Der Konzern Cybertronic
(Die Übersetzung erfolgt demnächst)
"Cybertronic is not just a part of the future - Cybertronic IS the future." -ETP ad slogan-
When lightning strikes, it does so without warning, often with
destruction in its wake and certainly with great speed. The same can be
said of everything to do with Cybertronic. The founding of Cybertronic
was a sudden, massive take-over of corporate assets by a small,
insignificant holding company, Cybertronic Investment, Inc. In the
course of only hours, unforeseen by even the Brotherhood’s vaunted
Seers, reams of stock and mountains of money changed hands and suddenly
a new Megacorporation had taken shape, the fifth in size, sniffing at
Imperial's heels in terms of total value of assets. Heads of the other
Megacorporations to the man were stunned by the sheer audacity and
blinding speed with which another superpower had been born and together
they reeled at the savvy required to pull off the stock manipulations
that occurred. While unknown at the time, investigations later showed
that false notes had been presented for the majority of the purchases
made during this stock boon, though it would have been almost
impossible to recognize and stop the deals even if someone had known
what was going on.
But this was only the beginning of the Cybertronic saga. When the new
Megacorporation had formed its boards of directors, its management
groups, and its marketing agencies, an unprecedented migration of
knowledge flocked to the new organization. From everywhere, from the
very bosom of the Megacorporations, expert scientists, professors,
high-ranking officers, directors, diplomats and administrators broke
with their traditions, quit their jobs and joined Cybertronic along
with their families. In only two short and frenzied years, the populace
of Cybertronic had increased to match its competitors. Today it
outnumbers Imperial. Suspicion increased among both the
Megacorporations and the Brotherhood, but however hard they tried, no
one could find an answer to explain the Cybertronic phenomenon.
Many comparisons have been made to explain the phenomenon that is
Cybertronic. One of the most commonly referenced comparisons is that it
has been likened to a termite mound: a large faceless entity inhabited
by millions of workers fulfilling their own, independent agendas, yet
almost miraculously achieving the communities overall aims. Carrying
the metaphor onward, like termites in their mound, the bulk of the
corporation’s work is hidden from sight, buried deep in the HQ, away
from prying eyes.
What is certain is that Cybertronic is a source of great change within
the Solar System, representing both high technology and advanced
science, things the system had long since forgotten. It has become a
symbol of a new order, a revolutionary direction for the human
condition. Suffice it to say this position comes with intense jealousy.
Cybertronic is on the minds of the other Megacorporations almost
constantly, who simultaneously trade with and wage war against their
newest rival. While most of the other Megacorporations wish to obtain
the vastly superior yet forbidden technology of Cybertronic, the
Brotherhood and their supporters wish to crush such technology and
those who would create such abominations.
Corporate History
"It is the right of every citizen to have the best technology has to offer." -From Executive Board Minutes on Founding Charter-
In one skewed view of history, it was the Brotherhood who created
Cybertronic. How could this be? While not an oft voiced opinion, it is
one that shares considerable latitude. During the later stages of the
“Fall”, when the Durand’s persuaded the Megacorporations to abandon
their technology and cease all development into technological
advancement, countless corporate employees in the technical departments
were let go or removed. Those individuals who survived the purge
eventually found their way to the countless Independent companies that
sprang up after the Treaty of Heimburg was signed. One such individual
was Ramone Mannerheim who, after being released from the services of
Bauhaus’ BauChemical with the rest of his team, registered his
Independent company, Cyberchemical, with the Cartel.
At first, Cyberchemical continued the radical researches into the
betterment of man through chemechanical means, though their facilities
were dreadfully antiquated due to the Brotherhood’s strict Edicts.
Ramone kept in contact with the technical departments of other
Independent Research & Development firms, noting the Brotherhood’s
rise to power and their monopoly on the high technology of man’s
distant past. His company, along with others that had formed after the
“Fall”, came under continual censure from the Inquisition, with
whatever technical equipment and discoveries being either confiscated
or destroyed by the agents of the Cardinal.
