#digital au

[brainy-rot]

I DID IT

[synthesizedremains]

this is the au where he was born in a dreamcast all alone adn its soooooo sad.

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

Digital AU playable Childe getting jealous of boss Childe because you always admire his Foul Legacy form and playable Childe can’t normally use his Foul Legacy form ok goodnight <33

[kiyoshimizu]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

The evils of corporations...

[horribleartisttm]

[borelle]

So.. I wanted to give an example of what androids look like before I draw the Baron himself so I can explain stuff.

Androids are commonly a cognitive transfer from a human to a robot with a similar likeness to the human. In this case, Waveform (the android depicted above) went through this cognitive transfer, and her android self is almost a direct copy of her human body. Androids commonly have LED screens covering the place where the eyes would be at, but if the human has more money they can get artificial eyes and remove the LED screen. Cognitive transfer is often suggested to dying patients who express their want to keep living. Androids are required to have some parts of their body reflect their internal status, with green being neutral or healthy and red being damaged. To remove this feature (which Vanda chose to do) is a crime, and an android who removes the feature and is caught could be fined and the feature re-added. 

In the case that the android was an AI prior, most androids still hold most of the form that the AI chose to manifest as, but with small tweaks in either outfit or hairstyles. 

Both android types have to follow the same rules in place by the government and Nexus Robotics. 

Cognitive Transfer Androids have quite a large controversy surrounding them, including how they do the transfer a person’s mind (and, by extension, all of the person’s memories) into an android. AI Transfer Androids lack any large controversy, aside from ‘Is it okay for an AI to become an Android?’

AI Transfer Androids are much more susceptible to the ML.STRM virus as the original AI was mostly a program with codes that the AI itself could change to determine personality and traits. Cognitive Transfer Androids are less commonly infected with the ML.STRM virus and few of the infected Cognitive Transfer Androids are asymptomatic.

[spiritsintertwined]

Robot AU lore: Cores

The term “core” can be linked to the French word “coeur” and the Latin word “cor”. Cor, in turn, translates to heart (anatomically), soul or mind (figuratively). As the name suggests, it is comparable to a heart, but also executes tasks like a brain (however, databanks are stored in the robot’s head allowing for greater memory capacity).

Each robot can only function with a Core. Cores can only be transferred if the new body is from the same production line. In other words, newer or older models are not compatible.

Taking out a Core entirely causes the robot body to cease functioning and collapse. The Core can also malfunction and shut down in other ways, with the same result. Malfunctions can happen when the Core is touched or hit while it is active, or when booted up in an incompatible body. In any case, there is risk the Core can get damaged.

For those with emotions, the Core is their actual, entire being. Many will do anything to protect it, even at the risk of harming or killing others.

Cores can come in different shapes and sizes. Older models usually have simple shapes. The 086 model, yAmI’s production line, has a golden sphere drifting in a type of coolant fluid.

(Model credits: x)

However... there is new model on the rise. Despite the CEO missing, a new production line has started, a new core has been designed...

Just what is happening behind the scenes at Alpha-TEM company?