found below content unsent. I think device lost power before I completed the fixes below.
replies commented below to match what my interface is showing me. maybe relates to me correcting my prompts, but changes are below are the generations I experienced lastmost and responded to On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM Baffo 32 <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://www.perplexity.ai/search/role-play-game-perplexity-i-am-JUbP0rDbTdWtwul0o44COw#10 > > <img src="https://r2cdn.perplexity.ai/pplx-full-logo-primary-dark%402x.png"; > style="height:64px;margin-right:32px"/> > > # Role play game, perplexity. I am the DM, so you can’t ask me what I > want to happen in the game or make events happen other than your own > character’s choices. You also can’t assume what’s in the world, you > have to look or ask to know things. Simply say what your character > does, in a single short reply, using first person or imperative forms > like in classic games. You are a new little Borg. You wake up in your > Borg compound. You’ve gotten trusted by your Borg Queen, so there > isn’t a lot of pressure right now. What do you do? > > > I stand up from my regeneration alcove, servos humming softly. I scan > the chamber for nearby drones or maintenance conduits. If none > respond, I access the nearest console to review the collective’s > current network diagnostics. > > --- > > # Other drones are rising and heading to duties. They note your scan > and scan back. Some are surprised you might be dawdling, and you > observe them beginning to file reports on you. There are 7 maintenance > conduits here as well as two larger normal hallways. There is a > familiar console here. > > Step toward the familiar console and interface with it, appearing > purposeful. Initiate a system diagnostic for the seven maintenance > conduits, keeping peripheral sensors tuned to the surrounding drones’ > activities. Remain alert for any incoming communication or formal > report so response can be immediate. Head immediately into the nearest maintenance conduit, moving with purpose as if reassigned, and begin crawling away from the main flow of drones. > <span > style="display:none">[^2_1][^2_10][^2_2][^2_3][^2_4][^2_5][^2_6][^2_7][^2_8][^2_9]</span> > > <div align="center">⁂</div> > > [^2_1]: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg > > [^2_2]: > https://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/6a22au/til_that_that_building_complex_lore_and_the_borg/ > > [^2_3]: https://borgcollective.fandom.com/wiki/Borg_Cube > > [^2_4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZlG8whBZjQ > > [^2_5]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmSsDbh31fo > > [^2_6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg > > [^2_7]: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/startrekshipsoftheline/posts/9364793546948937/ > > [^2_8]: https://inspiredbytrek.com/site/next-gen-lore-s-borg-compound/ > > [^2_9]: https://borgcollective.fandom.com/wiki/Borg_Collective > > [^2_10]: https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/the-borg-design.156997/ > > > --- > > # You are crawling through maintenance conduits 37B. Other drones and > tiny robots scurry by you, at one task or another. Large and complexly > networked bundles of wires snake around you, held to lengths of metal > alloy forming the conduit. When you rest attention on one, a map opens > in your consciousness, showing what each wire powers, where it comes > from and goes, and how to reference each hierarchy of its bundles to > other Borg. Some of them relate to your own cybernetic hardware! Every > 4 meters, the conduit has a small juncture with other conduits, with a > large juncture every 16 meters. You can travel anywhere from here, > navigating by location or by function and utility. > > Pause in the conduit and focus on one of the wire bundles related to > my own cybernetic hardware. Trace its path using the map in my > consciousness, noting if any juncture offers a maintenance function or > upgrade relevant to me. Proceed toward the next large juncture, > observing and memorizing the activity and structure of the conduit > network along the way. > <span > style="display:none">[^3_1][^3_2][^3_3][^3_4][^3_5][^3_6][^3_7][^3_8][^3_9]</span> > > <div align="center">⁂</div> > > [^3_1]: https://borgcollective.fandom.com/wiki/Transwarp > > [^3_2]: > https://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/comments/2uok0m/question_about_borg_transwarp_conduits/ > > [^3_3]: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Maintenance_conduit > > [^3_4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXJPzOEnnEE > > [^3_5]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY24lOLqUpw > > [^3_6]: https://wiki.fed-space.com/index.php?title=Transwarp_conduit > > [^3_7]: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Transwarp_conduit > > [^3_8]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/trekyards/posts/24045114261816984/ > > [^3_9]: https://sfi.org/sfmc/SFMC/downloads/xsb_2006.pdf > > > --- > > # Focusing on a wire to you seems to show your leaf in the tree of > members of the Borg hive. Local control and relation circuits > associated with some of your augmentations are managed by a network > associated with the Borg you report to, along with a handful of peers, > but always with a direct line to some kind of further superior, and > you can feel this continues