Cawl could not understand why it had been designed this way, but Iax knew perfectly well. It was not just Titan Ships; most Federation vessels shared this design.
A molecular array would only reduce efficiency and increase data redundancy. The Men of Iron consciousness aboard the ship was its ideal operator, and any additional connection was entirely superfluous.
Even their former Creators had never considered connecting themselves to a ship's systems. After all, the human brain had limits, whereas mechanical processing cores could simply be added in greater numbers, making their capacity virtually limitless.
Faced with the chaos in the compartment, Iax turned to glance at Cawl before asking a question.
"Would you like some help?"
Cawl was, of course, more than happy to accept Iax's help. Although he often could not understand how these Men of Iron accomplished such things, he would never turn down an opportunity to observe them.
Even without any intelligence residing within this fortress from the Age of Darkness, Cawl still had countless questions about its technology.
Especially after discovering that he could not access its data streams for analysis, Cawl had adopted a policy of leaving this enormous mechanical battle-world unused whenever possible.
Unknown weapons, equipment with unclear functions, inaccessible systems, and a machine spirit whose condition was a mystery.
Had the situation not been so urgent, Cawl would never have considered activating this enormous construct filled with unknown technology.
Cawl stepped aside and made an inviting gesture.
Iax said nothing more. The silvery-white mechanical body strode over to the cogitator control terminal.
Under Cawl's astonished gaze, nanomachines rapidly reshaped the mechanical body's metal finger into a compatible connector, which was promptly inserted into the terminal.
Watching Iax's movements, Cawl grew somewhat nervous. He knew machine intelligences were exceptional and might possess tremendous processing