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[Monkeyfacedprickleback]

"Unit 10102031 I must inform you as Chief Engineer Of this Ship the evaluation and maintenance of all Mechanical equipment ,yourself included, Is my responsibility. I don't care if you think you repaired yourself. Until a qualified engineer looks at you I won't accept that your fit for duty. Submit yourself to a diagnostic Inspection. You may choose your mechanic. If you refuse this direct order i'll be forced to remove you from active service as faulty hardware.

OOC
This is totally harsh. sorry to do this SeriousConcentrate but keith has to throw his weight around,  At this point he isn't acting as a goofy engineer he's acting as the guy responsible for making sure the robot doesn't go beserk and kill everyone. He doesn't see Saru as a person, He see's him asequipment or a thing which may be malfunctioning. He would have had to do this at some point before letting Saru go into combat. But this is really harsh. I apologise again SeriousConcentrate for sorta stomping all over your guy but this is the role I play.     

Also DRAMA!

[SeriousConcentrate]

He's overly violent right now from being punched in the head thirty million times earlier (he's durable, but considering the S.A.R.U. line is made for distance combat he's not really built for that kind of punishment) and the EMP scrambled his systems a bit so yeah, he's malfunctioning a bit. You can repair him if you want, just get Sai or somebody to tackle him first and deactivate him. He won't be happy about it but he does need it.

[Monkeyfacedprickleback]

my character also has to worry about wheter or not he could become a repeat of the whole geth incident. (I assume the setting is in the mass effect universe.)

[Dwarmin]

((Sai'oda doesn't think that far in the future ))

Sai'oda noticed SARU wasn't taking the news very well...and it made her a bit mad to hear Keith talking like that-to what amounted to a fellow soldier. What did that stupid gearhead know? He wouldn't be bleeding out there, more often than not-it would be them. Even if SARU didn't bleed either, he was part of her squad, dammit! Even if he was a frakkin walking toaster.

She took umbrage.

"Lay off, Keith.

SARU got pummeled out there, like everyone else. Just give him some room, okay? He's not like one of those mechs you can move around with a little joystick. He's a soldier-like me. You can't push us around like that."

Sai'oda clanged SARU on the shoulder.

"...Are you alright? I mean, we need you at a hundred percent. If you say you're good to go, I trust you on that-cause that's what squaddies have to do for each other, right?

I just don't want you to think no one ever stood up for you, SARU."

[SeriousConcentrate]

I think it's a mash of that, DF, and some miscellanea. I would let you repair him without the stonewalling but it wouldn't be IC since he's programmed to be blindly, almost stupidly loyal to his creators (to the point that, as stated, anyone looking at him is probably trying to steal company secrets) and Keith did screw him up/over with that EMP grenade, which he's not going to forget any time soon.

Quickedit: Great, I got ninja'd. Now I gotta edit in some RP. One minute. ^^^

"I am not functioning at 100% capacity. I have suffered heavy damage to my chassis, particularly in the torso and head, and I have numerous minor software failures due to an EMP charge." He screwed the plate he had removed from his chest back into place. "I would estimate my efficiency at 3%. Access to certain systems has been destroyed by electrical damage. My integrated weaponry is still functional, as is my ability to move and shoot, but dents in the joints are limiting general mobility by 60% and movement speed by 40%. Visual sensors are operating at 70% capacity in the human spectrum of vision; ultraviolet, low light, and thermal are currently inaccessible. Damage to the chassis leaves open the possibility of water damage."

He picked up a pair of pliers. "Audio sensors are functioning perfectly, although it is difficult to process sounds other than that emitting from my speakers. Internal scans report an unusual amount of bad slash garbage data and indicate thought processes are damaged; probable cause is blunt trauma to the head causing the casing to scratch the AI core. This is irreparable damage and will remain a flaw for the duration of this unit's lifespan. This will skew all data collected for analysis later. Finally, please remove your hand from my shoulder, or I will be forced to injure you." Thirty One couldn't allow anyone to fiddle with him at such a delicate time. He'd suffered enough damage externally and internally that he probably shouldn't even be active. If he was still in the testing labs, he would just go into standby until the engineers fixed him...

