Unreviewed VSI-2 Voice of God

[Karl Von Strauss]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Permissions:

• N&Z
  • Ersteel SLCA
  • NZ C.H.A.R.M.01 [Concentrated Hypermatter Active Reactor Module]
  • ATHENA DCOS-1L [Direct Central Operating System]
  • NZ VR-TM [Voice Recognition and Translation mod]
  • ZEUS Mk II
• FAE
  • FAE/S-07 Symbiotic Ghost Link
  • FAE/S-11 Universal Communication Matrix
  • FAE/S-13 Unified Engagement Network

PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Materials:

• The Voice- Spine-Mounted Control Unit:
  • Ersteel SLCA Construction and Housing
  • Ionization Buffer
  • NZ C.H.A.R.M.01 [Concentrated Hypermatter Active Reactor Module]
  • Power Cell Reserve
  • Charging/interface Bays [12]
  • ATHENA DCOS-1L [Direct Central Operating System]
  • NZ VR-TM [Voice Recognition and Translation mod]
  • FAE/S-07 Symbiotic Ghost Link
  • FAE/S-11 Universal Communication Matrix
  • FAE/S-13 Unified Engagement Network
• The Choir- Individual Projectors [12]
  • Ersteel SLCA Construction and Housing
  • Ionization Buffer
  • Taozin Amulet
  • Reflec Coating
  • Optical Camouflage System
  • Power Cell
  • Gravitational Field Disruptor
  • Tractor/Pressor Unit
  • Repulsorlift
  • FAE/S-11 Universal Communication Matrix
  • FAE/S-13 Unified Engagement Network
  • ZEUS Mk II
  • Thermal Reservoir/Exhaust
  • Charging/interface dock

SPECIAL FEATURES

• The Voice: The Voice is the spine-mounted command and control system through which the operator directs Voice of God. Spoken Commands or, if enabled, neural input are interpreted by the system as desired outcomes. allowing for the operator to issue specified commands without needing to control each projector individually. The Voice then determines how the available projectors must work together to accomplish the command.
• The Choir: The Choir is the collective name for the twelve individual projector units that make up Voice of God. Each projector can fly and operate independently, but are designed to work together, combining their gravitational and tractor/pressor capabilities to produce effects beyond what a single projector could achieve. The number of active projectors determines the strength and complexity of what Voice of God can accomplish.
• Commands:
  • Tier I- Low-Moderate Power Usage
    • PUSH - The Choir establishes a coherent pressure vector behind the target.
    • PULL - The Choir establishes a force vector between themselves and the target.
    • FALL - The Choir establishes a localized gravitational gradient beneath and slightly toward the target. At the same time, tractor/pressor units apply a controlled downward vector.
    • RISE - The Choir establishes an artificial low-gravity region beneath the target while tractor units provide an upward vector.
  • Tier II- Moderate-High Power Usage
    • COME - Rather than simply attaching one tractor beam to the target, several projectors establish a converging force field. The projectors continuously adjust their vectors so that the target's acceleration is directed toward the operator.
    • AWAY - The Choir creates a diverging force field centered on the operator or another designated point. That means it can push someone away even if they're moving toward the operator from an unusual angle. Multiple projectors distribute the force to prevent the target from simply being spun sideways.
    • STOP - The Choir calculates the target's current momentum. Then it applies an opposing vector. Then they immediately transition to a stabilization field so gravity doesn't cause the person to stumble.
    • DEFLECT - The Choir creates a lateral force vector on an incoming object that alters its trajectory just enough for it to miss. Multiple objects require more power.
  • Tier III- High-Very High Power Usage
    • HOLD - The Choir establishes a dynamic equilibrium around the target; if the target moves left, rightward force, if the target moves right, leftward force, and so on. Effectively creating an invisible three-dimensional cage. This doesn't freeze an object or target in absolute space; it's only constantly correcting movement.
    • THROW - The Choir uses multiple projectors to accelerate a target toward a calculated trajectory, then shifts the applied force to redirect them toward a chosen destination. By continuously adjusting these vectors, the system can build momentum and then release the target along the desired path. This allows the operator to effectively throw objects or individuals without physically touching them.
  • Tier IV- Very High-Extreme Power Usage
    • BREAK - The Choir identifies the structural weak points of an object. Then different projectors apply opposing forces. The system doesn't necessarily need to exert enough force to rip the entire object apart. It only needs to exceed the material's structural tolerance. The Choir can't simply "break bones" with a thought unless it can establish reliable force vectors against the body's structure. Armor, flexible clothing, movement, and biological unpredictability all make that harder.
    • CRUSH - The Choir surrounds the target. Then instead of pushing in one direction, the projectors generate converging force vectors from multiple directions. The Choir attempts to compress the target toward its center. But the Choir cannot apply force to the inside of an object; it is applying force to its exterior. So the target's structural strength matters enormously.
• Autonomous Flight: Each projector can fly independently and precisely position itself, allowing the Choir to continuously arrange itself around the operator or a designated target.
• Distributed Force Simulation: By coordinating multiple projectors, Voice of God can reproduce many of the observable effects commonly associated with telekinesis without requiring the operator to possess Force sensitivity.
• Distributed Sensor Network: The projectors possess independent sensors and can share information with one another and the central control system, allowing the Choir to determine target position, movement, and relative mass.
• Voice and Neural Control: Voice of God can be operated through spoken commands. A compatible neural interface can also allow the system to respond directly to the operator's intended action, allowing substantially greater precision and speed.
• Reflec Coating and Optical Camo: Each projector is coated in Reflec and has a basic optical camo, increasing its sensor concealment and reducing its visibility.
• Thermal Management: Each projector contains a thermal reservoir capable of temporarily storing waste heat. Thermal exhaust systems allow accumulated heat to be expelled when necessary.
• Power Management: Projectors are independently powered by internal energy storage. When depleted or approaching critical reserves, a projector can automatically return to the operator's spine-mounted control and charging unit.

