Entrance Post: The Horta's back in town.

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Naraht signed off his terminal with a small sigh of steam. Another day, another round of debugging. This time, it was the medical database. All in all, he was quite ready for a break.

"You should have no further troubles, Dr. McCoy," he said as he glided out of SickBay...

...And right into Milliways.

"What in space?" the Horta said in suprise. "Oh, how did I get back here."

After being Bound for two weeks of subjective time, Naraht had entered the main building and found himself in the Recreation Deck of the Enterprise at the moment he had left her.

"Well, might as well take advantage," he said to himself and headed to the Bar to order some graphite.

((OOC: Sorry for the abrupt disappearance. The mun's life has been wild and woolly. :) ))
Summary: Naraht, after being unBound for a good while, returns abruptly to Milliways. Meets up with Ray and discusses a possible solution for his stair-climbing difficulties.

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Yet another thing about human taboos that puzzled the hell out of Naraht.

"My last check-up had me at 255 kilograms. Though why my mass would be considered an 'indelicate question' to ask is beyond me."

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"Humans get weird about it. Mostly women." Ray had no idea of just how weird it could get- or of how the men could be on the same subject. Indeed, where ignorance was bliss, 'twas folly to be wise. "Anyway, that gives me a better idea of how to rig the wheels, I think- assuming we go with a wheel system and not a track-based device. I haven't got antigrav yet, unfortunately."

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Naraht hissed a chuckle. "Mostly females? I suppose I should be grateful that Horta do not develop gender until we near the completion of our cycle."

He recalled his last experience with stairs in Millways. "Actually, a helpful young human managed to acquire an antigrav unit from the Bar the last time I got stuck, but, all things being equal, I'd prefer wheels if we can create a frame that is well balanced and can swivel sufficiently to manage stairs. When you weigh as much as I do, falls cause considerable property damage when anti-grav cuts out." His voice through the voder took on a slightly conspiratorial tone. "I think the forces of physics don't like when we defy them too much and try to punish us."

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Ray nodded solemnly. "Paradox bites like nobody's business," he said, and fished his mechanical pencil out from one of the pockets of his pants. "Okay. I think we can come up with something- I've seen devices that probably qualify, though I haven't examined them up close." He starts sketching something approximate on the nearest paper surface- a napkin. "The control system might be an interesting piece of redesign work, since, um, you don't have human-style fingers, but.."

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"Not as much as you might think," Naraht answered. "I'm silicon based. Simply leave the control circuits where I can reach them and I can create a direct neural link to them."

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"Lucky," Ray says. "Okay, that solves the interface problem. I wasn't looking forward to programming it, but if all I have to do is get the hardware together in a logical fashion? Not a problem."

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"There are certain advantages to being a 'living rock'," Naraht said dryly. "I believe that our main difficulties will be with keeping the device balanced properly with my weight. We will definately need some high-quality gyroscopes."