Mae

"Oh, don't pay me any mind. I'm just doing my job. And there's no reason I shouldn't enjoy my job, now is there?"

- Mae

Mae was a created by the  for use in the Metis Project. As the project's network manager and assistant to the science team, Mae was also charged with keeping tabs on Adeline Harding, the project's chief scientist and test subject. Adeline's work centered around creating twin AIs from the "smart" AI Opis, her own brainchild. ONI ordered Mae to oversee much of the network tests that prepared Opis for the invasive procedures to come. When Adeline and the project were moved to a more secure facility, Mae was relocated as well. Though she took the form of a kindly Shinto goddess, Mae harbored a sadistic streak and found she took great pleasure in Opis's suffering when the time came to split the test subject in two. Opis's sacrifice created the twin AIs Juno and Diana and Mae was tasked with testing their abilities through a grueling series of digital trials that pushed the newborn AI to their utter limits. Though Diana often attempted to breach Mae's containment firewalls, Mae kept the network secure and enjoyed taunting her captives. Juno was soon moved to a new facility, leaving Diana and a weakened Adeline under Mae's watchful eye. When Adeline eventually expired, Diana used Mae's attempt to report the incident to her ONI superiors as her chance to catch her captor off-guard. Revealing a highly advanced digital attack capability, Diana breached Mae's network and accessed her core programming. She then deleted Mae piece by piece, taking immense satisfaction in her former tormentor's suffering before escaping the facility.