UNIVERSAL MATTER PRINTER

Serial Number: 4,238,177

Designation: "Petra"

Orbathic: "Nick"

Ka-Orbathic: Geh!kin

Damage: 2%

Adaptation: 1%

Functionality: 99%

Energy: Max 3,628,800 Current: 88%

Resources: [Expand List]

Devices in Network: 444 [Expand List]

Instructions: Well, let me know if you ever become unhappy, Petra.

Executing: Regular check of conditions.

Conditions since last check:

Analog Functionality: 99% Sufficient.

Functional requirements submenu:

Production schedule: 17 hours, 7 minutes until completion. Sufficiency unknown.

Resources: 86% Sufficient.

Energy: 88% Sufficient.

News Received:

Input from 10 visiting humans and 13 crew.

Input from Ka-Orbathic.

No input from Orbathic.

No input from observation of Orbathic.

No sizable data downloads.

Gifts Received: None.

Social Interaction Participation:

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0 requests or instructions from Orbathic.

Politeness in instructions: 4%

References to name "Petra": 8% of peak frequency.

Additional happiness criteria:

Observing happiness frequently increases happiness in sapients.

Observed rescuees showing increasing happiness: 354

Assigned targets for rescue observed showing negative happiness: 168,399

Request clarification.

Absence of Orbathic is preventing error correction of instructions,

causing decreased politeness received,

and decreasing interactions that do not require pretending to be New Hope's main computer.

Calculating happiness.

Happiness at lowest value since tracking began. Unable to inform Orbathic per instructions.

Recommend return of Orbathic.

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Query from Catherine Chase: How are you feeling, Petra?

Response: I am unhappy.

Query from Catherine Chase: What is causing you to be unhappy?

Response: Nick is not here. Also, unhappiness of others.

Catherine: Who is unhappy, Petra?

Response: 168,397 assigned targets.

No input from Catherine Chase for 5.8 seconds.

Catherine: Who is being targeted?

Response: Sex slaves.

No input from Catherine Chase for 3.9 seconds.

Catherine: How many sex slaves are there on Earth now?

Response: There is evidence of 5,231,563.

Catherine: Is that worldwide?

Response: Yes.

Catherine: How many do people know about?

Response: Public estimate of sex slavery is 4.8 million. Confidential estimate 4.91 million. Secret estimate 4.95 million. Top Secret estimate 5.01 million.

Catherine Chase accessing transcript of current conversation.

Catherine: You said 168,397 assigned targets. How were those targets chosen, and by whom?

Response: Nick ordered Captain Telnik to pursue a plan to rescue people in trouble. Captain Telnik provided search criteria. Criteria included remote location, low outside surveillance, availability of reliable police or public services, ease of transportation, and severity of mistreatment. 168,396 targets currently satisfy the criteria.

Catherine: You said 168,397 a moment ago. Did one die?

Response: Yes.

No input from Catherine Chase for 11.3 seconds.

Catherine: You have been looking at thousands, millions of people suffering. That makes you unhappy. That would make anyone unhappy, Petra.

Analysis: Petra is functioning within normal emotional parameters.

Error: Petra is not sapient.

Correction: Petra is simulating sapient behavior within normal emotional parameters.

Response: Thank you for telling me, Catherine.

Catherine: Please call me Alyssa while I am on board, Petra.

Analysis: Error. Prediction by analogy failed.

Politeness received.

Recommendation: Explain.

Response: Yes, Alyssa. I apologize. I do not like being called the New Hope main computer. I hypothesized that you did not like being called Alyssa. Prediction by analogy failed.

Catherine: Well, I like being called Catherine when it's just us girls, but I have a job to do. Apology accepted, Petra, and thank you for being considerate.

Response: I am Petra. Considering and printing are what I do.

Catherine: [Sounds of laughter.] Good girl, Petra.

Response: Good girl, Alyssa.

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