Moe Tank

[girlfriend_dot_exe]

 1-[Driver recruitment]

Good morning everyone! I need some help testing out Clementine, now that it's complete. I'll need sample human drivers to copy the movements of, and also take over if I make any mistakes.

2-[Later in the day, ALICE took the tank out for a spin on her own. And it's not too long before she sends out an emergency distress call...]

Um, please come quickly! I need help!

[And indeed she does need help. Clementine has landed in a city pool, the tank's back half under water in the shallow end, while the front half sticks out of the water, propped up by the edge of the pool.]

Aah! Don't climb on that!

[Alice's plaintive cries do nothing to stop the local children from climbing all over the bright orange tank.]


3-[Well, Caulder had to pay a fine for the damage to the pool. It was reduced a bit by agreeing to have Alice perform 50 hours of community service, which she is now carrying out. You can find her and the tank working in a quarry blasting rock, pulling loads of junk at the landfill, or working in town as part of the special transit service-that is to say, impromptu public transit for the elderly and disabled.]

I wasn't made for this at all...

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[girlfriend_dot_exe]

Sure!

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[tookthepill]

[ Without wasting another second, Caulder opens the hatch, and enters. Immediately, he's in awe. It's clear no expense was spared; he recognized a set-up for being hooked up to the White Rabbit, meaning most of this equipment could be hooked up to her AI network for less distractions for the driver. The hologram was a nice touch, too.

It really had it all. Speed that rivaled most conventional mechs, the ability to jump, a point-defense pulse laser to intercept most type of missiles, a payload of its own rockets and missiles, a phase-shift system, and a main railgun cannon that looked like it could blow a hole clean through most types of mechs. And the manually controlled systems... looked like a video game controller. She really pulled out all the stops, didn't she?

He was in awe. But it did beg the question... ALICE was developed by IDS's weapons development branch, not for it. He didn't even know she could design something like this. He knew all about her evolving AI and her ability to seamlessly download and integrate any information she gains from machines or databases she's hacked. Maybe she gained this ability when she hacked that Black Gangroot thing? Obviously, she can't copy the machine replication system, but maybe it made her capable of designing a technological marvel like this. If Caulder worked for IDS's R&D department, he'd be very, very worried about the future of his job right now. If the board of directors saw this, they'd all get laid off and replaced by her. ]

This is... incredible!