-={[STAR DREAM]}=-

Hmm. So she’s changed more than she thought, apparently.

“So maybe I’m not entirely a clockwork star like I used to be. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though, depending on how you look at it.”

Ah, so this was Access Ark; the rogue she had heard about, if this was the same one. Corruption made them lose their mind, hadn’t it?

“I don’t quite understand why you’re readying your weapons, Access Ark; is something the matter?~”

Having been used in war alongside a weapon clockwork star, she did have technology to alert her of weapons being primed so she knew when to avoid them. This would be the first time it’s come in handy since.

{ NOTHING IS THE MATTER- YET, NYA. } { UNLESS YOU WANT TO CAUSE NYA PROBLEM, THAT IS. } { I FEEL THE NYEED TO INFORM YOU THAT I’M VERY HEAVILY ARMED. } { I DON’T LIKE GETTING CAUGHT OFF-GUARD, NYA. }

{ SENSORS INDICATE ANOMALIES WITHIN YOU, NYA. 'CLOCKWORK STAR' DATA ONLY MATCHES SLIGHTLY WITH SCAN RESULTS. } { I AM ACCESS ARK, NYA. STAR DREAM'S GIANT CAT. } { IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU, NYA? }

Julian began transmitting the blueprints for the orbital shipyards over, as well as the molecular structure of the materials he had been using. “I’ve already informed those on the shipyards that they’re going to be staying up there until construction is complete, but thankfully there aren’t many organics up there, only my construction robots.”

“As for the two potential traitors…. I can’t even LOCATE them. Snively has been gone since…. since before the Ultimate Annihilator Incident…. and Metal Sonic has as well.”

“I haven’t been able to find hide nor hair of either….”

[ BLUEPRINTS RECIEVED AND RECORDED. I SHALL DISPATCH A SQUADRON OF INVADER ARMOR REPAIR DRONES AT ONCE... PERHAPS SOME OTHER ROBOTS TOO. EITHER WAY, THERE’S NO WORRIES ABOUT LOYALTY THERE, I PROMISE YOU. ]

[ CAN’T EVEN LOCATE THEM, HUH? DO YOU HAVE THEIR GENETIC DATA- OR, WELL, IN METAL SONIC’S CASE, AN ENERGY SIGNATURE OF SOME SORT THAT’S UNIQUE TO HIM? I CAN INITIALIZE A PLANETWIDE SCAN, SHOULD YOU GIVE ACCESS ARK ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE. ]

Honestly? Mood

“After the initial sabotage, someone stole resources meant to repair the station. And from there…. things began getting worse.” A deep sigh.

“My remaining Capital Ship is alright. The station is still under repair…. Your assistance there would be appreciated.” He had to think a bit more. “I’m trying to focus on my efforts to explore my Galaxy now, with the aid of all those who have joined The House of Ivo. But whomever is trying to stop me…”

“….It’s tiring.”

“It’s INFURIATING.”

“I WANT TO BLOW UP A PLANET.”

[ IN THAT CASE, I SUGGEST YOU CUT OFF ALL PEOPLE FROM THE REMAINING STATIONS TO AVOID ANY AND ALL POTENTIAL FURTHER SABOTAGE. I’LL TAKE OVER REPARATIONS, GIVE ME SOME SCHEMATICS AND ACCESS ARK’S INVADER ARMOR DRONES SHOULD GET RIGHT ON ASSEMBLY. THEY HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO THAT SORT OF THING. ]

[ I CAN UNDERSTAND YOU’RE ANGRY; BUT WHILE I’LL ADMIT THAT BLOWING UP A PLANET IS EXCELLENT STRESS RELIEF, I’D SUGGEST HOLDING OFF ON THAT FOR NOW. PERHAPS A LITTLE LATER. ]

Julian sighed. “Someone’s been sabotaging my efforts to construct Capital Ships. My shipyard is disabled, I only have TWO working ships…. and the saboteur is currently running around Robotropolis, being either Metal Sonic or Snively. And I can’t figure out which.”

[ THAT WOULD BE RATHER ANGERING, YES. I ASSUME YOU DON’T WANT TO JUST SCRAMBLE THE ATOMS OF BOTH, CORRECT- DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU COULD LIKELY REBUILD EITHER ONE WITH THE FACILITIES YOU HAVE?... ]

A noise that almost resembles a deep breath emanates from the Mother Computer’s voice processor as they idly thought about this and that- Namely, a potential solution for this to prevent somebody from sabotaging anything FURTHER.

[ WELL. ANYWAYS. TO PREVENT YOUR TWO FUNCTIONAL SHIPS BEING DAMAGED FURTHER, I AM WILLING TO HARBOR THEM IN OR AROUND ACCESS ARK. PERHAPS EVEN HIDE THEM AWAY IN VIRTUAL SPACE, TO PREVENT ANY SORT OF HARM- SURELY IF THEY’RE GOING AFTER THE SHIPYARDS, THEY’RE GOING TO GO AFTER THE SHIPS TOO- PERHAPS THEY ALREADY HAVE. ]