[TLF 18.III] "PROJECT BLACKWIGHT" FILE

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//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]
<LOG C1.A "CONSTRUCTION">
[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

<SUPPLIMENTARY LOG: C.1A "CONSTRUCTION">
"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...
<SUMMARY 1A.1>
"PROJECT BLACKWIGHT" - Proposed solution to the Protracted Lilim-Vollon Conflict in opposition to ineffective Skell Unit deployment.

<SUPPLIMENTARY LOG: 1A.1>
"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.
<LOG ENDS>

<SUPPLIMENTARY LOG: 1A.2>
"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.
<LOG ENDS>

<TESTING LOG: 6A.4 "Power Test 6A.4">
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."
<LOG 6A.4 ENDS>

<COMMENTARY LOG: 6A.4>
"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.

<TESTING LOG: 22C.2 "Power Test 22C.2">
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..."
<LOG ENDS>

<COMMENTARY LOG: 22C.2/1>
"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.

<COMMENTARY LOG: 22C.2/2>
"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.

<COMMENTARY LOG: 40D.5 "Dog and Master">
"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.

<PAIRING SIMULATION AUDIO-VISUAL LOG: 40D.5 "Dog and Master">
//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...]
[...]
<SIMULATION FEED>
	*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!?"
<LOG ENDS>

<COMMENTARY LOG 40D.5 "Dog and Master">
"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.