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It had been a tough week for the teen, she was avoiding getting caught or drawing attention to herself. She knew if she laid low long enough, the officers would focus on other things they thought were more important. Though for Lyra, there certainly were other things more important the police or rangers should be focusing on instead of herself. However, this laying low business also meant a tougher time finding ways to make credits and to get food that evening. Most of it meant borrowing with gratitude, but she also had a knack of finding parts that have been scrapped and selling them for a few credits.

Droid parts seemed to be everywhere, discarded for one reason or another, and for Lyra, she learned quickly of which ones others desired, especially engineers that were looking for specific parts.

With her hood pulled over her head to hide her attention grabbing red hair, she had find a scrape pit that seemed to bring her luck in the last few part requests. It was a slow process, a careful one, but there was something about searching and finding these parts that brought her happiness that she had not felt in a long time. She pulled a piece of a probing limb and examined it, but her attention was drawn from her task to voices. Listening carefully, she heard one that sounded nervous, almost frightened. She glanced around, ensuring there were no other parties who could be watching her and stood up, heading to where she heard the conversation. As she neared, she heard the second voice, mechanical, cold, displeased at what the other was saying.

The voices got louder and Lyra peaked around the building from which she heard the commotion, more agitated than before and suddenly more violent as a cyborg-like figure picked up the panicking Quarren. He started to beg for extra time but his words ended with the sound of gurgling before his body was released to the ground. Lyra pulled herself back behind the wall, eyes shut tightly, praying that it would come in her direction. In what seemed like an eternity, she looked around the corner again, her heart pounding against her chest but felt her stomach bottom out when she only saw the quarren body laying on the ground. Internally, she felt some relief it had gone, but there was a gut feeling that she wasn't entirely in the clear.

Lyra took a few steps backwards and started to head out of the ally and back to the streets, to get lost in crowds, but some time must had passed because it was unnaturally quiet.

 

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Newton Arden and his companion astromech droid M7 were walking around the streets of Courscant, having gotten finished with some business, they would be on their way to the transit that goes back to the port station to where they can get back on his shuttle. All is going well, business is going good, Newton's work is going good as well.

It sure was crowded today, glancing here and there in the streets. Then again, this is Coruscant, so no surprise there. All the mundane people going about their days.

As he was passing through the streets, there was an entry way into an alley, Newton had his own eyes forward. But then before he knew it he heard a 'thud' sound, something bumping into metal. He turned around as his first instinct, and saw that a young girl collided with his astromech droid, knocking it over.

Newton looked concerned. "Hey, you okay?" he asked to his droid as it's trying to get up. Although Newton's question could have sounded like it was for the young lady too. Newton would look towards her, and take a few steps closer "Hello?" he would ask her. She seemed to have came out of no where, might have been in a hurry. Curious.

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A speedy exit came to a sudden stop as Lyra had zipped out of the ally into the metallic barrel of an astromech droid. She landed face down, nearly eating duracrete as the droid squealed beside her, unable to move right-side up. Lyra slowly pushed herself to her hands and knees with a groan, she was quickly feeling the sting on her palms, knees and chin. Someone behind her ask if they were ok and she opened her mouth to reply, but seeing his focus was on the droid the teen rolled her eyes and stood up, brushing the dirt from her hands and her front. The man grabbed her attention again and she looked at him and then back to the alley, "Hi, sorry...I-" she paused as she saw cyborg from earlier at the mouth of the alley.

"...someone was killed, in there!" she told him, glancing back at Newton and then back at the alley, but this time the cyborg was no longer there. Lyra ignored anymore questions that may arise as she pulled out her blaster. One thing she had learned from her parents was you didn't run away from danger and needed to do what she could to prevent more people from getting hurt. She quickly retraced her path, her steps slowing as she approached where she had seen the crime.

No body.

She blinked a few times, unable to accept what she saw...or what she did not see and started to look in the surrounding containers to see if a body was tucked away. "What the kriff....I swear..."



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Newton would help stand his astromech droid back up as he would look concerned looking at the younger lady as well awaiting an answer to his question, but the answer was... unexpected to the least. Someone was killed, in there? Newton's expression changed, to a shocked one. With the knowledge that there could be a threat, Newton pulled out a blaster pistol, just in case. If there is some sort of killer here, he wants to be able to defend himself. 'Stay behind me' Newton whispered to his droid, as the two would follow Lyra to see what had happened, Newton was cautious as they made the approach to where the younger girl was going, but they didn't find anything.

