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[[Category:NPCs]]

Aboard [[WTF5309]], an AI-assist-bot.

BAIDER - Better Artificial Intelligence Does Everything Better:
*20 years old, heavily modded by the previous owner of the ship
* Unreliable - on difficult tasks it overheats and shuts down for an hours-to-days-long reboot/rebuild cycle
*Capable of taking over control (if so instructed) of the ship's propulsion systems for slow, delicate operations like docking with a standard spaceport, landing on uneven ground, hovering in high winds.
*Answers questions with content rather than words. For example, if the query is posed: "what's Sally's criminal background?", then BAIDER will provide the evidence, without any narrative.
*Has a running process continuously scanning for "opportunities", such as:
**Public distribution of new UN "Wanted" lists
**Unencrypted Communications referring to or by UN Wanted individuals
**Nearby asteroids or other bodies with easily accessible precious metals
**Transponder and visual detection of ships flagged as "Missing, presumed lost" for possibility of salvage
**Legal & licensed freight transport gigs (with estimated profit)
**SOS distress calls (it is common to charge for rescue transport - many voyagers have rescue insurance)