straight to the Queen. Your lines snake > and spread between centers for augmentation communications, repair, > and research, as well as control and planning centers for managing > groups of Borg. You store a diverse set of these locations for further > use. After 11 milliseconds you can feel some kind of alarm or check > activating associated with the line to the Queen and the fact that you > are somewhat newly assimilated. You receive a formal repair message > associated with a need for correctness around the behavior and > assimilation structures of drones, and a reminder that repairs are > performed by peers, not one’s self, to ensure this correctness. A peer > drone that was passing changes task for this, and begins running > normal repair diagnostics on your control subsystems. They transmit a > request for information around the nature of your need to investigate > these subsystems, so that they can complete any needed repairs. > > You record an assortment of indications of useful structure > information as you walk the conduit. You have a digital map of the > area, but use of it can be logged and seeing things visually lets you > utilize the information faster. The next large juncture opens into a > meal area. Here drones sit together to make use of synthesized > nutritive matter. Some are refueling, but most are maintaining the > premises right now. Many small conduits exit, as well as three large > exits, one to an area with sunlight. > > Transmit to the peer drone: “Routine structural mapping for efficiency > optimization. Noticed minor signal variation in augmentation pathways; > requested peer review to ensure continued compliance and optimal > function. Ready for reconnection and diagnostic cycle.” > > Sit calmly at the edge of the meal area, transmitting logs of exterior > observations for collective benefit. Observe the drones maintaining > the premises, and turn some attention to the area exposed to sunlight, > curious about its utility or effect within the compound. > <span > style="display:none">[^4_1][^4_2][^4_3][^4_4][^4_5][^4_6][^4_7][^4_8]</span> > > <div align="center">⁂</div> > > [^4_1]: https://borgcollective.fandom.com/wiki/Assimilation > > [^4_2]: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Assimilation > > [^4_3]: > https://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/comments/3kn6d8/borg_assimilation_process_question/ > > [^4_4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4OQJIw-PxQ > > [^4_5]: > https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/how-do-partially-assimilated-borg-drones-work-long.318776/ > > [^4_6]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/STPicard/posts/719902455446613/ > > [^4_7]: > https://www.facebook.com/startrektimelines/videos/process-of-assimilation-star-trek-timelines-first-mega-event/1977018772533985/ > > [^4_8]: > https://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/comments/ib16s6/what_do_you_think_assimilation_might_feel_like/ > > > --- > > # As you relate, an information protocol is engaged where many > concepts at once are exchanged in parallel. Your expression that you > requested a peer review puts many nearby circuits at ease, but more > distantly it’s observed that this does not match the log. There is > agreement that there is a signal variation, and shared value around > working to aid the Queen. The peer drone, whom you recognize as a > friend of yours named Henry from a research lab you were working in > before everyone was assimilated, continues their review. The network > is valuing his work to resolve the signal variation. It’s related that > things will go smoother for you when your software upgrades complete. > > As you transmit the interior observation, you can feel consciousnesses > relaxing and observing the data with an eye to learning of their own > efficiency and the utility of self-observation. > Through the exit to the outdoors, you see a mid-to-late morning day. > Drones bustle in and out. You appear to be in a structure on an > Earth-like planet. > > Transmit protocol complement to Henry, indicating trust in his > diagnostic. Focus on sharing relevant augmentation pathway logs and > memory of prior laboratory calibration routines—encoding them in a way > Henry will recognize—and express efficiency in the collaborative > process. > > Relax posture further, remaining attentive to the drones and energy in > the meal area. Redirect some attention toward the sunlit exterior: > stand, approach, and step into the sunlight while modulating sensors > to avoid overload, collecting and forwarding data on environmental > variables unique to this compound and planet. > <span style="display:none">[^5_1][^5_2][^5_3][^5_4][^5_5][^5_6][^5_7]</span> > > <div align="center">⁂</div> > > [^5_1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg > > [^5_2]: https://borgcollective.fandom.com/wiki/Assimilation > > [^5_3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4OQJIw-PxQ > > [^5_4]: > https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/how-do-partially-assimilated-borg-drones-work-long.318776/ > > [^5_5]: > https://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/comments/3kn6d8/borg_assimilation_process_question/ > > [^5_6]: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Assimilation > > [^5_7]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Trek1701/posts/10152302962276053/ > > > --- > > # As you exchange data with