Enyo Typhos
Control
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Sub an advanced infiltration HRD.
- Image Source: Here. Found on shutterstock.com.
- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: Upgraded variant of the Archangel Infiltration Droid. Archangel Processing Machine. ARD X-1 Human Replica Droids
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: Archangel Research and Design
- Model: ARD X-1d, also known as Doppelgangers
Production: Minor
- Affiliation: Archangel Research and Design, Closed Market.
- Modularity: Appearance, height, gender, appearance and programming are all changeable. Clients can request practically anything human or near-human, including near perfect replicas of others.
- Material: Low weight organic infused polymers, clone cartilage supports, facsimile organic organs, shielded electronic components.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- Classification: Third/Fourth Degree. HRDs straddle the line between combat and human interaction models
- Weight: Varies depending on what the processed organic weighs. Generally 50 - 80kgs.
Height: Varies depending on processed individual. Usually between 140 - 180cm. - Movement: Bipedal.
- Armaments: Aside from their strength these units have no in built weapons. They are programmed to use a wide variety of ranged and melee weapons though.
- Misc. Equipment: Visual processing modes; infrared, heat, low-light, 20x magnification. Concealed holorecorder, vocabulator capable of mimicking any known voice and speaking several thousand languages. Invisible communicator with audio or text broadcasting to other units on the same planet. (Secret holonet transceiver used by Archangel to control or monitor units.).
- Exceptional infiltrators
- Possesses fully functioning (but unnecessary) organs
- Advanced anti-slicing protcols and anti-malware software
- The unit is adaptable and able to learn as it progresses.
- The unorthodox design of the Doppelganger makes them extremely good at infiltration and at avoiding detection. Their bodies are made out of lightweight materiels and are of a non-magnetic construction so that they will not show up on scans. One would need a deep scan like an MRI to show that they are not normal. Light polymers and functioning organs conceal the metal and plastic parts. Their skin is soft to touch and feels human. Their movements lack the jerkiness and rigidty that sometimes show up with more standard HRD. Unless a unit sustains a serious wound they are almost indistinguishable from organics. They can even do things organics can such as cry, eat, drink, sweat etc.
- The products of extensive research into organic behaviour and practices, they are almost impossible to pick from humans. At best they can be near perfect replicas, at worst they can come off as a bit socially awkward, but easily within normal bounds. Their social protocols and ability to simulate emotion are even more advanced than that of the parent model. As a result they are almost indistinguishable from the organics they're trying to replicate.
- The Doppelgangers lack the superhuman strength of baseline HRDs, but have the strength of a fit organic of their race. Since they do not tire or feel pain they can fight and exert themselves longer than a comparable organic could.
- Limbs can be severed and severe damage done, but it will press on regardless until destroyed. As they are made of lighter materials they are easier to destroy, but as they feel no pain they still require disabling blows to the head or chest to knock them out.
- Anti-malware protocols and anti-slicing countermeasures make it more difficult to tamper with the units' programming, overwrite their core functions or otherwise turn them against their controllers.
Weaknesses:
- Standard machine weaknesses. They are vulnerable to ion, EMP and electrical discharges.
- In the high tech modern galaxy they are not invulnerable. Blaster bolts to the head or chest can disable them, as can powerful explosives. They are especially weak against lightsabres.
- While their mimicry and ability to pass for the organics they're pretending to be is exceptionally advanced, damage to their bodies will reveal their true nature by exposing their droid components. Likewise, with some focus an empath or mentalist could notice that while they seem human to all intents and purposes, something is off about them. For one, being machines, they lack internal emotion.
- As a tradeoff for their enhanced ability to replicate organic behaviour, they are physically weak compared to other HRDs. Their physical strength matches that of a very fit human being and their bodies are weak against damage. Heavy blaster fire, heavy weapons, explosions and the like will cut them down.
- Less tough. They have above average strength and resilience, but their physical toughness is not superhuman. Their lighter bodies make them agile and a lot better at passing for human, but also mean they are far less durable than a droid utilising a durasteel chassis.
- Eyes are a weak spot and thus good places to target.
DESCRIPTION
The Doppelganger represents Archangel's latest attempt to create an even more sophisticated HRD. It builds upon past projects such as the Infiltration Droid, and shares many similarities with it. Like their parent model, these Infiltrators are created by the Processing machine and are similar to Maelion Liates and Moira Skaldi in some aspects. Their regular human exteriors conceal a machine. A Doppelganger's droid brain is based on the mind of an organic template, which has been scanned and mapped via the Processing Machine.
The process produces a mental and physical facsimile. Like their parent model, these Infiltrators are created by the Processing machine and are similar to Maelion Liates and Moira Skaldi in some aspects. Their regular human exteriors conceal a machine. The droid's skin is cloned human skin from their original template. The skin is warm to touch and feels human. The blood and other organic materiel is synthetic, while the skeleton is made out of plastics and polymers. In contrast to the old Infiltration HRD, the polymers utilised for this model are even more lightweight. The weight matches that of the organics they're trying to impersonate, their movements do suffer from the stiffness or rigidity that more common HRDs sometimes display.
Furthermore, the droid possesses fully functioning organs. These facsimiles are unnecessary since it's a machine, but make it even more difficult to detect the replicant's true nature. Anything less comprehensive than a deep scan like an MRI will fail to reveal the truth. At least unless the droid suffers significant damage, in which case its true nature would be revealed rather easily. The Doppelganger's ability to simulate emotion and pass as an organic being is highly advanced. Intelligent and adaptable, they are the exact opposite of automatons.
As a tradeoff for its enhanced ability to act as an infiltrator, the Doppelganger is a poor combatant. It lacks the superhuman strength and durability of Archangel's more common HRD models. Rather its strength is that of a fit human, but not that of a killing machine. It is still useful as an assassin, but must rely more on careful planning, stealth and the element of surprise, as its ability to tank prolonged attacks is rather weak. Aside from its ability to act as a spy and assassin, the Doppelganger, as the name implies, also makes a good body double for individuals in need of one. Examples would be captains of industriy and heads of state, especially monarchs who often face the risk of being assassinated. As a cog in a machine it does its job rather well, which is how Archangel intends its droids to function.
