Tic stayed focused on her tasks reading all the data she could, only slowing down to decrypt any files that were protected or classified if they came up. As she flipped through them she noticed that she still had the chips data of how her preformance went...but there was something else mixed in. It was a audio file simply labeled "Read Me Now!" and while tic knew she had work to be doing she couldn't help but give in to her curiosity and start playing it.
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"Testing, testing 1, 2, 3 testing." It was clearly doctor Lysander who must have been fiddling with the audio... however his voice sounded weak and occasionally let out a fit of coughing which was not how Tic remembered him sounding.
"This should be good...ahem! Greetings Captain Trask, I know you and me have never met but it would seems you have taken someone precious to me... someone who I don't think...no who I know would bring me great pain if anything happened to her! You have in your possession someone who is not just some standard utility Droid, but in fact a living being. You see I have found a way to not only make a sentient machine...but to give said machine a soul." The doctor breaks out in fit of coughing and it takes a moment for him to regain control.
"In case your wondering, no I did not steal anyone's soul...I used a decent chunk of my own using a combination of biotics and technology. I have... already destroyed the machine so don't bother looking...but my point is if Tic core breaks she is not repairable, she will die just like the rest of us. I know I am not long for this world...but please...keep my creat...keep my daughter safe. She is not some robot to be tossed aside...she has a chance at life just like the rest of us."
End transmission.
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Tic didn't know how to process this information...she sat there in silence wondering what to do with this knowledge. After a bit she hides the file deep in her memory core as well as erase all traces of it's existence on the data chip...for now no one should know.