Sorry for my absence. A lot has been happening on the ship since my last posting.
I was sent a message, from an old acquaintance, regarding a new hologram they had recently had installed. I thought little about it at first, until I read further. A little back story and all will make more sense.
Several months after the Marie Curie had her shake down, and we’d participated in several missions, the Captain and I were having our weekly dinner in her quarters when she presented a box of neatly stored isolinear chips. ‘What are these?’ I enquired of her.
She went on to explain about one of her past-times with her father when she was young. A few times a week they would sit down together and watch an old, and I mean very old, Earth hologram story. Turns out these were 20th and 21st century television programs. Her father had come across them in some old storage place and had them converted into hologram stories. The twist here is he had each one converted in two ways; one you could view as a 3D story ((which proved to be the more watched versions), and the other way you could actively take part in.
WOW! 🤯
We incorporated watching some of these as just stories to start with. During down time we would, what Caz affectionately terms ‘binge’ several episodes at a time. One of these shows was called ‘House, M.D.’
It was the main character, Dr Gregory House, who my acquaintance was referring to.
I couldn’t resist. I just had to tell Ta’Hal all about it and ask if we could ‘trial’ House as part of our holographic team. She was a little resistant at first but could see the logic behind it and agreed, in principle.
Fun and games ensued. House came online prematurely, with only half of his protocols and safety features installed. He upset our resident, human, Cardiologist! Almost came to blows with our Captain, Ta’Hal. I really thought she would can him there and then! I was devastated!
Anyway, Caz and I sorted his programming out and his safety features. He can still be his normal self, but discretion dictates his idiosyncrasies be controlled. Although I do believe Caz may have left behind some mischief making in bis programming that will surely raise its head when we least expect it!
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