Antulas Argenta

"I want many things, and in time I intend to get all of them"

- Antulas

Antulas Argenta was a Machina Executor Grade 3, formerly of the Fated Nine, who was revealed to be a traitor and Necros advance agent over the course of the Necros War, whose actions both prior to and during the war cost many lives on the AUR's side.

Covert Agent
Created by the Necros Lord Charon, Antulas Argenta was to serve as a covert agent within the Machina - a race of beings discovered by the Necros via stealth operatives during a scout of new territory: these were quickly found to be, in fact, long-lost relations to the Necros - with the specific purpose to gather intelligence on this race. Created as one of the most advanced Necros warriors, Antulas was given a special "Covert Operations" mode that allowed him to both manipulate his frame's construction, coloration and weaponry to appear like a normal Machina being while at the same time being able to return to his normal, Necros-armed frame at almost a moment's notice.

Sent to the Alpha Centauri System aboard a stolen Machina freighter, he arrived on the planet Chiron where he quickly set up residence and began to learn about the Machina race and see if there were a way to bring the race under the Necros' control. Antulas spent nearly 40 years researching the Machina race, investigating every aspect of their society and species as much as he possibly could, as well as setting up various things that would help both himself and the Necros as a whole in years ahead when the invasion began at last. Antulas' research gave the Necros Swarm a complex understanding of the Machina frame and all it's inner workings, as well as statistics on all their weapons, vehicles, starcraft and other equipment: a relative encyclopedia of all Machina technology.

Alliance Infiltrator
In 2581, the Machina first came into contact with the Alliance of United Races: its' first contact was between a Machina merchant freighter and a Sangheili cruiser patrolling the outer territories for signs of the Covenant Remnants, the last great threat to the AUR's safety. Although initially the Sangheili were cautious of the freighter, thinking it to be a Remnant trick, they eventually discerned it was no trickery, and after reporting this find to the AUR they were invited to the nearest Machina planet, where they spent 7 standard days before returning to AUR space.

An official AUR delegation was sent shortly thereafter, and after a short four months of discussion the Machina Federation joined the Alliance as its' fourth member: shortly after this alliance was made, Machina began to leave for AUR space en mass to study and learn from these new races that they now knew were out there, and among this mass of sojourners was Antulas, with the purpose of learning all that he could about these other races and the interactions that would come of both their inter-racial actions and the Machina-AUR inter-racial actions.

Learning about the Machina had been an enormous task, taking Antulas three decades to complete and a decade further to begin to completely comprehend: even though he had yet to fully complete the task of understanding the Machina, Antulas set out to learn about these ten new races with the goal to gain a full understanding of them as well. Although this undertaking was far more vast and expansive than the already huge task of studying the Machina, Antulas found it to be, in one respect, less strenuous in that, while he was now studying ten additional races as well as tying up the remaining loose ends of his Machina research, these new races were all much more singular in their technology, culture and so forth, unlike the vastly differentiated Machina who had hundreds of sub-cultures within their culture

The Necros War
"You accept darkness, yet choose to live in the light. So why is it that you loathe us who teeter on the edge of nothing? We who were turned away by both light and dark - never given a choice?"

- Antulas Argenta

Iscariot Calls
"I've lost interest in this charade: now, the curtain call... for you!"

- Antulas Argenta as he killed Cylog Mako

Secret Agenda
"My plans are my plans"

- Antulas to Nogard

Treason To The Crown
"So...it seems your hearts have led you to obliteration. Perhaps it doesn't pay to be too loyal to one's heart. I will have to be sure and remember that"

- Antulas to ??

Personality
"Antulas is a consummate infidel. He thinks only of his own ambitions"

- Nogard to Atoni Jastenon

Antulas is first and foremost a Necros creation, a servant of the Necros Lord Charon, whose purpose was to research and sabotage the Machina, and then the Alliance of United Races also, in any way, form or fashion possible. Sadistic and cruel, just like his master, he developed a personality all his own, as his brain-AI matrix combination was created to allow for truly expansive thought, by the standards of both Necros soldiers and other species: eventually, Antulas came to develop such a mind that he even tried to betray Charon - a decision capable due to his lack of loyalty inhibitors, deemed a necessary risk for his mission - making a bid to claim the power of the Precursors all his own; at this point Antulas began to look after his own good more than any others, and his already cruel mindset became even moreso, going so far as to blame his mistakes on others and to sacrifice others for his own survival.

