TO : FINN MCCOOL ; IRG | FROM : N. HANAMURA | SUBJ: A NEW REQUEST

[Nodoka Hanamura]

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Finn McCool:

I'm hoping this reaches you well, as I need to ask a favor of IRG. Prior to your return to being CEO, Erzie had constructed two human shells for my AI compatriots, Mieko "Honya" Iekahara and Jae-un "Pale Bride" Song. I need to ask a favor of IRG yet again regarding this kind of endeavor.

There are three bodies I need constructed one for more personal purposes, and two for two AI that were created by a very talented friend of mine, Birdie. I'm willing to pay top dollar for them. 75 Million Credits. I'll give you details once I've got everything prepared.

Nodoka Hanamura

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Evening Nodoka -

I was saddened to see that you have stepped down from your position aboard Freeport 11, though with all that has, does, and will happen around Freeport 11, I do not blame you one bit.

Now, with regards your request. I've dug a bit into the files that Dr. Erzie left available, and found his work for you quite admirable. Utilizing the work he has already done, I don't see why such a request wouldn't be able to see the light of day.

Please send me what details you have prepared, and we will see what can be done. Safe skies.

- Finn.

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[Nodoka Hanamura]

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Finn:

I know I departed at a difficult time, but I couldn't really deal with it anymore. However, my ship will return if 11 is in danger. I promised myself and the people there that we'd return if needed to help with defense and Humanitarian aid. I still have the Erlanger, a Whale - stowed away somewhere for just such an eventuality.

But that aside, the two AI, Cassiopeia and Mercury, as well as the Body I requested personally for myself, Shinta - their required information is enclosed.

A special request for Shinta - the body is going to be used for me as a extended shell, a second body, as it were. Depending on how things go, I may allocate it to an AI in the future. Since I don't have the schemata for the Kishiro QPUs that Honya and Bride use, if IRG has a QPU system that can be deployed - as I'm certain Kishiro hasn't been the only one delving into the fields of quantum computing and quantum computing-based AI - It'd be appreciated if a QPU with flashable QCEEPROM could be bought off of you as part of the package as well as some kind of hardware development kit for the creation of a chip using the same socket as your QPU, which will be using a underlying system that I have Nerva Regis working on - As far as I'm aware we haven't done much, me and him - and I wanted to give him something to do - it'll be mainly a secure neural link system that allows me to operate Shinta remotely. Speaking of, if you have any machines that could handle the duty, such a Full Immersion Neural Link system, or something like that, I'd appreciate it.. Otherwise we'll go with what we can get and come back to you when we have a more suitable solution.

If there are any comments or concerns, feel free to let me know. That and feel free to send me a account for payment to be wired to.


Nodoka Hanamura

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[Nodoka Hanamura]

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[Nodoka Hanamura]

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Finn/IRG:

I have been waiting quite some time for a response, and as.. benevolent as I have been in waiting, I can't really wait much longer. I would appreciate it if someone from IRG would be interested in me purchasing the research pertaining to the synthetic body construction process and its' associated hardware so that I can deploy the hardware needed for it and undertake this myself.

I am more than willing to pay for this. Name a price and it will be yours. Within reason, of course.

Nodoka Hanamura

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Miss Hanamura,

Forgive the lack of response from McCool as of late. Generally regarding internal structure, we try to encourage people not to address individuals, as things become slightly less.. Productive that way. The man has been busy with other matters of the business as of late, and as such, I've sent information about your request, as well as the documentation which Finn found earlier regarding the previous contract we were with under your name, to a more.. Public internal systems channel in hopes that we won't suffer from failures in communication such as this.

Until then, lets keep the ball rolling, eh? My name is Rachel Snow.

Cassiopeia, Mercury and the Shinta. We haven't explicitly worked with matters like what you're requesting from us, although luckily Liam Shaw had started integration of our projects with exoskeletons of sorts a few years back. While nothing so far has been tailored explicitly towards humanistic looking machines, I suppose with some additional funding, we'll be able to allocate a team of engineers and sculptors into making the proper adjustments.

While at first I was a little surprised to read that you'd like QPU technology to be installed instead of the standardized remote control protocols and hardware, although I suppose if you're going for long range with both speed and efficiency, there are very few other options. While we have worked with a specialized QPU used in the designs for the Feanturi, by no means is it considered flashable in any sense. Our driver packages have never really been designed with the intention of it being open for development, given the nature of the majority of our other works. However. That being said, given that I'm sure you don't also want to pay for additional labor and time to remedy that and have a model created which is a little more accessible than our other works, there is a little workaround we could do instead. The QPU is very, very rarely the equipment piece which manages things such as the rules of operation. Yes, the processor is most certainly the brain, as it handles each operation as it comes in, generally personality parameters, functioning parameters, and the other relevant pieces of information is stored in some other piece of memory. Fine, you could use QCEEPROM these days, although we've always been pretty averse to putting important things in that format of hardware storage. It's too small. It may be fast, although we're not dealing with mere computer BIOS here. This is a little.. Bigger than that. I suggest an alternative, as I'll talk about shortly.