Lyra wasn't seeing anything and neither was he when looking around. Was she maybe seeing things? Perhaps, Newton did wonder what details she had upon what she saw. "Hmm, are you able to described what the victim look like, or who the killer might be?" Newton would look low and high as well.

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The man and the droid had followed her, curious or concerned about what she witnessed, she was surprised regardless they had taken interest. Her experience so far was not too many people were interested unless it impacted their pockets. She climbed down off one of the containers as the man asked for details, to describe who she saw, both victim and killer. "A Quarren, he looked like a pilot." she explained, "He was standing right here," the teen pointed at the overturned boxes and the divot where something heavy had clearly fallen and settled. "The other guy, he had metal limbs, taller than any human and even the pilot too...If I would to see it on the streets, I would recognize it." She looked between Newton and his droid and then shook her head.

"I should leave this to the rangers..." She paused as her eye catching a metallic glint close to where she last saw the body. She cocked her head again, looking for that same spark before walking over to the wall; settling cracks webbed through out the stone and duracrete, but it would also hold a secret.

Lyra dug her finger into the crack, feeling the cold metal piece under her fingertip as she gently worked it out of the wall revealing a heavy metal tube. "It looks like a code cylinder..." she held it up to better look in whatever light she could find in the dark alley. She looked at Newton, "What do you think?" she asked him hoping he would know something about devices of similar nature.



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Newton listened to the young woman's description of the scene and what the people looked like. Quarren, looked like a pilot. But the other guy, his description was interesting... metal limbs, tall. A cyborg, eh. Definitely interesting.

Maybe they should leave this to the rangers, there seems to be something weird going on. Newton doesn't disbelieve her, but then again without any evidence or anything, the rangers would just do the normal pleasantries, hand off a contact card, and then take off and leave.

Newton did see that she looks like she found something, she pulled it out, and it looks like it is indeed a code cylinder. Newton raised an eyebrow. When asked what he thinks, he would respond "It's definitely a code cylinder." Newton would clasp his hands, thinking outloud "They can open certain restricted areas and they can hold data on them, restricted data." Newton would look towards his astromech droid at his side. "Hmmmm, M7, would you be able to see if there is anything on it?" M7 would beep in affirmative. He would look towards Lyra "He can, if you want to give it to him" clarifying just in case Lyra doesn't understand binary. M7 would then open up it's computer probe in which it would use to read the device

"I wonder what we can find on there..." Newton commented as he is curious. If Lyra gives M7 the device, M7 would then project a holographic display of the information once it reads it.

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He agreed with her on what she had discovered and appeared to be just as intrigued as she was in the find. He had looked at his droid and asked it permission to see what was on the device. Lyra thought that was an odd thing, it was not how others spoke to their droids in her experience and to an extent the teen found it charming. She slid the device into the probe for the droid to read the contents, if there was anything on it.

Though, she was certain such devices were not just left around for no reason.

Lyra remained kneeling, watching the lights move across the droid's body as it processed what remained on the tool. She watched as the droid turn slightly and then revealed the contents from its holoprojector. At a quick glance, it looked like someone's scribbles and doodles. "I think your little droid found something..." she said looking closer, trying to decipher what was being described.

"This look like an algorithm..." Lyra glanced at the guy to see what his take was on the program revealed before them.



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Newton looked at the display that his droid companion showed to him and Lyra. What looks like scribbles, doodles .etc to one person, makes sense to Newton. Lyra is right, it is an algorithm, but Newton can offer more insight into what it is supposed to be. "It is, it's an algorithm, for new AI technology." Newton is stroking his chin "Advanced and experimental..." Newton has sold some droids awhile back to a client before in exchange a droid core, it helped Newton with his research into AIs. This could as well.

Newton would some more, there is quite some information on here, but not enough for a whole picture as there are some gaps. "Fascinating" he smiled. "It looks like there are some missing pieces here. Either this is a work in progress or there is more elsewhere." Either way, it's a good deal of infomation.

"Is there anything else?" he would turn and ask M7. M7 would beep in affirmative, the holoprojector's display would then change to where it would show some random letters and numbers in basic. "Looks like the code needed to access what door it opens." the droid's holodispaly would then shut off, as they got the information "Want to back up the data M7?" the droid would be in affirmative once again. With the data saved, then the data will still be accessible even without the code cylinder, and M7 will now have access to the door that the cylinder is suppose to open, even without having the cylinder present, just in case it gets lost somehow.

Newton would then begin thinking aloud to Lyra. "Hmm, from what I can piece together, the victim was hunted down by the cyborg. The victim was cornered and the last thing he could do is hide the cylinder, in the crack. He was murdered, and took the body away to search and not leave evidence behind." Newton would then look up, he wondered if this was a random mugging turned deadly or if he was specifically preyed upon for what is in the cylinder.

"Hmmm, do you think we should try finding what the cylinder opens?" he asked the younger girl . "Not sure if the rangers are best suited for this..." He believed it, not having a high opinion of them, and probably too busy chasing after the Sith. There was an underlaying motive as well, If the Sector Rangers become involved, then any potential new data will become 'evidence', and will probably get squandered. If it's anything related to cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and the likes, this is up Newton's alley.

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Lyra stood up and placed her fists on her hips while Newton looked at the images on the holoprojector. He mentioned there were some pieces of information missing and Lyra was just as intrigued to the mystery of it as Newton was to the type of data it had carried. He suggested for his droid to back up the data and Lyra glanced over her shoulder, feeling a sensation in her gut that someone was watching them.

The droid finished backing up the data and Lyra retrieved the metal tube and slid it in her pocket while Newton thought out loud, piecing together what he suspected had happened. The teen agreed, it made sense even as random as it had appeared when she saw the crime being committed. He then suggested for them to take this in their own hands instead of pulling the Rangers to investigate and leaving it to them.

"The Rangers are more concerned about the Sith attacking them...again." Lyra shrugged, she wasn't too sure where they would start.

"I think its a good chance the pilot was killed for this information. I just don't know where to start looking, did your droid happen to find any names or companies listed in that data?" the teen asked glancing at the droid, awaiting for a response and direction on how to proceed.



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M7 would turn towards Lyra and then sound off a series of beeps longer than usual, to answer. Newton still isn't sure if Lyra by some chance knows binary, but just in case, he will translate for her. "He says that there is a secret access door inside an abandoned warehouse in this district and level. We are not too far away actually." Now that he says it, the proximity of the crime makes more sense.

Newton would then begin to step forward through the other exit out of the alley, having looked around and spotted what looks like a bland, bulky,, and urban blighted building that's two stories long. "That looks like it could be it" Newton would look back at. "Shall we?"

One more thing real quick. "Oh, I'm Newton by the way." he would nod his head finally introducing himself.

If all is good and they are ready to proceed, he would go through the warehouse entrance at the front. Or attempt to, as the door would be locked. "Of course..." Newton muttered. Newton would then look around and then he could see a faint slot for an access-port by the door. Newton would retrieve the code cylinder and then stick in. With that, the old doors would open, letting them inside. The main area inside is dark and chilly inside. Now they have to find what they are looking for. "Now we know we are on the right track"

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The droid replied to her question, she understood most of what it was talking about, her binary not as great as she wished it to be. Luckily, the droid's companion was able to translate what the droid was saying, revealing an undisclosed access door not too far away. Lyra frowned, looking around again, her intuition told her to be cautious; she glanced at the droid and they then both followed Newton to the other end of the alley, seeing what he was looking at as he gestured to the building.

"Looks not too inconspicuous." she said looking around to see if there were anyone standing guard. She glanced at Newton when he introduced himself and she gave a quick grin, thinking it may have been important to know one another. "I'm Lyra." she told him and then refocused on the building ahead of them.

As they approached, she kept an eye out for anything unusual. She was certain the little droid would pick something up on its sensors before her gut twisted uncomfortably. However, she did look for any sign of security holo-cams. If this place was as the droid suspected it to be from what it had found, then it would be heavily watched, especially with the technology the data cylinder had contained. Newton decided to try through the front, but the door was locked and it was as Lyra would have predicted. Though with quick thinking, Newton used the code cylinder. While the code filtered through the lock, Lyra spotted a holo-cam on a neighboring building pointed at the door. "Someone is definitely watching." she said with a simple nod over her shoulder, "We need to be extra cautious." she reminded him as they entered the building's lobby.

"Huh, welcoming..." she murmured as they went further inside, the place was dark, and it had looked to have been a while since additional guests were present, "Lets see how we can get in here before someone comes to greet us." she told Newton, heading down the hall connected to the lobby.

As she would pass doors, Lyra opened them, though they wouldn't reveal much, except once offices that were now used as a place to store extra furniture and anything else not in use.



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"Right" he answered back after the reminder for extra caution, to that end he started to grip the blaster pistol inside his jacket. He'd have it already in reach if he needed in the event of immediate threats appearing, but if there is someone inside that's not a threat he wouldn't already have a blaster trained at at them.

He would nod at her suggestion to get this done before someone else might show up, this is already risky. They would proceed further and further inside the building, he would look for any signs of a door that might have another lock that the code cylinder would need to access. It does appear indeed no one has been in awhile. "M7, care to shine a light?" He would ask of his droid, beeping quietly as possible, M7 would shine it's spotlight forward, literally shedding light in the place, may make this easier.


There is now a stairwell leading to the top floor and one leading to the basement. "If I had to guess, the secret door is in the basement" He theorized. Newton would be cautious heading down the basement, slowly. Once he has eyes down there, he would see more of the same as he saw above. But, he did see a door in the back end and had the same accessport for the code cylinder as the entrance did. "M7, you get the door" the droid would beep as it would tread to the door. "You ready?" he would ask Lyra.

If so, M7 would proceed to interface with the accessport, it already had the code to unlock the door. Newton was taking cover around the door way, just to be on the safe side, he did have his Blackhand blaster in hand. The door would then open, the old/rusty warehouse door would open on it's own, revealing a shiny white metallic door, which would then open in sequence...

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Lyra would have also guessed moving downstairs, there was nothing indicating there was anything of interest in the upper levels. She followed down the steps, keeping an eye for anyone who decided to reveal themselves from behind until they reached the bottom. They must have headed in the right direction as they saw a similar access port for the code cylinder.

The redhead held her breath as the door opened, the exterior suggested nothing of interest existed on the other side, but it was clear when they could see inside, that was not the case, entirely. It was a larger, more open, and brightly light and it was clear it was a lab of some sort. To their left were several areas with computer terminals. Some were on and actively running code and others had blackened screens, obviously not in current use. On the other side of the room were cables, electronic parts, and droids that were under repair, wires exposed. It was clear there were also more segments to the lab. The wall adjacent to them had one-way mirrors and there were several doors; where they would lead would be unknown.

Lyra stepped inside first, her hand rested over her blaster as she started to walk over to the computers, examining the codes that were flying across the screen.

"This is crazy..." she said quietly as she sat in front of a terminal, trying to decide what key to press to further explore the system. Other than her, Newton and M7, it appeared there were no others present with them in the room.



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Newton was taken aback when he saw what lies beyond the doors that the code cylinder open. It clean, well-light, had white walls. Had machinary, computers, and the likes. This warehouse was hiding some sort of lab. Things were becoming more and more clear as the two unravel this mystery. This belonged to the murder victim, as far as he can tell. There just might have been something worth murdering someone for in here. That's not where Newton's mind was at, his mind was racing with all sorts of possibilities as he scanned the lab. He can hear the hum of the computers in the background, a sound that he hears a lot of.

"It is..." he replied to Lyra, M7 rolled in the room as well. Lyra already sat at one of the terminals, Newton was about to stand with her. "I wonder what's on these terminals" he said. But soon enough he wound find out. " :: You are not Orus :: " a loud mechanical monotone voice was heard. "What was that" Newton's voice dropped as he questioned, and he went over to Lyra. Newton looked to where the inactive droids were as a first reaction, but they are inactive still. Then he looked at the terminal and realized it was the terminal itself making the sounds. ":: Who are you two? ::" the code on the terminal would have changed from a volumizer which would grow or shrink as the terminal is seeming to talk.

Newton would answer "Uh, Newton and Lyra." he would answer truthfully. Newton was thinking it's some sort of droid's mind taken and put in a terminal. At first anyway "What are you?" Newton would question back. ":: I am a Long-Term Projection Intelligence Algorithm, or LTPIA. ::" Newton's eyes would widen. ":: I am a prototype self-aware supercomputer algorithm that takes into account galactic events and then run simulations to predict and project what the future will be. ::" the droid stopped, leaving Lyra and Newton to digest this.

