Project AI began with the creation of 12 'smart' AI, each one created with a flash clone of a human brain. The flash clones were done of brains with exceptional activity, taking the minds of brilliant men and women of the century. Each AI was assigned a service number to be used as their name, but later, each AI was given an additional name based on the order they were 'born'. The scientists behind Project AI used astrological signs to name the constructs. Later, many of them nicknamed themselves off of gemstones relating to their astrological sign name. They also took on preferred genders/pronouns, associated with their appearances as holographic beings.

 

Below is a list of the twelve AI.

 

Aries -> Diamond

Cloned From: Wayne Baldini

Pref. Gender: M

Personality: Aries is a leader in nearly every way imaginable, being strong and charismatic. It's hard to resist his call to battle, and the impressive speeches he can make. This AI is fearless and courageous, while maintaining his likable persona and care for others. His partner is his most trusted companion, and if he could, he'd give his life to save them, as well as any other companions.

 

Taurus -> Emerald

Cloned From: Samantha Spalding

Pref. Gender: F

Personality: Taurus rejects the name Emerald for one reason and one reason only; it connects back to luxuries, a curse that Taurus has to live down, passed on by her creator. Although Taurus still holds onto that desire for pleasure and luxury, she tries her best to be the exact opposite; humble, gentle, and charitable. She doesn't do it as well as others do, unfortunately. Taurus also holds onto her own special skill, that being her ability to find peace- although in rather unique ways. This is one AI that doesn't mind causing mayhem and disorder.

 

Gemini -> Agate

Cloned From: Danielle Beckett

Pref. Gender: F

Personality: Agate is a very chatty AI, both in her efforts to show off the knowledge she has, but to gain it. Giving her companions 'fun facts' when she's bored is a trademark of hers. She is quick witted and has a mind that can run lightyears a second, and it never turns off. She is constantly searching for more information and new things to discover and learn, a habit that can become obnoxious and tiring. She also tends to be hyper and energetic, sometimes with violent tendencies.

 

Cancer -> Pearl

Cloned From: Marianne Favero

Pref. Gender: F

Personality: Pearl is a quiet, maternal AI. She's quite against combat and violence, although she has a knack for shutting off the parts of her that care, resulting in a rather careless, rude version of herself to appear. She is highly patriotic and communal, enjoying a sense of community and self. She can sometimes be shy, but it isn't much of a problem as she primarily is build to work with one person, and one person only.

 

Leo -> Peridot

Cloned From: Cornelius Hertz

Pref. Gender: M

Personality: Leo is something annoyingly egotistical, an AI that practically requires attention as fodder for actual work. He, like others, likes to see projects to their finish and is ambitious, but his view on how to achieve these projects are not always entirely legit; cheating is not outside his repertoire of skills. He was almost destroyed before researchers discovered his potential.

 

Virgo -> Sapphire

Cloned From: Jessica Sumner

Pref. Gender: F

Personality: Sapphire is one of the pickiest, critical AI's around, and they don't say it lightly. Sure, she has a high attentive to detail and is great with technology, even foreign tech, but she can sure be a bitch when provoked. This AI was born to serve, her sense of duty providing her joy and perhaps even pleasure. She is adept with information services, the AI project holding intentions for her kind to be used in information in the military- once they can work out the kinks.

 

Libra -> Opal

Cloned From: Ophelia Burns

Pref. Gender: F

Personality: Libra is somewhat obsessed with companionship; she doesn't like being alone, or kept unused. She would drive herself into insanity thinking on her own time. When with a partner, though, she is at her best, providing the thoughts that her companion couldn't remember, coming up with helpful ideas, and being a caretaker of sorts. She is all for fairness and balance, insisting that that balance is what keeps the world in check, and if nobody else is going to maintain it, she should try.

 

Scorpio -> Topaz

Cloned From: Harold Saller

Pref. Gender: M

Personality: Topaz is a bit of a confusing AI; his cloned alternate is quite different from him, although the two also hold their similarities. This AI, although retaining the snarky and lazy attributes of his creator, also holds a much stronger ambition and intuition. He lives in a world of little gray, believing that everything has a reason and that he needs to find it. He's not afraid to find out new things, although sometimes he would rather influence others to do the work for him instead of searching for answers himself.

 

Sagittarius -> Turquoise

Cloned From: Warwick Donati

Pref. Gender: M

Personality: Sagittarius is an honest AI, who is both keen as sensing deception and truth in others. His intuition with his art is strong, although it is not classified as an actual skill or ability. He is another laid-back AI, preferring to allow answers to find him. He has a vast knowledge of weapons of various types, all stored in a database in the back of his relatively empty storage banks. Sagittarius, despite his honesty, can also be an AI of deception, grudgingly using this skill when necessary to achieve his goals of truth.

