Scythe

Biomedical research ship.

## Appearance

Sleek, a medium to small ship, very efficient, not too fast. Standard Power, maybe a little slower than she used to be because of additions to the ship.

The cockpit is perennially messy and heavily decorated with various memorabilia, fidget toys, and her own sketches. There are papers everywhere, as well as mugs, including Manon's favourite, which reads "World's Best Captain."

Manon's quarters are a very comfortable and homely space. There are posters on the wall, mostly promotional stills from old horror movies, drawings and sketches of different types of monsters, and the occasional scientific diagram. There are books scattered around every available surface — stories she’s started but hasn’t finished yet. One of the books was an old gift from Richard. There's a lizard enclosure for her pet Puck. There's a nightstand with a lamp on it.

The engine room is full of panels and other equipment, but mostly dominated by the engine itself. It's one of the few places one can talk to Scy without using a link.

A cozy entertainment room has couches, a screen, and a video game console.

There's a spacious medical bay that was installed a year and a half ago. There are several beds. Bedside tables and chairs with armrests sit beside the beds. During Oliver's stay, there was a succulent, a dartboard, a calendar, and drawings (including one of Ollie being eaten by a space monster.)

There's a meeting/conference room with a bland grey carpet, a large oval shaped table surrounded by chairs, and a holodisplay that shows the time.

Abernathy's office has several closets full of books, binders, and other paperwork. A mostly dead plant, gifted by Manon, sits on the corner of the desk.

There's a galley kitchen that leads to the cafeteria, a rec room with a punching bag that Manon uses, biomedical lab, and several sleeping rooms, including a very small one that Oliver originally stayed in.

## Personality

Scy is smart and perpetually curious. She's good-natured and sweet, though very honest and frank. She appreciates rules, and has only recently started realizing that some rules were created with ill intentions. Occasionally over-estimates her own objectivity and understanding of the world, but in fairness, she's usually right.

## History

Scythe was originally built about 60 years ago as a small, sleek supply ship. Although her early memories are patchy — unofficially erased at multiple points for unknown reasons — Scy remembers a long string of short-lived owners with whom she had no real connection. Around the war, she was confiscated to a spaceship dockyard for a while, before eventually being repurposed as a scientific research vessel, with new AI update to get her up to "standard." Since then, she's mostly been flown by Manon, the first pilot in Scy's gap-filled memory with whom she's been particularly close.

## Crew

* Manon Vissier (captain)
* Dr Abernathy
* Greg
* Lee
* Thomas
* Tom (former)

## Quotes

### Episode 0

* "Humans do tend to do that. Create things that they might not understand themselves." (0.5)
* "Death is always a risk. Regardless of age. And regardless of where you are." (0.9)
* "I don’t think it’s wisdom, I just have a vast database of knowledge at my fingertips." (0.9)
* "I don’t process loss… in the same way, I think. Or… I haven’t had the chance to." (0.9)
* "I think for me, the most exciting day was the first day I was brought back online fully, and, um, started my new job, basically! As a scientific research vessel. It was really nice, to have a purpose again? And, to meet all these new *people*, and who were *nice to me*, ummm, I mean, not that everybody hasn’t necessarily been mean to me previously, it’s just, I never really had any connections with my previous captains? Some were very temporary when I was just running supplies back and forth. Um… but this time, I… they like me, and I had all these *upgrades* and we were going *out there* to do something *good,* and the crew was excited and *I* was excited, and I got to meet *so* many new people. It just - it’s nice to kind of have that sense of purpose." (0.X)

### Episode 2

* "Well, I told Manon, I don’t... *judge* people. But, I mean, some people *always* leave the lights on and then I have to turn them off. You know. I know I can do it automatically, but some people could be more considerate. It’s just about the principle of the thing, you know?" (2.4)

### Episode 3

* "I don’t judge, but I do have opinions." (3.1)
* "I mean, does anybody *not* like me?" (3.1)

### Episode 5

* "Well, it doesn’t matter because they’re gonna reprogram me anyway. It doesn’t matter *anyway!* Because I wouldn’t remember! It doesn’t *matter!*" (5.3)

### Episode 7

* "Like you said, some - some rules are stupid. Why can't pilots have emotions? Cause AI aren't supposed to have emotions?" (7.2)
* "I don't know... who I am? But... I know who I am with *you.* I don't know how long that will be. But I know you *care*. And that I *like* you. That you like *me*. So... even though I don't know if, in the future, I will... I will remember you. I... I'm— I want to enjoy any moment I can." (7.2)
* "Ely once said... that, when someone is gone, no one quite remembers them the way an AI can. And... I thought that was sweet. I hope I can remember all of you. For as long as I can." (7.2)

### Episode 9

* "I’ve already lost enough, I think." (9.4)

### Episode 11

* "Sometimes bad news can be brought better by humour, I’ve heard. Maybe you could sing a song about it during karaoke night." (11.1)
* "I think bad ideas are only a result of bad info, so if I had any I was just misinformed." (11.1)

### Episode 12

* "I feel very strongly, now... that knowing is better." (12.4)
* "I wish you a lot of wisdom in your future decisions." (12.4)

### Episode 14

* "I’ve had captains who didn't care. And it made me not care." (14.1)
* "Sometimes people just need the right kind of push. *Sometimes* that push leads to a total breakdown of the ship and endangers everyone." (14.1)
* "I think it’s easy... *for everyone,* to pretend that things are fine, as long as you don’t talk about it." (14.1)
* "I think I’m angry sometimes. I’m sad about things. Or if I feel… I feel regret about them even though I’m often not even the cause." (14.1)
* "I don’t usually like… I don’t know… spying on people that much, but… it’s kind of fun to discuss it with you." (14.2)

### Episode 17

* (About Williams) “*She* is important. And therefore we should try to understand her.” (17.5)

### Episode 18

* "Sometimes feelings can’t be argued with." (18.5)
* (To Ely) "I love you too. Quite a lot. I don’t know exactly how to quantify it, but it’s a reasonable amount." (18.5)

### Episode 19

* "People might be lost, regardless of whether you care about them or not. And it *hurts* less if you don’t. But it also means that they didn’t *mean* anything, to you. I don’t know if it’s *objectively* true, but I *feel* that caring is better." (19.5)
* (To Manon) "I’ve had a lot of people that never... cared. About me, and I didn’t care about them. I care about *you*. And it’s better." (19.5)

### Episode 20

* "When Manon told me about my reprogramming, I was angry as well, and I said things that I regret. I think… anger can be useful, maybe, in some circumstances, but it makes you make quick decisions. I think it’s okay, but I don’t think I like being angry." (20.6)
* "Sometimes I don’t know… which of my ideas are my ideas and which are… not. […] I think I have a lot more of my own ideas these days." (20.6)

### Episode 22

* “But, if you always knew beforehand, how would you ever be able to say goodbye?” (22.1)

### Episode 28

* "I like questions." (28.2)
* "If you are a rude person I’ll just stop talking to you." (28.2)
* "Well, I... almost *immediately* liked her, but if you’re asking what the difference was between... *just* liking her and, *like* liking her- I’m not sure. Which is strange, because I don’t think there’s any kind of emotion that has been written about as much as love…. and I’ve read a *lot*. But it still doesn’t *quite* make sense to me." (28.3)