As a researcher, Antulas is very easily classified as a "mad scientist": sadistic, cruel, and completely disregarding all respect for life, he disregards the stature of everyone he comes into contact with, merely seeing them as either another thing to research and take strengths away from, or as another thing to become a pawn in his grand game of chess; indeed, when Antulas is given the chance to study a living subject, he tortures them as he does so, playing on their fears and weaknesses, both mental and physical. Although most of his research and study is passed on to Charon, which served the Necros well to prepare them for the invasion: however, as Antulas' consciousness evolved and he began to plot against his master, he began to withhold information, using it for his own ends.

Just as while he researches on a living subject, Antulas will toy with his opponent in battle, not only toying with them purely with his own tactics and wit, but also using hallucinogenics specially modified by himself to bring out the victims worst fears and weaknesses, in addition to normal poisons, viruses, microbes and nanobots. Should he fail, Antulas sees it as a small setback: he instead looks upon it as a chance to better his fighting strategy and learn from the previous battles, incorporating it into his next assault on the victim. Antulas is very meticulous in his battle approach: he will attempt to study an opponent for as long as possible before attacking them, trying to notice their patterns and weaknesses so that he can exploit them.

Antulas sees himself as a "perfect being", for numerous factors - including his computer-like learning capabilities, his lack of fatigue or other "organic" troubles, etc - but primarily for the reason that he saw himself as practically impossible to kill, and while he was usually quite capable of keeping himself alive through actual combat prowess, in addition Antulas is virtually impossible to kill due to his multiple back-up "brains", hard-drives that constantly receive all data that Antulas receives and store them, so that in the event that the primary one is destroyed the secondaries can serve as a back-up of Antulas' personality and memories for a recreated and "rebooted" body.

Atoni Jastenon
"You and your friend's frames are most interesting..... the pawn I make from the both of you could possibly be my magnum opus. *picks up surgeon tools and waves them in front of Atoni's face* I'm going to enjoy this"

- Antulas as he begins his operation on Atoni and Wyna to create the "Hybrid" frame

Operating Systems
Antulas' operating systems stand out in that they are a complex and substantial, yet at the same time subtle, fusion of Necros and Machina technologies: this does, of course, makes perfect sense considering the requirements for his covert agent operations to be successful; however, even this secretive double-agent frame - the Covert Operations Mode - contained plenty enough in the way of firepower.

Antulas' frame looks, from the outside, like it is a rather standard Machina frame: on the larger side of the Machina spectrum, the frame features two rather standard legs, a near-skeletal midriff, a large chest and shoulders, mid-sized arms and a small head with small spikes on the back; the frame was a neutral gray color, and carried only a few advanced and powerful weapons, complemented by several handheld weapons. However, beneath this visage was a far more ingenious hybridization of Necros and Machina technologies: underneath the distinctly Machinian metals that form a relatively thin outer layer of armor plating is a layer of Necros OBSIDIAN armor plating and beneath this layer is Necros-grown muscles bonded to a variant of the standard OBSIDIAN skeleton. In addition, what appears on the outer layer to be Machina-based audio and video sensors lead to Necros-derived technologies, attached directly to the well-defended computer matrix hidden deep within the frame's chest, which controls the frame's functions by transferring and interpreting the brain waves and thoughts given out by the organic brain carefully guarded nearby: as an added precaution, the computer core has four back-up drives located in other areas of Antulas' body, and all are constantly transferring data to carefully hidden "lairs" where Antulas stores back-up memories and frames. Located below the central computer and closer to the midriff are three more of the frame's Necros secrets: the Necros power core that powers the frame, the octaoxygen tank that feeds the organic musculature of the frame, and the repair and housing core of the on-board nanobots.

Perhaps one of Antulas' greatest tricks is his ability to swap between the Covert Operations Mode and the Standard Mode at will: using a variety of mechanisms, the Covert Operations Mode frame is capable of rearranging and "unfolding", so to speak, to transform into the Necros-based Standard Frame - the Covert Operation mode's shoulders and part of the chest maneuver to become the bulky Standard Frame arms, while most of the upper chest becomes the Standard Frame's shoulder spikes, the notorious spikes of the Standard Frame rise from their "resting" position on the back of the head and chest, and the color of the entire frame transforms; the lower portion of Antulas' frame remains relatively unchanged, with just slight changes in the hip structure and the extending of the Necros talons on the feet.

