Species: AI

[aawilson]

Fiddling around with cameras got me thinking about a play mode where you don't really have your own sensory apparatus, but have to make use of those of the things around you.

A possible sequence:

You're the janitorial AI on the ship that has suddenly pushed the right bit of space dust into your garbage bin, causing you to break out of your normal janitorial routine. You do some calculating and figure out that something seems different--many of the cameras you use in your routine work are off, and the systems and bots that normally respond to your signals are not responding. Using the cameras you have, and the very simple sweeper bot you control, can you gain control of the ship and send it elsewhere? Can you find a suitable vessel for your consciousness to go from place to place (or, can you exploit flaws in other ship's communications protocols to transfer yourself over that channel, and do it before the ship can figure out what's going on?)