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Infinite Stratos : Clone Quest - Status Quo had been Fucked Silly

You took a deep breath to calm yourself, truthfully...


"I'm not really sure, to be honest"


"But I have to know Sunny... I have to know why I was born, for what purpose I was created. That doesn't mean I have to fulfill it, merely knowing is enough"


Sunny: "Rei..."


Sunny: "ALRIGHT THEN!"


Jack: "You two okay?"


"WHAAA?!"


Jack: "Don't worry, this is just a combat dress. Also, Sunny wasn't this your working hard drive and laptop?"


Sunny: "Yes, this is mine"


"That surprises me"


???: "We're going to bail out soon, Snake told us to torch the rest of lab to avoid 'them' finding anything important"


Pliskin: "Don't expect this to be easy, either way"

The UN soldier quickly scrambled back to the truck.


???: "This will be a long ride, probably uncomfortable too"


Sunny: " It's okay, we'll be alright"

Haa, that's rather exhausting moments...anyway seems like the nanomachines in you stabilized, the energy of the nuke seems to be tiny enough, the disk should survive this much.

Pick 3
[ ] Try using codec to contact
-[ ] Snake
-[ ] Otacon
[ ] Talk with
-[ ] Jack
-[ ] Pliskin
-[ ] The man with shades
[ ] See the content of the disk
 
[X] Try using codec to contact
-[X] Otacon
[X] Talk with
-[X] The man with shades
[X] See the content of the disk
 
Trying to put your effort into reactivating the nanomachines, you prayed for God, or whatever powers exist out there for it to connect.

*BLEEP-BEEP*

"THANK GOD FOR BEING EXIST!" you yelled out loud, made people around you jolted in surprise. "CAN YOU HEAR ME, MR. HAL?!"



You took a deep breath, the rumbling of the vehicle began to disappear as you attain full mental uplink with the network, and became physically inept as result.

"Sunny, Mr. Jack, a weird man with glasses, and a couple of soldier with UN signature"



"Okay, but what-"



"HUH? WHY? HOW CAN YOU BE SO SELFISH?! WHAT ABOUT SUNNY?!"

From the outside, you only frowned in response. Even then, your blood began to boil with anger.



You yelled as Otacon closed the communication from the other direction, "What does that even-"

Sunny tapped your shoulder, you glanced to her. Even though she probably don't know the details, the girl understood well why you look upset.


Sunny: "We'll find a way, Ray"

You scratched your head, kind of embarrassed. That's right, other kids might have a luxury of crying and panicking.... Sunny, she doesn't have any of that. For her entire life, she's been forced to grow up and act like one. You haven't know her for long, but you wanted to understand how it feels... and you don't want to become a burden.


"That's right" you nodded, "Anyway, Mr. Jack.... I know it's kind of weird, but what exactly happening right now?"


Jack: "Civil war"

Is that even possible? One would think a superpower like America won't have any of that. Even with your very limited knowledge, that doesn't seem like a bright idea.


Jack: "You might be confused, but for all it's worth, this entire mess wasn't started overnight. The build up has been ongoing for months, starting with how the President's popularity began to dwindle amongst the senate... it went downhill from there"


"And that nuke? I learn from textbook that even the most evil Americans won't dare to soil it's sacred ground with something like nuclear weapon"

That sounded infinitely more naive and stupid than you can comprehend, like, something a cartoonish supervillain would say.


Jack: "No one can be sure, but I have a feeling this will trigger a major crisis. Someone out there, is trying to break this country apart... while the conflict itself not entirely rootless, how it's started can't be said to be a natural progression."

Noticed he lost in a deep thought, you decided to tell Sunny about your intention. At first, she looks extremely worried, but you assured her that it will be alright in the end.


"It's...."

Sunny was rather confused as there's no security measure whatsoever, it was indeed a very friendly interface to use.

Aside from random photos and random stuff you really don't want to deal with (seriously, Chloe need to be less creepy), there are few important archives that Sunny said might catch your interest.

[ ] SEARS Program
[ ] *corrupted data* (this need to be salvaged first)
 
Yes, mengentle, it's resuming.

Time to finish this clusterfuck.:cool:

 
[X] *corrupted data* (this need to be salvaged first)
 
Holy crap this got restarted. Do all the old followers/posters/players know yet? ((I've only followed this tenuously, really.))
 
Garlak said:
Holy crap this got restarted. Do all the old followers/posters/players know yet? ((I've only followed this tenuously, really.))
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Spread the word? :V

I mean it's IMPOSSIBLE to update in SB because the amount of images, hopefully the old followers are here.
 
Thank God tiebreaker, I always been anxious about not enough votes.
 