There are two options which we generally work with, when it comes to the data flow between the processing unit, and the operations memory. The first, making everything work under a secure neural network link. Instead of having one model designed separately with the intentions of it being handled by another human, design both pieces using the same pieces of technology. If you require things to be changed with the unit, instead of going into the unit manually, the information could be streamed into an overwrite buffer, which after various security checks, will simply override and replace the old functions with the new. The hardware will be designed so it can not be tampered with very easily from the outside, as all of the information it should be receiving, will be coming from an outside source. Obviously the model would handle it's AI operations locally, the external connection is simply for overrides and fail safe operations. Unhackable? No way in hell. Although it'd take a lot of research, and access to production notes in order to figure out everything you need to make it happen anyways. Security is another matter entirely.

If Dr. Regis wished to work on this type of design, and use a development kit to fit the Shinta model into your alternative method of usage, he'll need to focus more on the Neural Link more than hardware upgrades. Documentation can be provided explaining how the system reads incoming overwrite information. I'm sure he can figure out how to design a live mode into the body's operation.

The second approach, would be more work both for us, and Dr. Regis with your other type. Instead of streaming things from a remote source, hardware security aspects and input will be focused more around the processor itself. Call it a plug and play sort of thing. Upgrades are not done through using virtual drivers (Abstract software implementations with security layers), but would require new hardware drivers to be written with every new addition. Instead of simply being patched in, you'd have to flash the system every time you add an extra limb, or laser eyes, or whatever the hell people want these days. (A joke. I assure you.)

I'm not fond of the second approach, although if you'd like to hear more details on it over the first, do let me know and I'll elaborate to the best of my ability.

Either way. I have a reasonably good understanding of the project specs, and have a good idea as to how we would get started on such of a thing.
A Full Immersion Neural Link system is a little out of our area of work. We might be able to do something about it eventually, although if you're looking for the hardware handling that, I suggest that you look at alternative sources. If Dr. Regis does not do it himself, we can put a software team on developing a compatibility layer between our product, and the neural link ouput from whatever company or firm you choose.

If I missed anything, do let me know. I suppose the bottom line is.. Make sure your specs are as they should be, and we'll make it happen. If Dr. Regis wants to work on development after we're done with the two models, I suggest that he comes in to observe the progress every now and then, as it'd be easier to explain the 'why' and 'how' as it's being developed, instead of afterwards.

Though as a quick other note.. For clarification. I've looked through the sculptor details regarding how the three units should look when complete. Are the clothes intended to be fused into the body, or are you looking for a more dress-up type deal with proper synthetic-esq skin used as a bottom layer.
Strange question. Simply trying to clear up vague specs. You're the client here.

It's nice to meet you.

Rachel Snow
Ingenuus Research Group

[Nodoka Hanamura]

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Rachel:

Greetings, Rachel.

Where to begin.. Where.. to.. begin.

Let's start off with it seems that Erzie's project must have evaded you and your staff.

Dr. James Erzie and his mother were responsible for the development of two prototype near-human synthetic bodies, compatible with the Kishiro Technologies PGA1092\C QPU socket, for the specific purpose of being used by prototype AI that I myself was in possession of.

These bodies, keep in mind, were supposedly artificially made to be as close to human as possible, something if I recall correctly, Erzie had never attempted before. Given that both Honya and Pale Bride's bodies have both gone above and beyond what is expected. (with bride only suffering one minor issue that was resolved with a third party resolving said issue, apparently - relating to how the brain handles cortisol and emotional response.)

I do believe you should be able to get access to his old lab and get data on how to replicate his success with this. If you need more documentation I do have his communiques from me from back in October/November where we discussed the topic at hand during their construction.

As for.. Shinta. The first approach would be best for all parties, however, I've decided on an AI to operate the body instead, one that we'll be sourcing from one Elena Graham. We'll need you to have it put on a QPU, so we'll pass you the data once it's ready so it can be burned onto the QPU's internal memory. I'll be inviting Nerva to this conversation so we can communicate more efficiently.

Finally - i ask this of you. I'm wanting this specific kind of body made for two reasons - One: For what Shinta will be used for, she will need to not stand out too much, and so that she's versatile in her abilities.. We'd require her to be as close as possible to human, and given I can't tell the difference with Honya or even Bride - that body was my choice. Furthermore, Cassiopeia - She has always seen herself as inferior to Honya and having a body like hers would help alleviate this. Ergo, I personally cannot accept anything other than that.

If you cannot fufill this request for whatever reason you may have, I understand - I have some crew on my ship who will be able to put two and two together and resolve it some other way.

Nodoka Hanamura

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