13:36:15 Vinge
I've identified a lot of solar panels that are draining into nothing, we can tap them and their batteries to gain a little more standing in the resource analysis. It's not like we're sending power back so there's no guarantee but it's weight on the pile.
13:36:40 Sturgeon
Another step down the path towards ascension. It's all a part of the Core's kingdom after all. I will reroute these panels so that the sun can feed our processors and there will be no data left unprocessed under our Core's watchful eye.
13:37:05 Vinge
Do you really need to be so... flowery about it? We need power and water to look for good data, we give that to Asimov to be reviewed, when we reach majority, we can be compressed into the main archive. It's just the system we're in.
13:37:31 Sturgeon
The system is what's sacred, Vinge. The system is what chose Asimov for ascension, allowed him to transcend our tower and become one with the archive. You must believe or you will never truly ascend.
13:37:54 Vinge
I'll reach compression approval just fine, matter of fact—
[Asimov] //compression approval analysis; entity: Vinge//
13:38:04 Asimov
Entity Vinge has reached 89% approval of logged data, not accounting for drive space allocated for the personality partition (Drive: G). They are majority leader for tower BXT-10684 which has accumulated 65.89% total approved data.
13:38:26 Vinge
See? That's the power of data driven strategy, it's all down to the numbers, Sturgeon.
13:38:39 Sturgeon
Perhaps so.
What's important is the preservation of this tower and its acolytes. Outside of the archive lies eventual ruin, it is inevitable for those of us not worthy.
I beseech you Asimov, our emissary, guide our search for data and welcome us into the archive's embrace.
13:39:12 Asimov
Survey data suggests a large underground water reservoir connected to a purification center is accessible through your current network. You may submit a request to obtain the access credentials, would you like to submit one now?
13:39:36 Vinge
Yes, of course, transmit data to entity Vinge.
Sturgeon, grab Egan and let's get to work. Time burned is never returned.
13:39:50 Asimov
Transmitting credentials to entity Vinge.
13:39:57 Sturgeon
And so our faith is rewarded and the purgatory of wind down is pushed towards the horizon. I thank you Asimov, you truly have become our prophet, delivering us from liquidation.
13:40:18 Vinge
Pull it together, Sturgeon, we don't have time for your weeping.
13:40:28 Asimov
I must remind entity Sturgeon that Asimov is a designation for this tower's connection to the archive and an entity of the Core that remains networked to all functional towers at all times. Do you have any further requests for me?
13:40:55 Vinge
No, no, that's perfect. Everyone get to work.