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mq007 – Skippy#

Text strings belonging to Skippy’s quest line. In this version of the quest, if V returned Skippy to Regina in Stone Cold Killer Mode enabled, she wouldn’t perform a factory reset on Skippy.

Skippy reacts to V taking the weapon out of the case. Makes some snarky comment about V having sweaty palms.

V is surprised. What the hell is this?

It introduces itself as a modified model of a smart weapon, equipped with a custom AI interface.

Is this man your owner?

V asks if this poor, dead fellow is Skippy's owner?

Asks Skippy what happened here, how did this man end up dead?

After short consideration Skippy says that he has no idea.

Skippy says he has no recollection of any shootout happening. In fact he has no idea how he ended up in the case, nor the alley for that matter.

Asks if the gun has a name then.

Says it's custom, defined name is "Skippy", according to personalized settings.

Skippy says it seems parts of its memory was wiped. Skippy suspects it might have been done on purpose. Perhaps it was stolen.

Skippy is troubled, it's not entirely sure if he’s not missing some important files and subroutines because of that.

This guy in the picture is you?

Are you fully functional?

So what can you do?

You don't remember much, but you remember your name is... Skippy?

V is curious - Skippy's memory is lacking, but he knows his name is... Skippy?

Skippy confirms. Personalized setting regarding his personality and call sign are intact. He might not know where he comes from, but he is still - Skippy.

Asks if she can change the personalized setting. If she can change Skippy's name that is.

Denies. Changing such features would require a root level access pass.

Asks if in this case Skippy is fully functional, missing data and all.

Skippy is not sure, really. He will run a self-diagnostic in the background, will tell V if he finds something useful.

Asks what can Skippy actually do.

He will answer that he’s matrix is fully linked to the guns targeting system, so he can shoot. And assist aiming.

I would recommend for the future.

Aim for the head then.

Aim for the knees in this case.

V tells Skippy to aim at the head then.

Skippy complies.

Tells Skippy to aim for the knees

No sense. I know in advance where I will hit.

Skippy taunts enemies while he is being fired

If shooting to kill he will also comment on the violence and gore

Sometimes while aiming at an enemy Skippy will fire a burst of bullets by itself, getting carried away.

Skippy starts a conversation, he needs to talk.

This will be interesting...

Asks Skippy what is happening.

V is snarky. This will be interesting...

Processing so much data about V’s victims triggered a subroutine. V can call it “parental control” if she wants.

Skippy starts aconversation asking why V is not killing people that are trying to kill her. This is strange to him.

Skippy will refuse to shoot to kill anymore, he will redirect bullets to aim at the knees instead.

Can i change this setting?

Parental control?

V is perplexed. A smartgun has parental control?

Skippy provides a piece of trivia, that since early 2000s there have been over {a very big number} of accidents with weapons involving children.

From his, gun perspective - it makes sense. This is the USA after all.

V asks Skippy if she can change this setting.

Skippy says that this would require the root access pass that V doesn't have. Sorry.

Anyway, Skippy says she's running the diagnostics still, he'll let V know if anything comes up.

Skippy is to simple to get into a philosophical dispute, but would really like to know why V is prefering knee caps exploding over heads exploding.

Killing people is bad.

Not sure really...

I'm going for a world record.

V says that killing people is bad. She doesn't want to kill people if she doesn't have to.

V wonders for a second, says she's not sure why she told him to aim at kneecaps. There was no true reason really.

V says she wants to set the world record of a number of kneecaps ruined in a year.

Skippy thinks he understands. Although likes to point out that by not killing people V increases the number of people that want to kill her later exponentially.

Skippy simply says that he likes shooting kneecaps. There is twice as many of them as heads, but they're smaller, more interesting.

Skippy tells V that there is something he'd like to talk about.

What is it Skippy?

You talk a lot, you know that?

V tells Skippy that sure, they can talk. What's up?

V tells Skippy that he talks a lot, if he didn't notice that.

Self-diagnostic he was running uncovered something interesting. Skippy thinks he discovered the identity of his owner in a fragmented file.

It seems that he was owned by Reggina Jones. Skippy says that he’d like to be returned to his owner now.

I will return you to Regina

I'm not giving you away

V asks if Skippy knows anything more about Regina.

Skippy says that V does. He's on of the fixers in V's database.

V agrees to take Skippy back to Regina.

V says he doesn't want to give Skippy back.

Skippy thanks V.

Skippy goes silent. After a moment says that he is property of Regina Jones and should be returned to her.

[Default inject]I have a smartgun that claims is yours.

V tells Reggie that he found a gun, smart, and very talkitive gun, that claims that it belongs to her.

Wants to take a look. A very unique piece was stolen from her possession recently. Tells V to show it to her.

V comments about being back

Skippy says hi!

Says that this is indeed the gun. Asks Skippy what state he is in.

[Hand over Skippy]

Any finders reward?

Skippy reports that 80% of his memory was wiped, root level functions are locked, non-leathal mode is on and locked.

Reggie says that something clearly got corrupted. Uses the root password phrase "Deer Mouse", and orders Skippy to return to factory settings.

... After a second Skippy report in a soules voice that systems have been reset. All systems nominal.

Skippy reports that 80% of his memory was wiped, root level functions are locked, combat systems are nominal. And ready to rock!

Reggie says that seems everything is fine-ish. This gun always had quirks.

Who made Skippy?

Asks where did Skippy come from, he is rather... unique.

Says that gun is pretty much standard, but the smart module and AI hardware is a modified corporate gear. It found its way into the streets, and some techie started tinkering with it.

Combat circutry was top notch, but Reggie has no idea why he also added the voice interface. Perhaps the bastad was lonely?

Anyway, Reggie got it some time ago, collecting a debt. It's pretty unique, so it's more a vanity item than anything else.

Asks if there is any finders reward.

Says that Regina basically killed Skippy, didn't he? He wiped his personality, rest of his memories... That's cold.

Reggie shrugs. She did that a number of times already. Skippy usually gets corrupted after a while, and each time some personality emerges, annoying in a new way.

Does not appriciate what Regina did. V kinda liked the current personality.

Regina doesn't remember asking her opinion. What's done is done.