[DBGT AU] Super 18 - Sentient
This is a GT AU for my version of Super 18 I was working on in 2023. Here Bulma is working on Clone 18 way before the Super 17 arc kicked off. I had the idea of her making synthetic clone fighters in secret to use in case the main team went down they'd have some back up or stalling tactic.
She'd begin working on the synthetic clones after repairing Android 16, using Gero's old schematics as a template, and making tweaks to where they benefit the main team by giving them cores that can regulate the energy and or provide an extra source if a fighter needed (no bombs-energy safe).
The synthetic clones can also be fused with a compatible other. It starts out a blank slate what Bulma doesn't know is that the clone can absorb the memories of the main host and act gain a conscious which becomes a problem for normal 18 later in their fused consciousness.
I wanted to go in a Capsule Corp vs Red Ribbon direction. I'm working on Page 5 of the main comic so I'll repost the first few pages once I have that done.