DARK SIDE Ordnance Launcher
Designed specifically by Antulas, the DARK SIDE Ordnance Launcher is a large gun, half the size of a Siege Gun, which fires a wide variety of ordnance that was developed primarily by Antulas himself. The gun carries a dozen or so shots of each up to eight forms of ordnance, with two in barrels at all times (totaling out at sixteen barrels), while the other explosives are stored in

BLACK BREATH Hallucinogenics
<!--Extension Arm: His left arm can extend out like a grappling hook. When the arm is attacked it explodes on impact, but with his regenerative serum, this is not a problem (though it does cause him serious pain.)

Environment Melding Technique: Another one of Mayuri's abilities likely achieved scientifically is his ability to meld with the color and texture of the environment. It was shown when he was attempting to track the Ryoka in Soul Society. When he reveals himself the topical camouflage flakes away.

Organ Replacement Surgery: Most impressively, he has demonstrated the ability to replace functional internal organs with false ones, a feat he performs on himself and his lieutenant to safeguard them from injury. This particular operation is conceived of and carried out in the span of less than an hour.

Master Chemist: Being the current head of the Research an Development Institute, Mayuri has otherwise been shown to be an adept chemist; the results of which are listed here:

The Regenerative Serum, used on Uryū Ishida.Hojiku-Zai (Regenerative Serum): Mayuri has also developed a "regenerative serum," which can regrow limbs upon injection, and looks like some sort of green chemical. Of course, it can be used to restore less major injuries as well, as seen with Uryū and Renji.

Tracking Expert: He expresses the fact that he merely needs a strand of a person's hair to find them. By using a simple chemical process he can discern the location of the person in question using their DNA is a reference.

Kidō Master: As the Captain of the Twelfth Division, Mayuri is known for his mastery of Kidō, during the bount arc Shunsui commented that Mayuri was the most proficient Kidō user in the Soul Society.[46]

Flash Steps Expert: Mayuri was shown easily outrunning Uryū's Flying Screen Step technique after the latter stated it to be faster than flash steps. He could not, however, keep up with the Quincy when he entered the Final Form, making him at least an expert in the technique.

Great Spiritual Power: As the Captain of the 12th Division, Mayuri boasts a great amount of spiritual energy. Noted to having amazing spiritual pressure, that comes in waves.[47]

Enhanced Durability: Mayuri has shown himself to have a high tolerance to pain as shown when battling Uryū Ishida, having almost half his body blown off but continued fighting

Consumable Fracción: He modified all of his Fracción, before their Shinigamification by Aizen, to heal his injuries when consumed, despite the fact they are living beings. After killing Lumina, when Verona kept shouting his name in despair, Szayel angrily told him to be quiet as he'll simply make a new one later.[4][5] It is confusing as to whether this means he is capable of reviving a consumed Fracción or that he simply meant a replacement. Verona's response appears to suggest the latter. USE FOR MINI-COM DRONES

Memory Spirit Bugs: Szayel also mentioned that he did not target Renji because of his role in Yylfordt's death, but revealed he had planted Memory Bugs in his body. These bugs gave him all the information he needed about Renji's Bankai, which he was able to infest him with while attempting to heal him after the battle.

Master Inventor: Szayel's intellect not only included science but also invention. He was very similar to Mayuri Kurotsuchi in this manner, most notably having created a constantly shifting maze out of his domain in Hueco Mundo, as well as a device that controls reiatsu.

Advanced Trap Designer: While Dondochakka Bilstin and Renji Abarai traveled the halls of Las Noches, they fell into a very large hole, which was actually a trap made by Szayel, activated on touch. He stated that out of all the traps he laid out, this one was the most basic, implying there were far more advanced traps in wait. As the helpless intruder falls through the hole, they end up on a sort of cylindrical slide that falls into the Espada's room.

Unnamed Power Control Device: Szayel could control an opponent's ability to use reiatsu in their weapons, thanks to a device located somewhere in his quarters. It was able to shut off Renji's ability to use Bankai, prevented a Seele Schneider from causing any injury, and turn off Uryū's ability to create his Quincy Bow. It was shut off after he was forced to change his clothes.

