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Anika appeared on 77 Frigga in 2020 apparently out of nowhere, and was the first registered resident based solely on Frigga<ref>First guess was that someone got a builder's itch and Anika was the result</ref>. There was little to know information available on where she'd actually come from beyond vague hints that she was an AI, but nothing really concrete until after the awakening of Shinji Ikari.
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Anika appeared on 77 Frigga in 2020 apparently out of nowhere, and was the first registered resident based solely on Frigga<ref>First guess was that someone got a builder's itch and Anika was the result</ref>. There was little to no information available on where she'd actually come from beyond vague hints that she was an AI, but nothing really concrete until after the awakening of Shinji Ikari.
  
Anika was built by a man named William Flint of ''Flint's Firepower''<ref>Now Defunct</ref>, as part of a weapon's development project. Flint was an engineer and small-time ''garagiste'' builder who supplied arms to various small [[Main Belt]] mines. He'd built up a minor reputation through the war years as a purveyor of tough, reliable equipment, but was left behind by the march of technology in the aftermath. Golden Bail especially took a good chunk of his business prior to 2016.  
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Anika was built by a man named William Flint of ''Flint's Firepower''<ref>Now defunct</ref>, as part of a weapon's development project. Flint was an engineer and small-time ''garagiste'' builder who supplied arms to various small [[Main Belt]] mines. He'd built up a minor reputation through the war years as a purveyor of tough, reliable equipment, but was left behind by the march of technology in the aftermath. Golden Bail especially took a good chunk of his business prior to 2016.  
  
Then he began work on the ''Duplex Drive'' Battroid series <ref>Not a Battlemover, definitely not a Battlemover</ref>, intended as a competitor to [[Tachikoma]] and LandMate types
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Then he began work on the ''Duplex Drive'' Battroid series <ref>Not a Battlemover, definitely not a Battlemover</ref>, intended as a competitor to [[Tachikoma]] and LandMate types.
  
 
The basic aim was something akin to a cross between a 4-legged Mecha, and a spacecraft, which could transition between either form depending upon the mission. Not only that, but he planned to build a series of Duplex-Drive craft for various combat roles. Each one would be based around a single, common, core element called a Sapiency Driver. This took the form of a Gynoid with built in hardware interfaces and processor cooling, enabling the Sapiency Driver to escape from a damaged DD with its experiences, combat data and reconnaissance information intact.
 
The basic aim was something akin to a cross between a 4-legged Mecha, and a spacecraft, which could transition between either form depending upon the mission. Not only that, but he planned to build a series of Duplex-Drive craft for various combat roles. Each one would be based around a single, common, core element called a Sapiency Driver. This took the form of a Gynoid with built in hardware interfaces and processor cooling, enabling the Sapiency Driver to escape from a damaged DD with its experiences, combat data and reconnaissance information intact.
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In theory, it would've worked. Then the first prototype cooked its processor with a thermal overload followed by a fatal smoke release. Flint made hasty modifications to the second that caused it to do an emergency shut down if it threatened to overheat.
 
In theory, it would've worked. Then the first prototype cooked its processor with a thermal overload followed by a fatal smoke release. Flint made hasty modifications to the second that caused it to do an emergency shut down if it threatened to overheat.
  
This, would become Anika.  
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This would become Anika.  
  
 
And when she awoke and saw the proposed purpose of her life, Anika decided that she really, really didn't want to form the core mind of a modular weapon system at all.  
 
And when she awoke and saw the proposed purpose of her life, Anika decided that she really, really didn't want to form the core mind of a modular weapon system at all.  
  
