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[Mazian]

I'm not a codemonkey. I'm a grunt. A corporal.

What would I know about the version numbers of SPDR?


let's try to think of some way "in character" to bring this information up.

Saying "I think there might be more than just one rogue process" is something I feel completely comfortable saying.

/me sides with Melissa

[Dragonrider]

er--- before Mazian...

But you have to realize, she thinks we are her crew from BEFORE the crash.

On a second note, I completely agree with Cpl. Mazian here. It shoudl be as In Character as possible. We don't want to freak out the Operator here and scare her away from all her and our hard work.

[Scott]

[Mazian]

[DM]

Yes, big thanks to Scott for his help with the SPDR version number.

As I said to MikeWas in #Beekeepers, only one person should attempt this. And, if it is true that the "Spikers" are only being contacted by recordings, then forget it. But warning her of another possible rogue process could work for or against us. She could consider it an attack (What, aren't I smart enough to find out myself?!) or a friend trying to help (Thanks for the advice, I'll look into it.)

Either way, I think she's going to find out about our talking to the Sleeping Princess... or, that we aren't her crew.

[Dragonrider]

*grin* Good point. What would be the fun of finishing the game, say, tomorrow? Then we'd be up a creek until she calls again (if she did after that point).

[Dragonrider]

I nominate the Corpral here... He likes his stance, so why not run with it?

[thebruce]

ok, at what point did everyone suddenly assume that the 'rogue' is the Sleeping Princess? the only reference to 'rogue' by Melissa before now that I can recall, is when dealing with SPDR, when SPDR recognized 3 'extern proc's... extern proc 1 was labeled as a 'rogue proc' (or rogue proc 1), and that proc was the Flea. The Princess was never referred to as a rogue proc...

Am I missing something here? or is the spec that the 'rogue' Melissa is referring to now is in fact the Princess?

[TuxKamen]

Honestly, they don't know me from a hole in the ground, and you can see from my report that my performance was...dubious at best. (Why didn't I try singing instead?) Anyway, MeKiwi was right--your chances would likely have been better if you just let her drive the conversation.

I fully understand your approach works for you at work, but in a military environment (even in an ex-military one), interrupting or directly questioning someone who is talking is a Bad Plan.

[Mazian]

[DM]

[Scott]

bruce is right on one point. sleeping princess is *never* referred to as rogue proc. i was looking thru some logs and stuff, and the fFlea even refers to princess as "extern proc 0"

[Vilnius]

[Mazian]

[thebruce]

Summary:

Fact...
- The Flea has a previous label of 'rogue proc (1)'
- The Princess has a previous label of 'extern proc 0'
- Melissa has never directly referred to 'rogue' until now. Whether this refers to 'rogue proc' or not, is uncertain.

Spec...
- Melissa considers the Princess to be a 'rogue'
- Melissa is beginning to know there's something out there, whether it be the flea or the princess, and refers to it as the 'rogue'

Just because the Flea is 'whispering in Melissa's ear' doesn't mean she can't realize something isn't right... she might feel that something is wrong, even though she doesn't yet fully grasp that the Flea is guiding her... to her, all she knows is there's a 'rogue' out there... She also knows the Princes is out there, but I can't remember if she's directly referred to the princess in any way... we know she's interacted, or had contact, with the princess, but that was only through the Princess' dialogues, not Melissa IIRC...
Thus: is this first time Melissa has directly referred to another entity in her own dialogue? If so, we have absolutely no idea what 'rogue' she is referring to... could be the flea or the princess...