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A mecha antagonist concept from my aborted Code Geass Valor plans, that I was fond of
NekoInc, MSPM
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A global superpower developed the ultimate combat AI
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able to analyse complex combat situations and react to them dynamically, all at superhuman levels
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with reflexes physically impossible for a human to match
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but
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it has a catch
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the software surpassed the capabilities of existing computing hardware
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so on a computer, it could only exist in a dormant state, lacking the processing power to fully activate
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but the evil magic behind the scenes antagonists determined
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that, because its intelligence was on the level of a human
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it could be granted a Geas
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and what its Geas allows it to do is upload itself into a human brain and use it as a CPU
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so you put a pilot in it
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the AI invades, reformats, and takes over the pilot's brain
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uses it as hardware to fight at levels of terrifying ferocity and efficiency beyond any opposition
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then, after about an hour
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the processor overheats and burns out
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and has to be replaced
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you exchange one human life for one hour of operation time on the ultimate warrior
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definitely a cool concept for the CG setting
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would make a pretty cool reveal too
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extended mystery over Who's The Pilot
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and the answer is
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literally anyone
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especially the first time you shoot it down
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drag someone off the street and shove them in the cockpit
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say it does some 'last stand' holding off an entire allied army
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but the heroes finally take it down after it's been worn down
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they think it was this big villain going out like a boss
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but the corpse is just spare parts
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and it's back again next mission
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you could have all sorts of red herrings - thinking the pilot is like a clone, or that it's a human ace using a geas to control the pilot
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yah that has tons of potential
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you could throw in little shit like the AI being slightly influenced by each person it uses
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so by the end it's starting to develop hallucinatory or DID-like symptoms
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then they find the one person crazy enough to be able to survive multiple deployments with it by syncing with the AI's mind
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holy shit
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Damn, that's strong.