After getting in touch with the 'Vicissitudes of Kelly' in another timeline and providing as much help as possible to the other party, the Orville returned to a large military space station in the solar system without waiting for the other party's reply.
Upgrading and modification of engines, shells, energy sources, shield arrays, etc. are ongoing.
Of course, at the same time, there are also related matters such as undergoing testing of the new generation shuttle craft of the Planetary Alliance and the small space carrier-based fighter that looks almost exactly like the Orville.
Therefore, there is no doubt that in the next period of time, almost everyone on the Orville, from the captain on down, will be very busy. Maybe it will not improve until the upgrade and renovation work is completed?
However, no matter how busy others are, Anne is still an exception!
Isn’t this?
"Uh huh huh huh~?"
??(′?｀?)???
For Anne, today was another extremely boring day. She felt a little uncomfortable after eating so much that she was wandering aimlessly in the deck passage of the Orville while humming a song.
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"?!"
Σ(°△°|||)︴
Then, when she passed by the captain's office and saw someone coming out, and took a casual glance and saw a guy inside holding his forehead with an anxious and irritable look, Anne, who was a little curious, naturally stopped.
Came down and approached the hatch that was still open.
"Uncle Ed?"
|?˙?˙)
I stood by the door and looked at it for a while, and determined that the other party was indeed in a bad mood. Then when I was considering whether to continue to add some trouble to the other party and make the other party feel even worse, the other party noticed that the door did not close automatically and subconsciously looked at it.
After she came out and found herself, Anne simply stopped hiding and walked in openly and asked crisply:
"Why do you look unhappy?"
??(?)?
Of course, Annie didn't act in a hurry, such as causing trouble for the other party. She just cheered and ran to the other party's desk and stood there, lying on the tabletop that was a little high for her, and said something cute without knowing it.
Mengda looked at the other person and continued to ask.
"Happy?"
"ha!"
"I look like the kind of person who can cheer up?"
First he raised his head and glanced at little Annie who was lying in front of his desk. Then Ed shook his head with a bit of laughter and continued to frown at the holographic page he opened. He didn't know what he was thinking about. There was a look on his face.
A gloomy look.
"??"
(???.???)????
"What's wrong?"
(′△｀)?!
This kind of answer was really rare in Anne's mind, so she didn't think much about it and just hurriedly guessed again and asked:
"Who made the mistake again?"
(゜-゜)
"Or is it that Uncle Isaac and Uncle John's time device was repaired, and then you found out that something happened to Aunt Kelly and the others in another timeline?"
く(＾_?)ゝ
Although Anne was very sure that nothing big happened on the Orville recently, so she could only make random guesses.
"No!"
"The time device has been recovered by the headquarters and ordered not to study it privately. I'm not worried about that kind of thing now, I'm worried about Isaac."
"You won't understand."
As he spoke, Ed couldn't help but sigh again.
He already had enough headaches, but now that Annie came in and made a fuss, and found that he couldn't calm down and think about the problem at all, it naturally became even more headaches.
"Uncle Isaac?"
(*⊙o⊙)
"What's wrong with Uncle Isaac? Why should we worry about him? Could it be that his robot is broken?"
!(;?o?)o
Anne suddenly realized that the robot uncle had been working around the clock since he arrived on the Orville. He was either on the bridge or in the engineering department, or going to the engineering department or the bridge.
On the road.
Anyway, if a guy like the other party, who has been squeezed to work for twenty hours and still works hard without getting paid, suddenly has a headache, a fever, a voltage increase, or oil leakage from the soles of his feet, she will definitely not feel it at all.
strangeness!
"It's not bad at all!"
"never mind!"
As he spoke, Ed, who was hesitant to speak, glanced at the curious Annie. Knowing that Annie would not leave easily if she was not satisfied, he thought for a moment and simply pushed the terminal device in his hand.
, pushed the holographic screen in front of Annie and motioned for Annie to look at it herself.
"Give!"
"Stop guessing and see for yourself!"
After saying that, Ed lay down on the back of his chair, picked up the tea in the cup on the table and sipped it in small sips. At the same time, he took advantage of Annie's opportunity to calm down and continue to think about things he had just not thought about.
"??"
o(*?^?*)o
Thinking it was something interesting, Annie walked forward curiously and looked at the holographic screen carefully.
"this is……"
(????)
Then very quickly, Anne, who had a quick glance, discovered that what was mentioned above was actually about the isolation, abuse and hostility of the robot uncle Isaac by some people on the Orville?
This kind of thing is indeed quite rare. It was the first time that Anne realized that it could be like this, so she started to look down bit by bit.
It turns out that during the period after the end of the Earth Defense War, the crew of the Orville, especially some crew members whose relatives and friends were killed in the Cologne Incident and the Earth Defense War, or those who were originally in other
The officers who served on the starship, but narrowly escaped after the starship was destroyed and were redeployed to serve on the Orville, they were particularly repulsive, even hostile and hostile to the robot Isaac who also came from Chiron.