"Would it bother you if I want to see the broken data first?" You asked her earnestly, to which she replied with a smile:

"Not really, it would take a while to decipher though"


Waiting anxiously, you occasionally took a peek or two.


"How was it?"


Sunny: "It's... peculiar."

Sunny's awkward smile isn't very reassuring, but it's not like you expect bells and whistles.


Looking at the data... well crap, your brain still unable to handle it, not consciously. So many graphs, so many information..."Eugh" you squirmed as you held your head.


Sunny: "Well, let me explain for you then"

In this day and age, organ cloning are well on it's way to perfection. This mean that it's possible to restore nearly destroyed body with small risk, well within acceptable parameter. You lose your hand, just clone another in an environmentally sealed tubes. However... even now, there are quirks that would prevent a human brain to be replicated separately. As an organ, it was too fragile, and too complex to be developed outside a complete body grown from a living embryo.

Sufficient to say, even with the rapid advancement of biological science, it's not possible to fully replicate a person's brain in a culture jar, not until a new breakthrough is made.


"But what does that mean? If I'm a clone, then I must be grown somewhere..."


"That's the point" Sunny said to you , "Your entire body were made a whole from the start, though, we don't know whether a surrogate mother or artificial womb is involved...."

Surrogate mother... you choked a little, and really don't know whether it's better or worse. The fact that you might be a full grown boy fresh out of a tank, or that you're born from a woman you will never know.

It's supposed to be painful, but what you feel now is nothing but sense of hollowness.

"Ray, I'm sorry-"


"I'm okay... just... continue..." you told her.

Somewhere after 2009 Incident, two simultaneous research were made.

The first one, Project ALPHA, began with physical experimentation and gene modification done to fully matured human body. Project ALPHA were made with the intention of creating a heavily optimized, peak human body for a soldier, using a certain Legendary Soldier's genome template as basis."

The second one, Project OMEGA, concern the use of memory manipulation. Using nano-machines, the brain were stimulated subtly so the test subject can access unfathomable amount of knowledge, linked with advanced quantum computer server and it's AI, the PATRIOTs, to form a pseudo mind-network that would be beneficial for the subject, individually or otherwise."

Combining the perfected result of ALPHA and OMEGA, Sons of Patriots created and pressed into service. While they are physically inferior compared to the result of Supersoldier research Project SCHWARZER HASE as conducted by Germany, Sons of Patriots give unrivaled strategic value and cost-performance result.

However, as PATRIOTs reign fell in 2014, Sons of Patriots's neural network rendered defunct.

[INFORMATION MISSING]

Oh... could it be... this was when Sunny hijacked and lobotomized the PATRIOTs? But what does that relate to your origin?

Unit 101, contrary to his apparent resemblance to the members of Orimura Family, is not a pure clone. Instead, Unit 101 were the extension of SCHWARZER HASE. Unit 101's embryo were made with various genetic samples gathered from multiple individuals of various demographic, related and unrelated. Personally supervised by [DATA LOST] with the help of Integehen Germany.

[INFORMATION MISSING]

The creation of Unit 101 himself are closely related to Project OMEGA, being the first and most extensively used test subject. Unit 101 were raised in a completely digital, closely observed virtual environment. Being an artificially grown human, Unit 101 does not possess natural memories.

After the fall of SOP, unit 101 continue his service under the banner of SEARS Program.

Ah...

So that's....

At least you got the answer you need....


Thunderous roar of low-flying Helicopters interrupted your train of though.


Jack: "GEKKOS!"


Man: "SERIOUSLY?! BAIL OUT! BAIL OUT!"


Pliskin: "You two coming with me."

Before either of you can react, the man slung you and Sunny on top of his shoulder. Everyone including the truck driver jumped out for some reason.

And the helicopters... exploded. Ugh, more people die again... it made you sick inside.

You closed your eyes and concentrate with your Soliton Radar, maximum sensitivity.... multiple high powered machines roam the area, many of which blocked the road traffic entirely. Even though you cannot 'see' them, they're huge, and frightening.

Stray machinegun rounds ricocheted off the ground, even so, Plisken didn't get intimidated in the slightest.
Flying SWORD on the other hand...




Pliskin: "Oh you gotta be screwing with me-"

He gently dropped both of you, as he pulled a pistol and a knife out of his pocket, he calmly told you to run away. Tapping your forehead, he somehow managed to send you the route and map of the area.

"How-"


Pliskin: "Nanomachines, son."

AAARGH this is not the time to be confused with trivialities!


"Where should we... run to?"

Think hard, Ray, think Hard!

[ ] Roundabout way around the shopping area
It's safer, much safer, except it'll be easier for enemy to spot you

[ ] Blast through the shortcut
The enemy is preoccupied, but careful with the stray shot
 
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