[OOC][Brainstorming] Intelligent Devices for non-"Lyrical Nanoha" mages

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Another example, completely off-the-wall: Chibi-Mimi, Mimi Hanyu's Unison Device. Again, poke holes in this, please.

Appearance and personality: Looks like Mimi Hanyu, but 1/12 scale. Body by Piffle, processor by Washuu, linker core (orange with black highlights) and Unison capability by Hayate, Sakura, and Usagi. Much like Guardian Jupiter, get somebody to sample Mika Kanai's performances as Mimete to assemble her voice file. No, that will be suggested, but Mii and Ami will point out that Mimi's trying to avoid reminders of her time as Mimete - a substantially less squeaky-kawaii voice is in order here. (Maybe ask Mimi herself to read the phoneme script used to program Chibi-Mimi's voice synth?) Her personality will have a lot of "don't be evil" locks in it, because Minako, Luna, and Kuroko still don't trust Mimi (and Luna probably never will trust her completely).

Magical support: Pre-programmed with a broad range of simple spells - the Midchildan equivalent of everything from the GURPS Basic Set that doesn't have a prerequisite spell, require any levels of Magery, or is from the Mind Control college: Detect Magic, Haste, Ignite Fire, Itch, Light, Purify Air, Seek Earth, Seek Water, and Sense Foes. She's also have the equivalent of Deflect Energy and Shield because they're needed for Round Shield, and the equivalent of Shape Fire because that's needed for Deflect Energy.

Main defensive spell: the bog-standard Midchildan Round Shield (which is more powerful that the GURPS "Shield" spell because it doesn't need to be in front of the caster).

Flight capability: "Are we sure we want Mimi flying? What if she's still Mimete?" So... no, sorry, you're stuck on the ground.

Other Support: Pre-programmed with the skills she needs to teach her pre-programmed spells and skills to Mimi (SI-Rob wants Mimi to learn her own spells, but she'll need at least a few spells as examples), business administration skills (Mimi's (becoming) an actress; she needs somebody to make sure she isn't getting ripped off by an unscrupulous agent), and the scripts to many of the more famous plays that are in public domain.

Obvious hole in the programming: Lots of them, due to Luna, Minako, and Kuroko's paranoia. Primarily, Chibi-Mimi has no offensive capability whatsoever... until she and Mimi figure out ways to use what they do know offensively.

Introduction in the story: After Guardian Jupiter.