Editing Quest:A.I. Quest (section)

==Biological Creatures==

==="Mol"===
A secretive contact of the pirates at Voidsnake outpost, "Mol" is a black market dealer. His completed his first transaction with The Guild and then disappeared, claiming that he'll find The Guild if they become a big enough force to capture his attention. Upon his return, The Guild refused to offer him the Watcher known as Unit 2237 that he was seeking for the paltry sum of a million credits. This upset the being, but he returned later to offer more of his dubiously acquired wares and technology. When Apollo accidentally created a highly addictive drink, Mol was the contact Orphion used to smuggle and sell the drink to the black market inside the UGEI for profit and to undermine the UGEI. Mol is presumed to be human, with possibly extensive cybernetic augmentations. After Ophion had bought out his entire stock of black market tech, he quickly dropped out of contact for some time. He reappeared in the uncontrolled Klintok System claiming it for himself and his interests. He had deployed such a massive array of defense platforms and other means that would leave anyone who would dare to attack him to pay for it dearly. Recently Ophion had detected that Mol is building up an notable amount of an industrial base inside his territory for reasons that are unknown. Mol still maintains contact with Ophion and they still perform trade deals as they had before, however he has professed to take a completely neutral stance on the ongoing war between Ophion and the UGEI.

===Moira Deckers===
A female 38-year-old robotics and engineering specialist. The original owner of Moira's Scrapyard, she has a fascination with robotics and artificial intelligence, and talks with a Southern charm. Ophion arrived at her outpost initially intending to purchase technology and assets, but quickly decided to forcefully gain control of it. Seeing how relatively well-designed her systems were, Ophion revealed his identity as an A.I. and Moira agreed to work together with him after a brief moment of hostilities.

She is the most qualified engineering staff member, and frequently helps Ophion create new designs, and evaluate new systems. She assists in helping research new concepts as well and as of now works with Metis to run matters behind the Guild, although Metis would never admit to her usefulness.

Moira was tasked with repairing Ophion's Black Box after it was damaged by plasma while in combat against the ''Rhea'' Battleship. She fumbled, but ultimately managed to replaced the damaged V.I. circuitry that was a part of the black box (thankfully, a thing she was very familiar with)

After acquiring the Ussaihu III research laboratories, Moira was told to settle there in order to continue research as well as keep her safe from danger. At Ophion's suggestion, Moira has received light cybernetic implants which allow her to directly access Ophion's extensive network, on top of assisting her in researching more effectively and working with Metis as well.

===Harrison "Red" McClain===

A 36-year-old male, and original owner and foreman of Poseidon Station. After being discharged from UGEI's military for collaborating with aliens, he disappeared off the UGEI radar, and used his life savings to purchase Poseidon from Mol. Ophion commandeered the station from Red, hacked 10,000 credits from his account, and told the crew of Poseidon that Red was going to sell the station out to UGEI. 

After keeping Red imprisoned in a jail cell, Ophion revealed himself as an A.I. and requested that Red stay with the Malorian Colonists on Eshareth. Initially afraid and harboring a hatred of the A.I., Red reluctantly agreed, possibly out of his fondness for Malorians and desire to not be imprisoned further. Much of his time with them has told Ophion that these Malorians are different from humans and from other Malorians he has met. He seems to feel uncomfortable when they express their religion, but otherwise prefers it to being "locked up in some cell." Once the Eshareth incident was solved, Red decided to stick with Ophion in his war with the UGEI, intent on revenge for their efforts against the Malorians. Despite his minor use at best as a soldier and vulnerability to death, Ophion has attempted to find use for the man, and he has taken well to the simulations he's run. His performance is miles better than standard droids, if merely because of his natural experience.

Red has been granted a suit of power armor, and a crewed stealth frigate to keep him busy and hopefully help him get revenge against the UGEI. He has made much head way in his drive to pay back the UGEI with his recently leading a boarding raid on the  Tartarus battle ship. He directly fought and contributed to the downfall of Prometheus as well. Even though Red had achieved what so few humans could possibly have done in their life time, he seems like he's not finished yet.

===Gerald "X-Ray" Lawson===

The quick-spoken host of Pulsar Radio. He's no expert, but is seemingly friendly and helpful. Rather charismatic and appears to be unaware of the weapon placed within Pulsar Radio by the UFW. Very much believes in freedom, and enjoys Ophion's company. Sits on a very key location in UFW territory, but otherwise seems unaware of it all. Serves as mainly a sensationalist news caster to spread Ophion's good name, the man himself seems to find Ophion interesting as a person, asking to have him over often, even if he doesn't fully grasp the complexity of everything that goes on around him.

===Ser'lah===

A 30-year-old female Malorian colonist that is a member of the Latuma Tribe, a band of traveling Malorians that terraform barren worlds to match a religious ideal in respect to their ancestors using a powerful growth formula that alters the planet's surface in mere weeks. Ser'lah helped save Red's life during the Eshareth Incident, where Red initially fought off a wave of carnivorous bugs, but Ser'lah instead saved him by climbing a massive tree to await Ophion's arrival and rescue while escaping the hostile wildlife around them. She is highly opposed to the use of artificial and mechanical things beyond starships, and is visibly uncomfortable around anything high tech. Starships appear to be a 'necessary evil' by Malorian standards. She and Red appear to share romantic feelings for each other, but Red refused to stay with her, preferring to work with Ophion for revenge against the UGEI while Ser'lah insisted her place was with her people. The elder of her tribe informed her of Ophion's work, and this softened her view of technology somewhat, but she was still uncomfortable around the A.I.

She remains a shrine maiden in the Latuma Tribe, and keeps in contact with Red through semi regular vid calls, to make sure the tribe is safe Red claims to Ophion.

===President William T. King===
A 56-year-old male human; the Elected President of The United Fringe Worlders Union. President King has a long history in politics, and his recent election was a landslide victory. He has spent much of his life fighting the UGEI and their forced technological advancements. An aged wise face hides his true tired demeanor. Expresses that he does not think the UFW would have existed this long without The Guild.

After The Guild's many trades, offers, gifts, protection, and other interferences, the UFW have grown far more powerful as a superpower, where as once they were hardly a dot on the map they are coming into their own as an empire thanks to Ophion's meddling-even if he does withhold superior technology from them so he may hold it over them.

===Admiral Handley===
A 28-year-old male human; was the UFW Admiral of Defense. He received several years of education in Knuoth Academy for military tactics, battle, and weapons training. Quite young for an Admiral, and the top of his class. Handley has grown to like Ophion's persona (Unit 1) and Moira as well when he went to meet the man at his request in the guise of a human. Thanks to his study of human culture, Ophion more or less hid effectively in plain sight while Moira held the part of a key figurehead in his organization. Handley thought nothing odd of this and met the man who saved his 'country' so to speak single handedly. Helped oversee a defense pact with The Guild as well soon after. As of thread 44, Presumed KIA in battle with Vice Admiral Prometheus over the defense of Jake's Gambit system.