[Story][Season 0] Retrospectroscope

[Ace Dreamer]

Arthur can have a second suit.... the result is a lot like what happens when you combine parts from two different action figures from the same series.... it looksbodged and hodgpodged and is only partly recongiseable.

Arthur will either himself try and make it smoothly functional, or one of the other engineers will try and sort it out.  Maybe Bea would like to take it on as a project.

Jet would like to have Bea as a liason.... however an important part of
Jet's character is that he trains and practices to learn to control
himself, both her body and her temper. Jet likely trashes any attempt at
a feedback or limiter, without even trying. Jet's Panzer Kunst training
is what allows him to control herself, and that doesn't happen until
after Jet makes it to Mars.

Limiters imply messing with Jet's hardware - Bea isn't prepared to do that.  Feedback seemed worth trying.  However, she is quite happy to work with Jet in writing a manual on Jet's functionality, spares required for all likely failure modes, that sort of thing.  Jet isn't required to read the manual, just have it ready when maintenance is required.

Carrying passengers is tough....Jet stuggles to lift a catgirl with
three engines, let alone a single thruster..... unless they can mount in
place of a GoPro camera. Or use some sort of vicarious experience.

OK, Bea will come along with a small doll, which seems to be fully animated and functional.  And, vocal.  The doll's name is "Matilda".
If Jet wants to, Bea thinks she could rig a playback, afterwards, so Jet could feel what Matilda did, the rush of wind, the danger-high, that sort of thing.

Given Jet's accident happened as a result of a mislabelled container,
and storing a dangerous substance in a container normally used for
containing consumeable liquids.... Jet might've taken the standard
driving test approach to handwavium classes.

So, that is "study to take the test, pass, then ignore it and get on with surviving on the road", then? [grin]
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind