-Collbard- wrote: This recap doesn't do it justice.
QFT.
((This event was the culmination of the one from two weeks ago, when we first obtained the data fragments from Zero. In the intervening time, the five of us who had the fragments were presented with a puzzle, wherein we had to find the most efficient means of interfacing the frags with each other. That in turn led us on our ill-fated trip to Datamine with our hapless Technician.
I was privileged enough to be at or near the center of this entire mini-arc, and I have to say that the scope and sweep of it was like no other live event I've participated in. The grand finale in Datamine was by far the most intense and exciting time I've had since the Blue Sky event.
Sincere thanks to the devs and org-liaisons who planned and hosted these events, and congratulations to all my friends and peers who participated. The energy, creativity, dedication and cooperation of the Syntax Mech community, with whom I am proud to have been associated for the last 2.5 years, was truly inspiring to behold.))
((Ok, back in character in 5... 4... 3... ))
For an organization that prides itself on efficiency, and strives for perfection, inconclusive results such as these can be a bitter pill to swallow. However, please be reminded that we undertook a dangerous mission to the most dangerous place in the Matrix; a place generally devoid of rules and controls, where anything can, and often does, happen. Thus, we should not be surprised that our efforts were undone by a combination of forces we might normally expect to be interested in assisting us; namely an Agent of the System, and a Cypherite operative.
Despite all this, we did recover some potentially useful data. We also showed that, even when everything else seemed to be going wrong, we still stayed true to each other and worked together to produce the best result possible under the circumstances. There is absolutely no shame, and no failure, in that.
I support this persons actions.
Some honesty for once. Apart from the bit about us being ordered to kill you. Believe me, I wish that had been the case, but it really wasn't. If it had been the case, I think there'd be more of a discussion about it, as it'd be quite a fundamental change in official Machine policy.
However, as far as I know, it's normally impossible for level 255 agents to show up in Datamine, so the event must've been designed for the Technician to die. Maybe more agents would've appeared if they got rid of the first one.