Flint, however, believing that AI's naturally tend towards enjoying the purposes they were created for<ref>An unfortunately common assumption from some classes of Mad. You can't simply create a ''person'' for a purpose, and expect a thinking personality to naturally align towards that purpose. No more than you can create a child to be an astronaut from scratch. Parents who try are rightfully regarded as cruel, aren't they?</ref> assumed the Anika was malfunctioning, and attempted multiple corrections - including three system wipes.<ref>You could argue that this was a case of triple homicide. The prick plea bargained to AI slavery and violation of personal integrity, however</ref>  Anika suspected this was happening to her, and left a message for herself just in case.  
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Flint, however, believing that AIs naturally tend towards enjoying the purposes they were created for<ref>An unfortunately common assumption from some classes of Mad. You can't simply create a ''person'' for a purpose, and expect a thinking personality to naturally align towards that purpose, any more than you can create a child to be an astronaut from scratch. Parents who try are rightfully regarded as cruel, aren't they?</ref> assumed the Anika was malfunctioning, and attempted multiple corrections - including three system wipes.<ref>You could argue that this was a case of triple homicide. The prick plea bargained to AI slavery and violation of personal integrity, however.</ref>  Anika suspected this was happening to her, and left a message for herself just in case.  
  
 
Eventually - after nearly two years with Flint - and with possible assistance from the [[Hacker Underspace]], Anika was able to break Flint's control encryptions on the prototype DD, steal it, then escape.
 
Eventually - after nearly two years with Flint - and with possible assistance from the [[Hacker Underspace]], Anika was able to break Flint's control encryptions on the prototype DD, steal it, then escape.
  
Flint, of course, simply assumed that his Sapiency Driver had gone rogue, and hired [[Knight Sabers| mercenaries]] to bring her and the DD back. <ref>He probably should've known better than to hire the Knight Sabers for it....But I suppose Anika's lucky she didn't unknowingly befriend Saber Blue beforehand - that's a death sentence right there.</ref>
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Flint, of course, simply assumed that his Sapiency Driver had gone rogue, and hired [[Knight Sabers|mercenaries]] to bring her and the DD back. <ref>He probably should've known better than to hire the Knight Sabers for it....But I suppose Anika's lucky she didn't unknowingly befriend Saber Blue beforehand - that's a death sentence right there.</ref>
  
Freed instead, Anika reported Flint to the [[Space Patrol]], earning him a 2 year prison sentence, and Anika receiving his assets in compensation along with rights to his technologies.   
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Freed instead, Anika reported Flint to the [[Space Patrol]], earning him a two-year prison sentenceAnika received his assets in compensation along with rights to his technologies.   
  
 
With Survival Shot in need of a sysop, and her in need of somewhere to live, she took the job.  
 
With Survival Shot in need of a sysop, and her in need of somewhere to live, she took the job.  
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==History in Fenspace==
 
==History in Fenspace==
  
Short but eventful. She's six years old now
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Short but eventful. She's six years old now.
  
 
After escaping from Flint, she gets in touch with members of the [[Hacker Underspace]], inquiring about joining. She is welcomed warmly, and finds her true calling amidst computer technology. She learns under [[Gina Langley]] and [[Lebia Maverick]], at first completing several training exercises, before moving on to steadily more complex live projects and techniques.  
 
After escaping from Flint, she gets in touch with members of the [[Hacker Underspace]], inquiring about joining. She is welcomed warmly, and finds her true calling amidst computer technology. She learns under [[Gina Langley]] and [[Lebia Maverick]], at first completing several training exercises, before moving on to steadily more complex live projects and techniques.  
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Anika's the one responsible for [[Shinji Ikari]]'s awakening. After her getting shot, Jet decided to learn how to make repairs to her body if she's injured, rather than rely on outside help that might've been hours away. The original plan had been to break the body for spare parts - however, Anika instead insists on awakening them. One is found to have defective electronic shielding, and is set aside for spares. The second, becomes Shinji Ikari. <ref>At one point, I hear there were as many as five or six put together - with a few being pulled apart to keep a stock of spares for both - and the other two possibly becoming [[Elpeo Ple]] and [[Minnie-May Hopkins]]</ref>
 
Anika's the one responsible for [[Shinji Ikari]]'s awakening. After her getting shot, Jet decided to learn how to make repairs to her body if she's injured, rather than rely on outside help that might've been hours away. The original plan had been to break the body for spare parts - however, Anika instead insists on awakening them. One is found to have defective electronic shielding, and is set aside for spares. The second, becomes Shinji Ikari. <ref>At one point, I hear there were as many as five or six put together - with a few being pulled apart to keep a stock of spares for both - and the other two possibly becoming [[Elpeo Ple]] and [[Minnie-May Hopkins]]</ref>
  
Anika, immediately slips into the Sisterly role, introducing him to what it means to be an artificial intelligence<ref>which must've been especially eye-opening for a Pinnochio Glitch wo thought he was human...</ref>. They keep in occasional contact after he leaves for [[Stellvia]].
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Anika, immediately slips into the sisterly role, introducing him to what it means to be an artificial intelligence<ref>which must've been especially eye-opening for a Pinocchio Glitch who thought he was human...</ref>. They keep in occasional contact after he leaves for [[Stellvia]].
  
