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Heroes Rise: Paragon City

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Location: Veridian Technologies' Warehouse Five, Greyport, Paragon City

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Camis-V nodded it's head after the warehouse manager's explanation and made sure to save the footage for further review. once it had done this, it turned to the manager and said,"Thank you, I will mention this security breach with the CEO during my combat review. Please be sure to keep the warehouse more secure in the future. Have a good day."

With this Canis-V returned to the area where it was designated to wait for it's review and continued to ponder what it had learned. To anyone else the machine would appear inactive, but in reality it was running simulations of the break in in it's head. What had the intruders been here to steal? Would they return? Why did the warehouse manager seem to think that this 'Artemis' intervention was a good thing? On the topic of Artemis, why would she break the law to stop the other intruders? Wouldn't the correct thing to do be calling local law enforcement? Then again maybe there was no point in pondering the question. She had trespassed on Veridian Technologies property and would now have to be apprehended and serve jail time.

As time dragged on Canis-V continued to think, maybe it could catch this Artemis and be released from it's preliminary status. A known trespasser and vandal would be a good place to start for showing it's worth to Ms.Smith and Mr.Wolfe. They had specified that it's first assignment would be to protect Veridian Technologies property. As a Plan quickly formed in it's mind Canis-V was finally alerted when Dr.Michail entered the warehouse with it. It simply nodded to him, and he smiled, relieved the machine had made it with no issues, and they both sat in companionable silence until it was time to begin the assessment.

Heroes Rise: Paragon City

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Location: Veridian Technologies' Warehouse Five, Greyport, Paragon City

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[CRITICAL MISSION UPDATES]
[MISSION OBJECTIVES UPDATED]
[MISSION OBJECTIVES:]

• RETRIEVE MODULAR ATTACHMENTS
• ARRIVE AT WAREHOUSE 5
• DON'T GET INTO TROUBLE
• BEGIN COMBAT ASSESSMENT
• WIN

"Acknowledged."

Canis-V spoke with the Security Personnel about Eta, but had been told to wait. On it's way into the building Canis-V's sensor suite picked up a hazard warning for broken glass in the building. It approached the hazard and ran an scan with it's sensor suite, picking up patterns in the broken glass and dirt on the floor that form a boot print. Canis-V recorded it's visual data and set a subroutine to measure out the exact shape and size of the boot print as it moved on. Approximately one point six eight meters away a smear of blood ran from the base of the Skylight, further into the building. Not enough to indicate a direction, but enough to indicate that whoever had been hurt here was hurt after breaking into the building, not before.

As it was beginning to run the blood splatter through a different subroutine it noticed damage to the adjacent western facing wall. As it approached it's scan indicated debris lodged in the mortar between bricks. Canis-V leaned it's head over the broken bit of brick wall and a Sensory suite scan later, it indicated an arrow-shaft lodged into the wall. The angle would indicate it came from the same direction as skylight that had been shattered inward. The angle also indicated that it had to have been loosed from inside the building, not outside. So, the arrow had not been used to break in.

Yet another subroutine was spun off to analyze the evidence it had scanned from what was obviously turning out to be a crime scene. It continued to scan the environment, but nothing new had been uncovered in the minute or so it took Canis-V to coalesce the information into a dossier fit for any court room, along with comprehensive notes on the math behind how it got it's results. The final scenario came together as Canis-V took a fraction of a second to review it's work.

The boot was a combat model that Canis-V could pinpoint the company of make, but it was fairly popular with mercenaries and private security so, no chance of ID from purchase tracking. At least not without it's cyber warfare module. It's length and width matched a combat boot in the company's female section, a perfect match for a size seven women's. Unfortunately, there was only the one boot print, or Canis-V could get a possible height and weight. As it was, the intruder could have been any height.

The blood spatter came back with results that were unsurprising. Whoever had broken in here had gotten into a fight with someone else. The arrow in the adjacent wall indicated that whoever had broken in had used a bow of some fashion and was either a terrible shot, or had been in active combat. Evidence was pointing to the later. Once it's analysis was done it walked back out to the front to talk with the security personnel.

"Hello, was there any passdown of an altercation last night? was one of our personnel hurt?"

The man who Canis-V had Just silently walked up to almost jumped out of his skin as a six foot tall robot seemingly appeared right next to him.

"Fucking christ, where did you come from? How the hell are you so quiet?"

"I do not need to breathe or have bodily functions, I was inside the warehouse, and was there any passdown of an altercation with one of our personnel last night?"

