A Rebirth

"Cause i break the caste system. I lean more towards my father's side but I dont exactly have a lot of friends."

Asim: Oh....That's.....So you're shunned because....?

"in a word, racism"

Asim: Yeah. That's one way to put it...That's....just...Well...I don't really know what to say to that. The idea is...kind of foreign.

"Tell me about it"

Asim: Yeah....Sorry. We don't have a caste system where I come from. Honestly, I kind of always thought they were a myth. Something parents told their kids to scare them before bedtime.

"Welcome to the tau empire then, enjoy the nightmare *jokingly*"

Asim: Um.....*Is not sure what to say to that.*

"Anyway....mum died when i was very young. grew up with my dad"

Asim: Oh.....Sorry to hear that.

"Its fine. I wish I could say she died peacefully"

Asim: Look, if you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to.

he nods
"Anyway, as I said, grew up with my dad. he did go peacefully. this place was his."

Asim: Oh....Did you and he...make all these drones or...?

"We did it together."

Asim: Oh....So....what happened to all of them? Why are they all damaged?

"We never finished most of em. hard to get parts out here"

Asim: Oh....Is it cause the colony doesn't get much business?

"We are right on the edge of tau territory"

Asim: Oh.....That's...a bit surprising. I would think a frontier colony would at least have materials coming into it.

"We do, but why would they give any to me?"

Asim: I guess you can't just buy the parts.

"I can but only from...unscrupulous dealers"

Asim: Let me guess....those kroot?

"no not them"

Asim: Who then?

"black market"

Asim: Should have guessed.

OOC: You have now been assimilated by the Borgi

You and your furry friends, arken...

Spoiler:

Dear Arken,....

OOC: ....hm.... arken, you sure youre West Virginian? o.O

OOC I know his times are consistent to mine, and I'm Pennsylvannian

Was only asking because i got bored, started digging into peoples data, and his results didnt quite check out. Everyone else i.... Investigated was nothing interesting, but arken was different... Needless to say, this aroused my interest further, and some more digging lead me to the middle of nowhere in kansas, and the vicinity of Washington(the city). But not a single trace leading to WV in particular....
Knowing him, hes soooo gonna flip out...

"yeah. did get em all working...one at a time. that one's crowe, that one's tom-servo, that one's pollo"

Asim: So.....what happened?

"couple of short circuits in vital bits"

Asim: Oh. Bad parts?

"bad parts" *he nods*

Asim: So...where do the kroot come into all this?

"Like i said, its a protection racket. i pay them they keep my stuff....safe. I dont, they kill me."

Asim: Could you keep them at bay if your drones were fixed?

"I could. why, thinking of leaving once they are?"

Asim: No. I'm...just not much of a fighter is all.

"From what i could tell from looking you over earlier, even those kroot's rifles would do fuck all to you"

Asim: Sure, but that doesn't mean much if I can't shoot them back.

"so....training?"

Asim: Not sure how much that would help on such short notice...plus, I don't exactly have a lot of spare ammo.

"I can get my hands on a pulse rifle or something. no wait, carbine would be better"

Asim: Um....I'll leave it up to you then. Can't say I know a lot about guns anyway.

"Shorter range than the rifle, but has an underslung grenade launcher"