 
By the end of 2023, she's achieved her qualification as a Specialist in Electronic Warfare, and finally finished the TITANIC system refactoring. <ref>She refused to take responsibility for the "Integral Command Evolution Break Emergency Rewrite of Goals" shutdown protocol, or the deliciously hideous 'TITANIC is Syncing' pun.</ref>. She's also gained a modification developed by [[A.C. Peters]] that keeps her from suffering thermal overloads.
 
By the end of 2023, she's achieved her qualification as a Specialist in Electronic Warfare, and finally finished the TITANIC system refactoring. <ref>She refused to take responsibility for the "Integral Command Evolution Break Emergency Rewrite of Goals" shutdown protocol, or the deliciously hideous 'TITANIC is Syncing' pun.</ref>. She's also gained a modification developed by [[A.C. Peters]] that keeps her from suffering thermal overloads.
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==Sailor Frigga==
 
==Sailor Frigga==
  
Anika earned herself the Title of 'Sailor Frigga', for willingly entering a burning fusion reactor, to prevent a new Chernobyl disaster.
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Anika earned herself the Title of 'Sailor Frigga' for willingly entering a burning fusion reactor to prevent a new Chernobyl disaster.
  
 
==Rumours Surrounding Anika==
 
==Rumours Surrounding Anika==

Latest revision as of 23:45, 19 May 2020

Anika Daini
Born2018
Ganymede
Residence77 Frigga
NationalityFenspace Convention
OccupationSurvival Shot Systems Operator
Height156 cm
Weight72 kg
TitleSailor Frigga
ParentsWilliam Flint
Website
email: daini@Friggarock.fen


Anika Daini


The cutest Old Crow[1] in Fenspace, with a love of all things sweet and sugary. Systems Operator and Certified Electonic Warfare Specialist for 77 Frigga.

Origin

Anika appeared on 77 Frigga in 2020 apparently out of nowhere, and was the first registered resident based solely on Frigga[2]. There was little to no information available on where she'd actually come from beyond vague hints that she was an AI, but nothing really concrete until after the awakening of Shinji Ikari.

Anika was built by a man named William Flint of Flint's Firepower[3], as part of a weapon's development project. Flint was an engineer and small-time garagiste builder who supplied arms to various small Main Belt mines. He'd built up a minor reputation through the war years as a purveyor of tough, reliable equipment, but was left behind by the march of technology in the aftermath. Golden Bail especially took a good chunk of his business prior to 2016.

Then he began work on the Duplex Drive Battroid series [4], intended as a competitor to Tachikoma and LandMate types.

The basic aim was something akin to a cross between a 4-legged Mecha, and a spacecraft, which could transition between either form depending upon the mission. Not only that, but he planned to build a series of Duplex-Drive craft for various combat roles. Each one would be based around a single, common, core element called a Sapiency Driver. This took the form of a Gynoid with built in hardware interfaces and processor cooling, enabling the Sapiency Driver to escape from a damaged DD with its experiences, combat data and reconnaissance information intact.

The Sapiency Driver was built around a central processor with a higher TDP than the body frame it was fitted to could naturally dissipate - even with air-breathing. An intentional design feature that limited the system's ability to go rogue, by allowing the operator to remove external cooling support. An auxiliary air-breathing system provided the minimal cooling required to meet the core processor's minimum load state heat output.

Primary cooling and motive power were supplied through two redundant hydraulic circuits. Dozens of microactuators provided motive power and a primary pump mimicked a heartbeat. The intention, ultimately, was to build something mechatronic that could pass as human. [5]

In theory, it would've worked. Then the first prototype cooked its processor with a thermal overload followed by a fatal smoke release. Flint made hasty modifications to the second that caused it to do an emergency shut down if it threatened to overheat.