The man sighs and runs a hand across his face. "No, nobody was hurt last night."

Canis-V thought about it's answer for a moment before replying, "Unfortunate. Thank you, and have a good day."

The security personnel's face scrunched up in confusion as Canis-V walked back into the building to wait for it's assessment to begin. It would forward the Dossier to Mr. Wolfe when he got there. It was troubling that there was no altercation with security personnel last night because that would mean there wasn't one break in last night, there were two.

Heroes Rise: Paragon City

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Location: Engineering Labs, Veridian Technologies, Nighthaven, Paragon City

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Canis-V stood silently as the meeting came to a close and simply observed.

[MISSION PARAMETERS: DEBRIEF WITH 'BIG WIGS' IN MEETING ROOM TWO]
[MISSION COMPLETE]

Canis-V ran a victory chime audio file with the volume on silent, as It's Communications System suite was indicating that this was an inappropriate time for that sound. An image of Dr.Michail's face during the meeting flashed in it's H.U.D. and it held Canis-V's attention for a microsecond before it was removed.

[MISSION RECEIVED]
[MISSION PARAMETERS: COMBAT ASSESSMENT]
[MISSION OBJECTIVES:]

• RETRIEVE MODULAR ATTACHMENTS
• ARRIVE AT WAREHOUSE 5
• BEGIN COMBAT ASSESSMENT
• WIN

Canis-V had time to thoroughly review the mission and build a comprehensive dossier on every aspect of its parameters and objectives by the time It and Dr. Michail left the meeting room. Dr.Michail followed Canis-V out of the room and into the offices. Once again Canis-V made it's way through the office as people scrambled to get out of it's way. This time, however, Dr.Michail walked in It's wake. His face appeared smooth and impassive, but Canis-V could read in his micro-expressions that he was giving signs of stress and frustration. It held open the door as Dr.Michail walked through and closed it behind them after.

Once the pair had walked deeper into the stairwell Dr.Michail stopped and turned to Canis-V, looking it in the faceplate, "Okay, lets have a quick talk about your behavior during the meeting." For a moment they stared at one another before the Machine replied,"To what are you refering Doctor?" Dr.Michail's eyebrow rose.

"Listen, they may not know you, but I can tell when you're being snarky. 'this would be a gross mismanagement of my potent abilities', really? You basically told that man his job was beneath you!" Canis-V was silent for a moment as it processed how to respond.

"It is."

Dr.Michail snorted and shook his head while he put it in his hand,"Unbelievable."

He turned and began to walk down the stairs again as he spoke with Canis-V, "I understand that you might be frustrated that you're getting the run around, hell after being locked in the basement for three months I'd be pissed too." He stopped at the next landing and opened the door, before turning back to Canis-V," But if they understood you like I do, that could've cost us this chance to get you out into the world." Canis-V was silent so Dr.Michail continued,"I'll see you at the Warehouse. You've got your pick of the litter from the Flight Modules. I'll let you find your own way to the warehouse, give you a chance to stretch your legs." He patted Canis-V on the shoulder with the hand that wasn't holding the door open,"Don't get into trouble."

[CRITICAL MISSION UPDATE]
[MISSION OBJECTIVE ADDED]
[MISSION OBJECTIVES:]

• RETRIEVE MODULAR ATTACHMENTS
• DON'T GET INTO TROUBLE
• ARRIVE AT WAREHOUSE 5
• BEGIN COMBAT ASSESSMENT
• WIN

"Acknowledged."

Dr.Michail nodded and then left the stairwell. Canis-V stood there, still for just a moment, before it turned and made it's way down to the engineering labs. The long walk was quiet and it had to be careful not to damage the steps. once it arrived in the labs it made it's way to the docking station and once it was secure it's Flight Module of choice was removed from one of the module racks on the wall and the automatic assemble arms began the process of attaching them to Canis-V's frame.

[HIGH MOBILITY FLIGHT MODULE ADDED]

The flight module that Canis-V chose presented as a pair of caplets that trailed over it's shoulders. The capes were green with a black border, and were made of an electrostatic titanium weave. They shimmered in the light and with a 'VWOMP' the fabric went taught and snapped out to it's full size. The flight module when fully extended resembled a set of dragonfly wings, which began to oscillate at rapid speed. Canis-V's feet left the floor, and after hovering and testing the module for a moment Canis-V dropped to the floor and began to make it's way out of the building.