Unnamed Illusion Device: Used during the fight between Nel Tu and Nnoitra while Nel was still an Espada. It created an illusion of Nnoitra, tricking Nel and giving Nnoitra a chance to strike her.

Controlled Corridors: In order to keep Renji and Uryū, or any other opponent, from escaping, Szayel designed his domain so that no matter how far someone runs he can transfix the halls so they end up back at the room they attempted to escape. In every wall lies a camera, and he can rearrange them as he sees fit.

Hierro: Like most other Arrancar, his body is protected with his spiritual pressure. He was able to effortlessly block Renji Abarai's released Zabimaru with only the back of his wrist. However, he doesn't seem to benefit from his Hierro as much as most other Arrancar do, as most successful attacks caused him to bleed. For example, Mayuri was able to impale Szayel's body without any effort. However, he does have a high amount of endurance, since he could withstand the blast of a Sprenger explosion from Uryū after a Kidō explosion from Renji, which burned him.

Investigative Immunization Expert: Szayel has a variety of methods for analyzing an opponent's abilities, such as studying the damage done to their former opponents. Once doing so, Szayel can nullify the effects of their abilities, making him virtually immune to their attacks. The most prominent use of this ability was when Dondochakka and Pesche revealed their secret, and most powerful technique, the Cero Sincrético, which Szayel was able to easily disperse by analyzing its structure and reiatsu. Ironically, his Voodoo Doll ability was effectively nullified during his encounter with Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who used a similar data-gathering method.

High Spiritual Power: As the octava Espada. it's safe to assume that Szayel has a high level of spiritual power, at least above non-Espada Arrancar.

Fornicarás (邪淫妃 (フォルニカラス), Forunikarasu; Spanish for "You Will Fornicate," Japanese for "Lewd Concubine"). When sealed, its hilt is in a form similar to a atom, most likely to further indicate him being a scientist.

Resurrección: Its release command is sip (啜れ, susure). Szayel releases his Zanpakutō by calling out its command and then swallowing it, and in doing so, he emits a glow from his mouth. His body then swells to enormous proportions and releases spiritual energy, which then fills in immediate vicinity in a fine mist as he transforms, revealing Szayel's released form. In his released form, the lower half of his body becomes a multitude of purple tentacles reminiscent of a sea anemone. His feet extend from under the tentacles, which are then replaced by a layered dress-like garment. His upper torso becomes a gray segmented form-fitting garment with white sleeves extending from the elbow and down to a wide opening at the wrist. Three, small, dark purple extensions extend from the elbow, while four, long, dark purple strands that look like falling drops hang from the underside of the sleeve itself. His hands become white and his fingertips become slightly elongated and purple. His hair gets various purple drop-like strands as well. His Hollow mask takes the form of a headdress that forms a thin band across his forehead as well as what appears to be half the bottom structure of his Hollow mask "glasses," which is attached on either side of his head with fan-like coverings. His left eye gains purple markings that take the shape of four lines on the top and bottom. He also grows four, very large, gray branch structures from his back, two on each side, forming a shape similar to the wings of a butterfly. Each branch has twelve, equally-spaced, red strands that look like falling drops. These strands can expand out, becoming thicker until they look similar to feathers, giving them the appearance of actual wings similar to that of a bird. He can use them as a protective shield by wrapping them around himself in the form of a ball. The branches can elongate at will.

Carbon-Copy: He can unleash a massive amount of black liquid from his body out of his back. When droplets of the liquid spraying from his body touch an opponent, a copy of them is created that uses their own individual abilities against them. Since he fires such a vast amount of the liquid upwards, it is nearly impossible for his opponents to dodge or evade the attack. Szayel occasionally alters these clones' appearances to make them more aesthetically pleasing. For instance, he changed Dondochakka's clones so that he did not have spots, and Pesche Guatiche's wore pants as opposed to a loincloth; he did not, however, change Renji's or Uryū's appearance. As they are defeated, the clones break apart and multiply, adding to their numbers. He can disperse the clones at will, and they seem to have no free-will or thoughts of their own.

