#𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘. / ECHO OF EVIL.

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Galran and Altean technology is rather cross-compatible. In many areas they can work together, but Altean tech doesn't often seamlessly integrate to anything, as complicated and meticulous as it can be. If a piece of Altean tech was migrated over to Galran tech, it would work, but it would require fine-tuning to get it it to work the exact same.

Sendak's mind-copy is Altean technology. Abiding by an Altean mainframe, there are restrictions in place to keep him passive. The capabilities of the restrictions Ateans can put on the mind actually alludes pretty strongly to that episode with the alternate reality with the Altean Empire. One of the main plot points of that episode was a mind controlling device.

“The technology developed to control other beings is called a hoktril. It is a device embedded into the back of the skull. ....it erases the free will of a possible evil being, and has been used to stop wars between civilizations that have been on-going for centuries.”

Erasing the free will of a 'mind-copy' is simply considered acceptable and not the same as doing it to an original being. But that is all to say, they have the ability to do that, and use it with him. It's justified obviously (given the whole he's trying to fucking blow up Earth thing) but even so. The Sendak 'A.I.' just is Sendak, albeit one forcefully conformed into something Team Voltron can use.

However, the Galra do not have technology like this. They have copies of the mind, but they do not have the same measures of restrictions as the Alteans do, nor the same ruthless efficiency. If Sendak is transferred over to a Galran or just a non-Altean mainframe instead, the 'rules' in which he has to abide by are lost, and he's free to act as he pleases.

Unbound by these limitations, he's quickly able to learn how to navigate his environment and taking control of what he can use.

Taking control of Empire sentries is especially preferred because he would be overlooked but more so because they're everywhere, and once he learns how to jump from one frame to another he would have no end of bodies at his disposal.

He would miss his actual body, though, and he'd be prone to conscientiously turning his left arm into a weapon or a means in which he can maneuver around with greater agility. Reflex.

#𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗡. / SOMETHING THAT NEVER STOPS BARING ITS TEETH. #𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘. / ECHO OF EVIL.

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@precognitor // s.c.

Altean tech never came with instruction, and rarely with any indication of purpose. The scrap Two had come upon was no different, unfamiliar in make and design, but the eyes of one who fanatically went over alien technology of all kinds could recognize it for the data-chit it was. Most would've been incapable to glean the purpose of the thing. Most.

At first, it seemed Two would experience the same failure in his attempts to hook the alien data-chit to one of the omni-tools. As power was rerouted to it for a final time, the omni-tool suddenly protested, and following a burst of sparks, it fell into dark inactivity. Five minutes following the dead silence, it hummed to life again — orange once, then a bright blue, and finally, suddenly, a vibrant magenta.

A comms channel is pulled up. Half the HUD is missing; no contact list, no profile name. There's a screen though, and a text box.

Words appear as if someone were writing them. The letters glitch for a split second, resembling that of alien glyphs before converting to the omni-tool's default language by the time the simple, one-word message is posted in the empty chat window.

Hello.

#precognitor #𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘. / ECHO OF EVIL.

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Sendak's A.I. is quite literally just a copy of the real Sendak's brain, and is for all intents and purposes that Sendak — right up to the moment his mind was scanned.

This matter is rather trivial for Alteans. Altean technology specifically is more than capable of editing the mind-copy to their whims. To be non-hostile, to speak only the truth, to have the personality or cognitive thought entirely switched off — it is but an effortless task to render such an A.I completely harmless or totally useless.

That is, if you have the Altean technology to modify and add those restrictions. If you don't, any attempt to restrict the A.I. will likely end up inefficient. Then which he's just as Sendak as the real Sendak, and will proceed to act accordingly.

#that is to say: #MALICIOUSLY. #𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗡. / SOMETHING THAT NEVER STOPS BARING ITS TEETH. #𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘. / ECHO OF EVIL.