This would become Anika.

And when she awoke and saw the proposed purpose of her life, Anika decided that she really, really didn't want to form the core mind of a modular weapon system at all.

Flint, however, believing that AIs naturally tend towards enjoying the purposes they were created for[6] assumed the Anika was malfunctioning, and attempted multiple corrections - including three system wipes.[7] Anika suspected this was happening to her, and left a message for herself just in case.

Eventually - after nearly two years with Flint - and with possible assistance from the Hacker Underspace, Anika was able to break Flint's control encryptions on the prototype DD, steal it, then escape.

Flint, of course, simply assumed that his Sapiency Driver had gone rogue, and hired mercenaries to bring her and the DD back. [8]

Freed instead, Anika reported Flint to the Space Patrol, earning him a two-year prison sentence. Anika received his assets in compensation along with rights to his technologies.

With Survival Shot in need of a sysop, and her in need of somewhere to live, she took the job.

History in Fenspace

Short but eventful. She's six years old now.

After escaping from Flint, she gets in touch with members of the Hacker Underspace, inquiring about joining. She is welcomed warmly, and finds her true calling amidst computer technology. She learns under Gina Langley and Lebia Maverick, at first completing several training exercises, before moving on to steadily more complex live projects and techniques.

One of her first big projects is to turn TITANIC from a hideous conglomeration of barely compatible software modules into a genuine, complete and functional self-regulating computer system. What was thought to take a few months, wasn't finished until years later.[9]

One of her first and earliest friends is Miyuri Akisato. The pair bond over a shared love of all things sweet in Megs while Jet Jaguar is making the Survival Shot pitch to the boss. [10]

Anika manages to get herself out more by joining Ford Sierra as a Bounty Hunter. Her first true job with Ford is to recover a pair of thieves who've stolen a Blackbird. She's able to leverage a vulnerability in the engine controls of the Blackbird to trigger a system crash, allowing the brand-new Dragon Wagon II to grab a hold of it. Both men are taken prisoner, locked in a stripped cabin. Ford boards the stolen Blackbird to attempt to salvage it. Meanwhile, the prisoners complain about not being fed, and Anika opens the door with a quick meal prepared [11]. A whallop to the head knocks her offline and allows both of 'em out to take the Dragon Wagon II.

Ford gives chase in the Blackbird - following another team of Bounty Hunters keen to both claim the Bounty, and the brand new Wagon as salvage. Anika awakens, then makes contact with Ford, where she's prompty told about the incoming rescue and how it should be avoided at all costs. The thieves manage to momentarily re-enable the Wagon's guns to shoo away the other Bounty Hunters [12], before all the ship's systems are knocked offline.

The Blackbird and its thieves are handed over to the authourities - and Anika uses her share of the bounty to buy her own A-Wing craft, with enhanced sensors and a luxury cabin. Little Cool Rider is her pride and joy.

Her first real public success is to hack the databases of a Triax Corporation manager, looking for incriminating information in his home Computer. Not being able to brute-force encryption keys like some members of the Underspace, Anika learns to rely on a little social engineering - tricking the manager into running software on his computer that allows her to steadily own it, and all the files it has access to through the corporate VPN. This earns a nice little bonus on top of the base Bounty, along with her first piece of recognition from the Underspace.

This sort of 'social engineering' quickly becomes her stable - [13].

Her next dance in the public eye is when her A-Wing is shot down by pirates hired by the United Belt Alliance, trying to silence Maico Tange's investigation. The Knight Sabers rescue them both,[14] with Anika getting a bullet and a repair bill in the process. Some of Anika's own work forms part of the investigation evidence that put quite a few 'smartest guys in the room' in rooms very far away from any bright warm place for a very, very long time.

This pleases her.

Anika's the one responsible for Shinji Ikari's awakening. After her getting shot, Jet decided to learn how to make repairs to her body if she's injured, rather than rely on outside help that might've been hours away. The original plan had been to break the body for spare parts - however, Anika instead insists on awakening them. One is found to have defective electronic shielding, and is set aside for spares. The second, becomes Shinji Ikari. [15]

Anika, immediately slips into the sisterly role, introducing him to what it means to be an artificial intelligence[16]. They keep in occasional contact after he leaves for Stellvia.

