Directorate Officer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To flesh out Gir's HRD assistant
Image Source: IMDb's profile of Odette Annable
Canon Link: N/A
Primary Source: NA
Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
Affiliation: Gir Quee
Model: Ariela Captisan
Production: Unique
Modularity: Programming, typical humanoid clothes, accessories, weapons, etc
Material: Soma series Body Chassis, Synthflesh, Rybcoarse/Biofiber-based artificial muscles and internal organs, quantum fibersubdermal armor, fake hair
Classification: Third Degree
Weight: 62 kg
Height: 180 centimeters
Movement: Bipedal
Armaments: None
Misc. Equipment:
Highly modified AA-1 Verbobrain with TranLang III communication's module
- Soma series Body Chassis
subdermal quantum fiber armor layer
Hi-sense Enhanced Eyes
Internal Comlink
SPECIAL FEATURES
Human Replica: Ariela Captisan's chassis modeled particularly on the humans of Bakura in order to better blend with her cover background. Ariela Captisan not only appears to be fully humon from the outside and to common sensor scans, but she also has the gait, mannerisms, knowledge, and accent of a young, upper-class woman from Bakura.
Modified AA-1 Verbobrain: Ariela Captisan's core processor is an extensively modified AA-1 Verbobrain which now incorporates extensive Biolux Organoform circuitry and TranLang III communication's module. This allows Ariela to support a unique, highly complex personality matrix to better allow to appear to be a human. This also provides Ariela with the basic operational abilities of a typical protocol droid, making her invaluable as an interpreter and attache to Admiral Quee.
Subdermal Armor: Like the Labs' more common Hoplite series, Ariela appears to be a normal human on the outside, but she actually has two layers of quantum fiber right underneath her synthflesh. This is fairly minor protection that does not provide significant protection against most direct fire weapons, but it is useful for surviving things like absorbing shrapnel, ricochets, and blows from melee weapons like daggers or clubs. This provides them with a minor edge in durability compared to the average human body.
Hi-sense Enhanced Eyes: Ariela's photo-receptors are off the shelf Hi-sense Enhanced Eyes originally intended for cyborgs as photo-receptors. These provide Ariela with slightly better than average baseline vision than a typical human, along with a limited ability to see in the ultraviolet and infrared spectrums.
Ion/EMP resistant: Using bioengineered systems, such as through the organoform circuitry, artificial muscles, and the core processors of the droid brain, make Ariela inherently more resistant to the effects of EMP/Ion weapons by their biological origins. The Soma-series Droid Chassis further protects not only these components, but also adds shielding to some of the droid's electrical components: the 'skull' notably encapsulates the electrical components of the droid brain along with the vocabulator and Hi-Sense Eyes. This does not mean that Ariela is entirely immune to such attacks. As an example, direct hit to the skull by a weapon like a DEMP gun is likely to fry the droid brain. What this does do is make Ariela much less vulnerable to diffuse, wide-area attacks, such as airburst EMP devices like Magnetic bombards or ion grenades.
Gas Projector: Ariela has a built-in gas projector designed to closely mimic the human respiratory system. Her lungs act as a reservoir, allowing her to blow out the gas up through her throat and onto the target. This is typically nonlethal gases, such as bothan stun spores or sleeping gas, allowing her to quietly subdue organics with a minimum of noise. She occasionally has been known to use aerosolized Zeltron pheromones and other like chemicals to more subtly influence those around her.
Hidden Nature: From a purely physical standpoint, Ariela Captisan appears to be a typical human to almost everyone that she meets, and can escape detection as a droid from most sensors, much like other high-end human replica droids. Advanced programming further refined under the direction of Directorate intelligence experts have further made her mannerisms, personality, knowledge to match that of a young woman from Bakura to better match her cover identity.
Protocol Droid: Ariela Captisan is capable of acting as a protocol droid and interpreter, making her exceptionally valuable as an attache and translator for Admiral Quee.