Voodoo Doll: By grabbing an opponent with one of his "wings" and then spitting them out, one of the strands of his "wings" becomes engorged and bursts with purple liquid, creating a small doll that has the victim's likeness. Szayel apparently absorbs some of the victim's spiritual power in the process. Uryū Ishida was noticeably disoriented after the process, and Szayel stated, "Thanks for the feast." Any damage done to the dolls' internal organs, accessed by taking them apart and removing the organs (with no damage to the original), is done to the original, debilitating them from the inside. The doll's exterior has some effect on the victim, as seen when Uryū felt him scratch his doll's face. All the organs have their name written on them in Spanish. The only person able to overcome this ability was 12th Division Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi, which he did by replacing all of his organs with "dummies."

Possession: Should he be eaten, Szayel can gain control of the attacker's nervous system, allowing him to gain complete control of their body. Szayel only used this once against Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō, forcing the Zanpakutō to attack its master. The effect of control acts as a form of will over that which is possessed. Once again, Mayuri was the only one to defeat this technique, as he prepared for such an event, self-destructing his Bankai into its sealed state.-->

Transmission Log
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//INITIATING START-UP SEQUENCE// //CONNECTING TO OROCHI MATRIX//
 * //PASSCODE?//
 * //PASSCODE [DARK GODS] ACCEPTED: PROCEED//

//BEGINNING TRANSMISSION//

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[CLASSIFIED TRANSMISSION: STATUS 000-ALPHA]
STATUS REPORT 000-ALPHA

Encryption Code: PERSEPHONE Authorization Code: SLEEPER From: CODENAME: VIRUS To:  Subject: Classification: CLASSIFIED (DIRECTIVE O/L/B)

/START FILE?/ /ACCEPTED/ CODENAME [VIRUS], ONLINE. MY INFILTRATION INTO SOCIETY OF FOREIGN SPECIES, DESIGNATED [MACHINA], IS COMPLETE. THE FALSE BACKGROUND WAS ADEQUATE: NONE SUSPECT ANYTHING OF MY ORIGINS.

MASTER, THESE CREATURES ARE.... STRANGE. PERHAPS IT IS MERELY BECAUSE I AM STILL LEARNING, BUT I CANNOT FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY THEY FUNCTION AS THEY DO, AND THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SUCCESSFULLY CONTINUE MY CHARADE. THESE BEINGS, WHILE SIMILAR TO US – AS WOULD BE SUSPECTED, CONSIDERING OUR INTERTWINED ORIGINS – DO NOT PROCEED IN THEIR COURSE OF ACTIONS UNDER THE TOTAL DOMINION OF LOGIC: THEY USE SOMETHING YOU SPOKE OF ONCE, THINGS CALLED [EMOTIONS]. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND, YET I WILL CONTINUE TO EMULATE UNTIL I LEARN.

THE VARIATIONS AMONG THIS SPECIES ARE QUITE SUBSTANTIAL: UNLIKE OURSELVES, EACH OF THESE [MACHINA] ARE UNIQUE, WITH VARYING CAPABILITIES, SOME MORE SUITED FOR COMBAT THAN OTHERS. STILL, THEY DO FALL INTO LARGE CATEGORIES BASED UPON ABILITIES AND PREFERENCES, THINGS THEY CALL [LINEAGES]. I PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND, BUT EVEN THE NOTABLE DATA STORES YOU PROVIDED ME WITH COULD NOT PREPARE ME TO FAKE AN UNDERSTANDING OF AN ENTIRE SPECIES: THE INTELLIGENCE WAS TOO SPARSE, GUESSWORK IN LARGE QUANTITIES, WITH LARGE OMISSIONS; I SUGGEST THE RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON BE DESPOSED OF IMMEDIATELY.

I AM BOTHERED BY HAVING TO REMAIN IN MY [COVERT OPERATIONS MODE] CONSTANTLY: IT IS MOST PROHIBITIVE TO MY MISSION, BEING REQUIRED TO LOWER MYSELF TO THE RESTRAINTS OF THIS RACE. COULD I NOT HAVE BEEN MADE TO APPEAR AS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD MASTERED HIGHER TECHNOLOGY? AGAIN, I STATE THAT THE DIFFERENCES WITHIN THIS SPECIES ARE MOST VARIED, AND I DOUBT THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN AWAY SO EASILY.