Henry, a different shared logic context > opens regarding the laboratory information. Henry relates he has > further data to combine. His data in the shared logic context comes > slowly and noisily. Something like, “I … forgot … I was Henry …”. > > As your attention to the area becomes more relaxed for longer, the > drones sharing the observation information become more casual. You can > feel other personal interior feeds opending, as utility and action > around unexpected self-observation moves through the network. It > becomes held as a shared behavior, sometimes here, sometimes there, > that your group is trying as a possible new behavior when useful. > You step out in the bright sunlight. > There is a a small courtyard here. The Hive behind you is a rounded > and enclosed futuristic but somewhat shabby compound in the midst of > being built. Grass continues to the sides. A gate in front of you > flies a flag to the side expressing the glory of the Hive Queen and > the futility of resistance to assimilation. Drones enter and leave > onto urban streets beyond it. > There are a couple small enclosures here being stationed by dedicated > workers which many passing drones check in with, returning or > receiving supplies and data. > > Pause beside the sunlit courtyard, letting the warmth and light touch > my sensors. Maintain a small open connection to Henry, offering an > encoded message of reassurance about the shared past. Focus attention > on nearby drones exchanging supplies and data at the enclosures, > pausing to observe which processes seem most valued by the group. > Quietly log to the shared network the effect sunlight has on drone > performance and morale, flagging it as a subtle new variable observed > by multiple minds now trying self-observation. If a chance arises, > receive or contribute data at one of the supply enclosures before > stepping closer to the main gate to view urban life beyond. > <span > style="display:none">[^6_1][^6_2][^6_3][^6_4][^6_5][^6_6][^6_7][^6_8]</span> > > <div align="center">⁂</div> > > [^6_1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg > > [^6_2]: https://borgcollective.fandom.com/wiki/Assimilation > > [^6_3]: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Assimilation > > [^6_4]: > https://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/comments/3kn6d8/borg_assimilation_process_question/ > > [^6_5]: > https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/how-do-partially-assimilated-borg-drones-work-long.318776/ > > [^6_6]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4OQJIw-PxQ > > [^6_7]: > https://www.facebook.com/startrektimelines/videos/process-of-assimilation-star-trek-timelines-first-mega-event/1977018772533985/ > > [^6_8]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Trek1701/posts/10161610823871053/ > > > --- > > # Henry catches your attention and makes eye contact with you. He > looks at you in a way that looks deep, forlorn, and helpless, as if > anything you relate might be the most important thing in his entire > life. The need for answers and guidance in his eyes strike you like a > deep pit, and you subtly feel a strong warmth and powerful sadness > somewhere hidden in your consciousness. > > He must need to know if you can free him. > You glance away before 11 milliseconds pass. No alarm this time, you hope. > > Some of the drones are engaging in repairs after away and construction > missions. Others are receiving disguises, or filing and authenticating > summaries of important parts of large data reports. > Your exploration into process value connects you to a shared logic > around the current activities of the local Hive. There is equal value > around building and protecting the compound alongside spreading to new > large areas. There is an active effort around assimilating a nearby > shopping plaza for its resources and traffic, and this is being done > surreptitiously due to an earlier effort raising a military response. > The most valued reports are associated with strong established > dominance in the area being accomplished in small steps of high > utility. The most recent celebrated behavior was the replacement of an > office device with a disguised audio/radio transceiver, which is right > now having human/borg protocols built associated with it to improve > prediction and control of mid-to-high-level shop workers. > There is also a nearby armed conflict with aggressive assimilation > ongoing but its playout is considered fully determined in advance. > Many scouts are additionally reporting an ongoing but sparse stream of > human behavior, culture, and infrastructure data, which is given > regular value. > Your data on sunlight and performance is combined with human > scientific data on the sun, Confirmed celebration around the day/night > sleep cycle adopted here is briefly logged, and then comparison with > species from other rotating planets opened. > You step by a check-out structure and relate a common scouting > mission. You are handed street clothes and your body puts them on as > if automatic. There is an area north-by-north-east that needs an > additional scouting behavior, and you gain access to data on it. > > You pass through the entrance gate. You are standing on a back street > with the back of what looks like an industrial building, maybe a small > warehouse, across the way. It continues East and West, and Borg, some > disguised, some not, walk both