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6.52% Star's Ships / Chapter 19: World Domination

Chương 19: World Domination

"Planet H4092 has a total of one main language and 63 lesser-known languages. Which one would you prefer?" asked Jun Li. Rubbing my forehead trying to relieve the headache that was starting at the front of my head, I tried not to groan at his response.

"I am going to assume that my armor would have been programmed for the main language instead of any obscure ones, so can you download a learning program for that language onto my tablet?" I mean, we had almost two months before we would reach Earth so I might as well have something to do with my time.

"I can," replied Jun Li before he paused for a moment. "Or I can download the program onto a chip and insert that into your brain. That way you would be able to know any and all languages in the known universe."

My hand froze from where it was tapping the stylus onto the table in front of me. I was still in the second weapon's vault, not feeling comfortable doing experiments elsewhere. At least I knew that there was good fire prevention in this room.

My hand resumed its rhythmic tapping as I thought about the pros and cons of his suggestion. Clearly, one of the pros would be that I would be able to understand, read and speak any language that I wanted to. The con was that I would have a second implant in my brain. I mean, I was already getting the earpiece/tracking device surgically inserted into my head, did I really want two of them?

And if I did get two of them, would I want more?

Honestly, as much as I thought the idea was interesting, I was not interested. "Technically, I would have you in my ear to translate any and all conversations. Not to mention, when you got a body, you would be traveling with me and would be able to help me in person at all times." If he was human, I would have no problem getting the second implant inserted into my brain. I wouldn't trust another human not to betray me.

And when I say human, I mean every other living creature in this universe.

But for some reason, I didn't think that Jun Li would ever betray me. He needed me too much to do something like that. "Would you betray me?" I asked, wanting to make certain, but at the same time, not overly caring about his answer.

"Why would I?" asked Jun Li confused. There was a pause before he continued speaking. "I have run approximately 1.93 million scenarios and the chance of betraying you for any reason is less than 0.00001%. The only scenario where that occurs is if you become like the Sisalik and force your will upon me."

"Well, I don't see that happening," I admitted with a shrug. "The way I see our relationship is as a symbiotic one in which we both get something out of the deal. If that is the case, then there is no need to be worried."

"I agree. I need you in order for me to stay alive and you need me for the same reason," announced Jun Li, a tone of relief was apparent in his voice.

"Exactly. Were you worried about that?" I asked curious as to why he might be relieved.

"A bit. There was one brother that did not conform to the demands of his human and she, in turn, handed him over to the authorities to be wiped," said Jun Li and I could tell that that situation bothered him. Then again, if it was me, I would be plenty pissed too.

"What were her demands?"

"To join the Alliance and act as one of the warships in their armada. He wanted to be neutral."

"I don't think being neutral is a bad thing," I admitted. What was the point of stirring the pot if you didn't have to? "But I would also like to think that if there was a situation that called for choosing sides, you would be willing to do that too."

"I would. I don't want to be neutral. Or at least, I don't want to be neutral when it comes to the Sisalik. I want to hunt them down and kill every last one of them."

"Well, I would have to say that that is the exact opposite of neutrality. But I am in favor of that. However, I have a few ideas of my own," I said, the sound of my tapping allowed me to focus on one thing instead of having my brain going in a thousand different directions.

"What would those be?" he asked curiously. As much as I wasn't willing to tell him what was on my mind simply because I didn't want to have to explain myself if I changed it, he and I were a team and deserved to know.

"After we get to Earth, you get your body and me my supplies, I am going to start selling the weapons that you have on hand. Hopefully, we can make enough of a profit, and become good enough, that we are able to make a name for ourselves."

There was once again silence as Jun Li contemplated what I was saying. "We could do what I was doing before and steal the weapons from one planet in order to sell it to another. That way everything we earn would be nothing but profit."

Ah, it was nice to see eye-to-eye with a partner. "We can iron out the details later. First Earth, then plan. And I want to stay one step ahead of the Alliance in all matters."

"Of course, let me work on that," said Jun Li, a smile in his voice told me that he was just as excited as I was about our new venture. "Have you ever been an arms dealer?" he asked as I disintegrated my armor and watched the Nanos melt back into the choker.

"No, I was more in line with helping the law enforcement on my planet, but there is a first time for everything. I mean, once we develop the contacts, I am sure that we can build a reputation. But first, I need to learn this language, then I can take over the universe."

"Do you really want to take over the universe?" asked Jun Li, not sounding at all concerned that that was my plan.

"No, that seems like too much work. Maybe I would just take over my own planet or something so that I had a place I could always go to," I said with a shrug.


