Unreviewed Malediction Co-Processor "Familiar" Core Mk. I

[Darth Prazutis]

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• Intent: To create a Kainate exclusive battle co-pilot computation core that fuses Sith augury logic with advanced fire control, orchestrating bomb release profiles, seam timing, and wing deconfliction for the Velakorr-class Sith Tactical Bomber.
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• Manufacturer:
  
  • Malsheem Hypernautics and Manufacturing
• Affiliation:
  
  • The Kainate
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Malediction Co-Processor "Familiar" Core Mk. I
• Modularity: No
• Production: Limited
• Material:
  • Bloodsteel Heatspreader Cage
  • Sigil-Wire Control Lattice Substrate
  • Lignan-doped Logic Crystal Stack
  • Scarred Kyberite Phase Modulator Sliver
  • Ashen-Quench Dielectric Backplane
  • Bloodpane Micro-Optic Status Window
  • Hexphase Ceramic Isolators
  • Reaver-grade Crowbar Surge Links

• Shadow-Mind Fusion Engine: The Familiar ingests Shadow Mind overlays, live sensor returns, target mass profiles, and shield harmonic readings into a single firing picture. It resolves drop order, interval, and aiming cues in real time, handing the crew a continuously refreshed solution rather than a static pre-brief. This fusion engine is designed to thrive amid clutter and jamming by comparing ritual signatures, kinematic trends, and emissions history all at once.
• Scry-Lens Coupled Targeting Node: Direct coupling to the Scry-Lens Bombardment Suite lets the Familiar predict seam timing, collapse windows, and weak-point exposures seconds in advance. It computes depth keys for Bloodfire, Spinebreaker, Netherpierce, Howlshard, and Nullshock profiles and then aligns bay cadence to the exact instant a corridor opens. The node also verifies that Harrowleech breach geometry and axial lance paths remain clear before authorizing release.
• Wingmesh Deconfliction Protocols: Familiar-to-Familiar links form a secure mesh that assigns lanes, altitudes, and release offsets across an entire Velakorr element. If one bomber is displaced by flak or evasive maneuvers, the mesh reshuffles spacing and hands revised orders without breaking the strike rhythm. The protocol favors collision-free geometry and fratricide-free corridors above raw tempo, then restores tempo once spacing is clean.
• Autoprofiled Release Pilot Assist: If the pilot is stunned, masked, or blinded by flash, the Familiar can fly the terminal release profile on rails. It trims throttle, attitude, and bay doors to match the computed solution, then hands control back the instant ordnance clears. The assist keeps human intent at the center by requiring a pre-armed consent that can be revoked at any time.
• Ritual Logic Stack With Sigil-Wire Biasing: A Sigil-Wire lattice and Lignan-doped crystal stack let the processor weight solutions using Kainate augury heuristics without broadcasting a heavy ECM footprint. Scarred kyberite slivers act as phase modulators that condition timing pulses through the lattice, sharpening microsecond-level release gating. The result is a computation style that feels predictive to adversaries but remains quiet and disciplined on the spectrum.
• Ashen Seal Aware Power Isolation: The Familiar rides inside a Bloodsteel cage tied to the Ashen Seal Isolation Grid. Reaver-grade crowbar links and hexphase ceramics clamp surges and cut faults so EMP, ion wash, and Nullshock-style backflow do not poison the core. Even under partial bus casualties, the co-processor remains on a clean rail and can black-start itself in a fixed order after a hit.
• Friend-or-Foil Safeguards and Safe-Cone Mapping: The core subscribes to Shadow-Phase decoy choreography, Harrowleech seam geometry, and bomb-bay state to map protected volumes around the aircraft. It inhibits releases that would intersect decoys, foil clouds, or friendly hulls and only re-arms when the danger cone clears. These interlocks are hardware-enforced and persist even if higher-level software is degraded.
• Black-Start, Event Trail, and Deck Integration: After any isolation event the Familiar proves gates, rebuilds clocks, and restores interfaces in a timed ladder that favors flight control, Scry-Lens, and bay actuation before secondary subsystems. A sealed event trail is logged to Bloodpane micro-optics for maintenance crews so only worked panels are swapped. Deck crews can flash new strike scripts while the airframe fuels and re-arms without taking the core offline.
• Quick-Turn Service Rails: The cruciform arms ride on slide rails that deck crews can draw like drawers for fast reload and inspection. Shock-pins and alignment keys prevent tolerance creep, so crews can slam a fresh weapon into the rack under pressure without sacrificing concentricity. Turnaround time drops while green-board reliability remains high.
• Misfire Retrieval Protocol: If a seat cycle fails or a bomb refuses a handshake, the autoloader reverses, re-locks the cradle, and floods the bay throat with inert gas. The carousel parks the suspect arm away from the drop axis and flags it for crew action with a fault code log. This ensures a misbehavior never traps the bay or delays a clean weapon in the next arm.