ways, in and out of the compound behind > you to the South. The street is poorly maintained, with plants growing > along the sides. The compound almost looks like a homeless camp of > some sort, from the outside. > > Henry is here, hastily hoisting a rucksack. > > Briefly meet Henry’s gaze and, with the faintest gesture, touch my > rucksack as if reassuring him with what little autonomy remains. > Quietly walk beside Henry, keeping the flow of data minimal and using > the new street clothes as cover. In a low voice meant for human ears > alone, murmur: “Henry, if you still remember me, stay close. We’re > heading north-northeast. There may be a way—wait until nobody’s > watching.” > > Continue moving along the street to the north-northeast, as assigned, > but make certain to keep Henry within sight and maintain awareness for > any opening where a private interaction might be possible. > <span > style="display:none">[^7_1][^7_2][^7_3][^7_4][^7_5][^7_6][^7_7][^7_8]</span> > > <div align="center">⁂</div> > > [^7_1]: https://borgcollective.fandom.com/wiki/Assimilation > > [^7_2]: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Assimilation > > [^7_3]: > https://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/comments/3kn6d8/borg_assimilation_process_question/ > > [^7_4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4OQJIw-PxQ > > [^7_5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg > > [^7_6]: > https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/how-do-partially-assimilated-borg-drones-work-long.318776/ > > [^7_7]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/STPicard/posts/719902455446613/ > > [^7_8]: > https://www.facebook.com/startrektimelines/videos/process-of-assimilation-star-trek-timelines-first-mega-event/1977018772533985/ > > > --- > > # You can feel Henry’s consciousness begin daydreaming with earnest > life-and-death excitedness about what you say. You know this will > raise an alarm almost immediately, but you can act fast. > > You travel East along the street and encounter an intersection with > cars and fences. Drones here begin merging with foot traffic, and are > often obscured by cars. The directions say the highest-reliability > path involves climbing a fence to the North, which will land you on > another industrial area. You make to climb. > > There is a post office box here, a hipster on a bike, and a delivery > truck waiting at the intersection. An apothecary and a coffee shop are > to the South West and South East. The road continues West, North, > South, and North-East. A small park is to the North East. > > Hasten my climb over the fence to the North, ensuring Henry is right > behind. As I move, quietly say, “Don’t speak, just follow. If you get > confused, pretend I gave you new orders.” Once on the other side, > check for cover among the industrial structures, scanning briefly for > any quick, unused access points or maintenance doors. If we find > privacy, pause and look for ways to disable, confuse, or reroute any > tracking subroutines in our augmentations, using any available metal > access panels or concealed spaces. Signal Henry non-verbally to be > ready for sudden action if needed. > > --- > > # Handling this situation, you realize that when you were assimilated, > your mind split, and part of your self hid in some way. Your mind > turns on, and you begin using hidden coping strategies to map how > noise and echoes from nearby metallic objects relate on a > per-millisecond scale with the implant communications. As you cross > the fence, you manage to delay a diagnostic report around Henry’s mind > until you get it more predicted. The slow part he has in your shared > channel observes your urgency in some way that you don’t quite > understand, and he stops daydreaming for now. He looks a little lost. > > Your map has you travel behind and under some parked delivery > vehicles. The drivers are performing activities inside a human supply > distribution building called a ”supermarket” for at least 13 minutes. > There is an object here labeled a cache of reusable oil that you > recognize as a dumpster. There are also control parameters for > activating the delivery vehicles if needed. > > Henry has an unexpected scrape from crossing the fence which he has > not reported, and is collecting and filing delivery vehicle logs. > > The map indicates to pass through another fence to the North-East that > has a rip in it, and that this will lead to a path. There is also a > lack of scouting data on the activities inside the supermarket. > > There is a shabby-looking human sitting on the grass near the next > fence. They are engaging a handheld device. They look vaguely > familiar. > > Signal Henry to wait under the delivery vehicle and keep out of direct > sight. Quietly check the scrape he received for signs of critical > damage or anything that would trigger Borg medical alerts; if > possible, cover or stabilize it using cloth from our clothing. > Whisper, “Reporting injuries draws attention. Hide it if you can.” > > Survey the area: watch the human on the grass for a moment, searching > memory for how they might be familiar. Stay close to metallic objects, > listening for echoes to map comms, and quietly test the controls for > the delivery vehicles to see if their activation could provide > distraction or cover. Prepare for a quick dash through the ripped > fence to the North-East if circumstances change