Squib Techie
- Intent: Create a virtual assistant.
- Image Source: funcMathias
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: Locke & Key
- Primary Source: Navi
- Manufacturer: Locke and Key Mechanics, SQUIB GAMES
- Affiliation: Darkwire
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: Modified Navi
- Modularity: Yes. As this is computer software, different forks can be developed.
- Production: Semi-Unique
- Material: Bio-Hexacrypt Code
- Voice-Enabled Assistant. Even slicers and terrorists like help managing the HoloNet of Things.
- Additional Security. Tails has additional security to try and prevent someone from doing to it what they did to Navi.
- Customizable Personality Matrix. Enables the user to tailor the voice type and personality of their Tails to suit their own preferences. Purely optional.
- Blocked By Company Policy. Some Navi features, such as monitoring vital signs, were disabled by default in order to decrease the number of available connections as required for the additional computer security required for operating on CryptNet-enabled devices.
- Merely A Manager. Tails doesn't do anything on its own. It's merely a tool for accessing and automating the execution of third-party apps, programs, or functions.
- I'm Sorry, I Didn't Get That. Voice-enabled software requires clear communication. If there's blasters, explosions, or a loud party going on... good luck with that.
- Only One Flash-Clear Away. Anything that harms computers will harm this.
Under Foot
was actually a long-time user and fan of Navi, so it's not surprising that Darkwire would publish its own take on Locke and Key's popular virtual assistant. SQUIB GAMES produced two forks of Navi, with Tatl being the other. In contrast to Tatl's spyware, Tails is merely a fork that offers greater security at the expense of some of Navi's basic functionality. This increased security allowed Tails to be used across a variety of wired and wireless devices, including CryptNet-compatible ones such as Darkwire's CryptLink.The name Tails was derived from the other fork, with the two forms being Tatl and Tails. The icon and logo for the fork were two fox-like tails, which were patterned on the two tails of the Squib that designed it.
By itself, Tails didn't actually do anything. Rather, it was a program designed to automate the execution of a function or other, third-party application by means of voice-recognition to supply the command that the program was to follow. The baseline personality matrix was sufficient for short conversations to follow-up or ask questions to clarify requests or supply suggestions for refinement, and could be adjusted by the user for voice type and developing quirks based on the personality that the user presented over the course of its use.
