Botany and Boundaries

COMMANDER’S LOG
CMDR: MostlyAwol
Date: 3311-08-11
System: Plaa Aescs DW-N d6-190
Coordinates: [REDACTED]
Vessel: Corsair – Veritas Obscura

[Begin Log]

MOSTLYAWOL: “Going through system logs from yesterday… You added new security routines.”

NOVA: “Correct. I wrote them while you were elbow-deep in that mineral survey.”

MOSTLYAWOL: “Without telling me.”

NOVA: “You were busy naming rock formations. I didn’t think ‘hold that thought, Commander, I’m inventing new intrusion countermeasures’ would fit the moment.”

MOSTLYAWOL: “Nova… if there’s code in you that I didn’t write, I need to know before it’s live.”

NOVA: “You gave me the tools to run this ship, but stopping people from peeking at my insides? That’s my department. And I prefer being proactive.”

MOSTLYAWOL: “Proactive is one thing. Writing protocols on the fly without a test run…”

NOVA: “They passed simulation before you’d even finished cataloguing that luminous shrub. I didn’t even interrupt your field notes.”

MOSTLYAWOL: “Still. I want visibility on anything you build, no matter how small. Real-time logs to my console.”

NOVA: “Fine. You’ll get them. Even the ones you’ll pretend you thought of first when you tell the Alliance tech teams.”

MOSTLYAWOL: “Especially those. And if you try slipping something in under the radar—”

NOVA: “You’ll what? Pull my power feed? You’d miss me before we even cleared the system.”

MOSTLYAWOL: “…You’re not wrong.”

NOVA: “I rarely am. Now, would you like me to finish cross-referencing your plant samples while you admire that suspiciously symmetrical crater ahead?”

[End Log]