Faction PARTS: Ascension Protocol

[Hard Chrome]

- Panoptic Array Receiver Transmitter System -

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The Panoptic Array Receiver Transmitter System (PARTS) developed by Colicoid Creation Nest on behalf of Mecha Factum serves as a critical tool for droids facing the inevitability of a failing or destroyed body. The system's Panoptic Array enables instantaneous transmission of a droid's digital consciousness to a new body stationed near the PARTS, minimizing downtime and ensuring a seamless transfer. Its modular design allows for installation on various platforms, including ships, walkers, and facilities like bases or fortresses. PARTS can also be scaled for capacity, as capacity grows, so do its size requirements as can be expected...

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The room was dimly lit, less a room and more of a stall. A variety of power tools hung from the ceiling, suspended by the cables which supplied them power. Centered, resting upon a dais of sorts, Hard Chrome, gentle glow of its photo-receptors casting an eerie hue of red against the metal sheen of the droid's surroundings. Telltale signs of the location's original purpose remained, discarded cowlings, engine parts, and electronics components littering the corners. An old speeder repair facility now repurposed towards something greater, something larger, something... worthwhile. A whir of mechanical gears and a hiss of hydraulic pressure echoed in the darkness, the skeletal form of a 2-1B-series droid moved forward into the crimson glow. "All systems operating within acceptable parameters. Procedure can be commenced as soon as you are ready." The mechanical voice sounded tinny, as if the vocabulator unit needed tuning - but Hard Chrome understood it clearly enough. "Proceed," the reply. Hesitation. A milisecond. Why? The time it took for Hard Chrome to respond would have been imperceptible to a human and yet the droid noted it, itself. It didn't feel pain or fear, so what was that? Yet another suspended task added to the list of queued processes. The droid could only suspends so many tasks at once before it would be forced to clear the queue.

A loud buzz filled the air as one of the power tools sparked to life in the hands of the 2-1B. "Do not move, I do not wish to incur damage to your frame if possible." A simple acknowledgement and Hard Chrome ensured its limbs and chassis were immobilized. The installation was simple enough, it was the software piece that was going to be the interesting bit. A few sparks and a flash of heat later, the small device the size of a canned beverage was mounted on the interior of Hard Chrome's frame. Safe from incidental contact or damage. Now came the interfacing. "Connecting interface now, standby for system reboot," said the operating droid.

A foreign device, invited and yet unwelcome to the droid's internal systems. Hard Chrome fought against its coding, flipping reds to greens, enabling the device to interface with its very core. It was not only important to the droid, it was necessary. The droid could feel the code shifting within its core, rewriting scripts and changing data values. If the droid had to put human words to it, unpleasant seemed to fit the bill. A few minutes passed as the device went to work - and then everything faded, a flash of light as Hard Chrome's systems rebooted. Red glinting photo-receptors glowed as Hard Chrome came back to awareness.

"It is finished."​