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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
“Crispin was the first D-per to be assigned to a Fleet ship. A survey vessel, small crew. Lots of long distance missions, few stops back at civilization. And the captain of that ship...” Maia paused, sighed. “The captain of that ship became obsessed with him, and died trying to convert himself into a digital person so he could ‘be with’ Crispin.” | |||
Even Sediryl couldn’t find a flippant enough reply to divert the horror of that. | |||
“The court that convicted him said Crispin should have stopped him,” Maia said heavily. “But the man was his commanding officer. He was trapped between following his captain’s orders—and allowing him to suicide—or stopping him, and then he would have been up on an entirely separate charge.” | |||
“Mutiny?” Sediryl guessed. | |||
“Right.” | |||
“That’s insane!” Vasiht’h exclaimed. “How can that possibly have been this D-per’s fault? Did he do anything to encourage the behavior?” | |||
“The records show nothing like that,” Maia said. “And we have them in full, every conversation. They’re still available if you dig in the right databases. But Crispin… we assumed he suicided too, because he vanished.” | |||
<ref name="ie-18">''[[In Extremis (Fiction) | In Extremis]],'' Chapter 18</ref> | |||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
Revision as of 22:16, 9 September 2020
You poor, messed up D-Per, you.
Physical Characteristics
A Tam-illee whose silhouetted uniform writhes like the surface of a horror viseo. Empty eyes. Unnatural voice, as if the data defining it isn't all there. Its timbre emphasizes its artificiality, and the prosody is also off. [1]
Biography
“Crispin was the first D-per to be assigned to a Fleet ship. A survey vessel, small crew. Lots of long distance missions, few stops back at civilization. And the captain of that ship...” Maia paused, sighed. “The captain of that ship became obsessed with him, and died trying to convert himself into a digital person so he could ‘be with’ Crispin.” Even Sediryl couldn’t find a flippant enough reply to divert the horror of that. “The court that convicted him said Crispin should have stopped him,” Maia said heavily. “But the man was his commanding officer. He was trapped between following his captain’s orders—and allowing him to suicide—or stopping him, and then he would have been up on an entirely separate charge.” “Mutiny?” Sediryl guessed. “Right.” “That’s insane!” Vasiht’h exclaimed. “How can that possibly have been this D-per’s fault? Did he do anything to encourage the behavior?” “The records show nothing like that,” Maia said. “And we have them in full, every conversation. They’re still available if you dig in the right databases. But Crispin… we assumed he suicided too, because he vanished.” [2]
Quotes
"Oh no. I expect people to live down to their worst natures. They never disappoint me." [3]
"I’m not going to magically become a nice person because you made me tea."[4]
"Other people agree that I’m awful. I’m so bad, in fact, that Fleet put the D-per project on hold for over a decade after my trial, and even now they don’t let D-pers accompany ships on tour. All of us are assigned to static emplacements where there’s no temptation for anyone to develop an obsessive relationship." [5]