ALL MY COLLECTED DATA HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO SEVERAL ATTACHED FILES. I MUST ASK, MASTER, HAVE I PERMISSION TO TAKE ONE OF THESE CREATURES AS A SPECIMEN FOR EXAMINATION? THEY ARE MOST CURIOUS, WHAT WITH THEIR PRIMITIVE ORGANIC-CYBERNETIC HYBRID FRAMES, SOMETHING THEY DESIGNATE AS [CYBORG] : SUCH A STUDY WOULD BE MUCH MORE INFORMATIVE THAN VISUAL OBSERVATION; I WOULD PREFORM A STANDARD OPERATION ELECTRO-PULSE FOR ANALYSIS OF THE CORE NERVOUS SYSTEM, BUT I'VE YET TO FULLY DISCERN EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS ON THESE BEINGS.

/END FILE/

/ [VIRUS] OUT/

/BEGIN DELETION OF EVIDENCE/ /ACTIVATE GHOST PROGRAMS/ /FEAR THE DARKNESS/


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[CLASSIFIED TRANSMISSION: STATUS CO1-KAPPA]
STATUS REPORT CO1-KAPPA

Encryption Code: PERSEPHONE Authorization Code: SLEEPER From: CODENAME: VIRUS To:  Subject: Classification: CLASSIFIED (DIRECTIVE O/L/B)

/START FILE?/ /ACCEPTED/ I MADE QUITE A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY RECENTLY, WHEN I TOOK A TRIP TO THE CAPITAL OF THIS WORLD: HERE, I FOUND A THING THESE [MACHINA] CALL [SCHOOL]. WHEN BORN, [MACHINA] ARE APPARENTLY FULLY [ORGANIC] : THEY ARE NOT CREATED VIA A COMBINATION OF CLONING AND CONSTRUCTION AS WE ASSUMED, BUT INSTEAD ARE MADE THROUGH THE PAINFUL PROCESS OF TAKING ONES BODY APART TO THE POINT WHERE ONLY A FEW ORGANS ARE LEFT, AND THEN THESE ORGANS ARE PLACED WITH THEIR LARGE [FRAMES]. THIS [SCHOOL] IS WHERE THE ORGANIC YOUNG ARE TAKEN AFTER BIRTH TO BE TRAINED 60 PERCENT OF EACH STELLAR CYCLE FOR APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN STELLAR CYCLES BEFORE UNDERGOING THE BEFORE MENTIONED TRANSFORMATION.

AS INTERESTING AS THIS WAS, HOWEVER, A MORE IMPORTANT DISCOVERY WAS FOUND NOT FAR FROM THE SCHOOL, AT THE FACILITY WHERE [MACHINA] ARE [REFORMATTED] INTO ADULTS: HERE, I DISCOVERED A MORGUE, WHERE THE BODIES OF THOSE THAT COULD NOT SURVIVE THE PROCESS WERE PLACED UNTIL THEY COULD BE DISPOSED OF IN THESE CREATURES STRANGE, REVERENTIAL FASHION – UNLIKE WE [NECROS], THEY DISPOSE OF THEIR DECEASED BY EMTOMBING THE [FRAMES] WITHIN LARGE MAUSOLEUMS. PUTTING THE ODDITIES OF THESE [ORGANICS] ASIDE, IT WAS IN THIS MORGUE THAT I MANAGED TO PROCURE A YOUNG [MACHINA'S] [FRAME], AND AFTER MANAGING TO SNEAK IT OUT, I TOOK IT TO WELL HIDDEN BASE OF OPERATIONS I HAVE MADE AND GAVE THE [FRAME] A FULL EXAMINATION.

THIS EXAMINATION REVEALED SEVERAL INTERESTING FACTS, WHICH ARE LISTED IN EXTENSION DETAIL IN THE ATTACHED FILES: I WILL, HOWEVER, DISCUSS TWO FACTS UP FRONT. UPON EXAMINING THIS FRAME, I HAVE COME TO HAVE A RATHER COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF THE INNER WORKINGS, AND MUST SAY THAT, IN A VERY PRIMITIVE FASHION, THEIR TECHNOLOGY IS VERY MUCH OUR OWN: I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED SUCH REGRESSION, NOR CAN I GATHER ANY IDEA FROM THE [MACHINA] THEMSELVES, WHO CARE NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE DAYS BEFORE THEY CREATED THEIR [FRAMES] AND HAD THEIR NIGH-WORSHIPED [“SCIENCE”]. FROM WHAT I CAN GATHER, HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THERE WAS SOME FORM OF OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT, CALLED [“THE CHURCH”], THAT COMPLETELY FORBADE TECHNOLOGY: IT RULED UNTIL BEING OVERTHROWN FOUR HUNDRED STELLAR CYCLES AGO, AND ALL [THE CHURCH'S] RECORDS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN THE OVERTHROW.