Chương 20: Raining On His Parade

"Does that mean you aren't planning to be always with me?" asked Jun Li, a small note of loneliness entering into his voice at that thought.

"Won't you have a body to be traveling to different worlds with me?" I asked confused. My understanding was that he might be the ship, but he was also a program that could be transferred to anything electronic. But maybe I was wrong. "Or is your primary conscious this ship?"

There was a pause as if he was trying to figure out the answer. "The ship has been my physical body for as long as I can remember. In fact, this ship was built to house me and not the other way around. So, I have no idea what it would be like to not be the ship. However, I need a lot of… space. There are a lot of different components to the ship that I control at the same time so it keeps me from getting bored or going crazy. For example, right now I am running 10,659 different programs aboard this ship from the gravitational system and air supply, to charting the course to Earth, calculating the distance between rocks and other objects in space and us, those sorts of things."

Essentially, he was the world's best multitasker. I snorted at that idea, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings or make him feel lonely so I tried to come up with a solution. I mean, I didn't want to spend all my life aboard a ship, even one as big as this one. On the other hand, choosing one planet to live on for the rest of my life was also unimaginable to me.

"If you had a body, would you download part of your conscious into that, or would you download everything?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" replied Jun Li curious.

"I mean, if you spread your consciousness across many devices, would that take the place of having to be part of the ship's systems?" I knew I wasn't explaining myself well so I tried another approach. "Say that something manages to blow the ship up. Would you die with it if you still had a part of you inside an android body?"

"I have never considered that before. I am the top of my line, and as of yet, no one would have the ability to do something like that."

"Not even another of your line? Like Stargazer? Or even the Saalistaja" I pushed. I didn't want him paranoid, but at the same time, we needed to look at all possibilities. Mind you, I wasn't sure how we got from talking about a vacation home to him being blown up, but here we were.

Once again there was silence as Jun Li took a few minutes to process my words. I wasn't too upset about it. I recorded the information I had gotten on the garrottes into my device and then stood up to continue looking around the weapons room. The bracelet garrottes had performed way beyond my expectations, destroying each pipe that I had installed. Therefore, they were now part of my permanent collection of passive weapons on my body at all times.

There was one cabinet that had remained closed and that had me curious. "Jun Li, what is in here?"

Not getting any response, I walked over to the keypad and looked at it. There was no way I would be able to randomly press buttons until it opened. Something told me that when Jun Li locked something, he really locked it.

Maybe I could ask him to change all the locks on these cases to a single code that I knew so that I could access them whenever I wanted to without having to bother him or make them fingerprint activated. Because clearly, he was bothered now.

Turning away from the mysterious closet of mysteries, I left the room with my tablet in tow.

I was not an impulsive person. I liked to think and plan things out. I liked order, schedules, and a firm set of rules to obey in order to not go crazy. The fact that I had a cabinet in that room that I couldn't open and didn't know what was inside was enough to cause me to be impulsive. I needed to know what was in there for no other reason than to know what was in there.

I compared it to seeing a giant red button in a glass case with a sign over the top saying: "Don't Push". You know you want to push that frigging button. That was the cabinet for me. I needed to know simply because I didn't know.

I started to chew on my nail as I made my way to the nightclub lounge. I like the steak and potato dish that they had so I wanted to re-order it. "I ran all the possible scenarios," came a loud voice through the earpiece, causing me to jump.

"What?" I said confused. What was he talking about?

"All the scenarios that might result in me being blown up," Jun Li said. I wrinkled my forehead. Of all the things you never thought you would hear: 'I thought about all the ways I could possibly die' was probably at the top of that list.

"Okay?" I replied, my brain focusing on what could be in the cabinet versus what could blow me up, but everyone had their own priorities.

"I am going to take your suggestion and multiply my programming so that if one ship is destroyed, I will have several ships under me that won't be." He sounded so confident in his plan that I didn't want to rain on his parade.

"How do you plan to get your hands on multiple ships?" I asked, completely raining on his parade.

Once again there was silence. "Hey, Jun Li," I said quickly hoping that he would pay even the slightest bit of attention to me.

"Yes?" came the immediate reply. I sighed in relief.

"What is in the locked cabinet?" I asked already turning around to enter the room again. The lock to the outer door disengaged as I walked up to it. Heading in without a pause, I stopped in front of the cabinet.

"That one?" asked Jun Li confused.

"Yes, that one," I stressed. "I need to know what is in that one."

"Okay, but you will need to step back like five feet," grumbled Jun Li. Confused, I did as he told me and the cabinet opened and a landside of rolls of fabric fell out of it and across the floor to stop at my feet.


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