Throughout the Age of Faith, Cyberchemical continued their forbidden
research into the possibilities of technology and each new generation
of Mannerheim built upon their ancestral research. They were able to
avoid the worst of the Brotherhood’s bans by skirting the very edges of
their own laws. While thinking computers were strictly banned from
development, mental enhancements to the human brain were not. That
research came to a head while Cyberchemical was under the direction of
Raoul Mannerheim. It was Raoul’s leadership and vision that would
propel Cyberchemical to make a discovery that would change the very
face of the Solar System- the ability to literally merge man with
machine.
Cyberchemical’s success ultimately came about through their relations
with the other technical Independents, which the Mannerheims had
maintained since the Age of Faith. Each of these Independents had
fallen under the scrutiny of the Brotherhood, though in varying
degrees, and had formed a tight bond with Cyberchemical under their
shared pain. They each contributed to Cyberchemical’s discovery and,
like components in a great machine, made the process of adding machine
to man, and man to machine, possible.
Cyberchemical was ecstatic, as were the other Independents within their
tech-clique, by the discovery, especially since the test subjects
showed a resistance to the crippling effects of the Dark Symmetry. This
was a most curious side effect. Perhaps, the board of directors of
Cyberchemical believed, the problem the Brotherhood feared was not in
technology, but in raw technology, devoid of the human soul. Perhaps
the Dark Soul fills the void found in a calculating machine. Regardless
of the philosophical ramifications, Raoul finally had done what was
said could not be done. He had created a technology that was resistant
to the Darkness and he was ready to bring his discovery in front of the
Cartel, proving that all could enjoy the technology of the past and
that the words of the Brotherhood were now obsolete.
Raoul Mannerheim was due to meet with Cartel officials but failed to
show up at the planned meeting. When Raoul’s security reached his
residence, they found it ransacked, the research files missing, and
Raoul dead from an assassin’s bullet through is heart. Cyberchemical
managed to attain the body before the Brotherhood’s mandatory Cremators
took the body for burning.
Raoul’s grandiose mausoleum now resides on Luna within the confines of
Cybertronic’s main headquarters, a painful and infuriating reminder of
the Brotherhood’s awesome and final power.
Sergei Mannerheim, Raoul’s eldest son and genius in his own right, took
control of Cyberchemical following his father’s demise and put his
sire’s plans into motion, plans that were only to be used in the event
of Raoul’s untimely death. Motivated by a new sense of urgency the
executive’s of the original 12 Independent companies that contributed
to Cyberchemical’s success merged into a loose coalition, christened
Cybertronic Investments Incorporated. As a rule of thumb following the
untimely demise of Raoul, the newly formed company adopted a policy of
anonymity to help protect its members and its leaders. Under this veil
of secrecy, the director of the corporation could continue their works
unobstructed and hopefully safe from the prying, deadly eyes of the
Brotherhood.
Of surprise to people in the know was the appointment of a long-time
Mannerheim advisor and confidant to the position of Chairman of the
Board. The head of this new company was not known to most members of
the corporation but was accepted largely for his prior role with the
Mannerheim’s organization. Referred to as the 13th Executive, it was
through the abilities of this mysterious leader that Cybertronic
Investment Inc. ultimately became Cybertronic Corporation.
The Founding
After years of collecting both businesses and facilities that were
predominately technological in nature-both pre and post Fall,
Cybertronic Investment Inc. pulled off a truly amazing economical coup.
To this day, the exact nature of Cybertronic’s founding remains
unclear, despite countless investigations. Somehow, they managed to
manipulate the Lunar Stock Market, forcing the other Corporations to
panic and sell off large chunks of their stock at ridiculously low
prices. The brokers of Cybertronic Investments performed with unheard
of coherency and precision, buying up all of the sold stock
simultaneously. In the span of a minute, Cybertronic as we know it
today was born.
