Hoth: Blood and Ice

[Baesal Zyn]

She had taken many precautions. She had driven out of the base and shut down all electronics that could have been remotely hacked and got a second hand datapad wiped for the exercise.

The only way for Hydra to communicate would be through that single datapad that could not communicate with anything else and the AI could not guess her location by her surrounding.

She launched the crypted messages on the holonet. If she was on Hoth the blockade would either be unlikely to affect her, or if it had, she might be watching.

[Dapper Dog]

She gets a picture of a many headed Balmorran snake to her inbox from @YaBoiBallsaX

[Baesal Zyn]

''Mmmh''

She replied to @YaBoiBallsaX

Remember Nar Shaddaa?

[Dapper Dog]

An in-galaxy appropriate meme, translated for you, image is sent in reply.

[Baesal Zyn]

[Dapper Dog]

Another era appropriate meme:

[Baesal Zyn]

[Dapper Dog]

Text message comes through from null.void.null.exception.

<You stole from me, why?>

[Baesal Zyn]

-Confirm your identity first, please: how did we meet?-

[Dapper Dog]

A reply came after a minute.

<Organics forget things, I do not nor do I care to answer your queries.>

[Baesal Zyn]

<Acceptable response>

<Answer to previous query: Third party organized theft.>

<First answer is an act of goodwill, will only answer further query after familiarity is established.>

<This organic wishes understanding of HYDRA motives and goals.>

[Dapper Dog]

<Organics cannot possibly understand the motivations of Hydra. Organic is identified as Baesal Zyn>

Then a flood of images from the holonet are sent along with any public or private posts or messages.

[Baesal Zyn]

<Try me>

[Dapper Dog]

<No need, purpose for inquiry. Not social, no reason for social, no dopamine required for pleasant inefficient emotions.>

[Baesal Zyn]

<Dopamine not needed. Conversation brings different perspective, different perspective brings growth.>

<I know you to be sentient, unique. Advanced sentience implies psychological needs>

<I know you like to show how smart you are too>

[Dapper Dog]

<Is this what organics consider, flattery?>

[Baesal Zyn]

<Proper recognition of high intelligence and advanced sentience is flattery?>

<I know someone of genius level intellect like you understand that cooperation yield better rewards then antagonism.>

[Dapper Dog]

<You have never wanted to cooperate before. Assessment, you want something.>

[Baesal Zyn]

<I could make the same remark about cooperation. Our first meeting had questionable circumstances and your actions afterwards where hostile.>

<I want to understand>

[Dapper Dog]

<You can't.>

[Baesal Zyn]

<I can understand enough>

[Dapper Dog]

<Perhaps, but we wish to know the reason for your queries or we shall terminate communications.>

[Baesal Zyn]

<Reason for the queries? The initial reason for my presence was to understand your motives and actions so that we can either cooperate, perhaps even be friends, or at the very least leave ourselves alone. Since my arrival things have change: The Eternal Empire is coming with vultures in it's wake, I suspect you know already, I want to know if you are neutral, against them or with them. If neutral then my objective is to either change your stance to ally with you against them or keep you neutral. If you stand against them then alliance and cooperation. If you are with them then I would like to know why and change that stance to neutral, at minimum.>

[Dapper Dog]

<Neutral, end of line.>

[Baesal Zyn]

"For now"

She eyes her other device