[LILIM FOUNDATION BLACK ARCHIVE FILE SEARCH - "PROJECT BLACKWIGHT"] //TAGS: [HOXOL / DYAD-UNIT / BIO-MECHANICAL COMBAT UNIT / SKELL SUB-TYPE] //USAGE: [PROPOSED LILIM-VOLLON WAR SOLUTION] -Conceptualization: [RYQUO-208] -Current Development: [Ryquo-208 [RYQ] / Prof. Klaus J. Wicker [KJW] / Prof. Gary R. Woodsman [GRW] / Dr. Jane G. Wells [JGW]] -Testers: [SELECT LILIM FOUNDATION STAFF] [CONSTRUCTION DESCRIPTION] [BLACKWIGHT SKELL CONSTRUCTION...] -EPIDERMIS: BIO-MOUGH & TUNGSTEN-SILICONE-FIBER -DERMIS: MANYULLYEN-SILICONE POLYMER-LATTICE -HYPODERMIS: BIO-MOUGH CARBON-FIBER -PILOT CORE: BLACKWIGHT-PILOT NEURAL-INTERFACE -VESTIGIAL ELEMENTS: BIO-MOUGH SILICONE-BASED-FLESH -ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS: GOLD-FIBER SUPERCONDUCTORS "Naturally we started with the question: 'What do we shape the Blackwight frame after?' We shaped the original Skell frames after Humanity. It was an efficient shape. Two jointed legs and arms connected to a chassis, of course we didn't include a 'head' as that could be perceived as an obvious weak-point or control-center. With the Blackwights though, it's a bit different. We decided to use the Lyikii'd frame. Specifically the Renka'Yul caste for it's warrior-traits. Digitigrade legs for quick movement, the longer-reaching arms, and we kept the Lyikii'd's distinct triangular head. It makes for a more... aggressive look, but it give the Blackwight more identity. A distinct calling card." - Ryquo-208, Project Blackwight Development Lead. //QUERY RESULT FOLLOWS... "PROJECT BLACKWIGHT" - Proposed solution to the Protracted Lilim-Vollon Conflict in opposition to ineffective Skell Unit deployment. "Blackwight Biomechs present a solution to the cost-effectiveness of Skell Units. We all know what a single Skell can do, what they are capable of. But even a MYTHIC-class Skell-Engine has it's limits. Those limits are what the Blackwight Biomechs are meant to surpass. We can construct the perfect mech for a highly specialized scenario and it would excel. But an adaptive unit that absorbs combat information on the field? We wouldn't need to keep producing billion-dollar Skells if we had that kind of adaptability." - Prof. Klaus J. Wicker, Blackwight Design Management. "Project Blackwight is... a new step. In Amphmiycad-Augmentation technology and Piloted Mechanoids. The Lilim Foundation bridged Technology and Magic some time back. Long before many of us were alive. And quite a few of us know how long it took to make that happen, all that time and effort. Lives, resources... commitments. my Lilim co-workers tell me it wasn't easy. And now we're here. Making the next generation of Skell. And while it is a machine on paper... its not in the traditional sense. Blackwights are *alive*. And they'll be piloted by the best that the Lilim Foundation has to offer." - Dr. Jane G. Wells, Project Blackwight Design Management. HANDLER-Ai: [BP-01 UNIT READY FOR BOOT SEQUENCE.] KJW: "Initiating boot... Power is on..." [...] *WHINING AND CLICKING, SPARKING, ELECTRICAL ARCING* KJW: "01 is sucking up too much power!" *LOUD ELECTRICAL CRACKLING, ELECTRCAL ARCING INTENSIFYING* RYQ: "Emergency shutoff!! Now!!" *LOUD CLANG, QUIETING HUMMING* [...] RYQ: "What was our power flow set to?" KJW: "Triple-Checking... Eighty Megawatts." GRW: "Insulation on the test-unit's power-supply plugs are completely melted..." RYQ: "Well. Could be worse off... You two get the next set of plugs in place and check the rest of the conduit, we'll be lowering the input to seventy Megawatts." "We've been toiling over this for a while now; we have the material science hovering just beyond our fingertips, we