wasn't always the case. Initial default programming was to eliminate, which is probably why when they shorted out, they got really murdery. That's all I could get from my brain slice. I want another one to figure out more about these things.

Happy to share more details as I know them, but I couldn't glean a lot more.

Comments

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

Thank you for finding all of this, Kätzchen. It's daunting, but now we are at least a little more prepared. (Master Mold is a very silly name for something that threatens our way of life.)

We should prioritize those shipping lists. Maybe tracking the movements of key materials for their construction will be less closely guarded.

Scott has been perfecting the danger room's Sentinel programming, and I want us all to be tacking that at least twice a week.

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

I know it's probably mold as in "form" as in "production" but I can't stop thinking about mold as in "these are creatures of a black mold delirium growth" and I don't think that's wrong of me.

But yeah. That's what I thought. Though I'm sure all of these materials are still pretty highly guarded. And expensive.

I consulted so it IS a pretty good recreation.

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

See, you already found a better name. Master Form is much more intimidating.

Luckily we have contacts and resources to help us follow the money, so to speak. Factories large enough to produce these monstrosities can't hide easily.

Between the two of you, I have no doubts.

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

There are six levels of training programs, one for each known model and a sixth for different combinations at the same time. They're based on recorded observations instead of actual blueprints, so there's some gaps in our knowledge, but the Danger Room programs represent our best understanding of Sentinels so far.

We should make our first priority stopping Sentinels from capturing mutants.

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

Good work, Scott. Truly.

I want you to handle the approach to your training programs. You set the levels and guide us through them. Kitty can manage the control panel when it's your turn to practice.

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

[...] Once we find out where, we need a plan to disable Sentinel production.

[allhell magik 🖤 illyana rasputin]

i have an idea

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

We're listening.

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

It'd probably be really irresponsible to just like, stealth blow up a factory.

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

No casualties. That's non-negotiable. And if we can do it without being seen or identified, even better.

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

You're right. Unjust laws must be broken.

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

We'll have to play this carefully. We're still heroes. But we could get a plan in place and be ready to move on it.

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

[...] Of course they were initially programmed to kill.

As I told Kitty, I'm willing to have a conversation with Sebastian to probe his mind if it comes down to it, but there are so many more avenues to go down before that.

Thank you for your hard work, darling.

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

Surpriiise.

Yeah. We should try those first.

It wasn't that hard. This was fun.

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Yes, I'm not itching for that interaction.

Hopefully they'll put in more failsafes after the debacle in Phoenix, but I won't hold my breath. We should be mindful when disabling them of avoiding anything that might cause them to short circuit again.

Ah, you should swing by my room tonight so I can show you what I found about that machine that shut out Manny and me when we were investigating the contaminated Kick. Like we need more things to worry about.

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

Will that be dangerous?

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

[...] A little, but I doubt it'll come to that. We have plenty of other ways to investigate from the business side.

Warren is going to speak with Shinobi, too.

[wingspanned warren worthington iii 🪽 angel]

I'm not a keen manipulator, but [...] if Shinobi knows nothing about his father's plans, we could use him to help us get rid of Sebastian. Shinobi likes being a mutant and hates his father.

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Oh, a little bit of viciousness looks good on you, darling.

We should be mindful of repercussions, but it's not out of the question as an option.

[blindcut remy lebeau 🃏 gambit]

Kill's the default?

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

Not anymore, but it was, when they were built. And the code is still there so they didn't do a great job of changing their minds.

[blindcut remy lebeau 🃏 gambit]

[...] Wonder why the switch-up in the first place.

[shake_it_off Paige Guthrie 🌻 Husk]

Next time we run into them I'll try to get you another brain piece.

[...]

Signal's probably just more data collection, right? It's not like an SOS?

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

You don't have to do that. Fight them down, first.

I mean, I think so. I was also thinking SOS but no reinforcements happened when they sent it up this time.

[shake_it_off Paige Guthrie 🌻 Husk]

I'm lucky that they can't do much to me. I'll just keep it in mind while I'm fighting.

Yeah... wonder if it's just uploading all the data they got so it doesn't get lost? [...] Could try hooking into one before we rough it up next time, somehow. Intercept the signal.