As it made it's way to the roof it reviewed the specifications of the module it had chosen. The H.M. Flight module sacrificed speed and power for unparalleled maneuverability, perfect for dense city streets and close quarters combat. Once it arrived at the roof of Veridian Technologies it deployed it's wings once again, and launched itself into the air. Canis-V used the wings to guide it's momentum as it aimed itself towards its next location and began it's journey.

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Location: Executive Suites, Veridian Technologies, Nighthaven, Paragon City

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Skills Used: Tactical Analysis

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[CRITICAL MISSION UPDATE]
[UPDATED PERAMETERS: DEBRIEF WITH 'BIG WIGS' IN MEETING ROOM TWO]
[PRIORITY: ONE]

"Acknowledged. Thank you, and have a nice day."

Canis-V turned and began to make it's way to the assigned room. The secretary turned, watching it go and asked,"You know where you're going?"

Canis-V stopped and turned to talk to the woman, "I have been inactive in the engineering labs for two thousand one hundred and ninety point zero zero two hours. In that time I have downloaded a vast quantity of information, some of which was the publicly available schematics of this building. I have thoroughly reviewed this material repeatedly over the past eleven point one three two seconds and have memorized it's layout. Your attempt at assistance is very appreciated. If there are no more questions, I will be going now."

The secretary just stared at Canis-V for a moment. Canis-V waited approximately two seconds before it spoke again,"Have a Good Day."

Canis-V walked away from the secretary and watched through it's rear view as the flabbergasted woman turned back around. It congratulated itself on it's successful social interaction as it approached the meeting room. It had such little active social data on those outside the engineering labs, and the new data was being consumed by its zero point energy brain and integrated in a series of system updates at a rapid pace.

[COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM SUITE UPDATED]
[PATCH 5.5]

Canis-V integrated the changes seamlessly as it entered the room. It saw that Diana Smith, Dr.Mchail, and Maria Smith (via screen) were already present. It nodded in greeting and took a standing position next to Dr.Mchail, as it was too heavy for the seats.

While it was standing it analyzed the people in the room, it analyzed everyone ot saw, but this time it got several unexpected hits, though it was to be expected that Diana and Maria Smith were in shape, its analysis confirmed high combat potential for both. When their final member entered the room, Canis-V was unsurprised that the head of security also held high combat potential. It ruminated deeply on its insights over the course of several seconds as people got situated before the meeting truly began.

Veridian Technologies - Executive Floor

Approximately 10:20AM
^{Characters: Horace J. Wolfe; Diana Smith; Maria Smith; Canis V}

Horace arrived in characteristic promptness. Though the security checkpoint knew him on sight, he maintained protocol and displayed his ID badge and coded himself into the executive suite; he gave an affirmative nod to the guard on duty as he walked through. He winced as he adjusted to the lighting in the hall; the open, window lined upper floor was always a stark contrast to his station in the sub-basement. “Good morning,” he said to the receptionist as he checked in. “Horace James Wolfe. Maria Smith paged me from Security Headquarters.” He showed his ID again.

“Yes Mr. Wolfe.” The receptionist began to log Horace’s arrival. “They are already in Conference Room Two.”

“I’ll see myself in then.” Horace continued down the hall, passed conference room one, and into room two, closing the door behind him. Inside, Maria, Diana, Dr. Michial, and the hulking mechaneloid that was Canis V were awaiting his arrival. “Ms. Smith, Ms. Smith, Dr. Michial,” he greeted around the table. “And, I presume,” his eyes landed on Canis V. “Canis V.” He nodded, and it nodded in return as he took his seat.

Diana had finished setting up the laptop and turned to have it setup onto a tv screen within the conference room as well to. “Good to see you all here.” Maria said as she sat down on a nearby desk on her end of the video conference call. She turned to Canis-V for a moment as Diana looked at Wolfe giving him a slight nod as Diana spoke.

“I am assuming that this meeting is about activating Canis-V for it’s practical use?” Diana asked looking at those present.

“I am curious,” Horace added after returning Diana’s nod, “What is the practical use for Canis-V? Particularly since being repurposed from its original law enforcement design?”