Newton never saw something like this before. 'Self-Aware' supercomputer that can predict the future? Newton needs to know more, he's thinking of some questions to ask.

":: May I ask, where is Orus? ::" the computer intelligence wanted to know where it's owner is. Newton's mind went to the murder victim that Lyra discovered before they met. Newton wasn't quite sure how to break the news.

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Lyra lifted her fingers from the keyboard immediately as the terminal begun to speak, uncertain if she had touched something she was not supposed to touch. She noted the name Orus and clearly neither of them were of said name, nor did it look like anyone was present. Newton answered the terminal, asking for the terminal to identify itself. Lyra wondered too and if it was coming locally or remotely; it was not unheard of for someone to hack into systems, but this situation was all around odd.

Long-term projection lah-lah-algorigthm...

The redhead did not catch all of that, but LTPIA was what she took away and it would suffice for now. It described its function and Lyra inhaled wondering how far exactly this AI was in its awareness; with such technology, someone would be making some big credits selling it just to about anyone. The thought of anyone getting ahold of AI technology made the teen uneasy regardless of its purpose. It asked about Orus and Lyra shook her head uncertain of who or what Orus was or where they could be. Though like Newton, she had a sinking feeling of a possible idea who it could be.

"It doesn't look like anyone is here, LTPIA. When was Orus last here?" she asked thinking about the victim in the alley. If it were the case, things would become more interesting.



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":: Orus was last here 33 minutes ago, he was going to his ship and then depart to The Wheel for a job ::" the supercomputer answered back, the visualizers displaying the terminal as the AI spoke. Newton noted, that's fits around the timeframe where Newton first got involved in all this stuff. Newton isn't the person who would mince details for anyone, he isn't sure on how the advanced AI would react if given. Newton would glance towards Lyra. Then Newton would get closer and look at the LTPIA. "Uh, did Orus happen to be a Quarren?" he remembered Lyra's description of the victim from earlier, even if he didn't see a body.

":: Affrimative ::" the advanced computer answered. Newton would shrug "I'd hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Orus was attacked in the streets by a cyborg. He was murdered. Lyra saw it happen. And we happened to find this code cylinder" he held up the device so that it would be seen by the AI. "... at the crime scene." So the AI doesn't have to ask how they got in this place. Newton would look at the screen with a blank expression, wondering how the supercomputer would reactor process this. Newton presumes that this Orus was the owner. Probably not the maker, but someone who found this.

":: I see ::" the computer would pause. ":: Orus found and reactivated me after I was abandoned by my creator This is... sad, but this was not unanticipated. I know of this cyborg, he found out about my existence after Orus let it slip, and this person wanted to purchase me. He was offering more and more credits. But soon he started threatening him with violence. ::" Newton listened, and now this mystery is becoming closer and closer to being unraveled. ":: And it seems that today he made good on his threat... ::" even though the AI has a robotic voice, he can hear how the machine feels. The AI actually is self-aware and is pretty sentient. This is beyond a normal droid, that's for sure.


Then suddenly ":: Additional lifeforms detected, approaching this location::" the AI alerted, the terminals would cut to a display of camera feeds of the outside perimeter, no doubt coming from the holo-cams that Lyra noticed on the approach to this building. One of the feeds is catching the what appears to be a tall figure with metallic limbs. Newton would then look at Lyra, as if to say 'is that the same cyborg?' but without actually saying it. The cyborg would also have some company, with 2 thugs with him, one holding a blaster, the other having a blaster pistol holstered but holding a fusion-cutter in hand. Things are getting interesting real quick... there was no mistaking it, the 3 were heading to the front door of this warehouse.

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Lyra listened carefully to the computer as it spoke; she was intrigued by the sophistication of the machine, but when it described Orus departure, the redhead had a sinking feeling there was no coincident. She looked at Newton who had similar thoughts and she wasn't sure how to break it to an intelligent system. Newton was up front about it though, she thought it was the best approach overall as he continued to explain how they would have known the fate of Orus. However, Lyra found it even more interesting that Orus was not even the creator and the supercomputer had been here prior to the Quarren's discovery.

The computer sounded as though it mourned for its finder, Orus but that would be short as it alerted them to approaching intruders. Lyra stood up immediately seeing the cyborg, "That's him!" she exclaimed, watching as it had come back with a few others who knew how to break into buildings. Lyra looked at Newton, uncertain of what to do, "They can't find this place unless they have the code cylinder?" she questioned, her brow furrowed but she knew any good slicer could get through the looks eventually. Then again, she was surprised the cyborg just didn't bust through walls.

