Project Soul Drive

Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:50 pm

Equipment

Item Name: Project SOUL(drive)
Item Type: Rose Mischevang
Used For: Multi-Purpose
Item Description:

THEORY BEHIND PROJECT SOUL

They say there is strength in numbers, power in knowledge and energy in souls. With these three principles, the theoretical practices for Project Soul Drive were created. Spending many countless hours venturing into the minds of Arrancar, the spirits which resonated within them and the power of information; the Royal Arrancar had discovered something intriguing after her research. One of the first discoveries that she had learned was the fact that the mind had a source of power all on it's own. This was shown well enough after analyzing the attributes of Shadin Yuudeshi, along with herself and other sorts of special ability users which spawned powers from sheer mental control. She referred to this phenomena as "Infospheres".

Infospheres are essentially an undocumented occurrence where information is infused into particles and turned into a subjective force that can then influence the world in many different ways depending on the knowledge behind them. Their strength may also be varied by how much reiryoku is ultimately infused into the user, otherwise determining the value of their soul. Ultimately mending together the unity of Infospheres and Spiritual Energy into one force. From this connection, after inspecting the multitude of spirits sealed inside a single Arrancar, Project Soul was then realized by Rose after finding these three principles could produce an evolution in Arrancar that no one else had seen the potential for.

As stated before, Arrancar may discard the need to devour spirits to become stronger upon becoming one, but more often than not they retain the souls which they've consumed long after becoming Arrancar; such as in the case of Ashlei Clixx, Zefonse Kaizame and many others. Therefore, a radical procedure was devised by the likes of Rose Mischevang. Injecting the user with something that is known as a "Souldrive", this device is roughly the size of a grain of rice; but is more than enough to feed off the power of "Infospheres" of multiple spirits attached to the user in question; even if it's only one, as unlikely as it would be.

THE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS & SURGERY

However, prior to this surgery, Rose will ask if they are willing to abandon their current state of body and ascend to the next plateau in Arrancar Evolution. Being that this is an extremely experimental project, there is the chance for failure or unprecedented effects not counted for. During some of her research trails, The likes of the Shadow Fall Research Community has documented their experimental guinea pigs have experienced symptoms ranging from memory loss, short & long-term to permanent damage done to their body by augmenting their power too much, different types of mental issues developing from repeated used (Schiprohniza, Bipolar Disorder, Dementia and so forth) and even some slipping into a state of psychosis and eventually becoming vegetables; while others simply go mad after unifying with the many spirits that lay dormant with them; experiencing all their memories, all their pain, all their knowledge and altering their personality dramatically as a result.

And albeit there have been cases where these symptoms were mild or non-existence, there is still a large sum of roughly half of it's users either having severe effects or moderate effects from undergoing this surgery. They say these may be fixed as they learn more about it, but until then, the users are putting their soul on the dotted line, but the ramifications of it's potential still lure in users.

Henceforth, if they agree to this, this injection is performed at the center of the neck so that it may synchronize itself throughout the body via the brain of the Arrancar or Hollow in question. As following it's insertion into the body, if they do not a have Cyberbrain, their mind will be artificially enhanced to mimic one so that they may utilize the interface which comes with Project Soul. It is in this menu where they can adjust how strong their augmentation will be, monitor the amount of strain their body is under, adjust the number of souls effected and essentially tweak with it as they see fit and interact with the many different souls inside of them.

From there, the a "Soul Drive", S-Drive for short, will activate and begin producing an a large sum of energy from the users Infospheres. Even if they do not have capacities which spawn abilities of the mind, the S-Drive System will produce it's own artificial Infosphere and transform it into a Subjective Energy-Source. From there, like flies to a light, the spirits within will be drawn to it and it shall naturally give them immense spiritual augmentations to the point where they can then spread throughout the soul of the Arrancar and the user in question awakens to: "Evolution Burst"

EVOLUTION BURST

An Evolution Burst, rather it be done in a Resurrección or base state, allows the user in question to reach a plateau in power which dramatically bolsters their intelligence, physical capacities, spiritual energy and abilities to the their utmost peak. It's estimated that the average transformation can see nearly a thirty to forty times increase in all of their bodily and supernatural attributes. Not only that, but in the case of Cybernetic Arrancar, the equipment and tools which are already attached to their person can even become infused into the equation and they may undergo the same process. Such as in the case of Rose Mischevang, it is very likely her own Cyberbrain would experience similar effects.

However, since the augmentation and enhancement effects from the Evolution Burst can be controlled from the S-Drive, it's often recommended they go way lower than that for an average battle. As the higher they set this, the more cases of symptoms related to Project Soul can occur over repeat use or side-effects related to physical strain to pushing their body to such a state can occur. These can range from bones breaking, muscles fatiguing and some mental strain if they push themselves too far.

It's why Rose has built a limiter system to prevent the user from burning themselves out by force. Such as if their body takes roughly 50-70% damage, it's effects will lower greatly and after reaching a certain point; varying on the breaking point of the user, Evolution Burst may deactivate altogether. As if the user is put under enough stress, damage, fatigue and burns out their energy supply; they will eventually fry it and descend back to their base state. So on average, they can keep this state going for about ten post before it burns out on average if they increase to the higher percentages. Which is another reason most often keep it between 2-10% to extend usage, and then crank it up to the max when they are sure their battle can end.

Furthermore, it's worth noting Rose has noticed that stronger willed individuals are sometimes able to push back, delay or prevent some symptoms; but they are a rare bunch compared to the herds of Arrancar and Hollow she has experimented on. After all, if most don't keep a track on their symptoms, there is even a great chance for death from these symptoms and side effects.