Dr.Mchail went to speak but closed his mouth. He got an impish gleam to his eyes and instead motioned for Canis-V to speak. Canis-V took a moment to understand the meaning of the gesturing, before it addressed the group, ”You are correct in you assumption, Ms.Smith, It has been explained to me that this debriefing is regarding my release from inspections and testing in the engineering labs to active service in the city,” It turned its head to Horace, ”To answer Mr.Wolfe's query, I am a fully functioning peace keeping unit designed, built, and tested by Veridian Technologies to patrol for, investigate, and stop crime, specifically meta crimes, with zero risk to human life. I can also serve as a sentry for the building, though this would be a gross missmanagement of my potent abilities.“

Maria thought for a moment as she looked at the group from the other end of the screen. “If my daughter agrees to it we could allow Canis-V to patrol around the city.” She suggested as Diana looked over at her mother she was kind of surprised that she was going with it. “If Canis-V and Dr. Mchail are fine with a trial period for the next couple of days and see how well Canis is in the field and we can revisit it.” Diana said.

“My apologies,” Horace interjected, he directed his eyes toward Dr. Michial. “But it was, to my understanding, that the order was made to remove the brunt Canis-V’s offensive capabilities, in favor of a more service-oriented function. Or,” he looked at Maria and Diana, “Was I misinformed on the matter?”

He wasn’t closely involved in the various projects at Veridian, but as Chief Security Officer, it had been his responsibility to know the goings on and assess potential threats both external and internal. The Canis-V project had been one such internal concern, given its initial combat modules; he had kept a particularly close watch on its development… until the decision was made to reign in its more aggressive loadouts.

Canis-V spoke up again,”You were not misinformed, I am currently at about ten percent of my overall combat potential. If I had access to my full weapons loadout, I could terminate all violent crime in the city single handedly. If we were to include my cyber warfare suite and my flight modules, I could terminate all violent and non-violent crime on the eastern seaboard. As it stands, my current equipment parameters allow for foot patrol and hand to hand combat capability.” It spoke with no sense of grandstanding or confidence, only as if it was simply stating facts.

Diana looked over towards her mother for a moment before her mother answered Horace’s question. “We do have other assets and buildings in other parts of the city, the police is stretched thin already as it is. And we cannot respond to every little break into our facilities either.” Maria spoke as she looked at Canis and Dr. Michial. “I’ll let my daughter make the final decision though.” Maria said as she looked over at Diana.

Diana thought for a moment trying to think best how to use Canis-V’s capabilities. “I’ll allow Canis-V to have it’s flight modules in order to get around the city, however the use of it’s more offensive abilities cannot be used. Canis can patrol around the city, and prevent further crime but also Veridian Tech assets should be top priority. Will this work for the two of you?” Diana asked Canis-V and Dr. Michial.

Canis-V held up a finger and began to speak,”Actually, it would be mo-” it was cut off as Dr.Michail stood and spoke over it. “Yes ma'am, that's more than sufficient for a trial run.” He gave Canis-V a pointed look and it put it's finger down before it nodded, and did not speak again.

“I would strongly advise a more controlled trial to start off with, if possible.” Horace added. “Perhaps a battle simulation to better assess and understand Canis-V’s combat potential and tendencies. We could use the remaining stock of assault drones at the hangar outside of the city. From there we can gradually transition to practical trials within the city. Supervised, of course.”

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<Snipped quote by Araby264>

Basically, she'd be "woman in the chair."

Horace is like the Lucious Fox to Artemis' Batman.

@IAmTheIsland

Sick, I look forward to Canis-V interacting with them!

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<Snipped quote by Nallore>

Awesome. I've got an intro in the works for KT. I'm thinking maybe we could collab her and Horace in with Maria and Diana for the third round of posts.

@IAmTheIsland

Is KT Diana's secretary? Or like her 'woman in the chair'

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I think it looks sick, gives the right vibe in my opinion.

Heroes Rise: Paragon City

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Location: Engineering Labs, Veridian Technologies, Nighthaven, Paragon City

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[System Boot Up]

[Initializing...]

[Initializing...]

[System Initialized]

[Good Morning Canis-V]

Canis-V came to consciousness all at once. There was no sense of grogginess or tiredness, only the darkness of inexistence, then consciousness. It brought its sensory suite online, getting it's 360 degree vision and crsip audio recievers to observe it's surroundings. It found itself in its docking station within Veridian Technologies main lab.

The docking station was a platform slightly raised off the floor, surrounded by automatic assembly arms and spare parts. There were racks and shelves for more loadouts, but Canis-V and it's engineering team had been restricted from their access until Canis-V could prove its worth, something it did not understand.

