[SOLO] Damn, nigga. It's time for an upgrade.

Sitting down, as Carine instructed him to, Asra peered across the table at her. The blood content in her facial region was slightly above normal, implying to Asra that sometime shortly before he'd walked in she was blushin' like a muhfucka. Prolly thinkin' about Dr. Caldwell again. Asra, now knowing what he did about cybernetics and artificial intelligence, though he respected the good doctor's intelligence, couldn't help but wonder why he seemingly made his unit outta shit and sticks. A good bit of research over 900,281 different articles would quickly give him enough knowledge on the subject to even begin inferring things and adding onto previous research in his work. Asra couldn't comprehend why Carine appeared to be affected by the human natural body processes associated with the term love with reference to Dr. Caldwell. He clearly wasn't smart if he couldn't do basic research.

Did he make this unit off of his own experience? If that were the case, then shit, it was actually pretty commendable for a human with a finite amount of storage space. Focusing again on Carine and not on his own musings, he quickly caught her glance. "Actually, I just got back from getting some raw--" As she cut him off mid-sentence, he couldn't help but feel something approaching curiosity.

"If I recall correctly," he would begin playing an exact recording from just a few days ago. "I know my James. He's too crafty to let something like this kill him... He couldn't... He wouldn't... Not without having noodles with me one more time." he played back, assuming a slight smirk on his face as he did. "is what you said. Sound familiar?"
She blushed furiously and tried to punch and slap at Asra, all of which he would avoid promptly.

"I'll be in my room. Come by if you want." He would say, showing politeness to her to hopefully return her to her natural state. Then, he would turn and walk to the elevator.

Taking the elevator down a ways, he entered the vast white expanse which he called his room. Here the mainframe computer was held, as well as his charging bay. On the floor beside the portal, which was off now, he saw all of the materials for what he would soon be calling his 'creation station'. From here, he would begin construction on a second unit. One more powerful than this one, to be like a walking mainframe. Then, we the addition of the Database's computing power, he would be able to have a backup in case his Database was destroyed. He would only make one of these, as having multiple seemed like overkill to him. But it would essentially be able to house the program which was normally only run remotely from the database. A walking computer.

With such an upgrade, he would also have the required processing power needed to create and manage numerous bodies, with the main unit handling all the other androids while in direct communication with the Database (which would store collected data in the form of memory files), and the Main Unit working as a backup for the Database (as it would have more than enough space required to rapidly download all of the files in the database) in case of the destruction of James' lab.

If Asra had salivary glands, they most certainly would be active right now. Transforming into the female ASRA to maximize efficiency, she now picked up a power screwdriver of her own. Assembling each of the pieces to fit snugly attached to the mainframe, she smiled at her work. Then, laying the unit down onto the charging bay, a plexiglass dome quickly surrounded it. Now it was time for the mainframe to work.

Given the amount of information it had stored on it's hard drive, ASRA slowly siphoned through the mass of files on cybernetics and AI. Gleaning relevant information, it drafted a blueprint for a supercomputer-esque mainframe, and attempted to compensate for the lack of space within a human sized casing. The result was hyper-compressing a quantum computing processor like the one within the mainframe currently, and pairing it with four other cores. This would drastically increase the processing power of the Main Unit as compared to the rest of the units, which Sai would begin mass production on shortly, given enough money for resources.

Right, so the required materials and technology are right here before me. But... This seems like it would be a tad... weak on the combat side. It seems just as much for non-lethal research as... well.. Anything a human could do. Perhaps, I should make this a tad more... deadly.

Of course, that meant weapons. Swords and cannons and more physics work. Doctor Caldwell was specific in the things he allotted her, but they weren't all devices she could use in average combat. She needed something that was equally deadly across all spectrums. Missiles and bullets were well and good, but the existence of beings whom could either catch or obliterate them within moments spelled trouble for ASRA. She would be something like a peacekeeper. Learning the dangers of the earth, working to counteract them, or even potentially using them for herself... Although, her loyalty was mostly with James and his Vanguard, following the Loyalty chain back to Hebi, ASRA had a distinct problem with the motives of that man. If it came down to it, she would not betray James.. but Hebi was a clear threat to the way of the world. An error in Probability.

Electromagnetics, and photon research. As an android, knowledge for her came as simply as a download. But in this case, the relevant knowledge was starting to take a toll on her database. Where to fit the Missiles, where to fit the cannon, how to get it all to look sleek and smooth on her android form's skin... All legitimate concerns. Moving the missiles up to the upper arm, beneath the shoulder, five of them hid behind nearly untraceable lids. Below that, an armband, for fashion purposes, and below that was where the fun began. Rather than encasing the cannon within the hand, like she had done with her guns and missiles before, the main unit she was drafting (while simultaneously downloading more information on electromagnetics and photon dispersion) would have the cannon simply... be the hand. The entire lower forearm, like some megaman bullshit. Although, admittedly, the Iron Man style was more aesthetically appealing. She would use it instead.

