Slight Retcon
Nicole is a Bio-Organic Computer created by Eggman as a precursor to the Sage Project. Eventually he abandoned the Idea, when memories of the ' donar ' bled into the project. This leaves Nicole with fractured memories, and an innate Technopathy she's not entirely aware she has.
Physically she's a mostly Organic with cybernetic implants to enhance her processing power. She was meant to be more of a storage unit, and thus has a near photographic memory. During the Zombot outbreak her facility lost power and she woke up. In order to make sense of her fractured memory Nicole started to make up meories, and fill in her gaps with fabrications leaving her somewhat confused and unsure about her past.
Currently she lives at restoration trying to uncover her past... yet slowly she has come to realize she's not what she appears to be. Tails has been trying to assist her in uncovering her past, but only recently revealed her cybernetic implants.
Starline would use this little project as inspiration for Surge and Kit.