Penny (anonymously) Writes To Councilman Arc, Asking If Self-aware Robots Have The Same Protected Rights

Penny (anonymously) writes to Councilman Arc, asking if self-aware robots have the same protected rights as humans and faunas. Jaune doesn't know if this is a joke, a dig at his equality measures, or a serious question, but he signs it into law either way. Ironwood has a panic-attack worrying if Jaune has spies in Atlas.

Ironwood was panicking again.

It was about Councilman Arc, again.

And it was about him enforcing equality, again!

...well, the equality bit was not exactly panic-worthy, but what exactly he wrought recently certainly was.

Thing is, the young Arc had just signed into law that any form of advanced AI had the same rights as humans and faunus, as they likely possessed self-awareness, thus sentience and sapience, and should be treated fairly. It was introduced in anticipation of likely progress in the field of computer science.

The fact was that Jaune had done so after receiving a letter from Penny Polendina, secretly a gynoid, where she hoped for a positive answer. he had simply gone through with it.

James Ironwood, however, did not know that.

Hence the panic.

“Pietro, I need your help.” Perhaps the robotics scientist and father to their secret project P.E.N.N.Y could advise...

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thesapsmith

4 years ago

I wanna see 12 Sun Wukongs backed by 8 Flynt Coals with Jaune off to the side playing guitar again.

There’s also 5 Blakes, but none of them want to be there.

Sun uses his Semblance to just form a whole barbershop quartet of just him

He can’t sing, he’s just very loud

But he’s got a lot of heart

He’s very enthusiastic, but nobody can get him to stop because he can’t hear them over his own screeching

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thesapsmith

4 years ago

This whole AU is amazing.

And I have a weird feeling that if/when the Belladonna’s knew where Blake was Kali would be pushing like hell for some kind of Marriage Agreement, and if Jaune won’t sign it Kali knows Mama Arc might.

councilman arc au) jaune starts a navy, mainly cause the newer sail ships are far more efficiant than the air ships and bull heads currently used for trade and a navy is needed to protect the supply lines. for some reason all of his new officers are female. that's kinda weird but he's not gonna question it. most of the jobs right now are just general logistics and getting everything set in motion. meanwhile ironwood tries to figure out what the "political mastermind" councilor arc is up to.

James Ironwood had a problem.

He had a problem with Vale, specifically with its now sole councilman. He did not count Ozpin, since Beacon’s headmaster rarely attended hearings and was, essentially, acting as a councilman in name only.

Jaune Arc was an unknown to the general. His family was known, sure, but the young man did not appear on any radar prior to his meteoric rise into the most powerful position in the kingdom.

That was not to mention the incredible amount of stuff the young man did in his short time as councilman. Corruption went down to historic lows, faunus rights were enforced, healthcare got better, taxes were lowered...the living standard in all of vale went up by quite a margin, a calculation that ensured the kingdom as a whole to become richer.

In the eyes of the general, this young man was a political mastermind. Which made it all the more difficult to discern his true motives. What was he up to? For what did he intend to use his office?

Simply put: How did his master plan look like?

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Jaune had no idea what he was doing, only that he did it right.

Well, to say he had no idea was a bit of a stretch, maybe. True, he intended to make things better for the average citizen; true, he wanted corruption gone and to give Jacques Schnee the middle finger...

But did that mean that he had to have a plan for everything?

Well, no. Especially not in the matter right now.

“Wattra Ion, codename “Iowa”, at your service, councilman!”

Before him stood an oddly perky, and quite beautiful, young captain of the new Valean fleet. Jaune had decided that Vale should not over-rely on the Atlesian military and had begun construction of a Valean fleet, solely equipped to handle and exterminate Grimm.

On the high seas, that is, not in the air. Yes, air ships were valuable, but harder to replace and maintain than sea ships. Besides, trade by sea was becoming increasingly valuable, especially since Jaune intended to hash out a trade agreement with Menagerie, another move that infuriated racists everywhere and ensure faunus support.

Hence a collection of new navy captains right before him.

Only a problem, well, two. First one was, all of these captains were inexplicably female, for whatever reason. How come no guy was able to make it through the aptitude test? Complacency?

Well, the other problem was more important, as it practically jumped into the councilman’s eyes.

“What’s up with your uniform?” It twas certainly not the standard uniform of the Valean navy, that was for sure. Nope, it was more revealing.

“Oh, this?” Iowa twirled around with a grin, stars twinkling in her eyes. “I customized it. You like?”

“I mean, um...” Now how could he say this delicately? ”Don’t you think it could distract others?“

The captain grinned at him for it. “Maybe I want it to be. Maybe...” She leaned in closer, giving hi a good eyeful of cleavage.

“I got my eye on a certain someone.”

With a wink, she retreated and filed back in the line of hopeful young ship captains.

Jaune already had a headache.

(Surprise, surprise! I dared to do it! FUCKING SUE ME! no please don’t)