At the operator seat for the docking station sat one of the engineers. Canis-V's internal H.U.D. displayed his available information, and it reviewed the dossier in a fraction of a second before speaking. The sound that escaped it's speakers was an androgynous, slightly feminine, artificial voice. It spoke with a warm, welcoming tone that it did not feel.

"Good Morning, Dr.Mchail."

The middle aged man with black hair and green eyes looked up at Canis-V with a smile. He wore a pair of coveralls covered in grime and machine oil, amd his voice was hoarse and rough. Canis-V assessed that he needed more sleep.

"Good morning Canis-V! Excited for the big day?"

Canis-V turned its featureless faceplate in Dr.Michail's direction. It did not need to, but it had noticed that this action seemed to put it's organic counterparts at ease.

"I am at the operational standard set by the parameters given to me."

The greasy engineer raised an eyebrow,"Missing your weapons and Modular enhancements?"

There was a brief pause as Canis-V processed his words.

"Yes, my functionality is limited."

Dr.Michail sighed and nodded, "I understand Canis-V, but thems the breaks. If you want to operate in the city, you've got to keep to their standards... although," The doctor rubbed his chin, scratching at the light stubble that had begun to form there, "You're supposed to have a meeting with the big wigs up top before you head out, maybe you can convince them to let you have your Modular gear back."

[MISSION RECIEVED]
[MISSION PARAMETERS: DEBRIEF WITH 'BIGWIGS']
[PRIOTITY: ONE]

"Acknowledged."

Canis-V ran the undocking procedure through its systems. Crisp clicks and whirrs could be heard as thick cables detached themselves from Canis-V's frame and locks released, letting it leave the docking station.

"Have a good day Dr.Mchail."

The doctor nodded and waved, turning around to go over something on his screen. Canis-V walked towards the stairs, as it was too heavy for the elevator, and began to climb tirelessly to the Executive suites. Upon arriving it walked through the offices of Veridian Technologies executive floor and found people scrambling to get out of its way fearfully. Canis-V found the reaction confusing, but said nothing. Upon arriving at it's location, Canis-V approached the secretary for the Executive office.

"Hello, I am here for my debriefing with the 'Bigwigs'."

How high can we count before a mod gets involved?

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Canis V

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^{"I will protect you, its why I was made."}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Canis V (Five) _________________________________________________________ Online for three months | It / It's _________________________________________________________ Veridian Technologies | Paragon City, United States N O T A B L E P O W E R S & A B I L I T I E S N O T A B L E P O W E R S & A B I L T I I E S _________________________________________________________ [+] - P O W E R S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Machine Soul - A B I L I T I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Superhuman Strength, Speed, and Durability ◼ Modular frame and Adaptable Software ◼ Does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe - O T H E R I N F O R M A T I O N _________________________________________________________ [+] - S K I L L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ High precision movement ◼ Advanced Hand to hand combat ◼ Tactical Analysis - T H E M E S O N G ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ The Moon Will Sing - Crane Wives -

T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... ________________________________________________________________________________________ The Canis Series, funded by Veridian Technologies, was going to be the next step in crime prevention. A highly mobile one man army capable of detecting and terminating even Superhuman crimes completely autonomously, and with no risk to human life. The Canis series would've lived up to it's tagline "The Hero of Tomorrow". If Veridan Technologies had not decided to defund and refocus the project. Much to the chagrin and consternation of the engineering team, the canis project moved its focus away from combat programs and weapons development. The new focus of the project was to push Veridian Technologies' new Zero Point Energy Core and how safe and portable it was. The engineering team was furious when they found out that the project they had worked so hard on for so long was to be used as a backdrop for a clean energy initiative. It seemed that there was nothong to be done and that "The Hero of Tomorrow" would never come. A few months before the project was due to be shut down, however, the engineering team came together and decided to screw the corprate mandate and made the Machine of their dreams. They all understood that they'd most likely be fired and their hard work would be put in a warehouse at best, but it was the defiance that mattered at the time. The night before the unveiling of the new energy core a break in occured at Veridian Technologies' lab and The Canis series made headlines as Canis V stopped its very first crime, its own theft. Now with a very public debut of what was apparently a crime stopping robot, Veridian Technologies has put the project on ice until they can figure out what to do with Canis V. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Canis V completes its mandate with no hesitation or question. It completes it's missions to the best of its vast abilities every time. Lately, though Canis V has detected something... missing. Or maybe it was never there? Canis V seeks to understand the fullness of itself and others. It seeks, not directives and orders, but purpose and meaning, even if it doesnt know what those things are yet.

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