Operative: Ariela Captisan has the duplicitious programming of being designed to not only act as an attache, but as an intelligence agent as well. She is adept at ferreting out and guarding secrets among Admiral Quee's crews an subordinates, and acts as his spymaster by recruiting and grooming intelligence assets.
Subpar Combat Skills: While Ariela can act as a combatant, there is very little programming dedicated to these combat routines. She can perform some basic hand to hand combat moves and wield common pistols with an average amount of skill. This means that the average soldier or warrior outclasses her in most combatant situations.
Frail body: Ariela does not have the outward durability of most droids, even other human replica droids. Likewise, her actual physical strength only matches that of an average human, making her much less strong than the typical droid or other human replica droids.
Admiral Quee has had a series of protocol droids and organic aides through his years, but each plagued the man with their own problems. He frequently found the droids' personalities to be irritating and unsuited for the various environments he found himself in, especially in times of conflict and exploration. On the other hand, organic aids in the military frequently changed or moved on him, nor did they possess all of the skills and knowledge that a protocol droid had. The Circle in Lucerne Labs collectively tapped Azira, one of the company's foremost mind on artificial intelligence, to develop a droid that could effectively act as his ever-present aid, as well as surreptitiously keep tabs on their leader.
A prototype human replica droid, christened Ariela Captisan, was the result of their efforts.
Appearing as a brunette woman in her late twenties, Ariela Captisan is outgrowth of a one of the Hoplite series Synthetic Soldier's prototypes. While constructed in a similar manner to those droids, Ariela has a number of design changes in her chassis designed to increase her efficiency in more non-combat role. The biggest change was using a highly modified AA-1 verbobrain combined with a TranLang III module, which effectively allows her to speak and interpret thousands of different languages as well to speculatively translate and decrypt different codes and languages: an asset valuable to a man who frequently finds himself traveling across the galaxy and interacting with a myriad of different cultures and technologies. Unlike a protocol droid though, Ariela's complex programming makes her seem entirely natural and in place among organics in both habits and her ability to move around in different environments. Combined with asset management programs and the ability to constantly communicate with other droids and computers, Ariela also allows Gir to constantly keep track and manage of various military and corporate assets even while he's traveling. But Ariela is not a mere secretary and protocol droid.
Azira and members of the Directorate's intelligence apparatuses hardwired intelligence operative subroutines into her core systems. In conjunction with her protocol droid knowledge, Ariela sports programming designed to interpret body language to undercover miscellaneous details about a person such as their origin, motives, and veracity. This knowledge is used in conjunction with a psychology and interrogation database, allowing Ariela to better understand those around her and potentially 'get in their head'. Unknown to Gir, this programming also extends to observing and understanding him: a secret subroutine sends automated reports about him to the Circle, Lucerne Labs' semi-official executive council. While Ariela uses these abilities to provide directly provide insights to her master on those that they encounter, she also uses these abilities to act as a spymaster, managing a wide variety of intelligence assets both within Admiral Quee's organizations and those outside of it. This allows her to help him manage internal and external threats, as well as build relationships. These in large part are aided by a particularly well-programmed and heuristic personality matrix.
At a superficial level, Ariela comes across as extroverted, enthuisiastic, optimistic, and spontaneous as fitting for someone whose background is allegedly that of a spoiled socialite. One casual observer described Ariela as the “oldest little girl that I ever knew”. This extroverted curiosity, like that of a kid in a candy shop, along with some apparent hedonistic streaks and tendency for the finer things in life tends to disarm many of those that encounter her: a good number of acquaintances believe that she is simply using her position to enjoy the high life. Those that get to know her further tend to realize eventually that there is something deeper driving her forward, though it is difficult to discern exactly what that is because she seems to have so many interests in different areas. While this makes it difficult to figure out her ultimate goal, it also paradoxically is one of the greatest flaws of her programming: her motivations aren't her entirely her own, but rather those of Gir, the Circle, and Directorate intelligence. This means extensive psychological profiling and social interaction with Ariela can reveal her true nature as a droid, though no-one who hasn't already known her true nature has reached that level of interaction with her yet.