Which makes the fabled "100% S-Drive State" even more frighteningly. In this state, if one were to risk everything they have, and were of reasonable enough strength (0-3 to 0-2), they may even able to temporarily reach a plateau of power that could even combat or surpass the likes of Kin Iramasha. However, in doing this, it could have three outcomes: the first is that they lose their powers for a short to long-term period due to the extreme strain. And even when they do re-learn them, they may take a slightly longer period to fully become effective. This can range from a period of three to six months in total. The second outcome is that they will enter into a coma state for an extended period that cannot be restored by any known means; spiritual or scientific. In doing this, they will wait three months to become awakened again. The effects after that are unknown. Lastly, the final effect could be death if itself if their body cannot handle this strength.

Though, Rose has reason to believe that even after a 100% Release, there may be unknown effects to the body that are worth researching on any individual who is able to go that far. It's ultimately an unknown terrority she wishes to venture into one day. And on the note of that, it also made the Interface system rather easy to adjust in terms of what percentage of augmentation the user wants. As from this, a 2% increase is roughly a two times enhancement, where as a 100% is ultimately suicide; making a 30-50% boost the natural and safe limit range of those who undergo this transformation.

Additional side effects may occur, but it will be up to the user to monitor their body as this technology advances.

PERCENTAGES CHART

This chart is based around the interface system of the S-Drive. The higher your increase it, the more chance for drawbacks/strain/damage can settle in.

2-10%: Low (Anyone can use)
11% to 20%: Moderate Risk
21-31%: HIGH RISK
32-50%: DANGEROUSLY HIGH RISK OF INJURY
51-70%: IMMENSE DAMAGE WILL OCCUR
80-90: DEATH IS EXTREMELY LIKELY
91-100%: NO DATA

NOTE: IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT IF YOU PERFORM THIS OUTSIDE OF YOUR BASE FORM, THE CHANCES OF YOUR CHARACTER SUSTAINING INJURY DOUBLES! AND YOU DO NOT GAIN ADDITIONAL AUGMENTATIONS WHILE IN EVOLUTION DRIVE, SO YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TRANSFORMING BEFORE OR AFTER!

POTENTIAL POSITIVE EFFECTS IN BASE FORM

Possible Tier Increase: There is a possibility for tier increase due to the S-drive System having access energy from the Infospheres in order to dramatically increase the users overall energy by converting it to reiyoku. However, this effect doesn't occur all the time and varies from Arrancar to Arrancar. There is a 1 in 50 chance of this occurring. And the leap it has will also vary.

Keen Aptitude For Knowledge: After under-going this, some users may find that it is rather easy to learn things more swiftly, fluently and with a better master than before. This is due in part to the Infospheres increasing their brains capacity and allowing them to process things at a much faster rate, retain a large sum of knowledge and use the most of their brain's power. While this doesn't occur to all subjects, there is the potential for it.

Resistance Against Mental Attacks: Most who have upgraded their brains to the S-Drive Interface will also find that most people who attempt to tamper with their mind, brain or psyche will have little to no effect. This is due in part to the massive body of souls acting together as one to null the effects of anyone who tries to manipulate, damage or control them in that aspect. So regardless of their current will skills, the attributes of Project Soul are meant to shield them from this form of attack with the utmost of their defensive capacities.

Deeper Understanding Of Powers: Once an S-Dirve is awakened within an Arrancar or Hollow, it's effects may also allow them to have a finer control and understanding of their power. This is based on their aptitude of knowledge being applied internally to themselves and having a tuning boost when it comes to their special abilities or powers. This isn't necessarily applied to their racial, but odd-cases have occurred in more enlightened users and is not common. As the mass majority simply see increases in their own unique/individuals abilities and powers.

Peak Body Performance: Although it doesn't boost their skill sheet, it can put most of their racial and general skills at peak performance in all forms. Such as if they were in base, they could potentially have their instincts, strength, durability and so forth on par with their ramifications of their Released Form. Meaning that if you had a Speed-Based Arrancar, it's possible to have their Ress Speed while in Base. And while it can be increased again with a release, it would just be temporary. As in other words, if they released into their Ress without Evolution State, they may see some performance gains; but like when they had a Resurrection State before, it would only be temporary until the transformation is over.

Nanokinesis: Most users who activate a S-Drive will also have their blood typically infused with nanomachines. They can manipulate most of these machines as they see fit; albeit each alteration will drain energy from them and there body will have to reproduce more as they release them into the world; which can further exhaust their body in some instances. However, these tiny robots can be programmed to build, destroy or protect the user depending on how skilled they are in the realm of technology and how creative they can get with their capacities. Some may be able to take over electrical devices, others may be able to heal and some may be able to formulate new machines; it all varies on the user.

Automatic Defense: Sometimes, those with S-Drives installed in them will have their body automatically react to most types of offensive threats. They can turn this function off in the interface, but if they don't, they will stop at nothing to protect it's user. It will instantly detect once an external influence enters the subjects body, and will annihilate it through any means necessary. Or if they are being attacked from behind, it will automatically attack. The User will have to tweak it's setting to find the most effective means to use this defense system. Some can set it to automaniac, others to manual and then individually tinker with what occurs in both manual and automatic modes. It's even possible for them to fight while unconscious; PROVIDED they aren't heavily damaged and they have programmed their body in the current manner.
Obtained From: This has been something Rose has studied for quite a well, but did not have the funds to accelerate its development until she joined Shadow Fall and reunited with Ashlei. Henceforth, it's a combination of Shadow Fall's Tech and Rose's knowledge.
Yen Price: 200,000,000 Yen
Notes: If there is any problems, please tell me. Additionally, Rose will have this pre-installed inside of her.

Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:36 pm

This is intense. As discussed all in Xat, I'll give this my approval.

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