Species Swap Event

[singularitymods.livejournal.com]

On May 20th, Kaylee and Bro are going to go on a date. Normally, this wouldn't mean anything to anyone on the station except for them, but Kaylee just happens to be a very curious mechanic whose idea of the perfect date involves digging into the wiry heart of the station.

Long story short? The teleporters are about to start malfunctioning. While they'll still get your character from point A to point B, there will also be a solid chance that they will be one of the lucky people who experiences a random teleportation error. This error? It scrambles your character's DNA and they might just come out the other side with fins, hooves, or mandibles. A human is now a salarian. A troll is now a golden retriever. In short: species swap.

The effects will last until the 27th when Hypatia manages to replace the necessary parts to repair the damage done.


A quick run-down of rules are as follows:
-Species will be limited to current residents of the station unless otherwise approved.

-No splicing two or more species together please. We don't need any half-unicorn, half-dragon wolves running amok. Keep it simple. There's plenty enough to wig out over with a total gene swap.

-The swap will occur as a “random accident” upon your character teleporting. If you don't want to take part in the species swap shenanigans, it's safe to assume that your character simply wasn't effected.


To generate CR:
A log will go up on the start day of the event. Should you choose, the teleporter error may also have the unfortunate side-effect of routing your character to Garden Zone 1 instead of their desired location.

Don't fret, though, they won't be stuck and there will be more people behind them, coming through from other parts of the station on a similar detour. It's the perfect rendezvous. Have your character chat with them, gape at their new bodies, or find another teleporter and go on their merry way.

Or have a panic attack. Whichever.


Feel free to ask questions/leave comments in the labeled section below. Let's have fun, guys!

Comments

UNSC-FLAVORED AI

[alaspooryork]

You are a little chip with an attached mini-holoprojector. I hope you have someone to carry you around or a nearby mobile platform to take over, or you're popping out of the teleporter and sitting on the ground for the duration of the event.

But if you don't, it's still okay! Thanks to the pervasive wireless network and the millions of holoprojectors throughout the station, you can use the network to instantly appear anywhere in your chosen holographic form. The default size is about action-figure sized, but you can control this and appear as large or small as you want. Each AI has a unique appearance which is self-determined, and it can be as human, abstract, or monstrous as you like. For example, Auntie Dot from Reach is a series of glowing crosshairs.

Capabilities! Your chip can be inserted into any compatible neuroimplant slot, which are currently only possessed by York, Washington, Tucker, Black-One, Black-Two, and Black-Three (although any other Spartan or hell even Rookie or O'Brien could get their neural slot modified to take an AI with minimal difficulty). If you're synched with someone, you'd get access to their memories and their brain's procesing power and if you're strong-willed enough you can take over their body - seems like a raw deal for the human until you realize they're about 150% more efficient with an AI running their equipment, and controlling someone's body with faster-than-human reflexes can be awesome if the AI is on your side in a combat situation. You're also designed to be able to pilot starships and can control virtually any large mechanical device including robot bodies, computer databanks, etc.

Downsides? You're a Microsoft product. You go insane in 7 years. Sorry.

Re: UNSC-FLAVORED AI

[bastione.livejournal.com]

LMFAO PUTTING AN AI IN O'BRIEN WOULD BE THE WORST IDEA EVER

Re: UNSC-FLAVORED AI

[recompiling]

I THINK YOU MEAN THE BEST IDEA

and I was going to turn Rookie into an Elite but I think you just gave me a better idea :3

Re: UNSC-FLAVORED AI

[sniperbitch.livejournal.com]

...........OH GOD YES YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS rookie would get to see ~all those memories~ that O'Brien would never ever ever talk about

And Rookie could force him to go apologize to Emile.

Re: UNSC-FLAVORED AI

[whistlesatengineers]

"O'Brien, go apologize to Emile or so help me I will march your body over there and do it for you B|"

Clearly this is the most amazing plan. Now to convince O'Bri to actually carry Rookie around in his head XD

Re: UNSC-FLAVORED AI

[sniperbitch.livejournal.com]

"NOOOOOO I DON'T WANNA"

e.e Oh that wouldn't be hard. O'Brien's kind of stupid, how else would he talk to the AI in the chip and find out what it is and who it belongs to? Because obviously sticking it into his head is a much better plan than taking it to someone tech savvy.

Re: UNSC-FLAVORED AI

[whistlesatengineers]

"YOU WILL AND YOU'LL LIKE IT. I HAVE ALL OF YOUR EMBARRASSING CHILDHOOD STORIES RIGHT HERE AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO USE THEM."

Best course of action when you find a strange AI chip is always to stick it in you pantsbrain. O'Brien is such a lovable derp, though, if you can get past the specieism and robo-racism.

Re: UNSC-FLAVORED AI

[sniperbitch.livejournal.com]

gdfkljsd we're doing this.

:C O'Brien has no business being in the military. At all. Even if the fate of humanity was at stake and they needed every warm body--oh wait.

Re: UNSC-FLAVORED AI

[whistlesatengineers]

:D :D :D See I told you this was the best idea.

Don't worry, O'Brien, Rookie loves you even if you're in the completely wrong profession.

[edgeoflucidity]

Totally thinking about giving Wash some time as one of these as well as an Elite.

So you can really effectively count the AU Wash off the list of possible carriers.