...Yeah, the mainframe's just going to be quietly exiting that monitor anyway. No face to hit means less reason to try, right? The voice is considerably more toneless as the AI continues, though it sounds more like a human's rote recital than the robotic voice before.

"My local assignment is 'Workshift Coordinator'. The Captains-- plural, then-- uploaded me into the ship just after processing. I have basic database access and can use the cameras and speakers to communicate in most public areas."

"As for protocols... well." A bit of nuance bleeds back in: quiet irony not quite pointed toward a target. "That'd be the 'prerecorded' voice you were so fond of."