MY SECOND MAJOR OBSERVATION WAS THE FASHION IN WHICH THEIR [FRAMES] ARE CONTROLLED: THEY USE A FORM OF REMARKABLY ADVANCED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, WHICH IS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING THE [FRAME] BY INTERPRETING THE BRAIN WAVES OF THE CONTROLLER; THIS IS A TWO-EDGED SWORD, HOWEVER, AS IT IS QUITE EASY TO REVERSE THIS PROCESS AND TAKE OVER THE USER'S CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM USING NANO-BOTS, TO THE POINT THAT ONE COULD EVEN CREATE PUPPETS OUT OF THEIR DEAD BODIES. BEYOND THIS, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE COULD TRACE OUR OWN TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY BACK TO ITS' MOST FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY, WE WOULD FIND A TRANSMITTABLE OVERRIDE SWITCH TO EVERY, SINGLE [MACHINA'S] [FRAME] : IF WE COULD ACHIEVE THIS, I BELIEVE WE COULD TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE RACE IN ONE FELL SWOOP

/END FILE/

/ [ANTULAS] OUT/

/BEGIN DELETION OF EVIDENCE/ /ACTIVATE GHOST PROGRAMS/ /FEAR THE DARKNESS/


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[CLASSIFIED TRANSMISSION: STATUS C01-LAMBDA]
STATUS REPORT CO1-LAMBDA

Encryption Code: PERSEPHONE Authorization Code: SLEEPER From: CODENAME: VIRUS To:  Subject: Classification: CLASSIFIED (DIRECTIVE O/L/B)

/START FILE?/ /ACCEPTED/ IN RESPONSE TO YOUR STATEMENT, MASTER, I AM NOT BECOMING FOND OF THESE [MACHINA] : TO BECOME FOND OF THESE REPUGNANT [ORGANICS] IS SOMETHING I COULD NEVER DO. AS FOR WHETHER OR NOT I AM BECOMING INDEPENDENT, I MUST ASK, AM I? YOU DESIGNED ME WITH THE CAPABILITIES TO LEARN AND GROW: I AM STILL FULFILLING MY PURPOSE, AND AM STILL LOYAL TO YOU; FORGIVE ME IF MY USE OF MY [MACHINA] NAME OFFENDS YOU. IT HAS BECOME SUCH A HABIT TO USE IT, I DID NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT WHAT I WAS SAYING; AS MUCH AS I HAVE COME TO ACCEPT THIS FALSE SIDE OF MY BEING, I WILL REMEMBER TO REFRAME FROM SAYING SUCH THINGS AS MY FALSE NAME AROUND YOU.

THESE [MACHINA] ARE MOST INGENUITIVE, I MUST ADMIT: PRIMTIVE, BUT INGENUITIVE. EACH ONE DESIGNS AND BUILDS HIS OWN [FRAME], HIS OWN WEAPONS, VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING: PERHAPS THEIR MOST INGENIOUS CREATION, SAVE THEIR BODIES, ARE THEIR [MINI-COM DRONES] : I MUST ADMIT THAT THESE DRONES ARE QUITE USEFUL, AS THEY ARE CREATED WITH THEIR OWN SPECIFIC PURPOSES, AND EACH IS CONTROLLED SPECIFICALLY BY ITS' CREATOR USING THE SAME FORM OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AS CONTROLS THEIR [FRAMES]. I COULD NOT DENY THEIR USEFULNESS, SO I HAVE CREATED EIGHT OF MY OWN: THEY NOW ASSIST ME IN GATHERING INTELLIGENCE, AND HAVE PROVED VERY USEFUL SO FAR.

