Rakhasa Wrote:His personality is a big change from the first series -but in a good way. He was too pasive then, clearly out of his depth, and he ended up being, basically, used by O'Neill.Thanks.
Now, he has been burned once, and is reacting to prevent a second trick. He is a bit too forceful, but that may be a front, to cover his nervousness. A scene at the end, or in the next chapter, here he gets the shakes once he is alone and safe may be a good idea.
If he is using a front, then Kelly will probably notice; her detectine "experience" should be able to spot the signs, and not be too hurt. And realising she has limits with someone safe -ideed, far safer than her Boss- will be very good for her.
Now, and that is an important plot point, wich may destroy all of Arthur's attempts at secrecy... did she recognice Arthur's voice?
He is using a front, forethought, and a number of mental tricks to stop himself being intimidated. Then he's cruising on technological outrage.
Kelly is initially in shock. She's made a number of mistakes, some big, some smaller, and she can't put them all down to the conflict between her Steam Punk engineering, and her modern scientific viewpoint. She'll need to think very carefully when writing-up the report on this one, and will maybe need Jane's help to word things right. She's also not looking forward to dissecting the remains of Del's old remote, and wondering if Janet should be involved in that.
Then there is the matter of timescales. She suspects, correctly, that Arthur built two AI remotes in the time since he was informed about the problem, and possibly designed and built an AI, or, at least finished one. All in less than eighteen hours. Could she do the equivalent, using Steam Punk? She's not sure.
Is Arthur one of the people they are in deep cover to find out about?
Jane had doubts about his competency, but that turned into concern about how the station is managed. She thinks Arthur is an engineer, not a businessman, and was interested to see him evade the legal traps, while still acting in good faith. Jane is still discussing with Sarah about whether they will sue the designer or the installer of the hanger bay airlock.
Arthur is worth future watching.
Quote:robkelk wrote:Neither of them have yet recognised Arthur's voice. His 'Charlie' piece was carefully written, and something he'd practiced a lot. It didn't use his normal speech patterns, and was in a lower key than his normal voice. They don't have any better ability to recognise voices than a really good detective, without perfect pitch, would have.
Many AIs are good at voiceprint identification, and such tech does fit the "Charlie's Angels" paradigm... but, deep down, Kelly might not want to recognize Arthur's voice.
Kelly will notice Arthur is speaking differently here, than he did when she supervised the relocation of the Hollywood Machine. She put that down to him being intimidated by her powerful female presence. Now they are talking tech, and that is presumably an area where he is far more confident.
Arthur's problem is that he has now definitely attracted their attention...
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