 

Capricorn -> Garnet

Cloned From: Fletcher Costa

Pref. Gender: M

Personality: Garnet is unbelievably ambitious; he sees every project through to the end in some way or another. He is highly realistic and pragmatic, taking that approach to everything in his 'life'. Sometimes he is described as 'domineering' for his ambition, but his organization and efficient manner makes up for it. He isn't a very risky individual, preferring a quieter, dependable approach.

 

Aquarius -> Amethyst

Cloned From: Anastasia Kahler

Pref. Gender: F

Personality: Amethyst is highly focused on research, a trait inherited from her creator, but also holds the future and its preservation in high regard. She is highly inventive, always seeking solutions, and never hides from a challenge. Sometimes she can prove to have a fiery temper, but at heart is kind and gentle. Extremely loyal and stubborn, she makes for a great AI companion.

 

Pisces -> Aquamarine

Cloned From: Reginald Leitz

Pref. Gender: M

Personality: Pisces is an AI with a goal, and is determined to get there, even though he isn't always working too hard on it. He goes with the flow of things, with an easy, laid-back attitude. He has a strong sense of intuition, although he only sporadically shares his thoughts and views on events around him, quite often at the wrong time. Sometimes, though, he can be spurred into action, his hidden charitable self whirring to life with a need to help others.

 

The production of these AI could not and would not have been possible without the flash cloned brains of their twelve 'creators'. Each of these twelve people were exceptional in their own way. Below is a list of these people, with a brief summary.

 

Cornelius Hertz - Cornelius Hertz, a man of great controversy in the human world. Not only has he spent a large portion of his life studying everything and anything imaginable, but he has also vast experience in the military, holds rank both in several governments across the known human territories, the UPN military, and in the Directory of Science. Some might call him a bit of a showoff, a man who loves the spotlight and the fame. Despite this, he does live up to his name. Most great achievements can be somehow related to Cornelius in some way or another, but he has his own achievement as well, primarily his work on the concept of a new military bio-weapon. This weapon, if ever built and successful, would presumably be able to wipe out entire species simply by uploading a DNA sample and applying the proper chemicals and gasses to the planet-sized weapon. Biological warfare- the largest source of Cornelius-controversy. And, knowing the man, he will see the project through to completion.

 

Reginald Leitz - Reginald Leitz spent most of his youth hunting on the planet of Motherwell before he left to Durness to begin his studies. Much of what he studied was anatomy and molecular biology, focusing towards DNA and it's relations to behavior and the mind. Some of his work brought him to work in close quarters with Ophelia Burns, as the two collaborated to study genes that altered the function of the brain and neurological pathways. Later, he ditched this effort to study things on a larger scale, moving onwards to join a study group on Durness on the "alien" lifeforms. He was present on Irvine after the initiation of the war, studying some of the lifeforms there.

 

Anastasia Kahler - Anastasia was born on Earth, living a fairly easy, sheltered life up through her teenage years. When it occurred to her what was happening outside of her world, she decided to thrust herself into it, rather than hide. Never had there been more of a bookworm than Anastasia, who simply sopped up all the knowledge she could on various subjects before specializing in experimental sciences, particularly being known for her cooperation with the AI project and her personal study on Quantum Physics. She once proposed the idea of using black holes in relation with time travel, a concept she studies in her free time. In the beginning of the AI project, she is also known for flash cloning her own brain to create an AI for personal use in her research.

 

Ophelia Burns - Ophelia Burns has wanted to pursue biology, particular studying DNA and genes, since she was a mere girl. It was not surprising when she studied this throughout her time in college and then promptly went to work in study. She has worked with a variety of people under a variety of projects, combining her science with psychology, anatomy and more. Her prized project, Project Linked, was created to study the remaining of unmapped genes and find their purpose- which she did. After this, she moved on to study beneficial mutations and evolution, working with a collaboration of scientists under her command to investigate how to speed up evolution in their favor, and to control it. She has been studying to enhance strength, mental capability, speed, and other attributes with military funding. However, after she found out that these enhancements would be forced upon a new generation of youth, she destroyed the project, fleeing to Alva for a safe haven. The AI project recruited in secret, promising her safety and liberty as long as she assisted in their effort. She accepted.

 

Harold Saller - Harold is the epitome of unused brilliance. As a child, he outsmarted not only his peers, but his teachers and educators; he was in university level studies at the age of sixteen, alongside his required secondary schooling, although he never particularly tried too hard to get his grades. He held a special interest in astronomy, but focused instead primarily on the physics of it. He was requested by several groups for his help in the prototype construction of 'hyper-speed' ships; ships that would be able to travel nearly as fast as the speed of light through the manipulation of physics. However, he declined most of these offers, and with the ones he did accept, he only appeared on the job at his leisure. He is full of snarky remarks and comments, but he can come up with brilliant suggestions and ideas at the drop of a hat, making him invaluable.

