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Fiona: Theory of opperation

Real or Ruse?

"Allright! I'm an automation! Happy now!?!"

Fiona

If you were to meet Fiona, face to face, she would appear to be a very attractive female anthropomorphic fox (assuming that you find anthropomorphic foxes to be attractive, as in Tails' case) in her early to mid teens. You could touch her fur, shake her hand, cary on a conversation with her, or even look into her eyes, and not suspect she were anything other than what she appeared to be. In actuality, Fiona is an automation, an android. Fiona is is capable of making complex decisions without aid, as a non-robotic person would. The only way to discern Fiona from an organic vulpine anthropomorph would be to closely and carefuly examine her anatomy (Which would most likely be considered a violation of her person), or to remove her silicone membrane (which would be considered a worse violation of her person).

Fiona's purpose for creation

"But all he wants to do is build tiny mechanical toys that do anything he says"

Sonic

Fiona was built by Doctor Robotnik, as bait, a decoy for a trap for Tails, on an artificial island, created by Doctor Robotnik. Fiona lured Tails into a roboticizer. Tails managed to escape by cloging the ventilation system with fur from his tails. When Robotnik's plan was ruined, Robotnik ordered Fiona to attack Tails. The fight led into the ocean. Fiona's "skin" was not correctly sealed, so the salt water was allowed to enter her body, in conjunction with a cloged lubrication system, causing her to rust up. Apparently, the aloys which her skeleton were composed of were highly susceptible to corrosives, especialy saltwater. After that, Robotnik fled the scene. Tails was heartbroken, and placed Fiona on a hill on the island, as a munument to his lost youth.

Fiona's Anatomy

"So, how's this thing work, Rote?"

Sonic

Fiona has several systems to note, including; Neural net (Brain), coolant system, lubrication system, a repair system, a reactor (later replaced with a matter-to-energy converter), and a complex sensory system built into her siliconous outer membrane.

Fiona's Brain

A mater of the mind

Fiona's neural net, or brain, is composed of an artificial substance. This substance resembles neurons, and acts as neurons. The neural net is arranged in the same orientation as a human brain, it has the same anatomy, even to the point where the left side of her brain controls the right side of her body, and the right side of her brain controls the left side of her body. Most likely, Robotnik used his own brain anatomy for three main reasons. 1.) He was most familiar with his own brain, so if something went wrong, he'd know how to fix it. 2.) He wouldn't need to come up with a new brain, he'd use one that was proven to work. 3.) He believed his evil personality would cary over. Fiona's neural network was created using theories and data recovered from roboticized anthropomorphic mobians. If you were to see Fiona's neural network system, sitting beside a normal healthy brain, the onle difference you would notice would be that Fiona's brain has a metalic luster to it.

The dreaded "S50992" chip

"There are many good things life... and this is DEFINITELY not one of them!"

Travis Torric

Fiona is basically free-willed, except for a chip called the S50992 chip, beter known as the "servitude chip" which is connected to Fiona's auditory receptors. The servitude chip responds to voice commands, but only from Robotnik. The S50992 contains a second, smaller, neural net. The second neural net is flat about the size of a squished pea. The smaller neural net can override the larger neural net's decisions. When the smaller neural net is in control, Fiona can easily be told appart from a non-robotic life form. This is because the smaller neural net has no conciousness, no concience, nor any higher reasoning, basicaly it will only follow Robotnik's instructions. Durring time of takeover,the larger neural net remains concious, but can do nothing about what the smaller neural net does. It is believed that some variation of the S50992 chip is used in roboticized individuals, but that's only speculation.

Maintenence Systems

Coolant System

Fiona has a heating and cooling system, which attempts to keep a regular temperature of 98.6 degrees ferenheit (Robotnik chose to use his own body temperature). this is slightly less than an anthropomorphic mobian's body temperature. This regulation serves two purposes. 1.) this keeps fiona's circuitry from geting too low (which would damage some of her components, and 2.) makes her indistinguishable from organics. Fiona's body contains a small heating system, and a pump. The heater heats the antifreeze which is pumped through her coolant vessels. With the way Fiona's pump works causes her to have a pulse. If Fiona's body temperature exceeds a preset temperature point (about 103F) her body will cool down using a thermocouple, thus cooling her system. Fiona can also use a ventilation system to make her internal temperature like the temperature arround her. The ventilation system works by forcing some of her antifreeze through tiny flexible tubes that are so fine, that they are spongey. The heat/cold transfer in her ventilation system is similar to the oxygen/carbondioxide transfer which occures in the lungs of air breathing organics.

Lubrication System

Fiona's body has a lubrication/de-ruster system. it contains a pump, resistance sensors, tubing, valves, and a single-chip computer. If a joint gives unusual resistance, it most likely is rusted. the resistance sensor tells the computer to open a valve nearest to the problem area, and pump the lubricant and de-ruster fluid into the rusted joint, thus freeing the joint.