STRENGTHS

• Technological Telekinesis - Voice of God allows a non-Fiorce-sensitive operator to produce effects resembling telekinesis, including: pushing, pulling, lifting, throwing, stopping, and restraining objects or individuals.
• Precise Multi-Vector Manipulation - Multiple projectors may operate in concert, applying precisely calculated forces from varying angles and positions simultaneously. The Choir's computerized control system continuously adjusts the position, strength, and direction of individual projectors, allowing it to influence a target's motion, balance, orientation, and momentum in complex ways that go beyond simple pushing or pulling. The system can dynamically redistribute force between projectors as conditions change, allowing significantly more precise manipulation than a conventional tractor or pressor system.
• Force-Resistant - The Choir is equipped with Taozin amulets, which make them difficult for Force users to seize or manipulate directly through the Force.
• Distributed System - Destroying or disabling one projector does not disable the entire system. Remaining projectors can redistribute tasks and continue functioning, albeit at a lower level of efficiency.
• Tactical Flexibility - Different numbers of projectors can be committed to an action depending upon the required force, allowing the operator to conserve power during routine operations and deploy the entire Choir when necessary.
• Momentum Manipulation - The system can counteract an object's existing momentum rather than merely applying a simple pushing or pulling force, allowing commands such as STOP and DEFLECT.

WEAKNESSES

• Finite Power - Each projector possesses a finite internal energy reserve. Sustained or high-output gravitational and tractor/pressor manipulation rapidly consumes this reserve.
• Thermal Saturation - Force manipulation generates substantial waste heat. Projectors can temporarily conceal this heat within their thermal reservoirs, but these reservoirs eventually reach capacity. Continued operation then requires heat to be expelled, potentially compromising the projector's stealth.
• Limited Projector Availability - Although the Choir consists of up to twelve projectors, the operator is not expected to use all twelve simultaneously during normal operation. Greater numbers of active projectors result in increased energy consumption and thermal buildup. Individual projectors approaching critical energy or thermal limits will automatically withdraw from the engagement and return to the spine-mounted unit to recharge and cool, reducing the number of available projectors during prolonged engagements.
• Spine Dependency - The spine-mounted unit (The Voice) is the primary power, charging, and command hub for the system. Damage to it can prevent depleted projectors from being recharged and can substantially reduce the system's operational endurance.
• Force Requirements Scale with Mass - The system must physically overcome inertia, gravity, structural strength, and momentum. Manipulating heavier, faster, or more structurally robust targets requires substantially more energy and more projectors.
• Taozin is not Armor - The Taozin amulets interfere with Force interaction with the projectors but do not make the projectors physically indestructible. A Force user may still attack a projector through conventional means, such as a lightsaber, weapon, environmental hazard, or other physical attack. This also applies to non-Force users.

