"Got it." Robin took the screwdriver from the Master, briefly glancing over it curiously before following his instructions. "What is this device? I've never seen anything like it."
"It's a sonic screwdriver," he said, standing back up to look at the controls. "The Doctor was kind enough to bring it here. ISES, you'll find you have access to the drive in portable 16. There are algorithms and coordinates saved in the file 'qrhf.rk', use them to augment the current thruster control program." He stood back and waited for the computer to confirm.
"Sonic screwdriver? ...Huh." Once the computer had completed its data transfer, he straightened up a bit, giving the device a more thorough looking-over.
"There are better tools, but here I'll take what I can get." After a quick glance over at Robin to make sure he wasn't doing anything dangerous with the screwdriver, he made the changes he expected manually, then asked "ISES, can you update the thruster orientation display to reflect the new parameters?"
"Yeah, tell me about it," Robin agreed, idly turning the screwdriver over in his hands. "...So what are you doing here, exactly? Are you able to predict the rate and magnitude of the mass fluctuations to some extent?"
Satisfied with the changes, the Master said "ISES, you may resume automatic control of the thrusters."
"In a limited sense, yes." In truth, he'd had to limit the program to basic TARDIS growth theorems, wary of integrating some element of physics from his universe that would change the computer's understanding of the improbable balance of the two asteroids. "It should stabilize things until we finish the mass cancellation device."
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Date: 2010-05-01 05:28 pm (UTC)"In a limited sense, yes." In truth, he'd had to limit the program to basic TARDIS growth theorems, wary of integrating some element of physics from his universe that would change the computer's understanding of the improbable balance of the two asteroids. "It should stabilize things until we finish the mass cancellation device."
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