, so that they often isolate themselves and openly or covertly insult and abuse each other?
For example: those people who deliberately ignored or never said hello when they met Isaac on the street, who immediately left when they saw Isaac in the cafeteria and tried not to sit at the same table with him, discussed sarcastically and asked Captain Ed in private
Uncle or the first mate, Auntie Kelly, complained, or even someone not long ago left the word 'Murderer' spray-painted on Isaac's workbench, etc.?
Anyway!
After reading all the overviews, Anne couldn't help but be a little stunned, and realized for the first time that the current situation of the spicy Uncle Isaac robot on the Orville had become so bad.
"But……"
(ー`′ー)
"Uncle Ed!"
(??ˇ?ˇ??)
"Isn't that thing already made clear? The fact that Chiron's robots are going to destroy the Earth and the Alliance of Planets seems to have nothing to do with Uncle Isaac!"
(^～^;)
Anne asked strangely and unhappily.
"It was not Isaac who did it. He even indirectly saved many people and helped you get the Orville back. How can you blame it?"
(??ˇεˇ??)
"Especially that Marcus, how could he be so bad?"
=????('ヮ'=????)
Yes, it's okay for other people. Anne doesn't know, so it's hard to comment or meddle too much.
but!
Marcus, Anne, the eldest son of Aunt Claire's family, has no idea what the other person's brain circuit is like. Why can they feel comfortable hating that poor robot Uncle Isaac and dare to spray him with paint?
workbench?
She didn't understand how that bad guy's mind could be darker than his skin.
Anne still remembered that the robot Uncle Isaac once rescued the three of them, mother and son, during a vacation. If it hadn't been for it, the grass on their graves would have been three feet high, and they wouldn't have been able to wait until Austria.
Vail to the rescue!
Then, in the last Chiron Incident, the other party directly saved the life of the other party's younger brother Tai Yi, and then indirectly saved their mother and son, as well as almost all the surviving crew members of the Orville.
But now, the other party can feel free to participate in the abuse, slander and slander of the poor robot uncle, and even spray-paint such vicious words on the workbench. That kind of behavior is completely unacceptable in Annie's opinion.
Reasonable!
"I know!"
"I have explained it many times, and everyone, including Marcus, has made statements on many occasions!"
"But you saw it too!"
"There are now hundreds of letters of complaint against Isaac that have been rejected by me, the captain, and First Officer Kelly!"
"but……"
"Some people just can't figure it out, especially those survivors whose relatives, friends and colleagues were killed by Chiron's mechanical warships in large numbers. When they were dispatched by the command to fill certain personnel vacancies on our Orville, these survivors
The problem gradually became more serious and prominent."
"The result is that many crew members on our ship have been influenced by those people to some extent. Now I don't know how to deal with it!"
"Isn't this giving me a headache?"
After venting his resentment and dissatisfaction, Ed sighed heavily, and then stretched out his hands to rub his beating temples.
Especially now that the Orville is being upgraded and renovated and there is no need to go on missions, and there are no other things to distract our attention, the conflict has become more acute and prominent, to the point where it has to be dealt with.
!
But the problem is, as the captain, he can't think of a solution that has both ends!
"..."
(*ˉ?ˉ*;)
Seeing the pain and tangle on the other side's face, Anne finally put out the thought of causing trouble to the other side when she first came in, and started to help him think of a solution.
"Uncle Ed!"
o(*?^?*)o
"This is cold violence and bullying!"
(?^?)
"Although Uncle Isaac is a robot and seems to have no emotions, it is very bad and wrong for them to do this!"
o(*｀ー′)o
Anyway, looking at it from Annie's perspective, she really didn't find anything bad about that poor robot Uncle Isaac that he couldn't stand up to the people on Earth or the Alliance of Planets.
On the contrary, after all, the other party came to the Orville to observe and transmit the observation results with the permission of the Planetary Alliance. At the same time, the decision to eliminate humanity and the entire Planetary Alliance was not made by the other party.
In order to save the Orville and the members on the Orville, the other party directly turned against the robots of Kailon and became a lonely 'robot' who was expelled from the tribe. The other party's situation was obviously very serious.
It's very pitiful, but in the end, after doing so much, you still have to be treated unfairly and unjustly?
If it had been her, the Head of State Anne, she would have kicked the table long ago, so she wouldn't have spoiled those guys who couldn't tell right from wrong!
"Of course I know what they did was wrong!"
"That's why I have a headache!"
After complaining at first, Ed, who was distracted by the conversation, simply continued:
"This matter is really difficult to handle!"
"Let me deal with it seriously. Will they say that I, the captain, tend to be a robot of a hostile force, and that I am a traitor?"
"But if you don't deal with it, it would be unfair to Isaac..."
"After all, I was the one who vouched for him at the beginning, and his affairs are my business and responsibility. But now the public is so excited that I have to deal with it carefully. Otherwise, if one mistake is made, the Orville will be in chaos. Where can I go?"
Conduct combat preparations and patrols?”
