SILVER Type Android

A pre-exodus technology the SILVER was designed by the Lorath Matriarchy in an attempt to reduce the pressure placed upon their civilization by both allies and affiliates due to cultural differences. To this end the SILVER or “Synthetic Intelligence Law Valid Engineered Robot” was designed to be a potential substitute for the traditional Helashio slave labor withing the Lorath Matriarchy's Civilian and Government markets.

With the restoration of Lorath cultural norms post-Exodus the demand for cheap obedient labour has once again been largely filled by the Helashio in the Matriarchy, however in the years it was in production the SILVER built a reputation as a reliable, massively customizable platform, and has remained a popular if niche product for political applications or where improved performance or durability is required.

• Developed By: Lorath Matriarchy Internal R&D
• Produced By: Lorath Matriarchy SILVER Factories
• Production Scale: Mass Production
• Available To: The Lorath Matriarchy and Affiliates
• Contributors: Velor “Tomoe” Tur'lista, SILVER Design Team
• Production Date: Developed in the 13,308th Year Of The Goddess, 547 Post Exile¹⁾, Activated in the 13,309th Year Of The Goddess, 548 Post Exile²⁾
• Nomenclature: LM-AN-S-001-547.1³⁾
• Procesor Architecture: 3rd Generation ARIA Type S Processor
• Export Cost: 2500 credits⁴⁾

Adhering to the initial design requirements of the SILVER project, the product android has been designed to function using a processing and data handling system that is unable to achieve genuine independent thought or awareness without direct user support and input. As a result due to the limitation imposed by the SILVER's default hardware configuration, the SILVER Type Android is unable to be classified as truly sapient or alive, thus preventing the android model from falling under the protection humanitarian guidelines governing the treatment of sentient beings. This makes the SILVER ideal for political applications where Helashio slaves might lead to unnecessary complications.

Along with the observance of foreign humanitarian stances, the SILVER unit's non-sentient computing system provides a framework upon which an extensive degree of customization can be achieved by production facilities and users in regard to the unit's individual personality. This extensive customization is mainly available for the unit to properly function as an interactive device rather than a mere computing platform. To this end, users are able to apply various 'home brew' personality profiles, or alternatively order desired profiles directly from the manufacturer.

Standard SILVER Type Units have been granted a 3rd Generation ARIA type processor that has been configured to function in a modified 'S' Type.

Added to supplement the unit's low-capability ARIA type processor, the SILVER has been given Neural Processor Pack units for the purposes of memory storage and supplemental data processing.

The personalities displayed by the SILVER product line are strictly and solely granted by users and are not possible as a result of pure individual unit development. The basis for personalities that are developed for the SILVER product are achieved by using neurological data sourced from a contributing neural data donor population⁵⁾. Using the gathered neural data, the SILVER unit Development Team processes and constructs the templates and traits used in individual SILVER units. This processed neural data is specially coded and screened to ensure that any prior context of personality or emotion from the data donor source is removed. This provides a 'pure and untainted' personality routine for the SILVER unit, meaning that the personality is free of sapience, independent intelligence, or memories.

Following the installation and configuration of memory by the user, SILVER units are unable to develop their personality beyond the bounds of the system without additional software and hardware modification. This hard limitation prevents the SILVER type android from having thoughts beyond the scope allowed by the installed personality routine, and in turn, prevents the android from being classified as a living creature.

Beyond the scope and concern of humanitarian rooted legal boundaries and customer service, the SILVER development team has placed top priority on isolating data patterns which may result in behavior malfunction similar to those observed in early-model ARIA type units. Thanks to the extensive research and effort, the SILVER team was able to implement a series of hardware and software safeguards which are capable of recognizing malicious synthetic neurological behavior and are able to halt the data process before any malicious behavior can be acted upon by the unit which goes beyond the boundaries of its programming.

In the initial development phase of the SILVER android series, the development team recognized the importance of providing the SILVER with a wide range of sensory abilities in order to allow for the unit to provide a wide range of function without the need for extensive after-market customization. To this end issues such as visual, olfactory, tactile, aural, and other forms of sensory input were addressed in a practical sense. Further consideration of the unit during development resulted in the conclusion that the SILVER needed to be able to sense more than what the humanoid owner could. This was determined as necessary to allow the SILVER unit the ability to anticipate the user's requirements long before the user may realize the need for the SILVER's services. The result of the development of this is a capability which may be confused with anticipation, however, it is merely an observation of data beyond the scope of the average observer.

The functional uses of the SILVER unit's enhanced sensory package include mundane features such as the capability of the unit to smell when an object which is cooking is becoming overdone, or the more practically important function of being able to hear the sound of a user suffering from heart or lung congestion during strenuous activity. Thus allowing for the SILVER unit to either discontinue any activity which may harm its user or engage a pre-programmed emergency procedure if the SILVER is programmed to do so. The full extent of the applications of the enhanced sensory system are purely limited by the user and manufacturer's preferences which are required to program in the response functions to sensory information.

The optical capabilities of the SILVER android series are handled through the use of a specialized photo-sensitive version of the neural-processor material found in common Lorath computing systems. This photo-sensitive neural-processor material is suspended within the neural-gel structure and carries the generated series of electrical impulses to the data processing center of the SILVER unit. In standard production models of the SILVER unit, it is capable of visual sensory perception in the one-gigapixel range.

Alternatively SILVER units can be outfitted with an optical system which includes Peeper Sensor Monocle functionality.