But that was a different story. He was no longer in corporate territory, and that meant he had to be careful who tampered with him.

[Monkeyfacedprickleback]

Keith gives Sai'oda a flat stare.

"That IT got pummeled Is precisely the point point you muscle headed spider wannabe. It was damaged. How do I Know it's safe for combat. I'm not going to let faulty equipment get us all killed because it's programmed to be paranoid. I would like to have Saru between me and whatever we're going to be fighting against but I can't in good conscious let any kind of robot onto the field of war until I have some assurance that it won't malfunction at a critical time. If there's a problem Saru's diagnostic program doesn't pick up or if there's a problem with the diagostic program itself that thing could get us all killed. I wont risk that if I can help it."

OOC

now we're getting to the DRAMA! (you should be making jazz hands when you read "drama")
And to be fair Keith probably would steal company secrets though less out of corporate espionage or greed and more out of pure curiosity.

[Dwarmin]

((Well, I'm trapped in between a stubborn emotionless engineer and a subborn emotionless robot, and if I go back on my earlier actions I would have to heel face turn..

Mrm, Thanks for the roleplaying roadblock guys. Meh.))

[SeriousConcentrate]

(Uh, Saru just threatened to hurt you. It's been established Batarians can't keep control, or at least find it hard to keep control, of their emotions. I imagine Sai is probably feeling a little betrayed and he did just lay out a laundry list of reasons it would be a good idea to let someone else fix him. Haymaker his ass, you're still in character, he's knocked out, and Keith gets to fix him. Problem solved on all fronts. )

[Dwarmin]

((Well, If you insist. ))

Sai'oda's Batarian rage peaked. Grrrrroo-roar!!

Sai'oda tries to beat up Keith AND Saru together! Haymakers for everyone!

[Monkeyfacedprickleback]

Keith Orders the engineers to dogpile on Saru, telling them to force a emergency shutdown. He then wrestles with sai'oda until any other miltary personal comes to his aid.

[Sheb]

"Sir, I am afraid I won't be able to participate in this mission. The W-60 suffered heavy damage and probably cannot be repaired in such a tight timeframe. Also, I wouldn't want to be in an actual combat zone in a mech that can be disabled by a few shots from training lasers. If you'd drop me there, I've got a lawsuit to fill against the W-60 manufacturer.

[Monkeyfacedprickleback]

I was of the opinion that the mech was completely undamaged by the lasers. As in the lasers only forced a simulation of damage. Like Holograms and forced function shut down to simulate a fair combat enviroment. To simulate what might happen in a real combat scenario. (If the enemy was using anti-armour round) You know so your mech didn't completly destroy the concept of balanced teams and win the entire fight in ten seconds flat. Wouldnt be much of a training exercise then would it now.

At least that's how i'm handwaving it.

[Kestrel_6]

Monkeyfacedprickleback is on the money. The damage is simulated. Also, you DO have a nano-assembler...

"Guys, Settle Down!" Varayis yells as the fight stops.

"One, Yes, you will assist Corporal Norris. Two, SARU, would you deactivate yourself for repairs... for me? If any try to steal secrets, I will kick their ass. Also, we need you 100% for the mission."

OOC: the fateweaver does not part the mist ahead... It could be Geth, it could be something else... DUN DUN DUUUNNNNN

[Monkeyfacedprickleback]

Mind you simulated damage only works on the laser guns. Not fists. So I imagine a lot of us have some nasty bruises. heheh

[SeriousConcentrate]

Yeah, all the damage I took was from melee. >.>

Saru suffers enough damage from Sai's sudden haymaker that he is already forced into standby mode to prevent complete system failure, but he acts like he's complying with orders.