Approved Tech Vrahlgeist Symbiote Node Mk. I

[Darth Prazutis]

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• Intent: To develop a limited production Sith aligned pilot assistance node for Kainate starfighters, acting as a neuro cybernetic co-processor and system manager that reduces pilot strain during combat while enhancing reaction time and system harmony.
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  • Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
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• Manufacturer:
  
  • Malsheem Hypernautics and Manufacturing
• Affiliation:
  
  • The Kainate
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Vrahlgeist Symbiote Node Mk. I
• Modularity: No
• Production: Limited
• Material:
  • Alchemized Neurofiber Sheath
  • Bloodsteel Lattice Cortex
  • Ritual-Engraved Boneframe
  • Obsidian Neural Glass
  • Hemolytic Sync Fluid Reservoir

• Combat Reflex Co-Processor: A sub-neural cortex module that assists in live threat prioritization, system routing, and predictive maneuver suggestions based on pilot input, sensor data, and occult battlefield readings. It reduces decision lag and offloads multitasking from the primary pilot-mind, offering smoother performance under high-stress conditions.
• Occultive Bonded Interface: Grafted at the neuro-symbolic level to the ship's control systems, the Vrahlgeist Node uses dark runic threads and organic impulse patterns to form a semi-sentient link with the vessel. It interprets intention, fear, and instinct, not just data, allowing the ship to feel alive in combat.
• Subsystem Oversight & Redirection: In real time, the node adjusts and prioritizes power flow between targeting, propulsion, shielding, and electronic warfare systems. In emergencies, it can assume control of non-critical systems to allow the pilot total focus on survival and destruction.
• Ghost-Whisper Memory Web: Harvested from lobotomized dark side initiates, the Node possesses residual combat memories and reaction pathways embedded into its architecture. These "ghost threads" activate under extreme stress, mimicking instinctual responses of former Sith warriors long dead.

• Pilot Burden Reduction: By taking over background system harmonization and routing functions, the Node frees the pilot to focus entirely on movement, targeting, and reaction. In chaotic skirmishes where traditional AI would lag or freeze, the Node's instinctual memory web allows for intuitive triage.
• Dark Synchronization Advantage: The occult nature of the bond allows the Vrahlgeist to anticipate shifts in pilot intent even before controls are engaged. This creates a sense of synergy between pilot and ship, commands do not feel "executed," they feel inevitable.
• Failsafe Cognitive Override: In the event of pilot incapacitation, the Node can retain operational stability for critical seconds or initiate pre-programmed evasive or attack patterns. This preserves the fighter for potential recovery or posthumous damage maximization.

• Sentient Instability Risk: Though partially lobotomized, the Node's ghost-memory web has occasionally exhibited signs of resurgent consciousness. These rare events may cause momentary targeting confusion or influence pilot instinct with alien emotional residue.
• Dark Side Dependency: In Force Nullification such as Ysalamiri fields, the Node's effectiveness is reduced significantly. Without access to instinctual currents or runic pathways, it defaults to a less capable, slower response mode comparable to standard droid brains.
• Non-Transferable Bonding: Each Node must be ritually bound to its host ship and pilot during installation. This ritual cannot be repeated or reassigned, meaning once destroyed, the Node cannot be replaced or swapped mid-campaign without a full rebinding process.

The Vrahlgeist Symbiote Node Mk. I was developed deep within the biocryptic laboratories of Malsheem under the direct oversight of the Shadow Hand Darth Prazutis, where dark alchemists and Sith engineers toiled to solve one of the Kainate's oldest fighter problems: how to match the demands of modern system-heavy starfighters with the biological limits of even the most elite Sith pilots. Rather than creating another droid-brain module or AI assistant, the Sith looked inward, into the grave. Using lobotomized, alchemically preserved remnants of fallen dark side acolytes, they crafted a partial consciousness housed in a synthetic boneframe and seeded with Sith runes. The result was not an artificial intelligence, but a dark intelligence, a biologically reactive node that felt instinct, interpreted command intent, and understood pain.

The Node is not chatty. It is not intelligent in the traditional sense. But it listens. It senses threat vectors before sensors ping. It reallocates power before a warning flashes. It guides weapon convergence the instant the pilot's rage rises. It whispers nothing but compliance, yet it is never idle. Mounted within the cockpit itself, often behind or beneath the main pilot cradle, the Node interfaces directly with the targeting suite, internal network, and control lattice. Its neuroglass "eye" occasionally glows faintly with crimson as it pulses with battlefield reaction. Most pilots refer to it not as a tool, but as a watcher, one that never blinks.

Its inclusion is considered an incredible upgrade far surprassing standard methods used by others in the galaxy. It became another development to shatter the ceiling of limitations, part of the efforts the Shadow Hand is leading to push the Kainate beyond all others. Though some fear the Node's whispering thoughts during long missions, none dispute its effectiveness in combat. In a world of instinct, dread, and reaction, Vrahlgeist does not simply assist.

It acts.

 

[MANIAC]

Darth Prazutis

Cool sub again.

Approved.