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A few minutes after Katie had gotten off her comms, there was a slight knock on the side of her entry door. Standing there was one of her many NE’s now under her charge. “..Uh ma’am? You got a uh..” He seemed to pause to consider his wording, glancing back at something out of sight before sighing a bit leaning forward in a little so his hands were hidden from whoever was outside, “..a uh ‘special’ guest? You got a moment for them?” he asked.

“Of course,” Katie said, pushing aside the stack of reports. “Show them in.”

After Katie had given her consent, the NE shook his head a bit heading out back to his work station. There was a faint humming sound from just around the corner of her office door before in rolled on a pair of treads a 4‘5 tall stocky black-grey toned plast-metal made......robot? OOC: It looked as follows: https://st4.depositphotos.com/1733845/21771/v/380/depositphotos_217711892-stock-illustration-cartoon-robot-waving-his-hand.jpg?forcejpeg=true

The only difference being was the lower tube part of its body was a single unit to the upper part. And it didn’t have any obvious dials or a drawer handle on it. Beyond this it was black-grey in tone and sleek in shape. With a slight beep and bop it rolled forward to stop just before her desk. In its extending arms and hands it carried a box wrapped with a fuzzy red bow below which the box was wrapped in a silken like wrapping. Over what seemed a integrated comm unit a female like toned voice spoke which was making an effort to disguise itself as more ‘robotic’. Based on the voice and movements obviously someone was remote controlling it from elsewhere, =/\= Beep bop, greetings organic unit known as Junior Lieutenant Katherine Hobbes. I am Helper Unit 002A. A far superior model of Helper Unit 001 and an upgraded model of its replacement, Unit 002. I come bearing a gift of welcoming and congratulations from my people on this pleasant ship of your Federation. Bop beep! =/\= It said, the arms then extending the extra foot to lay the wrapped gift on the desk. Once placed there was a whirring sound and the arms retracted lowering to its side. =/\= Bop beep, Helper Unit 002A would be most gratified if you opened your gift, Beep bop =/\= It said. There was another whir and the movement of its two eyes focusing and zooming as if eagerly waiting for Katie to open the gift.

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“Greetings mechanical being referred to as Helper Unit 002A,” Katie said ignoring for the moment the gift on her desk. “You are about the cutest thing I’ve seen on this pleasant starship. Are there many more of your people? Are you and your people fully autonomous?”

There was a pause before the ‘robot’ replied, =/\= Beep Boop, this unit is the only representative still active on your ship. Helper Unit 001 and 002 were deactivated due to design flaws, boop beep..=/\= there was another pause as if it was ‘thinking’ of a reply, =/\= Beep Beep, and yes of course this unit is fully auto-nom-ous as you say bop bop=/\= It said the careful speech for the last word clearly hinting whoever controlled it remotely was probably younger in age and speech.

“Clearly you would like to see me open this gift … though I must admit that since the wrapping is so beautifully done, I am tempted to keep it exactly as it is,” Katie said. She allowed herself a half smile and wondered whether there was any logic to teasing a robot. “No. I suppose that it would be unkind of me.”

She picked up the package and carefully removed first the bow and the silken wrapping and placed them carefully on the desk. She hesitated for just a moment before opening the box, allowed her half smile to become a full one as she watched the robot watching her. A heartbeat later, she opened the box.

“Oh my,” she said.

=/\= Ltjg Katherine (Katie) Hobbes, CE

Inside the box were a series of gifts carefully packaged to avoid damage or falling over. The first was a tiny plant that while only 3 inches in height already gave off a wonderful scent to Katie’s nose which seemed only capable of being matched by an open air planet. It was in a tiny pot which had a small side box with about 4 oz of water capacity. As she took it out the robot spoke again, =/\= Beep Boop, that is a hybrid plant from a terran bamboo palm, crossbred with an andorian ice rose. It only needs its 4 oz water container filled once a week. It will purify much of the air in your office, and release a refreshing scented byproduct that will smell ‘cool’ to the senses and far more ‘clean’ then the usual recycled air. Its full growth will not be much bigger then 4-5 inches so you should not need to change potters. Boop beep =/\= It said.

The next item was a small plastic clear box. Inside it was a orange colored.....blob? When she would open the storage box she was hit by a lightly citrus scented smell when she would touch or apply pressures to the blob inside, the smell it seems helped her feel a bit more relaxed, =/\= Beep Beep, this is an organic gel, it has a citrus scent when pushed on that releases a small calming effect on your organic minds. It can also be used as a stress release squeeze ball. Boop Beep =/\= It explained.

The last item inside was a palm sized device with a silver body coating. As she took it out she could see tiny extensions for tiny manipulations of circuits and such. On the other end was a small button which when pressed provided an illumination to come forth. There was a small belt hook on the side as well which would let her easily attach it to a work belt or such. =/\= Boop boop, the last is what this unit terms a multi-purpose tool. It has six flip out manipulator sensors or pin attachments to read most commonly known deuteronic and isolinear chip circuitry then provide a link to an engineering tricorder or PADD on the circuits flow, or general status. The opposite end provides an emergency illumination light able to be powered for up to 2/hrs before its internal energy cell needs recharging for 5 minutes. Beep beep =/\= it said.

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