"You see, this is probably the reason why my head is so big now!"
Regardless of whether Annie understood it or not, Ed sighed again.
He had discovered a long time ago that no matter how he dealt with it, some people would be dissatisfied. In the end, the conflict over Isaac would probably be transferred to him, the captain. That would be an even more terrifying thing, because that would
It will cause him, the captain, to have major problems in the execution and control of the entire battleship, which is very fatal and very dangerous.
In this regard, he also persuaded Kelly and stopped the other party's idea of ​​seriously dealing with a few thorns as a warning to others, in order to prevent conflicts from breaking out and chaos in the Orville as much as possible.
This affects the efficiency and morale of the crew.
"..."
(??ˇ?ˇ??)
After reading the complete report, and then looking at Uncle Ed who was lying on the chair with his eyes closed and concentrating, it was rare that Annie started to help him think again.
"or……"
(?ω?)
"Uncle Ed, are you going to give Aunt Claire that cloning technology and ask her to turn Uncle Isaac into a human?"
?(?ω?)?
After struggling for a while, Anne suddenly gave her suggestion, ready to solve this problem once and for all.
"this……"
"I'm afraid not!"
Hearing this, Ed was startled at first, and then, feeling slightly moved, he pondered for a while before slowly shaking his head.
"At least not now, it's not appropriate!"
"Let's not talk about whether that will affect Isaac's excellent computing ability. What I'm more worried about is: will things change more seriously by then?"
"For example, after changing his body, people will continue to be hostile to him. And when the time comes, he has a human body and rich emotions, I'm afraid his situation will become more embarrassing and worse, right?"
"That situation is terrifying to think about!"
Yes, in Ed's opinion, doing anything rashly without solving the problems of Isaac being unreasonably hated, isolated and hostile by the crew will only have the opposite effect on Isaac.
That's what he doesn't want to see.
"That……"
(*ˉ?ˉ*;)
"Just transfer all the crew members who have conflicts with Isaac!"
Q(`⌒′Q)
"Tell them all to get lost!"
?(?`^′?)?
Seeing that her plan failed, Anne naturally came up with another plan. She didn't care whether it was a bad idea or not, she just wanted to quickly solve the problem at hand.
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"ah?"
"No, no!"
Ed was startled when he heard that Annie made such outrageous suggestions. He almost slipped from his chair and quickly waved his hands in rejection and said with a bitter smile:
"Annie..."
"If we really do that, I'm afraid the battleship Orville will be grounded!"
"Do you know how many people have written letters of complaint or letters of advice recommending that Isaac be moved?"
"More than a hundred people!"
"Half of the Orville!"
"And those are just those who have made a public statement, what about those who have not made a public statement?"
"If we transfer them all, will the Orville continue to operate?"
"Moreover."
"Annie, we can't guarantee whether the newly transferred crew members will also have hatred or prejudice against the Chiron people. That method will definitely not work."
"Besides, the headquarters will not agree to such an outrageous approach!"
If there were only a few thorns in the side, then it would be okay to say that Ed would definitely do what Anne just said, just find a pretext to transfer the other party away and that would be the end of it?
But not now!
That is more than a hundred crew members, and they also have relatives, friends, and close colleagues on the ship. The network of connections is not trivial. If they are all transferred, people who can understand it will probably also
He started to have other ideas. When the time comes, he, the captain, will have to end up betraying everyone and completely becoming a polished commander!
And in that case, there would be no need for him to continue to command the Orville.
"This won't work, and that won't work either, so what do you think we should do?"
(??へ??╬)
"We can't let Uncle Isaac continue to be isolated and bullied for no reason, right?"
???(＿＿*)??
Annie was annoyed, and at the same time a little helpless, she simply pushed the terminal forward and signaled Uncle Ed, as the captain, to come up with a solution for her to listen to.
"Of course not!"
"But isn't this what I'm having trouble with?"
Spreading his hands, Ed gave Annie a helpless and bitter expression.
"Anyway!"
“We must find a way to get the best of both worlds!”
"And until then, there's really not much I can do except continue to dismiss those frivolous suggestions and complaints about Isaac."
After reaching out to close the reports displayed on the terminal, Ed sighed heavily.
"..."
(????)
Now Anne was completely at her wits' end.
After all, how has she ever encountered such complex relationships and emotional entanglements between people?
If she were the captain, she would have directly used force, that is, used magic or other methods to forcibly modify the memories of those bad guys, or directly used slavery contracts and orders to remove those annoying people.
The matter was forcibly suppressed.
but……
Now she is not the captain, she is just a 'passenger' playing on the Orville. Therefore, there are some things she cannot do, is not suitable to do, and has no reason to do them.
"okay."
"Annie, if nothing happens, you can go out."
"I have a meeting here later."
"Go and have fun!"
"These things are beyond the control of a child like you."
After waiting for a while, he opened his eyes and found that Annie was still lying in front of her desk with a sad face and a cute thinking look. It was rare that Ed smiled and began to comfort and persuade.
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Chapter completed!