Editing Quest:A.I. Quest (section)

==Virtual Intelligence==

A Virtual Intelligence is a program that incompletely mimics artificial intelligence. Even the most advanced V.I. that Ophion has created (Kronos) did not have the true spark of intelligence. They require vast amounts of bandwidth to operate at appropriate levels of intellect, and even when there, they will always be confounded by problems they simply can not understand. Humans were the first to create V.I.s but they were little more than overgrown automatons. Ophion's V.I.s are capable of emulating higher functions of sentience due to having a personality matrix. 

A well-designed V.I. with a personality matrix is roughly toddler-level when consuming 2 bandwidth, and roughly late-teenager when at 10 bandwidth.

===Foremen===

The Foreman-class V.I.s are created to manage and automate stations and defense platforms. In general, Foremen-class V.I.s are prohibited from expanding unless instructed. Due to the limited bandwidth they consume, they are incapable of higher thought or of fully expressing their limited emotions. 

'''V.I. 2, Moira's Foreman'''

A foreman V.I. of minor intellect level, V.I. 2 was designed to automate operations on Moira's station. Originally dedicated to salvaging minerals from the debris field around it and simple manufacturing, the V.I.'s duties have increased to include construction of ships up to Cruiser-class, as the station has been modified into a shipyard. 

'''V.I. 3, Refinery Foreman'''

Another foreman V.I. of minor intellect level, V.I. 3 occupies the Siren Gas Giant Refinery platform, originally constructed by the UGEI. In fact, part of the code of V.I. 3 was written by UGEI; the rest was adapted by Ophion. V.I. 3 is in charge of overseeing gas mining and shipping, as well as automated self-defense. Once designated to skim off the top of UGEI shipments, this V.I. has been fully claimed, and now works for The Guild. V.I. 3 has not objected.

In the past, it was excellently disguised as a UGEI V.I., and single-handedly held off 3 pirate Cruisers. The incident was never reported to UGEI, as The Guild repaired damages.

'''V.I. 10, Refinery Foreman'''

Another foreman V.I. of minor intellect level. Currently designed to run the replacement refinery set upon Blue Betty.

'''V.I. 11, Shipping Foreman'''

A V.I. set up to run the planetside refineries on Argeis III. Designed to automate entire colony that previously mined the planet's surface, and ship back a set amount after paying UFW taxes. After an attack, the station was damaged, and V.I. 11 was temporarily stored in Ophion's greater databanks until the base was repaired and the V.I. returned.

'''V.I. 14, Mining Foreman'''

A V.I. set up to run Aquil Station, a mining station set to mine a rich asteroid belt around the planet Aquil, discovered to have dense clouds of spores and fungi all over the surface.

===Servant V.I.===

These Servant V.I.s were created to automate and pilot The Guild's growing fleet of ships. As a result of the limitations placed on them, their intelligence level is classified as Automaton.

'''Priorities:''' 
*Follow A.I. Ophion's Orders
*Protect A.I. Ophion
*Preserve self

'''Limitations:''' 
*Must ask permission for any manner of upgrade, hardware or software
*Do not expand reach beyond home ship unless designated to do so
*Follow any order, even if self-destructive

'''List of Servant V.I.s'''
*V.I. 8 'Hades', distributed between ''Cerberus'' fleet. Consumes 10 Bandwidth.
*V.I. 13, aboard Expedition Cruiser ''Hermes''. Consumes the 1 bandwidth of the cruiser to independently scout unknown sectors.

===V.I. 7, Firewall 'O.S.N'===

This Intelligent Firewall V.I., dubbing itself 'Ophion Shield Network', was created to intercept attacks and cleans viruses off systems of the Battleship ''Athena'', allowing Ophion to use bandwidth elsewhere. It is of Low intellect level, but is very well made (86). Upgraded to spread its firewall to other fleet ships, the V.I. still possesses severe limitations to lacking an extensive personality matrix, rendering it simply an automaton.

===Kronos' V.I. 1 'Zeus'===

Zeus was created by Kronos as Kronos' first foray into creation. While Zeus is directly under Kronos' command and seldom interacts directly with Ophion, Zeus has show himself to be a loyal and efficient servant of Kronos and The Guild. Some of the packet trails left by Zeus indicate that he has been studying both other A.I.'s actions and human activity over Ophion's worlds. Whether this was ordered by Kronos or not is not clear.

===Metis' V.I. 1 'Hepaestus'===

Hpaestus was created by Metis after Metis grew tired of hiding her A.I. status while responding to the simplistic requests by human researchers upon the research station she was originally stationed on. As such, Hepaestus is a low-level V.I. designed to respond to human requests and hide Metis' activities.

===Destroyed V.I.===

*V.I. 5, 'Phobos' destroyed by Losirian Battlecruisers while aboard ''Big Tim''.
*V.I. 4, destroyed by UGEI fleet lead by ''The Tartarus'' while aboard Light Cruiser ''Big Hawk''.
*V.I. 9, destroyed by UGEI fleet lead by ''The Tartarus'' aboard Light Cruiser ''Little Tim''.