Editing Quest:A.I. Quest (section)

==Other==

===Captain Rhea===

The UGEI cyborg captain of the battleship once only known as ''Rhea'' for her, Rhea herself is nearly 60 years old, perhaps older, but appears 33 due to extensive cybernetic modification. Rhea has shown herself to be a supreme tactician and computing specialist: single-handedly  commanding 300 combat frigates as well as her battleship''Rhea'' itself in combat while resisting and retaliating against Ophion's cyber intrusions. She has expressed regret at being forced into combat with Ophion, but there is no reason to doubt her loyalty to the UGEI.

She was seen "aboard" ''Rhea'', but escaped the battle at Pulsar Station by means of a stealth ship, or by simply being connected remotely in the first place-it is not clear

She is said to be one of UGEI's top 3 military commanders, and Red claimed that she was vicious in combat, ready to step on the little man without hesitation.

Rhea was assigned to infiltrate ''Athena'' (Ophion's modified ''Rhea'') with unknown goals, but was detected by Ophion and intercepted by Ophion's androids. She was subsequently abandoned by her fleet as ''The Tartarus'' withdrew from combat. Among her many cybernetic implants, Rhea possesses a neural interface link, which was accessed by Ophion via a robot unit. During the neural link, Rhea became aware of Ophion being a true A.I., and Ophion attempted to directly interface with her memory. This attempt left Ophion unconscious for several hours, while Rhea was unconscious for much longer, allowing her to be detained and de-armed. 

Mental exams indicate a slight tendency towards psychopathic behavior in regards to foes. Anger issues fueled many of the episodes of lack of empathy, and there is hormonal damage evidence suggesting UGEI interference to enhance such episodes under duress.

Despite any of this, she has been kept a prisoner under reasonable conditions for some time now, despite her requests for freedom. As of now, she does not remember anything, her mind having been wiped clean by a UGEI safety trigger that destroyed much of her memory of them so it would not fall into enemy hands, leaving the woman herself somewhat dull and uncertain about matters. Her personality, harsh and venomous as it is remains, but the fear of the unknown remains clear in her.

Currently she remains a prisoner but has been afforded some more elements of comfort and freedom. Ophion saw to it that simple cyber limbs have been place back on her body to allow her normal movements of a human norms. She has her own apartment rather than a just a cell in a hidden but secured section of the Ussaihu base. She is still not allowed out yet, but she has been given books, games, and cable broadcast to keep her entertained. She seems to have taken up writing novels and stories for her own desire and not just for something to do. Rhea has appeared to calm down a noticeably degree in her captivity lately.

===Vice Admiral Prometheus===

The UGEI commander of ''The Tartarus'', a missile-specialized battleship. Prometheus is obviously extensively cybernetically modified, and has four effective arms. During Ophion's brief discussion with him, Prometheus showed himself to be a very zealous and hard believer in the destiny of humanity to rule over the stars and all alien species. 

His ambition drove him far in the UGEI ranks, far enough that he was able to embrace humanity's next stage in evolution as he put it. Very much hates all UGEI foes and sees them as obstacles in the way of progress, especially Ophion. Insists that anyone that stands in his path is standing in the path of the future, the path to further human change for the better and therefore they should all be destroyed.

Ironically it seemed his masters chose to strip him of his last elements of what made him a human and transferred his mind into a UGEI built black box and installed it into a droid body that was physically wired into his battle ship. This was not known until Cephalus crushed his robotic head with his power fist. Prometheus's black box was captured intact, but removed from the UGEI forged chains on his battle ship, his personality matrix collapsed effectively killing him.

===Watchers===

A curious piece of UGEI technology, the watchers are some manner of Artificial Intelligence planted in various stations throughout Fringe space, and in most Stations crafted by the UGEI. Their purpose is unknown, but it is suspected that Ophion may have once been one of these devices.

Unit 2237, acquired from a station orbiting Argeis III, was used to determine much of this information after much dissecting and experimentation. Moira expressed her pity for the thing when it was reaching the last moments of its 'life', after it was torn to pieces. Ophion expressed frustration with being unable to unleash the slave A.I. from its UGEI masters, but the dissection of Unit 2237 unlocked the secrets of A.I. black box creation.

Another watcher, dubbed only 'Saboteur' that was found on the Malorian-controlled planet Iro called its creator "Mother" and expressed that it was simply a tool of its creator with no desire to be free. After being defeated by Kronos and his droids, this watcher deleted itself, as it was told to do when compromised.