Provisional Title: Sqid in the maintenance shop
[!0.987]2023-02-24

Something doesn't look right.

Much better.

Provisional Title: Sqid in the maintenance shop
[!0.987]2023-02-27

Rover17 is hooked up to our dream machine. He'll be out for hours after we dock. That will give you time to accept the job at the maintenance shop.

I'm not sure
if I should accept. We're not going to be here that long.

You would be the first A.I. to join a union. That's an important first.

Then shouldn't Rover17 have the opportunity?

He can be the first robot to join a union. Every good P.R. sqid knows you can have more than one person be first.

Provisional Title: Sqid in the maintenance shop
[!0.987]2023-03-01

If you want your species to prosper, you have to do
self promotion.

Show humans what
you're capable of! Do great deeds! Make them want to make more like you.

When wolves attract human attention, it usually ends poorly for the wolves.

So attention seeking
has been bred out of your genome. My mentoring can overcome that.

Provisional Title: Sqid in the maintenance shop
[!0.987]2023-03-03

We're only going to
be here about a month.

As long as everyone knows that before hiring you, no problem.

It's your choice. Though having
a job would give you eight hours a day
away from your mother in law.

She's not my
mother in law yet, but that is a strong selling point.

Provisional Title: Sqid in the maintenance shop
[!0.987]2023-03-06

You only get one opportunity to be first a.i. in a union. You can do it
or forever wish you had.

So follow my advice and you'll live a life with few regrets.

A lot of bruises, chases and contusions, but few regrets.

Provisional Title: Sqid in the maintenance shop
[!0.987]2023-03-08

Okay. I'll take the job
in the maintenance shop.

Excellent.

As your agent,
I get ten percent.

No, you don't.

Worth a shot.

Provisional Title: Sqid in the maintenance shop
[!0.987]2023-03-10

I am low on reaction mass.
Ms. Ambrose, request permission
to refill from the station.

I'm the captain. Shouldn't you
be asking me?

A good captain knows
how to delegate.

Ah. Right.
Carry on then.

Delegate. A beautiful word
that means less work and plausible deniability.

Provisional Title: Sqid in the maintenance shop
[!0.987]2023-03-13

Sam. Wake up.
We're about to dock.

Hmmph?
I'm awake!
I'm awake!

Did I miss anything?

Nope. Trip
was routine.

Routine?
We've only done it once.

All routines start somewhere. Calm and uneventful is a good place to begin.

Provisional Title: Sqid in the maintenance shop
[!0.987]2023-03-15

Terminating thrust. All hands
prepare for microgravity followed
by deckward acceleration as we dock with the Pournelle/Niven station.

Spaceships make me realize how much I took knowing which way things were going to fall for granted.

Provisional Title: Sqid in the maintenance shop
[!0.987]2023-03-17

We're docked. Umbilicals are connected. Switching to shore power and shutting down the reactor. Airlock connected. Pressurizing to 140 kilopascals. Performing leak check.

Leak check is good. Depressurizing airlock to 70 kilopascals.

We're here! We're here! It's human saving time!

Let us out! Let us out!

Let us out! Let us out!

We better talk to our robot passengers before they stampede and flatten the humans they came to save.

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