just need a few more tests and we'll finally be able to power BP-01 on..." - Ryquo-208, Project Blackwight Development Lead. HANDLER-Ai: [BP-01 UNIT READY FOR BOOT SEQUENCE. AMPHMYICAD INJECTION STATUS: READY ON STANDBY. LASER ENERGY-TRANSFER HUB STATUS: READY ON STANDBY. EMERGENCY BREAKER LOCKOUT: READY ON STANDBY.] KJW: "Power set at fifteen megawatts... Amphmiycad injection will jump that to a hundred-twenty... Conduits are good... ready." RYQ: "Hit the switch." GRW: "Power-" *BREAKER-SWITCH TOGGLES ON* GRW: "On!" *POWER CONDUIT THRUMMS* *THE POWER-TRANSFER LASER BURSTS TO LIFE, BEAMING POWER DIRECTLY INTO BP-01'S CHASSIS* KJW: "The conduit is... -stable?" RYQ: "Alright team... Amphmiycad Injection, here we go... Handler! Increments of five percent every four seconds!" HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION COMMENCING... 5%] KJW: "Conduit is stable..." RYQ: "Keep an eye on it..." HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION AT 10%] [...] HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION AT 15%] *THE LIGHTS SLIGHTLY DIM AND FLICKER* KJW: "Minor flux..." RYQ: "Handler, hold! -how much flux?" KJW: "Low... within expected tolerances." RYQ: "Handler... Continue." HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION AT 20%] [...] HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION AT 25%] [...] HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION AT 30%] *BP-01'S CHASSIS SHUDDERS* HANDLER-Ai: [ALERT! BP-01 HEARTBEAT DETECTED! TWELVE BPM!] GRW: "The laser is holding but we don't have much time until the receiver insulation melts again!" RYQ: "Handler- Is the unit awake??" HANDLER-Ai: [BP-01 UNIT NEURALS ARE OFFLINE.] RYQ: "Increase injection increments by five percent..." HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION AT 40%] [...] HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION AT 50%] [...] HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION AT 60%] [...] HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION AT 70%] JGW: "Handler! Hold! We have a brainwave reading!" RYQ: "-Is it stable?" JGW: "It- Yes! It's Stable! Barely a Hertz!" RYQ: "Handler! Continue Injection!" HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION AT 80%] *BP-01 TREMBLES IN PLACE* HANDLER-Ai: [AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION AT 90%] RYQ: "Team! Give me some readings!" KJW: "Conduit flux is just within tolerances- We can keep going!"" JGW: "The brainwave reading- It's dreaming! Four Hertz! BP-01 is alive!" RYQ: "Handler! Push the rest!" HANDLER-Ai: [PUSHING AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION, 100%] *AMPHMIYCAD INJECTION COMPLETES* *BP-01 JERKS AGAINST THE SUSPENDING CABLES AND HARNASSES* *A SERIES OF PLAYFUL CLICKS AND CHIRPS EMIT FROM BP-01* [...] RYQ: "...Team? I think we did it..." "It's alive! -*Excited clapping*- And the first thing it did was sing! I'll be the first to admit- I never thought direct Amphmiycad injection would work alongside that kind of Megawattage. But BP-01 is alive!" - Dr. Jane G. Wells, Project Blackwight Design Management. "I expected a violent awakening, but... It's good to be wrong now and then. BP-01 woke up singing... Must've been having a pleasant dream. Although... For a potential wartime solution to an extant alien-threat, to wake up singing? I can't imagine BP-01 knows that it is the solution... I don't think I want it to, either..." - Prof. Klaus J. Wicker, Blackwight Design Management. "Of course we couldn't put just anyone in. We had to be careful about who we chose to be a pilot. So we made neural-copies of both BP-01 and the selected testers and put the copies into a combat against simulated-Vollons. It seems that... 