After derusting so many times, the derusting agent will build up, and should be cleaned out routinely, though there is no danger to leave it for extended periods of time.

Auto Repair System

Fiona has an auto repair system. Usualy it's the first thing that malfunctions, and needs constant maintenence. When this system is functioning correctly, it will detect damaged areas, then build and deploy tiny robots, called nanites, to the damaged area. The nanites can do complex repairs, like mending the outer membrane, weld broken wires, even re-attatch severed fingers (Fiona mus hold the dismembered finger or toe in place, motionless. it takes about an hour for the finger to set (Without risk of breaking off again), and an aditional five to eight hours to completely reatatch (This includes connecting sensory wires, and motor fibers)

Fiona's power Supplies

Plutonium Reactor

When Fiona was initialy built, her power source was a tiny plotonium reactor with enough plutonium to last twelve months. When Fiona rusted up, she went into a power rationing mode, using only enough energy to support her neural net. This was done by her programed "survival instinct". In all actuality, she did not plan on being retrieved from the island.

Matter to energy converter

After being brought to knothole, then to Rotor's workshop, Rotor removed her plutonium reactor because plutonium is unstable, toxic, hard to obtaine, and could be traced by Robotnik. Rotor installed an experimental matter to energy converter, with an energy storage unit. The mater to energy converter allows for a tiny ammount of matter to be converted directly into energy, with an amaizing 97% efficiency. All Fiona needs to do to recharge her energy storage unit is "Eat" something. Even though Fiona could eat raw fish innards, dirt, small rocks, or even shards of broken glass, she preferes to eat fruit, especialy pears.

Fiona's five major senses

Hearing

"Do you hear what I hear?"

Fiona's inner ears work the same way as a human's or anthropomorph's. In theory, Fiona can hear sounds as faint as .06 decibels, considering that the stirup, anvil, and hammer are free of debrie, and there is absolutely no sound, background or otherwise. The anvil, hammer, and stirup in Fiona's ears are composed of a metal almost as hard as diamond, therefore Fiona can hear high pitched sounds, like a dog whistle. The reason for this kind of detail is to better the performance, and make it harder to tell her appart from an organic life form.

Sight

"I see..." (said the blind man)

Just as Fiona's ears work like an organic's, so do her eyes. Fiona's eyes are made from different polymers. Her irises are made from a light reactive polymer. The polymer has been colored to sky blue. Fiona has several spectrums which she can analyze; Visible range (What non-colorblind humans see), Infared(To her it's a rainbow of color, white and pink being hotest, blue coldest) ultraviolet (Fiona sees black, white, and purple in this mode.

Smell

Fiona is equiped with an olfactory sensor, located behind her nose, the same as in all vulpine anthropomorphs. Fiona's olfactory sensor works in the same ay as an organic's in every other way.

Taste

Fiona has an acute sense of taste, but before Rotor modified it, she didn't percieve flavors correctly, (i.e. a piece of cake would taste sweet to us, but to her would taste like a mouthfull of bleach) after the modification, Fiona doveloped a liking for pears, even though she could eat anything for sustinence, even a box of kitty litter would do.(she has a mater to energy converter, see Fiona's power supplies.)

Touch

Every square inch of Fiona's epidermal layer (Skin & fur) has tiny sensory units. These Sensory units can sense many sensations, anything from rough to soft, hot and cold, pressure to pinching, pain to itching. There are several connection points. it takes about five minutes to completely remove her covering, and twenty minutes to put it back on, that's why Rotor only partialy removes it (That, and the fact that Fiona feels very insecure without it.)

Mobility

Fiona has a skeleton very similar to that of an organic fox anthropomorph. instead of muscle tissue, Fiona has a soft rubbery polymer, that acts the same as muscles; when electrical energy hits either one, they contract, only Fiona's polymer is stronger, and does not get fatigued. The only down side is, the polymer is toxic after prolonged contact with skin, but that's no problem for Fiona, since she isn't organic, and her epidermal layer protects those who touch her. If you were to hold her arm, you would sense no difference between her arm and yours, except hers may be a little softer.

Meet Fiona

Fiona is chronologically three and a half years old, though she looks like and behaves as if she were fourteen. Fiona likes to walk through the woods at night with Tails. She likes conversation. She also has a liking for pears, and other fruits. Like organics, she doesn't like her checkups, only her checkups are with a mechanic, instead of a doctor. Fiona is very secure about her body, except when she is required to partialy remove her outer cover. Fiona will not volunteer any information that would lead you to the conclusion that she is indeede an automation. Fiona's dearest wish is to be a real, flesh and blood person. This is mostely due to the fact that others do not take well to any sort of robot, thus alienating her.

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