ORCA DRONE LOG 1.55.17 Incident Supplemental: Evaluation Day 231.
Unit 1729 has endured nearly a full year of service as an X4 Orca drone (See Report 1.55.12). We have still not been able to recover the backup partition. interviews with Drone 1728 and 1727 are inconclusive on any details of his former physical appearance.
However, 1729's complaints have been less about wanting to return to their old self, and more about amusement.
I cannot risk 1729 getting too comfortable in a pod, and his recreational hours do not seem to impact him the way it does the other drones. So they have started to spend their free time approaching me for more orders and things to do. I genuinely do not have time to micromanage, so I've allowed them some agency to explore, provided they do not take part in more experiments while R&D tries to figure this out.
Lately, 1729 has taken part in exploring previous logs of other projects I've done. for 'research' he says. Lately a new fixation's come up on his mind after evaluating that brief period I had with Programmed Singers (See: Project: Cherried Knots, Project: Studded leash, Project: 3V)
After seeing the RV footage from the Cherried Knots, 1729 has expressed a desire to form an all orca band and go on tour to serve in a similar capacity. I had to politely inform I did not have time anymore to manage another band, as that required several weeks on the road with very little access to the network for other jobs.
I informed him the drones likely didn't even know any instruments to play. I was reminded the orcas can be conditioned with practically any skill set if given enough time in the sleeping chambers.
Never thought I'd get put in a logical corner by a drone, but here we are.
I will have to figure out SOMETHING to placate this needy drone before I lose my patience or he blunders into another prototype out of boredom.
----- Looks like 1729 has been dealing with being a drone for a good while. He seems to enjoy it. though the real problem is keeping him entertained, and out of trying to permanently lose himself in a pod. which is harder than you think.