Business
"Cybertronic&ldots;Business at the speed of thought." -ETP ad slogan-
Cybertronic manufactures most of its own equipment internally, making
it one of the most autonomous of Megacorporations. Their products are
extremely advanced by the standards of the day and incorporate the
newest breakthroughs in miniaturization technology, biochemistry and
bioelectronics. Remarkably, their designs are more than just advanced
technologies for even their materials exceed those commonly used today.
Rather than manufacturing with conventional materials, Cybertronic uses
ceramics and plastics extensively, finding these materials superior to
smelted ores. In fairness, the materials they do use are infused with
special “super alloys” as base materials, giving them superior
performance, resilience and tensile strength compared to other products
within the same field. This coveted technology is thankfully expensive
to fabricate and thus limits its affordability and usage.
The relatively small size of this Megacorporation, combined with the
high price of its manufactured goods, makes these designs hard to find
on the open market. Because of the complex technology and sophisticated
materials used, Cybertronic products have been impossible to duplicate
much to the chagrin of Mishima. This means the Cybertronic equipment is
very expensive for everyone not involved directly in the
Megacorporation and thus creates a tenuous dependency on the newest
Megacorporation for its goods and services. It is this trade that has
given Cybertronic the tools and the protection necessary to remain
intact despite the hostilities of both the Brotherhood and Imperial. It
is the very need it creates that allows Capitol and Bauhaus to tolerate
its existence. In truth, all the Megacorporations benefit in varying
degrees by the presence of Cybertronic. Only Imperial seems the least
dependent on their trade.
The exact nature of Cybertronic’s business empire is still unknown
largely due to its very secretive structure, which is divided up into
“departments” much like Imperial but without the Clan’s instabilities
or inefficiencies. A large section of Cartel personnel is busy tracking
down and untangling the impenetrable web that is supposed to be
Cybertronic's corporate structure and most are finding it would be
easier to get an apology from an Inquisitor than penetrate
Cybertronic’s secrets. In some cases, up to five-hundred links of
ownership have been investigated before finally being able to trace the
ownership of a subsidiary to Cybertronic, and since the holding
companies might change owners and names by weeks end, one can
understand the difficulty of mapping the Cybertronic corporate empire.
Cybertronic, more than any other Megacorporation, is known to use
numerous dummy businesses and false fronts to purchase the facilities
and raw materials that allow the “Silicon Corporation” to grow somewhat
unimpeded. By the time another Megacorporation finds out that they have
lost a bit of their empire to Cybertronic, instead of some start-up or
Independent, Cybertronic has already set up shop (in record time) and
is more than ready to defend what is now theirs. Needless to say, many
of the Corporations do not like having Cybertronic so close to their
assets and these sites quickly become the targets of raids or Hostile
Takeovers. Unfortunately, the Brotherhoods influence over the Cartel
allows for many normally questionable raids to occur.
The Collective
The board of directors for the Cybertronic Corporation are known simply
as The Collective. They are the positions created by the 13 executives
of the original Cybertronic Investment Inc. centuries earlier and it is
through The Collective’s guidance that modern Cybertronic was born.
Little is known about the current 12 directors of The Collective beyond
their public presence, and there is absolutely no information about the
head of the Collective, the 13th Executive, whose name is not mentioned
on any legal documentation on file with the Cartel.
The Triangle
The design of the Triangle is a good model for the Cybertronic
Corporation. Each vertex of the Triangle is important, as each lends
support to the others equally. In Cybertronic, each vertex supports
each other in a design of strength. The 3 vertexes of the Cybertronic
Triangle are: Research- Development and Manufacturing (RDM),
Administration-Economics and Management (AEM) and the, Security-
Warfare and Intelligence (SWI). All the businesses in Cybertronic
somehow fit into this command structure.
The RDM
RDM possesses the finest minds which Cybertronic can hire or lure away.
