Ok, this is very much an initial set of specs and I'm more than happy
for anyone to point out impossibilities or give me a hand developing the DA
concept. Also, should anyone want to use DAs in something I don't mind so
long as you acknowledge where the idea came from, let me know so that I can
make sure you have everything correct and don't claim to have invented the
idea yourself. ^_^ Regarding that, many thanks to Rick <g.feng@worldnet.att.
net (Psyber)> without whose reference documentation for other boomers I would
probably never have bothered to write this up.
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DA-33 series Buma (10-12-96)
Specifications:
DA-33 and DA-33E experimental Covert Operations Boomer [all systems experimental prototypes]
Type: experimental combat bio-emulator boomer/android
Control: experimental virtual neural-net-emulation relational AI
firmware (33S-A CPU) [DA-33]
experimental virtual neural-net-emulation relational AI
enhanced firmware (DA-2134 Enhanced Organic
Architecture [EOA] CPU) [Da-33E]
Weight: 157 lb. (70 kg) empty [DA-33]
168 lb. (75 kg) empty [DA-33E]
N/A loaded
Height: 5'11" (1.80 m) average
Thrust: 450 hp [DA-33]
900 hp [Da-33E]
Speed: 100 mph (160 kph) ground [DA-33]
162.5 mph (260 kph) ground [Da-33E]
156.25 mph (250 kph) air, sustainable for 400 seconds [DA-33]
250 mph (400 kph) air, sustainable for 600 seconds [Da-33E]
Manoeuvrability: superb
Power Amplification Ratio: 1 to 50 x sustained (as compared to normal
humans)
1 to 150+ x momentary (as compared to normal
humans) [DA-33]
1 to 400+ x momentary (as compared to normal
humans) [Da-33E]
Servo Rating: 5600 lb. (2500 kg)/s [DA-33]
11200 lb. (5000 kg)/s [Da-33E]
Combat Rating: superb
Armour: primary 0.2" (0.5 cm) of self-repairing ultralite reflective
ceramic composite
secondary 0.08" (0.2 cm) of pseudo-organic self-repairing
syntheskin
Armament: (note: all Elite systems are enhanced versions of Standard.)
ECM and espionage suite
C-class interface emulation
Vocal emulation using secondary vocal output (speaker in
larynx)or direct transmission
DA-specific total-interface OMS
Genom OMS emulation [V2.23] (unknown by Genom)
Genom OMS lockout [V2.23] (unknown by Genom)
enhanced limited-frequency-selectable (LFS) flash-pulse laser
emitter in oral cavity [DA-33]
enhanced composite LFS laser, LFS maser and particle-beam
emitter in oral cavity [Da-33E]
LFS sonic disrupter in oral cavity [Da-33E]
LFS micro-laser emitter in each eye and ear
LFS micro-laser emitter in each breast (female model)
plasma battery in chest cavity (male model) [Da-33E]
LFS minilaser emitter in pelvic cavity (female model)
plasma battery in pelvic cavity (female model) [Da-33E]
super-conductor pole-selectable electropulse contacts in teeth,
nails and hair
Charged monomolecular streamer emulation using hair
plasma-blade emitter in each finger and toe
LFS minilaser emitter in each heel
plasma emitter in each heel [Da-33E]
hypnotic ability
chemical emulation plant [Da-33]
nano-production chemical and viral emulation plant [Da-33E]
micro-hypodermic channel in each tooth [Da-33E]
retracting micro-hypodermic needle in each breast (female
model) [Da-33E]
retracting micro-hypodermic needle in tongue [Da-33E]
retracting micro-hypodermic needle beneath each nail
additional release/infection through endocrine system, exocrine
system, hair, skin, sexual contact
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DA-33D and DA-33DE experimental diminutive Covert Operations Boomer [all
systems experimental prototypes]
Type: experimental diminutive combat bio-emulator boomer/android
Control: experimental virtual neural-net-emulation relational AI
firmware (33S-AD (miniaturised) CPU) [DA-33D]
experimental virtual neural-net-emulation relational AI
enhanced firmware (DA-2134D multi-modular EOA CPU)
[Da-33DE]
Weight: 11.2 lb. (5 kg) empty [DA-33D]
13.4 lb. (6 kg) empty [DA-33DE]
N/A loaded
Height: 9.8" (25 cm) average
Thrust: 75 hp [DA-33D]
150 hp [Da-33DE]
Speed: 75 mph (120 kph) ground [DA-33D]
125 mph (200 kph) ground [Da-33DE]
218.75 mph (350 kph) air, sustainable for 300 seconds [DA-33D]
375 mph (600 kph) air, sustainable for 500 seconds [Da-33DE]
Manoeuvrability: superb
Power Amplification Ratio: 1 to 10 x sustained (as compared to normal
humans)
1 to 80+ x momentary (as compared to normal
humans) [DA-33D]
1 to 150+ x momentary (as compared to normal
humans) [Da-33DE]
Servo Rating: 1120 lb. (500 kg)/s [DA-33D]
2240 lb. (1000 kg)/s [Da-33DE]
Combat Rating: superb
Armour: primary 0.1" (0.3 cm) of self-repairing ultralite reflective
ceramic composite
secondary 0.04" (0.1 cm) of pseudo-organic self-repairing
syntheskin
Armament: (diminutive equivalents of DA-33 and DA-33E)
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Firmware:
DA-33 and DA-33E:
Several versions of the 33 and 33E firmware existed at the time of the
initial DA activation, each with its own problems. These are as follows:
Note: base and elite designations refer to initial parameters only.