"Are there any weapons we can use?" she asked moving from the terminals and looking around the lab. She had her blaster, but the teen felt it would not be enough. It wasn't like they could just shut down the AI and carry it out in their pocket nor did she want to leave such an intelligent program behind for some grievous thug to sell off to the highest bidder in the black market.



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Newton eyed the cyborg as he and his goons were intent on getting in, Lyra confirmed that was the murderer. The droid engineer was interested in cybernetics himself, he admired droids, and cyborgs were replacing flesh with machinery. Fusion of flesh and metal.

Now is not the time to admire the shiny durasteel metal limbs though. Newton wondered if they could find this part of the building, but if he knew what was in here and brought fusion-cutter, he doesn't think hiding until they leave is a good idea. "He's got fusion cutter and I don't think he's going to be satisfied leaving empty handed at all." he was looking around and seeing what they can use.

The supercomputer would respond to Lyra's inquiry about there being any weapons ":: Negative ::" Newton did look back at the droid that was looking like it was under repair and moving closer towards it. With a better view, Newton saw that it was a KX-series Security Droid, he recognized that model. It's an old model from the Imperial era. He can still see the Empire symbol barely on the rusted and corroded as well as damaged body. Newton would look back at Lyra. "I have a blaster pistol but I'm not really a gunslinger or anything, but I wonder if I can get this working again..." maybe he would glance back at the broken KX droid. "It's an old security droid. That would tip the odds more in our favor..." Now back to Lyra "We should have some time, lets set up an ambush him for him for when he comes down stairs, shall we? The dark should help us." the Blackwell employee asked, asking her if that would be a decent plan.

Meanwhile on the outside at this time, the cyborg's goon would almost be done cutting through the front door.

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Lyra frowned upon the AI's response to any weapons as she looked around the lab, trying to find something that would give them the advantage. She was most worried about the cyborg, she had seen what he could do, the rest would just be a distraction. Feeling completely unprepared she turned to Newton who found a security droid and she felt like the suddenly had a chance if Newton and her were able to get it up and running. Liking his plan, Lyra nodded, "Let's not waste then." she said opening the terminal hatch in the back, double checking to make sure everything was connected where it should be. There were some tools strewn about, as though this project was started and never finished; she handed Newton what he would need.

"LTPIA, alert us when they get into the hall." she said glancing to the computer's terminal before returning back to the droid, reconnecting several fuses that were strewn about the counter next to the droid.

Lyra did her best to focus, trying not to think about how large and intimidating the cyborg was and her limitless imagination as to what it could do with its specialized limbs.



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Newton couldn't agree more. Time is of the essence, especially when it comes to that hulking Cyborg, who will breach the building at any time. Luckily there were some tools already here, he would guess that this droid was Quarren's pet project. Anyways, in case there were any other tools that were needed that weren't present, M7 has an assort of them built in.

":: Warning. Intruders have breached the front doors ::" the supercomputer warned. The fusion cutter would cut through the front doors in due time. The cyborg was looking really steamed. They would go inside, they would have to navigate the dark inside the warehouse

But in due time, Newton did all he needed to do restore power to the droid. It was a quick enough endeavor, the droid won't be at 100% because he rushed through this, but all it needed to be was an extra set of arms against the cyborg.

The KT droid would start sitting up and then recognize Lyra and Newton as their owners. "KX-21 Security Droid, at your service." Excellent, he thought. Although the droid does have signs of rust, damage, and corrison, but it will do.


The Blackwell Tech manager would look at Lyra and the super computer "Lyra, lets set up an ambush just outside, shall we? We will seal the door shut, when he tries to come in, we'll hit him hard and fast from behind." he would strongly suggest. "KX-21, hide in the shadows, and start attacking the cyborg on my signal." KX would nod. "LTP, seal the door behind us." pause "And M7, stay safe inside" he didn't want to risk his companion droid in what could be a nasty fight to come.

Lyra goes along with it go along with that, Newton would take position behind a bunch of crates, crouching down. Lyra would have plenty of choices for cover as well. KX is too big to be able to crouch, but it would hide behind a pillar, out of sight. It's a good thing is already dark inside...

":Intruders almost to the basement :"

It's almost time...
 
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