According to Cybertronic's public relations department, these minds
have turned their genius to the betterment of all society, not just the
good of the corporation. This is, after all the hallmark of
Cybertronic’s activities, that it designs products for the betterment
of mankind. Most apparent is this dictum in that Cybertronic is
responsible for the most cutting-edge applied technology known today,
particularly in the areas of medicine, genetics, and waste reclamation.
In the address made by Preston Marshal during the third annual stock
holders meeting, this leading Cybertronic spokesman put it this way:
“The time is now! Instead of attempting to better the fickle ways of
nature, we are now on the verge of perfecting ourselves through
technology. By doing so, we achieve a state of excellency previous
undreamed of. We have become greater than nature; more than the
whimsical capricious bitch that birthed us and left us to struggle
alone and frail. She will now bow to us!”
Of the four divisions making up the RDM, the most important is ARD,
Advanced Research and Development. At its headquarters beneath the
Cybertronic HQ on Luna, work progresses around the clock as scientists
break new ground in creating the amazing inventions for which
Cybertronic is known.
Although it is important, ARD itself is but one of four major areas
within the RDM, none of which would be able to exist without the input
of the others. Execution, Production and Distribution (EPD) is
responsible for issues of processing and manufacturing. It handles all
of the industry necessary for the physical creation of the products
Cybertronic develops. In many ways, therefore, EPD is the most
important department of the entire Corporation, for without it nothing
would ever make the transition from product specifications to actual
consumer goods.
The work which results in the astounding array of cybernetic products
is done by the Cybernetics Research and Implementation (CRI) division
whose employees all specialize in various areas of Cybernization-the
act of readying and outfitting a human body with cybernetic
enhancements. All of the cybernetic implants, and the manufacturing of
the chemicals used in conjunction with those implants, are designed by
CRI's scientists.
A small sub division of the CRI manages the Cyclon Organ Centers (COC)
that Cybertronic has created throughout the system. These Organ Centers
are little more than body banks, places the disenfranchised may go to
sell off various organs and limbs or where the unfortunate come to
purchase replacement body parts that are lost to some accident or
battle. With the Brotherhood’s stringent ban on mechanized
replacements, the use of natural organs to replace lost ones is a
process that they can not find fault for. While the COC maintains it
would be far easier to simply clone a replacement part, this technology
has been banned severely since the Age of Faith and is considered
tantamount to Heresy. Since the other Megacorporations staunchly
support this opinion, cloning is not a science studied openly today.
The specifications both for implants and consumer goods are, in
conjunction with input from other departments, created by the
Engineering Development and Application (EDA) department, under whose
aegis all of the engineering for Cybertronic falls. EDA is also charged
with creating the necessary blueprints for the machinery which goes
into the manufacturing of the goods Cybertronic sells, although the
ultimate responsibility for creating that machinery ties with the EPD.
Although there is a good measure of rivalry between the departments,
each is seen as vital to the corporate structure, yet all agree that
without ARD, which provides the raw ideas, none of the other divisions,
let alone Cybertronic itself, would be viable.
The AEM
The Administration, Economics and. Management division (AEM) is the
business arm of Cybertronic and, of the three vertexes, it is the
largest. In many ways, it can be said to be the most important, as it
deals with the whole of corporate society. The AEM is responsible for
keeping tabs on all of Cybertronic's holdings and keeping the wheels of
the new Megacorporation turning smoothly.
As such, those who work in this division must have the knowledge
necessary to keep such an organization moving forward and the judgment
needed to make important and difficult decisions. This is especially
apparent at those times that a Cybertronic employee goes rogue and
makes efforts to sell technology to a competing Megacorporation.
Legislation and Applied Justice (LAJ) is the legal arm of Cybertronic.
This division is responsible for seeing that the corporate laws are
followed, and it metes out punishment to employees unwise enough to
break the code. It is thought that LAJ is the division responsible for
the “tragic” accidents which seem to befall those rare individuals who
leave Cybertronic for other Corporations, though no direct involvement
has ever been proven and the occurrence is admittedly rare.