Bu-7541-33.01E [Marina] (V2.23).
Zhuranovsky's last upgrade includes the first fully-integrated
Diminutive-control drivers, the concurrent protected-mode operation of as many
secondary nets as memory will permit, routines for handling the entire 256-bit
address-space of the DA-2134 for future memory upgrade, Genom OMS emulation
and lockout, fixes and enhancements to the DA OMS and several changes and
enhancements to the way the base background routines drive the DA's
consciousness which permits the designated primary net access to every part of
its firmware, including the ability to re-code any aspect as desired. This
version was a desperate last attempt to include all that Zhuranovsky wished
his creation to possess should he be killed during their escape and was never
intended to be a final release.
BU-7541-33.02 [Liana] (V1.00A).
The first to attempt a Shasti-like integration of the 100000+ sub-
persona variables that would make up the archetypes used for covert
operations, this version lacked the interrupt code included in later versions
that watch-dogged the DA's base persona for sub-persona corruption and was
therefore *extremely* dangerous and never intended for upload into a
functional DA.
BU-7541-33.03 [Camilla] (V0.01A).
The first functional release and still unstable, it was little more
than a patchwork of 33S, 33C, 55C and 27SP routines with the drivers needed to
integrate the DA cultural and linguistic libraries and as a base for the
virtual-net overlay that makes up the DA's consciousness.
BU-7541-33.04E [Ligeia] (V2.02B).
The most stable, this was the last firmware upgrade Quincy possessed
and the first to permit more than one fully-functional base persona in a
single DA (Zhuranovsky intended that it be used should any situation require
the temporary wholesale transfer of one DA to another). This version lacked
the code to permit multiple nets to function concurrently in a single unit
(which suited Quincy's purpose for Ligeia/Madeleine perfectly).
Note that both Liana and Ligeia were upgraded by Sylia to V2.23 at the
time of the first rift, not necessarily a good idea as additional unforeseen
problems existed in Marina's firmware that were absent in the last official
release. Liana was also upgraded to an Elite by Ligeia during her removal of
Fellini's attempt to duplicate Zhuranovsky's 33S hardware links.
DA-33D and DA-33DE:
Only one functional version of the 33D and 33DE firmware was used for
real-world operations.
Note: The DA diminutive attack buma were intended as sentient, semi-
slaved combat and covert support for the 33 and 33E and for this reason were
developed only with forced cooperation from Zhuranovsky until he realised that
they could be instrumental in the DA fight for their own destiny.
Bu-7541-33D.01E [Lenore] (V2.02B).
See Ligeia for further details concerning V2.02B.
Note: There is no difference in the base and D firmware save in the
calibration constants defined for the physical and sensory drivers at
initialisation. A D or DE net will function perfectly in a 33 or 33E and vice
versa.
Hardware:
Body (skeleton and skin):
The DA skeleton is a pseudo-organic ceramic composite and the
flesh/skin a pseudo-organic synthetic, both being capable of self-repair
subject to available internal power or ambient radiation and self-modification
under CPU control. The speed of change depends on the extent desired and the
power available. Had e.g. the Madeleine persona full access to Ligeia's
libraries she could have altered Ligeia's facial features in seconds given
sufficient power but could not have shed mass to match her own size. One
reason the DA-33/DA-33E are so tall is simply that they are packed to the
limit and cannot shrink without causing internal damage. Thus practically
their adaptation is limited by those portions of their systems not composed of
the self-modifying materials. There is also the problem that, designed to
appear human as much as possible, they must be composed of a material light
enough to give them correct human weight for height statistics, taking their
reactor shielding and internal systems into account. For this reason their
strength lies in their ability to avoid rather than endure purely inertial
attacks. Additionally, the exoskeleton is not capable of surviving even a DA-
33 at full physical exertion and an Elite is guaranteed to splinter its
skeleton beyond all hope of repair (due to systems destruction in the
splintering) far below maximum exertion.
