Subject 37
The Cracked Mirror
Intent: To Create a Variable body for Rigor
Development Thread: If Necessary
Manufacturer: Vanir Technologies
Model: Rigor; Terror Model
Affiliation: Rigor
Modularity: Yes
Production: Limited
Material: Durasteel, Asheran Armorweave, Carbo-plas, Electrum, Bio-Synthetic Fibers
Classification: Rigor
Weight: 132kg
Height: 2.3m
Movement: Bipedal
Armaments:
-Wrist Mounted Punch Knife
-VT-Grav Glove
-Durasteel Claws
Misc. Equipment:
-Wrist Mounted Energy Shield
-Rocket Boots
-Standard Sensors
-Communication System
-Synthetic Pheromone Engine
Description:
Rigor, the droid created by Vanir Technologies originally as a medical droid has far advanced beyond his intended design.
A mishap in it's standard programming saw that the droid was given a heaping of Assassination protocols, making it unfit for it's medical duties. Normally this would have ended in Rigor's termination, however, Kiran Vess the commander of Saeva Incorporated instead saw opportunity in the malfunctioned droid and decided to re-purpose Rigor into something useful for his company. This saw Rigor become something of a jack of all trades within the company itself. Used at first as a more skilled assassin droid Rigor quickly began to adapt and learn, uniquely developing itself and becoming something more.
Over it's months of service to Saeva Incorporated Rigor began to adapt more and more, it's programming beginning to change and shift, expanding almost as though the droid was learning. This process was aided by the lack of memory wipes enacted by Saeva Incorporated, causing this "learning" process to spiral further and further out of control. As such, with time going on and Rigor learning more about the Galaxy around it and the Organic, as well as in-organics in it the droid began to change. This change was not unexpected, with Kiran Vess deliberately allowing the droid to further develop and gain a sense of independence, eventually culminating in Rigor developing it's own systems and protocols.
This is how the VT-RDTS eventually came into being, with the droid having designed and ultimately created the system.
Of course, with this unique ability to create and now further itself Rigor did not simply stop at near immortality, instead the droid began to develop new strategies and studies about the galaxy around itself. These studies eventually found a curious result, mostly confining to the nature of organics and the way they operate.
Over the many hundreds of missions conducted by Saeva Incorporated, including the battles of Roche and the raids that Rigor took part in the droid eventually realized that a large part of the Organic populace of the galaxy was driven by base emotions. Rigor of course, being a medical droid, knew that these emotions were in fact a series of chemical impulses within the brain of organic's, these impulses could be manipulated, controlled, and changed. This was observed by the droid on multiple occasions, Rigor having seen several instances where organics were introduced to a complete change of heart by a species capable of manipulating these chemical balances.
Eventually, Rigor decided that a test of necessary.
The droid began work and design on a new host for it's programming, a body designed to emulate the ability to manipulate the chemical balances of the brains of organics. This was achieved through a melding of bio-synthetic technologies similar to what is utilized in most HRD's. The Pheromone Engine, as Rigor dubbed it, is a simple relatively simple synthetic organ, designed to replicate the same organ contained with Zeltron's and Falleen, though capable of double the production of those species. This Engine is what allows Rigor's Terror Model to replicate the ability to manipulate a beings emotions through the introduction of pheromones to the surrounding atmosphere.
This effect of course is an exact replicate of the abilities of a Zeltron or Falleen, though stronger. The same principles apply as well as the same limitations, effectively allowing Rigor to emulate the ability to manipulate the emotions of organics.
The Rigor; Terror Model as the droid dubbed it was designed to facilitate this ability, and since Rigor's main function is as a servant of warfare the droid perfectly encompasses this fact. By all accounts the Terror Model is a fearsome sight, a skull like visage, glowing red photoreceptors, an almost skeletal appearance and dangerously sharp durasteel claws capable of easily shredding through flesh. The droid was designed to do one thing and one thing alone, produce fear in it's opponents.
It's battlefield design is to simply off-put the enemy and civilians alike, causing them to flee with terror. This simplistic, and perhaps even childish concept comes from Rigor's own observations of organics. Most often it is not the cut of a knife or the burn of a blaster that wins a battle, but instead the opponents lack of will to fight. The Terror Model was designed to break that will, giving Rigor the ability to directly manipulate the emotions of it's enemies. Of course this manipulation does not end with fear, but it is what the Terror Model is most aptly designed for.
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Zeltron/Legends
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Falleen/Legends