• Surgical Release Mastery: Familiar cuts circular error on bomb release by aligning velocity, aspect, and seam timing to a single plan. Velakorr wings thread lances, bombs, and breach corridors with a precision that would be impractical by hand under fire. The effect is most visible when striking moving capital hulls or shield facets that cycle rapidly.
• Wing Orchestration At Scale: Mesh deconfliction lets multiple bombers attack as one organism rather than a stack of single ships. Strikes arrive as overlapping waves that appear effortless to observers but are the product of constant micro-adjustments. This orchestration amplifies the lethality of every Kainate munition carried.
• Quiet Brain, Low Profile: The computation style avoids noisy active emissions and rides inside Nightcloak silent windows. Adversary scopes see fewer timing tells than with conventional fire control computers that chatter while they think. The bomber stays hard to lock even while the plan is being solved.
• Resilience Under Fire: Ashen Seal awareness and Reaver crowbars keep the brain clean when the rest of the ship is suffering. The core can ride through spikes, cut itself free of bad rails, and come back online with its plan intact. Crews keep a thinking co-pilot when they would otherwise be blind.
• Pilot Safeguard And Continuity: Autoprofiled release protects the mission when flash, shock, or masking would normally spoil a run. The co-processor flies only the terminal slice and returns authority immediately after weapons are clear. This preserves human decision making while protecting the strike from last-second chaos.

• Force Nullification: Within Force Nullification zones, Sigil-Wire biasing and kyberite timing slivers lose their edge. The Familiar still computes and can fly the release, but predictions based on augury heuristics degrade to just above conventional fire control math. Accuracy and timing tighten back up once the craft exits the null field.
• Intelligence And Telemetry Dependency: The core performs best when it has deck plans, shield harmonic profiles, and Shadow Mind overlays to chew. If fed only thin sensor returns and guesswork schematics, it builds conservative solutions that may miss fleeting seam windows. Commanders must pair the Familiar with proper reconnaissance to unlock its full value.

The Malediction Co-Processor "Familiar" Core Mk. I is the Kainate's battle co-pilot designed first for use by the Velakorr-class Sith Tactical Bomber, a compact brain that lives between the Velakorr's fire control node and Scry-Lens suite. It was built in the furnaces and labs of Malsheem to solve the problem that defines precision strike: choosing the exact breath to release death. Instead of treating sensors, augury logic, and wing coordination as separate chores, the Familiar binds them into one discipline and keeps the bomber quiet while doing it.

Inside a Bloodsteel cage, a Sigil-Wire lattice rides atop a Lignan-doped crystal stack and scarred kyberite slivers. The core consumes Shadow Mind overlays, shield rhythms, target mass profiles, and wing geometry and turns them into drop order, depth keys, and seam timing that evolve as the fight shifts. When the Harrowleech cuts a corridor, the Familiar already has the lane vector and time-on-target in memory and hands release cues that align each bomb with that ghostly seam. If the pilot is dazzled by flash or monitors wash out under jamming, the Familiar trims the final seconds of the run and then vanishes from the controls once the bays spit fire.

Kainate doctrine values orchestration as much as raw force, and the Familiar reflects that doctrine in silicon and crystal. Velakorr elements link cores into a wingmesh that assigns lanes and intervals, corrects spacing when flak throws a ship wide, and prevents fratricide when decoys and foil clouds flood the sky. The same core respects Ashen-Seal power boundaries, clamps spikes with Reaver crowbars, and black-starts itself with a fixed ladder so it can keep thinking while the hull around it is being punished. Maintenance crews inherit clean event trails and can flash fresh strike scripts between sorties without opening the brain.

The Familiar is not a cloak and it is not a miracle. In null fields the augury edge flattens, and without reconnaissance it errs on caution rather than bravado. Yet in the hands of the Kainate it turns precision into a habit and timing into a weapon. Where Velakorr wings descend in crimson order, the Familiar is the quiet voice that makes the moment inevitable.