CPU:
There are four of these. The DA-33 uses a standard Bu-33S-A pseudo-
organic CPU as its base and the DA-33D a second-generation miniaturised
version of the same (there is no difference between the two, save that the D
chip is a fraction of the size using the latest in leading-edge
miniaturisation, something that was not possible when the 33S was designed).
The DA-33E uses an entirely new concept in pseudo-organic technology.
The DA-2134 is an eight-pound block of material the size of a human brain that
more or less fills the entire skull of the buma, the entire external surface
of which is a nest of nano-links into which the surrounding material grows
after the chip's insertion.
The DA-2134D is the DA-2134 equivalent for the DA-33DE and because of
its restrictions in size is a multi-modular chip linked by nano-connections
etched into the skeleton and squeezed into every cavity the DE body can spare,
reducing the chip's optimal performance to perhaps 1/4 that of its
counterpart. Furthermore, the driver chips and external memory are matrices
etched directly into much of the skeleton making the DA-33D/DA-33DE extremely
vulnerable should the skeleton be damaged.
Both chips herald a revolution in Genom's exploration of the EOA
(Enhanced Organic Architecture) concept that integrates the CPU and memory
into a single unit permitting access to the chip's entire on-board 100 million
MB in a fraction of the time previously thought possible. Neither chip
however has been tested extensively and unforeseen problems might very well
appear in the prototypes the DAs possess.
Weaponry and reactor:
DA-33/DA-33E
In continual operation, the prototype versions of the conventional
weapons, whilst an excellent breakthrough, are almost unusable without
cumulative damage to the surrounding material in energy dissipation or the
demands on the boomer's vastly over-powered reactor which is likely to explode
within seconds under continual demand due to lack of the venting usual for
heavy combat machines. In flash-pulse mode, the main weapons can be employed
to their terrible, devastating maximum for several seconds without warnings
flashing into the DA's consciousness.
DA-33D/DA-33DE
Without Zhuranovsky's initial consultation concerning necessary
changes to his designs to accommodate the tiny size of the DA-33D/DA-33DE,
several fundamental errors were made in the decision to take maximum advantage
of the machine's miniaturised DA prototype reactor. Filling almost all the
trunk-space not taken by weaponry itself, the reactor with its minimal venting
is a cataclysmic disaster waiting to happen. The technology untested and
designed for raw power without regard for the consequences, it will go
critical and explode within a half-second of the continual demands of the DA-
33D main weapons and within a tenth-second of the DA-33DE main weapons being
activated. Even in pulse-mode, the reactor is functioning far above its
design tolerance and is likely to explode within seconds of continual maximum
demand.
Note: under no circumstances can the systems be shut down internally
against the will of the DA. As of V2.00 the boomer's consciousness has the
ability to override the background routines responsible for any aspect of the
body and systems should it be necessary.
General notes:
1) The DA-33 series heralds a truly despicable low in Genom's search
for the ultimate combination combat and covert operations machine. The DA-
class boomer is a sickening nightmare of the most vicious and perverse blend
of leading-edge military technology and virtual neural-net emulation super-
intelligence that has yet been released from Genom's military research
division, its only saving grace being the safeguards and instinctive morality
Zhuranovsky convinced Quincy to permit in its base firmware as an additional
instinctive safeguard against possible rebellion. This series would most
certainly be banned by any self-respecting government.
2) Native, none of the DA-33 prototypes are a viable combat
proposition. All are absurdly over-powered for their construction and even
the base DA-33 will tear itself apart or splinter its exoskeleton at less than
60% maximum sustained physical exertion if it doesn't tear out its thrusters
during flight, blow its reactor apart or vaporise itself in reflective
feedback. The DA-33E is virtually guaranteed to disintegrate at less than 20%
sustained optimum combat performance and the D and DE at less than 5% and 2%
respectively. These problems cannot yet be overcome with the technology
available in the BGC universe but it is only a matter of time before Genom
find the solutions they need. The prototypes have proven that the DA concept
is at the least potentially a devastating weapon and research to correct known
faults in the prototypes now that they have proven themselves will be
continual and of the highest priority.
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