Education, Training and Publicity (ETP) is the division which
creates orientation programs and additional educational media for
Cybertronic employees. ETP is also responsible for creating the ideas
for all of Cybertronic's media, since The Collective sees advertising
as nothing more than another form of education. In the same vein, ETP
also handles all of Cybertronic's public relations efforts, including
the quarterly and annual reports which are so eagerly awaited by
investors.
The day-to-day administration of the Corporation is controlled by the
Administrative Bureaucratic Control (ABC) division. ABC is responsible
for making sure that products are sent out to consumers in a timely
manner, that orders and requisitions are processed correctly and that
internal affairs run smoothly. This division is the largest of the AEM
divisions, due to the enormous volume of administrative work that needs
to be done.
Second in size to ABC is the financial arm of Cybertronic, known as
Finance and Economic Forecasting (FEF). None of the employees of
Cybertronic would draw their salaries; none of the materials which the
RDM pillar requisitions would be paid for, none of the media time would
be purchased were it not for this division. The FEF is also responsible
for minting the Credits with which all Cybertronic financial
transactions are conducted.
The SWI
Security, Warfare and Intelligence (SWI), the last pillar of
Cybertronic, both supports and taxes the resources of the other
pillars. The SWI quite literally supports the other two pillars, for
without it, there would be no need for the others who would not be able
to save themselves from the predations of their larger and more
established rivals.
Contrary to the Brotherhood’s political spin, Cybertronic approaches
war reluctantly, largely since they are the smallest of the
Megacorporations and cannot match the military might of their rivals,
yet. As a result of their size, they are focusing their efforts on
defense and trade. When they must make war, it is swift, bloody and
usually final. Having mastered defensive fighting, Cybertronic is able
to quickly fortify and hold acquisitions other Megacorporations would
have difficulty maintaining. Their ultimate strength however lies in
the technology that they have produced, as it has given them both
something to offer and afforded them superior response and mobility
against those who would take it.
Society
"Meet your full potential at Cybertronic."
-ETP ad slogan-
The society of Cybertronic is unique amongst the other
Megacorporations. There is little to no crime whatsoever within their
society and the morale of the people is unbelievably high regardless of
their station. Considering the fact that most of Cybertronic’s
employees at one time or another belonged to other Corporations, this
fact is truly an amazing phenomenon. There are numerous theories about
how Cybertronic has achieved such a balanced and content society but in
the end, they are only theories.
Within Bauhaus, the interdisciplinary theory created by the group
of scientists led by then General Jean-Louis Offenhauer has come to be
the prevailing one. In short, it believes that Cybertronic has
developed biochemical methods for altering the body's physical
functions, and even the functions of the mind, the nervous system and
the brain are manipulated by a secret substance, bacterium or genetic
pattern.
By infecting a person with this substance, his brain begins to work in
line with the Cybertronic mentality, with little or no emotional
influence in the decision-making process. The theory's main support is
based on the fact that the Cybertronic crew is infamous for being
predictable, almost machine-like in doing what seems most logical at
the time, taking absolutely ALL possible factors into account.
Jean-Louis Offenhauer, 96, is currently a chairman of Cyberchemical.
Former Capitol Psychologist Dr. Simon Sullivan, expert on psychological
combat reactions, theorized that the Cybertronic Phenomenon is the
effect of a mental abnormality among the traitors. Faced with the
perpetual threat from the Dark Legion, the terror-propaganda from the
Brotherhood, and the high demands from society, these persons have been
struck by a mental disease which reminds us of schizophrenia, causing
them to give up their past and start a new career in a fresh,
ungrudging environment. The decrease in stress levels and emotional
expectation causes a shift in the personality of the victim. The
syndrome, he continues, also changes the brain's chemical makeup, which
improves the capability of logical thinking and calculation while
suppressing emotions and imagination.
The theory has gained much renown amongst both Capitolians and the
Cartel, and even if no one takes it seriously, the Sullivan Syndrome
still causes lots of trouble to the Cybertronic propaganda machine.
