Thanks to this thread over in the General Discussion forum... I've decided that my character's Intelligent Device is going to be this bad boy.
It also provides a little more action for the first story arc. It was originally a design by Scaglietti. With its AMF properties, he wanted a little insurance against his pet project in case things got too dicey. Unfortunately for him, it went way beyond dicey and Matteus somehow got his hands on the damn thing, turning it into a shoulder-mounted heavy weapon.
Interestingly enough, the AI for the ID was incomplete at the time. When he interfaced with its incomplete system his neural net got copied over and hard-coded. The end result is an ID unlike any other. It does not simply follow orders and react. It has complex problem solving intelligence. It not only feels emotions, but emotes them clearly.
Matteus, having nothing but brothers, always wished for a sister. The ID ran with this, making its persona into the twin sister he never had. Ergo, the device's name given by Matteus: Little Sister. (Hey little sister, shotgun!) And because they both think on the same wavelength, the synchronization between the two is utterly flawless.
Scaglietti and the Admiralty know that they have an incredibly dangerous weapon on their hands. The term 'Loose Canon' applies quite aptly, and they strive to deal with him as such, first through beauracratics and then later on through outright force. Of course, that's just covered up by the Admiralty. Rogues and all. What can you do with them?
Later, the technology is reverse engineered, and we know the rest.
It also provides a little more action for the first story arc. It was originally a design by Scaglietti. With its AMF properties, he wanted a little insurance against his pet project in case things got too dicey. Unfortunately for him, it went way beyond dicey and Matteus somehow got his hands on the damn thing, turning it into a shoulder-mounted heavy weapon.
Interestingly enough, the AI for the ID was incomplete at the time. When he interfaced with its incomplete system his neural net got copied over and hard-coded. The end result is an ID unlike any other. It does not simply follow orders and react. It has complex problem solving intelligence. It not only feels emotions, but emotes them clearly.
Matteus, having nothing but brothers, always wished for a sister. The ID ran with this, making its persona into the twin sister he never had. Ergo, the device's name given by Matteus: Little Sister. (Hey little sister, shotgun!) And because they both think on the same wavelength, the synchronization between the two is utterly flawless.
Scaglietti and the Admiralty know that they have an incredibly dangerous weapon on their hands. The term 'Loose Canon' applies quite aptly, and they strive to deal with him as such, first through beauracratics and then later on through outright force. Of course, that's just covered up by the Admiralty. Rogues and all. What can you do with them?
Later, the technology is reverse engineered, and we know the rest.