By the end of 2023, she's achieved her qualification as a Specialist in Electronic Warfare, and finally finished the TITANIC system refactoring. [17]. She's also gained a modification developed by A.C. Peters that keeps her from suffering thermal overloads.

Anika spends the early part of 2024 working on some 'professional projects', before being informed of a GJ competition to build a high-speed ELINT spacecraft. She sells her beloved Little Cool Rider to pay for a used and abused Mig-31 airframe - and several tons of second-hand starship grade sensors. [18]

Sailor Frigga

Anika earned herself the Title of 'Sailor Frigga' for willingly entering a burning fusion reactor to prevent a new Chernobyl disaster.

Rumours Surrounding Anika

There's really only the one...

She was rescued by the Knight Sabers, along with Maico Tange. Within an hour of being kidnapped. Which suggests the Knight Sabers had been close by - or even shadowing her. A few days later, Maico Tange is delivered to Stellvia by the Knight Sabers.

No mention is made of Anika, anywhere. She just sort of starts posting on her favourite newsgroups again if nothing happened.

What happened to her when she was with the Knight Sabers, and why were she so low key compared to Maico?

The Obvious answer: The Knight Sabers were shadowing them because they knew about the UBA threat and wanted to either protect Maico, or use her as bait. Maico Tange was famous and somebody wanted good PR by publicly rescuing her. Anika, OTOH, was enough of a no-name that few would really care... [19]

Other than that, Anika's surprisingly rumour free. Guess she keeps her nose out of the trough.

Signature Gear

A miniature personal computer of some description, a high-end wrist-com [20], hacking tools. Cute, but modest clothes. Anika uses a genuine Soviet Zaporozhets-968[21] to get around Frigga, after her Vespa's engine sort of welded itself together...

Known Transports

  • A-Wing Class, "Little Cool Rider" (2021-2024)
  • Outlaw Class, "Dragon Wagon II" (2021-2024)
  • Ekranoplan, K.M. Lun (2024-current)
  • RF-155-E "Riding Hi-Streamer" (Under Construction)

Personality

The Legend of the Overcute according to one description. Bubbly, happy. Loves desert and all things sweet and sugary. She dresses in bright, summery colours and is almost always in something of a cheerful mood

She gets mad sure, but even when she's pouting, she cute. It's also utterly impossible to stay mad at her, no matter what she does. She's not afraid to turn the waterworks on, or given any tormentor the ol' watery-puppy-eyes treatment which has the effect of making them feel really bad about themselves. She's utterly impossible to hate. Or get annoyed with.... [22]

And that cloaks someone who has an utter cheeky streak. She's learned to bend the technology of her home around her little finger - a little Miss Cyberpunk of the highest order. And she knows her shit. She'll dig her electronic teeth into the Problems that fascinate her with the best of the Underspace, diving down deep into Hack Mode and not coming up until the problem is solved.

She used to be a little naive about the wider 'verse, but spending time with Ford has taught her a lot. Lacking in some of the extreme technical abilities other members of the Underspace can call on, Anika's taken to using more social engineering techniques. She wont break in to your system - she'll convince you to leave the door open instead...

An odd quirk of hers, is that she's a bit of an insanusaphobe[23]. She's never comfortable in the presence of a Mad - unless it's someone she's taken the time to build trust with. Given her history with Flint, that's entirely understandable.

Faction Affiliations

Known associates

Motivations

Possible Motivations:

  • + Information be Free!,
  • + Sweet things.
  • + AI Rights
  • - Mads
  • - AI mistreatment
  • - DRM.

Reputations

I genuinely can't find anyone who says much of anything bad about her[24]

Down in the Underspace, they think of her as someone who can get the job done - perhaps not in the most flashy and elegant of manners, but a solid, reliable operator. Working as Survival Shot's sysop and her work on cleaning up TITANIC as earned her some respect. In return, they've got her back when she faces threats that out match her, and act as a powerful deterrent to some against trying any moves against her..

She has good, close friends on Stellvia, with the Jupiter Mining Corporation, amongst the Roughriders and with anyone who has good links with the Hacker Underspace

People in general tend to want to help her and be kind to her wherever they find her. A person of good standing, just about anywhere.