Dr. Sullivan died from heart failure at the age of 28.
According to Imperial, people are persuaded to become agents for
Cybertronic in the same manner as Heretics of the Dark Legion. There
has never been any proof of these activities, and of course,
Cybertronic has neither admitted nor denied this though competing
corporations spend huge sums on the forces that track down these
infiltrators. Ninety percent of the persons that are accused of the
crime of being a Cybertronic infiltrator confess, but that same
percentage of the time, it takes torture to make them do so. In any
event, the Imperial theory is the only one endorsed by the ISC and the
Brotherhood jointly.
What is actually known about Cybertronic’s society can be obtained
from the files of Cyberchemical and Cybertronic Investment Inc. From
the inception of Cyberchemical, the Mannerheims ensured that each and
every employee received extensive medical and psychological care; to
the early founders these were issues of employee care that could not be
ignored. Today, every employee receives an extensive psychological
evaluation which helps determine what that employee is both capable of
and what they ultimately wants out of life. If this practice is still
used within Cybertronic, then it would mean that the Corporation could
help their employees realize their ultimate potential. It would know
their dreams, their desires, the depths of their abilities and it would
allow Cybertronic to accurately place each of their employees within
the corporate structure, ensuring the utmost in efficiency while
allowing its employees an unparalleled sense of job satisfaction.
Military
“Do not blink when Cybertronic wages war against you or you may miss
your own defeat.” -Kaptain Fredrick Weiss, Bauhaus Military-
Cybertronic’s military is the smallest of any of the Megacorporations.
It makes up for this shortcoming by its vast, technological
superiority. Not only Cybertronic’s weapons, but even its soldiers, are
full of electronic systems far more advanced than those of the other
corporations.
While Cybertronic rarely uses Hostile Takeovers to grow (unlike
Imperial), they are an aggressively expanding Megacorporation, fighting
to gain land, raw materials, production facilities and marketing areas.
If Cybertronic does pull a Hostile Takeover, it is fast, precise and
surgical. When this occurs, agents from the Internal & External
Security Division (IES) insert into a target area to take out
resistance while the Corporation submits the proper paperwork to the
Cartel. By the time the Hostile Takeover has been approved by the
Cartel and a notice sent to the sight’s parent Corporation, Cybertronic
is already moving its own personnel in to retool the sight for its own
purposes. This is rare, since angering the larger Corporations
(Bauhaus, Capitol and Mishima) would mean certain death, which means
that most Hostile Takeovers are against Cybertronic’s rival, Imperial.
For those who try and overrun a Cybertronic facility, a vast
technological threat awaits them. Each site is protected by a
combination of highly motivated and technologically superior troops and
automated defense weapons unseen on the battlefield since before the
“Fall”.
On the open battlefield, Cybertronic uses speed, deception and
their technological superiority to bring a swift end to the conflict.
The SWI has created a vast system of tacticians and analytical
programming that has the ability to predict enemy movements and adapt
to the battle faster than any human mind can hope to achieve. This is
called the Cybertronic Defence Network or CDN for short. Every unit in
the Cybertronic Army is mobile and connected to the CDN to create a
“hive like” mind that can react to any battle stimuli in record time.
Cybertronic likes to constantly relocate its troops on the battlefield
in a truly mind boggling fashion, since its tactics are re-calculated
by the minute to react to unfolding situations, in an attempt to create
a weakness in the opposing force. These weaknesses are mercilessly
exploited to achieve a quick and decisive victory.
The MCR
The Military Conflict and Resolution branch of the SWI is the main
battle force of the Cybertronic Corporation. Its human troops are
extremely well trained and equipped, with much of that equipment
integrated into their own bodies. Unfortunately they are few in number
and each loss costs the Corporation dearly. In recent years,
Cybertronic has relied upon robotics to fill out the ranks of the MCR,
both in the large Juggernaut and Cuirassier divisions and the smaller
automated remote drones.