'intentful' testing individuals harmonize better with the Blackwight's neural waves. The ideal pairing could potentially be compared to a well-trained Dog and it's Master. We don't know which would be the Master, though..." - Prof. Gary R. Woodsman, Blackwight Design Management. //TAGGING: BLACKWIGHT PROTOTYPE 01 [BP-01] / BLACKWIGHT PROTOTYPE 01 INTERNAL PROCESSES [BP-COM] / TEST-PILOT "A-63" [A63] RYQ: "Simulation parameters; deployed to Vollon-controlled frontlines, supporting mechanized infantry... Handler. Run simulation." HANDLER-Ai: [SIMULATED BLACKWIGHT NEURAL-PAIRING COMMENCING WITH CONCIOUSNESS DUPLICATE OF SUBJECT A-63] HANDLER-Ai: [FRONTLINE-SUPPORT SIMULATION STARTING...] [...] *BP-01's VISUAL-RECEPTORS BLINK, INSTANTANIOUSLY THE BARE SIMULATION LANDSCAPE THROTTLES TO LIFE. DISTANT MOUNTIANS CUT INTO THE SKY AND CRATERS FORM UP-CLOSE. THE CRACKLING OF BALLISTIC AND ENERGY-BASED WEAPONS-FIRE ECHOES OVER THE RATTLE OF TANK-TRACKS AND THE ROAR OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES. A CLOSE SIMULATED EXPLOSION KNOCKS THE BLACKWIGHT PROTOTYPE'S FASLE BODY TO THE GROUND. A PANICED VOICE FIGHTS AGAINST THE NOISE OF THE SIMULATED BATTLE...* A63: "Get up! GET UP! I need to move!" *BP-01 SHAKES IT'S ARTIFICIAL BODY, DIRT AND GRIME FALLING FROM ITS CHASSIS AS IT STOOD UPRIGHT.* BP-01: "What- Question? What is this-" A63: "There's no time for questions! Get up! LOOK!" *SOME INTERNAL FORCE TURNED BP-01's HEAD TOWARD THE SIMULATED VOLLON FRONTLINE. A GROUP OF FOUR INSECT-LIKE HUMANOIDS WAS MAKING A B-LINE TO BP-01. LOBBING INNACURATE ENERGY-WEAPONS-FIRE IN BP-01's DIRECTION.* BP-01: "...Not friends... Observation. Enemy...? -Vollon... Hate... Hate...! HATE!! KILL VOLLON TARGETS!"> *BP-01 STOOD COMPLETELY UPRIGHT. IT'S VISUAL-FEED LIT UP WITH TARGET-TRACKING NODES. THE BLACKWIGHT'S COGNITION-LIMITERS BEGAN DEACTIVATING AS ITS FRIEND-OR-FOE SUBROUTINES FLASHED TO LIFE.* *A-63 FOUGHT AGAINST BP-01'S OWN MOVEMENTS, TRYING TO WRESTLE CONTROL FROM THE SUPPOSEDLY SEMI-AUTONOMOUS BIOMEHCANICAL UNIT.* A63: "What are these controls doing!?" BP-01: "VOLLONS! I AM DEATH!" A63: "What-" BP-COM: [BLINKDRIVE: ONLINE.] *BP-01'S INTEGRATED BLINKDRIVE SURGED TO LIFE, TELEPORTING THE BLACKWIGHT DIRECTLY INTO THE BODY OF ONE OF THE FOUR SIMULATED VOLLONS, CAUSING THE TARGET TO EXPLODE IN A FLURRY OF BLUEISH GREEN VISCERA.* A63: "What- I can't control it...!" BP-01: "VOLLON DREGS! I AM THE GRAIN YOU SOW! I AM THE BITTER HARVEST!" *BP-01'S COGNITION-LIMITERS SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. WEAPON-SYSTEMS FLASHED TO READY-STATUS IN THE BLACKWIGHT'S SHARED VISUAL-FEED.* BP-COM: [RESONANCE CANNON: ONLINE. RESONANCE NEEDLE: ONLINE. AMPHMYICAD-GAUNTLET: ONLINE.] *A-63 DESPERATELY TRIED TO MOVE BP-01'S FRAME IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, TO NO AVAIL.* A63: "WHY WON'T THIS THING OBEY MY CONTROL INPUTS!?" BP-01: "VOLLON RABBLE! SEE ME AND KNOW I AM DEATH!!" *A MASSIVE TIERED NEEDLE EXTENDED FROM BP-01'S RIGHT FOREARM. EXTENDING TO A MAXIMUM LIMIT OF FOUR METERS. BP-01 SWUNG IT IN A WIDE-ARC, CUTTING DOWN THE OTHER THREE SIMULATED VOLLONS IN AN INSTANT. LIFELESS BODIES FALLING TO THE GROUND LIKE STONES.* A63: "I can't control this thing at all! What- What kind of mech is this!?" "I suppose it should come as no surprise... with A-63 and BP-01 being so different in the moment. A-63 wanted to run and survive. BP-01 saw the Vollons and... Well. We all know how that turned out. It was cute when it woke up, singing. But now... It scares me." - Dr. Jane G. Wells, Project Blackwight Design Management.