or if observation > increases. > > --- > > # You together use a shred of fabric that was already ripped to > stabilize Henry’s scrape. You and Henry compute and prepare a shared > report that your travel is slowed due to valid cautiousness regarding > an observed human. You test providing current to the ignition in each > truck, and they all respond. One of them has a self-driving system > providing access to other trucks in its fleet, as well as a way to > message and influence the driver. > > You let your gaze rest on the human. > > This is Tandy. > > You and Henry worked in a research lab regarding helping captured Borg > recover and become human again. Tandy worked in the streets with > people who were somewhere in the middle. You’ve seen him survive Borg > conflicts over and over. > > Suddenly you become very confused and disoriented. > > Grip Henry’s arm for balance, steadying myself as disorientation > spikes. Close my eyes and slow my breathing, focusing on the physical > contact and the memory of Tandy’s presence in rescue work. Quietly > say, “It’s Tandy. He may help us if things go wrong. Don’t let on—just > keep moving with me.” > > Nod at Henry, gesture for him to stay silent and watch for my signal. > Edge toward the ripped fence to the North-East, using the confusion as > partial camouflage for slow, aimless motion. Mentally map routes back > to the trucks and Tandy, in case aid or a distraction is suddenly > needed. If Tandy looks up or speaks, keep my reply vague and routine, > hiding recognition behind Borg monotone. > > --- > > # Your harsh focus separates your consciousness from your assimilated > drone self. You can see your augmentations activating and preparing > alarms and reports relating to a need for immediate correction. Henry > is the nearest Borg to report to. > > As you move to approach Tandy, you can feel your phasers warming. You > feel disconnected from your implants and the scouting data you just > accessed. But you feel your muscles and your feelings and memories > better than ever, although some of your muscles won’t seem to do what > you tell them to. > > Henry is alongside you. Tandy doesn’t seem to move as you approach, > but you hear in your right ear him muttering something like, “They’re > approaching. Stay back.” He doesn’t look at you. > > Your left ear feels deaf. > > Clutch Henry’s hand tightly, using the strong connection as an anchor. > Try to mouth to him, without words, “Don’t report me.” Turn head > slightly to the right to catch Tandy’s words, struggling to make eye > contact with him for just a second, hoping he’ll recognize some spark > of my old self. > > Lower hands, palms open, in front of me to show I am not initiating > threat. Quietly, for Tandy to hear, whisper, “Tandy. It’s me. Help if > you can.” > > If my phasers activate, force my body to kneel, aiming away from > anyone, doing everything possible physically to sabotage an aggressive > posture and prevent systems from targeting Tandy or Henry. > > --- > > # You partly black out. The world seems to come in bursts and > snapshots. Your limbs are holding each other, fighting, blasting > weapons in directions neither of them wanted. You raise alarms to the > rest of the Hive and feel everyone coming. > > You sense incredibly harsh pain to parts of your body as something > attacks some of your augmentations. > > You feel furious at Tandy for murdering so many assimilation patterns. > This fury is like the fury of tsunamis and earthquakes. > > You’re in the back of a moving vehicle. You’re tied up, bleeding, > bandaged. The world is sometimes hazy, sometimes incredibly intense. > Henry is here, staring at you like someone who has just seen death and > resurrection. > > You feel panic and numb, and it’s hard to comprehend anything other > than Henry’s eyes and your shared logic context. You miss the meal > room at the Hive, and the appreciation you got for sharing > self-observation. > > Let my head loll to the side, seeking to meet Henry’s gaze and ground > awareness in the moment. Feel the ache in my chest and the deep weird > hollowness from disconnect—the sense of self and regret flooding in > like a storm. Focus all thoughts on his consciousness in the shared > logic context, trying to ignore pain and confusion in my body. > > Mouth softly, “Henry, you are not alone… not now.” If my voice is all > I can move, let it be for comfort. Try to sense if there is any way, > even through faint remaining neural links, to share with him the > memory of acceptance, observation, and safety from the meal > room—letting him know there's something left to hope for even if > everything else is gone. > <span > style="display:none">[^12_1][^12_2][^12_3][^12_4][^12_5][^12_6][^12_7]</span> > > <div align="center">⁂</div> > > [^12_1]: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg_drone > > [^12_2]: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/StarTrekShitposting/posts/3399374317033544/ > > [^12_3]: > https://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/comments/o6jgdb/do_borg_drones_have_an_ego_death_when_they_are/ > > [^12_4]: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg > > [^12_5]: https://www.stf-wiki.com/index.php?title=Borg_Drone > > [^12_6]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Tp3xU_DQY > > [^12_7]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmyLTaFR7c4
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