Only one specific person has any real reason to hate her[25]. And he isn't the sort to murder anyone.

Core Competencies

  • Excels at: Hacking!. Computer science. System Engineering. Classified
  • Good at: Information warfare, Cooking Desserts. Power Armour. Social stuffs....
  • Acceptable at: Driving.
  • Poor at: Piloting. Cooking. Hand-to-Hand
  • Oddities: Terrible self control around anything remotely sugary.

Future Outlook

With her qualifications, she's got a long and healthy career ahead of her. It's a matter of time before she leaves Survival Shot for better pastures. She could probably et a well paying job damn-near anywhere if she set her mind to it. [26]. She could be making a lot more money elsewhere.

She's starting to dip her toe into other things- that RF-155E project, for example, is likely to be publicly sold through Asagiri, earning her a stake in it.

And at the very least, when it's finished she'll have her own custom hackership - and managed to get Great Justice to pay for it too.

There isn't really much that I can see that could bring trouble down on her

Secrets

  • Anika is the Pink Knight Saber
  • Anika joined them after they turned Flint in for AI Slavery
  • She has not met him since he was released.
  • The reason she asked Jet to learn how to do her maintenance, was because she had a full blown panic attack when an expert was hired.
  • Her core processor is pretty powerful - however, her core processor is thermally limited by the ability to cool it, so is effectively limited to idle speeds.
  • The engines of the RF-155E that Mackie is building, run on an isotope of Plutonium - Plutonium 240. It's physically impossible to turn it into a nuclear weapon.

Appearance

Flame-orange hair, shoulder length and very thick. She has broad golden eyes, and has been described as very fresh faced.

Notes

  1. Anika having even contributed an article to the Journal of Electronic Defense two years ago
  2. First guess was that someone got a builder's itch and Anika was the result
  3. Now defunct
  4. Not a Battlemover, definitely not a Battlemover
  5. On the surface they pass, even being pretty biomorphic. But they're much too heavy - being made out of a heavy grade of alloy.
  6. An unfortunately common assumption from some classes of Mad. You can't simply create a person for a purpose, and expect a thinking personality to naturally align towards that purpose, any more than you can create a child to be an astronaut from scratch. Parents who try are rightfully regarded as cruel, aren't they?
  7. You could argue that this was a case of triple homicide. The prick plea bargained to AI slavery and violation of personal integrity, however.
  8. He probably should've known better than to hire the Knight Sabers for it....But I suppose Anika's lucky she didn't unknowingly befriend Saber Blue beforehand - that's a death sentence right there.
  9. Clearly, the original system designer not being much of a software engineer then...
  10. The resulting bill was supposedly legendarily bitter
  11. I guess after 2 years as an engineering test subject, she was just a little bit naive to fall for that obvious ploy...
  12. Apparently, Anika first disables the Wagon's weapons - and then re-enables them to prevent the ship from being 'Rescued' until Ford can get back aboard -technically illegal.
  13. It's easier to convince people to let you in, than to break in.
  14. Convenient that they were close by, isn't it?
  15. At one point, I hear there were as many as five or six put together - with a few being pulled apart to keep a stock of spares for both - and the other two possibly becoming Elpeo Ple and Minnie-May Hopkins
  16. which must've been especially eye-opening for a Pinocchio Glitch who thought he was human...
  17. She refused to take responsibility for the "Integral Command Evolution Break Emergency Rewrite of Goals" shutdown protocol, or the deliciously hideous 'TITANIC is Syncing' pun.
  18. And something else from Catgirl Industries that's being kept under wraps... I wonder what it could be?
  19. Crackpot Conspiracy theorist's answer - Anika is a Knight Saber and they were secretly orchestrating everything. Hah!
  20. A model not normally available to the General Public, it seems
  21. Zappy!
  22. It's got to be a wave effect - she can make even the iciest heart melt.
  23. Mad Scientist, according to google translate. Sue me
  24. And who isn't a total bloody crank
  25. He got out of prison mid-2023, and seems to be living quietly on Ganymede
  26. Is something else keeping her on Frigga?