I didn't know what I should call that Shipboard AI that was still cursing and babbling nonstop. She was still Viska's flagship from back then, but now half her identity was as War Song's auxiliary processor. Maybe I should call her War Song?
Fine, I'd set aside the naming issue for now. Until this thing could speak normally, I decided it would be better to call her "that thing" for the time being. It wasn't very polite for an AI with female traits, but I really didn't think that thing had even the slightest potential to be treated like a woman. Had anyone ever seen a woman two and a half meters wide who could curse people out in regional dialects for half an hour straight?
"This time, she's performing above her usual level. Normally, she can only curse for thirty minutes at most. It's been thirty-one minutes now, and she still seems to have plenty of adjectives left," Tawell said, staring dumbfoundedly at the communications terminal before her. Without my orders, she couldn't cut off the connection, so she could only face the constantly changing stream of obscenities with mounting horror. "Perhaps it has something to do with her learning ability. I've found that this Shipboard AI possesses an extremely advanced evolutionary function. When she was first created, she may have been no different from an ordinary ship mainframe without self-awareness, but now she has developed an independent personality. General Viska's modifications were a complete mess, but I must admit they were highly creative."
"Can she really take on the role of War Song's core?"
After thinking it over, I raised my question.
The Shipboard AI of Viska's flagship from back then—of course, that sounded impressive, and it also suggested that the crazy thing might truly have unexpected capabilities.