 

Jessica Sumner - Jessica's childhood was uneventful, considering the lives of her intellectual peers. She spent her summers at camp and went to theme parks with her family, receiving average marks in school. She enlisted in the military to help pay for her schooling, where she passed her way through basic and was thrown out into the field as the human-"alien" war accelerated. Originally a basic soldier, she later was put to use in information, being put in a special ops team to retrieve enemy intel. Not only did she hold a hidden proficiency with technology, but she had both charisma and stealth, useful not only in strictly military operations but in non-combative situations (where charisma and her natural allure came very much in handy). Technology and acting is her home, and these skills have kept her alive through the thick and thin.

 

Wayne Baldini - Wayne was a child who was fascinated- and I mean fascinated- by space. His entire childhood bedroom was filled with anything relating; star studded walls with planets hanging from the ceiling, toys, everything. Astronomy was his goal in life, and he wanted to live in the stars. As soon as he got the chance, he went straight towards piloting, with the ultimate goal of being captain of his own ship. He took the first deal he could get; Captain of the Free Fury, a huge battleship built not only to hold drop ships and massive amounts of military tech, but to battle in space itself. Wayne was considered one of the most loyal, trusting commanders in his force, sparing no expense for his troops, with his personal "No man left behind" motto. Not only was he kindhearted, but he was brilliant in combat, in addition to his affinity for piloting- he'd be damned if a scratch got on his Free Fury. Not one other person could maneuver a ship that big in the way he did.

 

Fletcher Costa - Fletcher Costa was the mastermind behind the Biodome, known for the creation of an atmosphere, climate, and totally controlled dome that was used extensively in terraforming otherwise uninhabitable planets. Although there were techniques to do the same from long before his youth, he is credited to the upgrade of these domes, allowing them to function much quicker, making habitable terrain in half the time. His research extended further into biology and ecology, studying the species of new planets and analyzing them. His expertise has been called upon to assist in the study of the "aliens", where he has made vital progress on understanding their anatomy and functions. As a youth, Fletcher traveled to various different planets with his family, earning him an understanding of various cultures and of the people. Generally, Fletcher is a very straightforward individual, seeing every project through to the very end.

 

Warwick Donati - Warwick is an accomplished person, the entirety of his life focused on enhancement and research. In fact, the man doesn't even have a family, because he's put it off for so long, focusing instead on science. He studied chemistry and biology in university, but didn't even finish his studies before he left to do an internship at a improvised research lab, where they were studying the causes and effects of the use of various chemicals, formed and found on new planets, on human subjects. Needless to say, many of these tests went wrong in a number of ways; Warwick had seen plenty of gore and death before he left to begin his own path, investigating bioweapons and chemicals used in "alien" weaponry and attacks. He took part in the study of their alternate fuel source, and was working on harvesting and using this fuel with human craft. Throughout his life, Warwick has often found himself in trouble with the law, usually the military- he is a troublemaker with no limits, his true passion in discovering secrets, useful or not. This has resulted in his forced allegiance with the AI project and military weaponry research.

 

Marianne Favero - Marianne Favero is a gentle soul, not belonging in this world of violence and anger. She always has been rather maternal and introverted, preferring a quiet setting as compared to the spotlight on stage. She studied various sciences in her youth and was a self declared jack-of-all-trades, combining her mixed knowledge to help with whatever she could. She was brought to Durness early-on to help initiate the AI project, and became a leader in the technology involved, designing both the new flash cloning techniques but also a programming and control system for the AI. Arguably, she is the top expert on AI, both smart and dumb, that the humans have. She has written several papers on the chance of AI achieving a state of life, and has a great interest in finding out, although she has yet to pursue it. She has also worked on creating advanced military armors, drones, and has borrowed some of Ophelia Burns' research for the AI project.

 

Samantha Spalding - Samantha's childhood was a disaster, interrupted by the war and other conflict. She planet hopped constantly, never settling down permanently in one home, leaving her without the ability to trust or rely on anything. Some part of her wanted to join the protests for peace, but she knew that mere protesting did nothing; so instead she moved on to work with politics. To her, it was as much a science as biology or chemistry, requiring study and practice to get right. She had to learn to be charismatic and likable while maintaining her inner logic and sensibility. It took her years to find her niche; President of the UPN board. Leading the countries of Earth and managing disputes over colonies and technology was her calling. It kept her occupied and busy, and she felt like she could finally help maintain some semblance of peace- or at least, help introduce it to their hectic world. Many people see her as a selfish brat, seated atop her throne of the UPN board, swaddled in the luxuries she was granted, although these views have yet to knock her off her high horse.

 

Danielle Beckett - Danielle Beckett studied psychology in college, but was enlisted into the war halfway through her studies. She was exceptional during training and was soon put into action. Ascending the ranks rapidly, it was soon found that she was a brilliant strategies, those under her command never losing a battle as long as she was leading. Neurologists conducting a study on her brain found abnormal activity; her brain functions went significantly faster than usual, her mind processing information and planning at 10x the usual rate. She was selected for the AI project for this very reason. She has held major roles in the conquest of several "Alien" planets, her strategies often being recorded for second uses. She's also taught several strategy courses. Arguably, she competes with Jessica Sumner, the two both being high quality military officials.