DESCRIPTION
Voice of God is an advanced gravitic manipulation system designed with an ambitious premise: if the Force can be observed producing physical effects, then sufficiently advanced technology should be capable of reproducing those effects without a connection to the Force.

The system consists of twelve compact, autonomous flying projectors, referred to as The Choir. Each projector, while small, contains a sophisticated technological package consisting of Reflec coating and optical camouflage, independent power, an ionization buffer, thermal-management systems including a reservoir and exhausts, sensors, communications systems, and a droid brain. Of course, these projectors come equipped with tractor and pressor field generators as well as a gravitational field disruptor to facilitate their reproduction of physical effects. Not only does the Choir come equipped with two stealth technologies, but each one has been painstakingly equipped with a Taozin Amulet. The system would fall apart if any Force-user could sense and rip the projectors out of the sky; as such, the amulets make each projector incredibly difficult to perceive and manipulate through the Force.

Now, these projectors cannot work on their own; they all come from a spine-mounted command and control unit, referred to as The Voice. Spoken Commands or, if enabled, neural input are interpreted by the system as desired outcomes. allowing for the operator to issue specified commands without needing to control each projector individually. The manipulation is then accomplished through the combination of gravitational field disruptors and tractor/pressor units. The operator does not need to specify the precise physical mechanism required to accomplish a command. Instead, Voice of God interprets the desired result and calculates how the available projectors must cooperate to produce it.

For example, the command FALL does not simply increase gravity beneath a target. The system can establish a localized gravitational gradient while simultaneously using tractor/pressor units to apply controlled downward and directional forces. By manipulating the target's center of mass and momentum, the Choir can influence a standing individual to lose their balance and be driven toward the ground. Likewise, RISE reverses the general vector, while COME establishes converging force vectors that draw a target toward a designated location.

More complicated commands require greater coordination. STOP requires the system to calculate a target's existing momentum and apply an opposing force until its movement is neutralized. DEFLECT can alter the trajectory of an incoming projectile without necessarily stopping it. HOLD creates a constantly corrected equilibrium around a target, with the projectors continuously responding to attempts at movement. THROW uses sequential acceleration and directional changes to build momentum before releasing the target along a calculated trajectory.

The system can also produce more violent effects. BREAK directs opposing forces against the structural weak points of an object, potentially bending, tearing, or fracturing it. CRUSH is the most demanding application, surrounding a target with multiple projectors and applying converging forces from several directions. Such applications consume considerable energy and generate significant heat, making them unsuitable for prolonged use.

The Choir's greatest advantage is also its greatest limitation: the number of projectors available. A single projector can produce relatively simple pushing or pulling effects, but increasingly complex or powerful manipulation requires multiple units working together. The system therefore normally keeps some projectors docked, charged, and cooling while only deploying the number necessary for the immediate task. Deploying all twelve simultaneously represents a substantial increase in capability but rapidly consumes the system's energy and thermal reserves.

Each projector contains its own power storage rather than a miniature reactor. When a projector approaches a critical energy or thermal threshold, it can withdraw from the engagement and return to the spine-mounted unit. There it can recharge, transfer accumulated heat into the larger thermal-management system, and undergo diagnostics before being redeployed. This gives Voice of God a natural operational rhythm: projectors are deployed, expended, recalled, recharged, and returned to the Choir as the engagement continues.

The spine-mounted unit therefore serves as the heart of the system. It provides the primary power-generation and storage capacity, houses the central control and processing systems, maintains communications with the projectors, and provides their charging and thermal-management facilities. Damage to the spine does not necessarily disable the projectors immediately, but it can prevent them from replenishing their reserves and dramatically shorten the system's remaining operational endurance.

Voice of God does not grant its operator genuine telekinesis. It cannot simply manipulate matter according to thought without regard for mass, momentum, structural strength, distance, energy consumption, or available projector geometry. Every effect must ultimately be accomplished by physically applying force through the Choir. The system therefore excels at controlled manipulation of relatively discrete targets, but its demands increase dramatically when attempting to affect massive, rapidly moving, heavily reinforced, or numerous targets.