Agenda 21 - Continued

[iamthey]

*Private to the Rebel Army*

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Friends and Allies,

Noting the advanced technological state of your nation we request your advice and input on various experimental technologies we have developed for limited application within our Project Seraphim. While for security reasons we cannot disclose the exact nature of these technologies via electronic message, we can give you a list of fields we request specialists from. Those being: Nano-science, bioengineering, genetic science, computer science, neural science, and military armoring and weapons science. You team of scientists will be provided access to our research, various prototypes, and examples of our final product. The purposes of this consultation is for your own scientists to apply various Rebel Army innovations and techniques to our designs, and hopefully to fine-tune our developments so that they may be more effective in the field. Beyond the gratitude of our government, we offer extensive compensation for your scientists and the methods they devise. Thank you.

Thomas Devereaux, High Magistrate of Greater Pacifica
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[Subtleknifewielder]

OOC: This open to a specific set of allies, or all of them?

[iamthey]

OOC: It is just a project with lavo. The message says *Private to Rebel Army*.

[Subtleknifewielder]

OOC: Whoops, sorry, my bad.

[Lavo]

Achmed Otaif was a mysterious and scary man. With a scar over his right eye, he is the least known RA scientist in the world, however, he is by far one of the most brilliant. One of the key brains behind the Phase III project, he was handed the Pacifican letter, as he was currently heading the Infantry Armour and Development (IAD) department.

"So... What do you want to do, Mr. Otaif?"

"Judging by what those Pacificans want... It's clear that Project Seraphim is a Phase III or Amber Guard type program."

"Sir?"

"Get me in touch with "the boys", we have a visit to make."

"Are you [i]sure[/i] about this? Do you realize wha-"

"Just because we are going somewhere, doesn't mean we're spilling jack #&*%. Now scram, I want to be up in the air by tomorrow morning."

"Yes sir!"

With that, Otaif and his team boarded a plane the next day, Pacifican bound.

[iamthey]

The team was welcomed at a nelson airfield and choppered to the central research facility in the southern mountains. The young research director, Ashton Blake II, the thirty-two year old daughter of her namesake, greeted the group of Rebel Army scientists as they were brought into the underground installation. "Project Seraphim really began back in the Dominion nearly a half century ago. They were the ten thousand Royal Marines of the Imperial Regent there, our current Magistrate, his excellency Mr. Devereaux."

"As a test group they are more or less the pentacle of genetic development, they were selected through a passive eugenics program that tracked various genetic lines looking for particular markers. They excel intellectually, and with proper conditioning can physically excel at a level only 1.021% of the general population are capable of. This group formed our subject base as they were brought into the military scene of Pacifica when Devereaux signed on with His Majesty, the then revolutionary."

"It should be stated that the Dominion had a fair amount of technology, though my mother was able to improve upon it considerably. It is our hope that you could perhaps improve upon the relatively rough strokes we have laid down." As they walked through the bunker halls she continued to describe the process of the project itself. "It is of course a wonder that we were able to develop as much as we did. The actual research portion of the project began with a directive from the Magistrate tasking the Office of Military Science with devising a physical, pharmacological, and cybernetic augmentation program, utilizing emergen areas of study, such as the fields of nano-technology, genetic engineering, neuroscience, and quantum computing. The first phase of the project isolated 100 separate development teams who each devised prototypes and their own individual solutions to the problem. Each compartmentalized group believed they were the only one and so each worked to produce their own comprehensive vision of the project. Phase two dissolved those projects gathering together the best of the scientists to compile the optimal program out of the many variants of it. In other words we let the creative process run wild and then harvested the best of everything. Of course all of this is highly experimental, there is no way it could be applied practically on a mass scale, and it has been thus far limited to just the Seraphim." She turned the corner bringing them into a darkened room. Throughout the darkness the various lights and monitors fixed to the large rectangular computer clusters could be seen surrounding a large hourglass shaped system that dominated the center of the room. "This is our centralized processing hub, and likely the most advanced information system in the region. Its primary purpose is to manage the interface between each individual Seraph, as most of their cybernetic enhancements have nothing to do with physical strength but the transmission of information. A computer of this magnitude is required to process and interpret signals funneled through neural implants, as well as to artificially stimulate various parts of the brain as a way of transmitting information back to the Seraph. In other words this system can make a visual display appear to the Seraph, or transmit auditory signals to and between Seraphs. Every Seraph that has existed also has a corresponding simulation of their memory cortex within one of these systems." She said pointing to the various computer clusters. "They can access each other's memories, and share experiences, even those that are dead can continue to better the group as their experience and capability as a soldier are retained and shared by the rest of the group. In this way perhaps they are one of the most dangerous forces in existence, because the more they fight the more combat experience the group and future Seraphs have. We would like you all to take a look at these systems, see if there is anyway you can improve system efficiency, crank out more processing power from the existing resources excetra."

She continued now approaching a central terminal. "Beyond the hardware of this quantum computer, is its interesting software. At its core is an artificial neural network which essentially acts as a complex problem solver. While it cannot act creatively, or perhaps even with a measure of agency, it excels at devising efficient solutions to particular inputted goals. This is part of the reason the Seraphim network is even possible, only a system like this has the capability of understanding and linking the various human brains together. Originally that was its only task, since then we have turned it into a greater hub of our military systems, giving it access to various compendiums of information, the internet, and the Osiris military intelligence network. It is actually almost graceful the way it can process the raw data associating it and analyzing it into something useful. It is constantly acting, and dynamically reacts to information, every bit of information effects it in some marginally small way altering its judgement and assessments. I wouldn't say it is conscious, perhaps it is simply reacting to new information, but its capacity to reflect and modify past assessments, and the fact that it largely acts anonymously does make one wonder. Are we really any different?" She smirked. As she walked towards the exit their reflections could be seen in the glossy high resolution lens fixed to the front of the computer itself.

Arriving in a laboratory a series of prototypes and one of the surgical pods where the nano surgical machines installed the various augmentations were present. "Here are the various neural implants we have devised for transmitting information to and between subjects, their related documents can be found in one of the terminals within this room. Here is also a surgical pod which can install as well as modify the existing hardware within each subject. Submerged in a saline environment and fed oxygen via a mask, the nano-machines act collectively to make the necessary modifications to the patient. We'd like you to take a look at each of these devices as well as its associated software and look for ways to improve it." As planned, at that point two Seraphs entered the room. "Here are two final products for your team to take a look at. In addition to live nano-machines which have been introduced into their blood stream to help maintain their bodies and make repairs when necessary, their bones have also been structurally modified through a carbon honeycombing process to provide greater resistance to fractures. As a part of the program, there have been several hundred other minor physical modifications made. We have included a list of these as well as all associated information in this lab's terminal." She at last pointed to several armored suits, and a rifle that had been laid out over several sterile metal tables. "These are our [url=http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=74831&view=findpost&p=2159383]level five[/url], and [url=http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=74831&view=findpost&p=2157784]level six[/url] Personnel Protection Suits. The rifle is the AR-417. Frankly I'm not a weaponry or armoring specialist, so i'll leave you with the reports of those who are. We'd again like you to draw up a report of how these suits could be improved to be both lighter as well as provide greater protection and ease of movement. Our techs will be happy to work with you all, and we appreciate if you could walk them through the modifications you suggest so that we can replicate your techniques in the future." She paused, "That being said, I think the lawyers would like to speak to you all about non-disclosure, and compensation. Good luck, and thank you." She left the room.