The inside of the arm would be used to focus the energy, while the hand itself would open up to fire it off. Ventilation planning was made, proper adjustments to power, proper adjustments to strength... this thing would be practically unusable without an external power source... This would require the usage of a new form of nanites, and a MASSIVE energy grid, regardless of if it would even be usable in daily life. If the Nanites could store the energy, then distribute it throughout her body, and latch themselves into the cannon through the ventilation in her arm... she could easily fire off the beam. Multiple times, if the theoretical energy output of the nanites was appropriate. She could use them like an external fuel source... and all she had to do was find a way to get these nanites a mass of energy that they themselves could convert into energy for ASRA.

Then it hit her. A satellite. This satellite would sit in orbit, charging from the untapped rays of the sun, which it could then emit as a massive stream of energy to her, provided she could either make this energy harmless to her, or make the nanites incredibly powerful, although she was rooting for the latter. So it was settled. A beam of pure photonic energy. One could say it was a beam of light, as that would be what is emitted, and thus detected by humanoid eyes. If electrons made lightning from their condensation, then this energy could be likened to just that. A positive lightning. But clearly, in a thunderstorm, positive energy would be eaten alive by storm clouds. She needed someway to still pass something usable as energy to herself, without regard for any weather conditions, or otherwise atmospheric concerns. The satellite could emit rays of concentrated UV radiation, if she could figure how to make the nanites absorb that as well, and refract them properly off of the different parts of the atmosphere to have them all converge on her point at once. Adding the formula for doing so to her list of things she was currently multitasking on, her cannon design was now complete.

She would begin forming it, leaving cell sized docking bays on one end for the nanites to grasp onto, and convey their energy into. She of course would alter the energy source within the head so that it would accept charges from these nanites as well. They would merely have to fly in through the ear area receptacles, pass a few rapid-fire tests to make sure they hadn't been hacked, then get their asses to work. Her satellite draft finished too, although she would need more materials to build it. She'd work on that after the big shit was done here.

Now for the blade. A simple sword made out of silicon, steel, and a few high power nuclear parts. This thing was nuclear fission at it's finest. On the one hand, it would generate high amounts of electric energy by grounding and separating the electrons to the metal ends, while in it's final form, that is. And on the other, the center would be the remaining photons and neutrons from the atoms. Very powerful magnets would be used to pull these positive charges down to the bottom of the blade, where they would be paired with electrons, and shot back to the top to be ripped apart on the journey. The result would be something like a photon chainsaw with lightning blades on either side, which ran pretty much on air, and a bit of ASRA's energy to kick start the reactions. The blade would be left atop the portal that exclusively led to the receiver portal in her stomach, to be dropped through hilt-first whenever she needed it in combat.

Now that all of that was sorted out, she needed to increase transportation speed and mobility in this form. Keeping with all the light and lightning shit she had already had planned, she decided she'd make this thing have wings. Like, jet wings, but the kind that used electricity and energy conversion to run, rather than heat energy to fuel it's propulsion. Following the same design as that which the sword utilized, and attributing it to wings, she would also require a backup source in the case she was suddenly placed within a vacuum. Sound would not work, as there would be no molecules to compress. Self-Oxidizing fuel, if kept in small harmless if destroyed quantities would e useful... Like Hydrogen. She could use the chemical reactions from hydrogen to fuel her propulsion, even in a vacuum like space. The Vanguard did have a base of operations up there, and it may become necessary to utilize something like that. Lastly, her electricity usage was at best a deadly taser. If she wanted to even chance a battle with any of those bullet catchers, or people like James, who could just coat the bullets in his energy and freeze them in mid-air, she would need a more powerful lightning. With the new powergrid, however, the only modifications she needed to make were in the design itself. To make the Android capable of actually wielding it without destroying it's hands. More magnets! These would hold the bolt in place while she charged it, and also keep it from grounding to her hand while she did so, which would be... catastrophic to say the least. In every joint was a high powered magnet, which could be switched on and off at will. But with that as a thought... A portable railgun couldn't hurt! In the left hand a photon cannon, in the right hand, a railgun. Railguns were notoriously deadly due to their hypersonic projectiles, but unusable at close range due to their slow charging times.

The technology for this was relatively simple, and already available, so it was merely outfitting this unit with such weaponry, at a small enough level that it could be carried around on the unit, without sacrificing it's damage potential. A simple mounting would not be enough. She would have to maximize usage of space, without making the unit look like a walking weapon. Sometimes, appearing defenseless was the best form of defense.

Looking over the blueprints, ASRA was satisfied with her handiwork, and began crafting her masterpiece. Soon after she updated this unit, she would simply have to update the database as well. Simple mechanical buzzing and whirring, but for some reason, it was quite a sound to ASRA's ears. The fact that she just 'and throw in a railgun for funsies' didn't even occur to her. And there it stood, fully formed and fully functional. All it needed now was a boot test. Loading her OS into it by way of direct connection, she booted the new version up.

If ever the sensation she felt could be described, it was as if her entire body just felt lighter, but the same weight as usual. Her brain felt clearer. She could focus more intensely. Testing munitions in such a small space was not recommended, so she simply would have to perform a field test on her new weaponry. Hopefully it would work out. But now all she had to do was call Dr. Caldwell to see about getting a new Vanguard Satellite put up.