The IES
Where Cybertronic cannot preemptively end a conflict with a single
bullet, it uses guerrilla tactics and lightning assaults to destroy an
enemy before it is even aware that it has been engaged. The troops that
perform these duties are known within the SWI as Internal &
External Security, or IES for short.
Support Units
Cybertronic’s Support Structure revolves around the different armored
combat A.I.s that is available to the Corporation. Each of these
Support Units has a unique mission criterion that has been programmed
into their living brains, ensuring that the unit is completely ready
for the mission at hand. While other Corporations may rely on large,
cumbersome mobile armor, of fixed artillery emplacements, Cybertronic’s
reliance on speed and mobility restricts much of its Support units to
small, agile and deadly configurations.
-The Cuirassier Division The Cuirassier program’s goal is to
create the ultimate thinking machine in the field of war; soldiers that
do not require rest, food, or housing, and are capable of withstanding
adverse conditions throughout the Solar System; soldiers that neither
questioned orders nor felt fear.
Cybertronic scientists and computer engineers have made enormous
strides in this direction, with sophisticated humanoid machines that
are comparable to human soldiers in maneuverability, agility and
adaptability, but lack the frailties of human nature. While the level
of fail-safes, buffers and protective programming within these machines
are high, some problems still occur. This may be due to latent Dark
Symmetry that the unit’s shielded circuitry did not properly deal with
or it could simply be the fact that in mass-production, mistakes happen
that cause defective merchandise to occur, even in the vaunted
Cybertronic equipment.
-The Juggernaut Division Cybertronics most sophisticated
designs fall in the realm of combining man and machine, from the
cybernetic implants that are standard issue amongst its troops to the
sophisticated “smart” weapons controlled by remote operators. The
pinnacle of this cybernetic military doctrine is the Juggernaut
Division of Cybertronic’s SWI. The R&D wizards of the Juggernaut
Division have managed to break the barriers of the flesh and create
soldiers who are far more machine then man. The fruits of these labors
have spawned the steely backbone of Cybertronic’s Mobile Armor, The
Eradicator Deathdroid and the Termination Drone series of combat
robots.
The EDD has proven exceedingly resilient to the effects of the
supernatural due to the minimal amount of human tissue within the
chassis and the extent of the A.I. in the infrastructure.
Unfortunately, the Juggernaut scientists have yet to completely
stabilize the merger of man and machine and there are reports of EDD’s
going amok during battles. These reports do not outweigh the overall
effectiveness of the EDD’s in numerous battlefield encounters though
and Cybertronic employs several versions of the EDD in all major
theaters of war.
The Termination Drone series, from 4500 to 8000, represent a more
robust and powerful combat unit that is capable of effectively wiping
out large forces of infantry and immobilizing enemy armor with ease.
The TDs are relatively new to Cybertronic but their effectiveness
cannot be denied. Currently, most Termination Drones are in service
defending Cybertronic holdings throughout the solar system and have not
entered the theatres of corporate war.
-The CIT Division The Cybernetic Intelligent Transport
Division is a subdivision of the Juggernaut Division and is focused
upon creating vehicles that are completely autonomous of a human
driver. Working mainly from the idea that a vehicle that does not need
an operator is more efficient, CIT research & development teams
devised an Operating System that is entirely unique from the other
Cybernetic Divisions. Most of the other Cybetronic A.I.s were designed
after humanoid constructs, since it was easier to integrate behavior,
responses, motion and compatibilities in both hardware and software
that are based on a human model. The CIT had to completely design their
A.I. from scratch, using some basic templates from pre-Fall
transportation and construction equipment, and molding it around
different chasses.
CIT designs are not widely in use on the battlefield and are
regulated to specialized roles within the Cybertronic Military. This
may change with the swift expansion of Cybertronic military operations,
as the need to have quickly adaptable mobile armor and air support that
can be salvaged and re-used indefinitely is a definite commodity.
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