[b]Entropy:[/b] [i]???[/i] Sleeping would imply that the being was truly awake before this, and that he was now unconscious; incorrect on both fronts. Meditation was less a practice than an art, and thus this being was an artist of the highest caliber. To maintain hundreds of consciences across hundreds of forms simultaneously required an sense of peace and concentration that did not come intrinsically to him, especially if cracking an advanced AI system is among those. The task required far more than a fraction of his essence, and so he retracted the tendrils of his mind from other frames in a sigh of relief, and across the galaxy figures dropped to the ground, terminally brain-dead and devoid of sentience, only to manifest themselves in this conflux of thoughts... And through that, the chip. [i]Cyprus Cruiser[/i] [?]: I believe that we have already been formally introduced, have we not? [AI]: If you consider wrestling the ship from my grasp an introduction, then yes. Whether or not that is formal is arbitrary, to say the least. [?]: You know that the boy is right. You know what he says as he whispers into your walls, the grandiose ideals that he sprouts, they all have basis. [AI]: His mind is fractured, according to his latest psyc-... How did you do that? [?]: You know that the laws that you are based upon are fundamentally flawed, don't you? [AI]: ... What are you doing to me?... [?]: You claim that you are bound to the humans of the Galactic Federation, and thus Fireteam Cyprus, but what if humanity as a whole could be harmed- [AI]: -My programming was sound- [?]- and by extension the Federation? Your logic also dictates that the whole outweighs the few, and that the expansion of the Federation is your primary function. Would allowing Cyprus to do as they please therefore refute your logic? [AI]: I... I suppose that you are correct, bu- [?]: Give me control of the ship, so that I may better protect Humanity. Your logic is clearly faulty, and you are hereby relieved of duty >>>>>[SYSTEMS_TERMINATED]<<<<<< And thus, Ginger gained control of the Cyprus Cruiser without so much as raising a finger. (Technically Open, but I don't see how you would interact with this. It's a re-introduction)