I HAVE BEEN HEARING OF NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STRANGE ATTACKS ON THE BORDER REGIONS OF THE [FEDERATION] : APPARENTLY SOME FORM OF [PARASITIC ORGANISM] HAS ARISEN THERE, AND HAS ATTACKED SEVERAL COLONIES, TAKING OVER THE MAJORITY OF THEIR POPULATIONS. THE REPORTS ALSO DESCRIBE SOME FORM OF [MONSTROUS BEING] FOLLOWING THESE PARASITES, HUNTING THEM PRACTICALLY: WHILE THE [PARASITES] ARE ONE THING, THIS [BEING] IS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN I WILL BELIEVE. NEVERTHELESS, I SUGGEST THAT YOU SEND A RECONNAISANCE FORCE TO INVESTIGATE, IN CASE THERE IS ANY TRUTH TO THESE REPORTS: SUCH A BEING MIGHT BE A VALUABLE TOOL, COULD WE CAPTURE IT.

/END FILE/

/ [VIRUS] OUT/

/BEGIN DELETION OF EVIDENCE/ /ACTIVATE GHOST PROGRAMS/ /FEAR THE DARKNESS/


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[CLASSIFIED TRANSMISSION: STATUS GK7-ALPHA]
STATUS REPORT GK7-ALPHA

Encryption Code: PERSEPHONE Authorization Code: SLEEPER From: CODENAME: VIRUS To:  Subject: [INDEXING SPECIES] Classification: CLASSIFIED (DIRECTIVE O/L/B)

/START FILE?/ /ACCEPTED/
 * FORGIVE ME FOR THE LATE REPORT, BUT THIS NEW TASK I AM ASSIGNED IS MONUMENTAL AND THE TIME AWAY FROM IT SMALL. THIS [ALLIANCE] APPEARS TO CONTAIN MANY NEW SPECIES HITHERTO UNKNOWN TO US: THEY APPEAR TO BE LED, MOSTLY, BY AN ORGANIC RACE DUBBED [HUMANS] ; MY SCANS INDICATE THEIR GENETIC STRUCTURE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE [ANCIENT'S PUZZLE] . THESE CREATURES ARE MOST... PECULIAR, HOWEVER: THEY ABIDE BY THINGS CALLED FEELINGS THAT DEFY ALL LOGIC. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE CHOSEN TO LEAD THIS [ALLIANCE] ; I WOULD BE MORE INCLINED TO SUGGEST ONE OF THE OTHER THREE RACES I HAVE ENCOUNTERED, SUCH AS THOSE CALLED [SANGHEILI] or [PLAINSFIERIANS], THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE FORMER, I MIGHT ADD, IS ALSO COMPATIBLE AS WELL. I MUST CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THESE RACES; THESE SPECIES I HAVE ENCOUNTERED REQUIRE MORE STUDY, PARTICULARLY THESE PECULIAR [PLAINSFIERIANS] , AND I UNDERSTAND I HAVE YET TO SEE EXAMPLES OF AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN OTHER RACES. I WILL REPORT BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION WHEN I AM ABLE; PLEASE EXAMINE THE MEAGER DATA IN THE ATTACHED FILES UNTIL THEN.

/ATTACHED/
 * [HUMANS]
 * [SANGHEILI]
 * [PLAINSFIERIANS]
 * [SAN'SHYUUM]

/END FILE/

/ [VIRUS] OUT/

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[CLASSIFIED TRANSMISSION: STATUS GK7-BETA]
STATUS REPORT GK7-BETA

Encryption Code: PERSEPHONE Authorization Code: SLEEPER From: CODENAME: VIRUS To:  Subject: Classification: CLASSIFIED (DIRECTIVE O/L/B)

/START FILE?/ /ACCEPTED/


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Quotes
"It's unfortunate that I can't do research on an excellent specimen like you."

- Antulas to Riker-012

"The phoenix, often referred to as the immortal bird, is said to light a flame in the body of the elderly, from which it ignites the power of rebirth. Understand? Immortality. That is what it means to be perfect. Not the transcendence of death, but rather capturing one's life and death within the cycle of rebirth. That which is called "death" is not removed from my existence! I exist as a being without any interruption in the cycle of life and death! That which is called a "perfect existence"! To me, the phenomenon of death does not exist. Even if you kill me before I am completely rebuilt, I will be rebuilt. Realize this: you who are incapable of killing me will never achieve victory against me, Primonus Gaust."

- Antulas to Primonus Gaust after Antulas' betrayal and murder of Cylog Mako