Good afternoon fellow overseers, despite my internet being too shitty for calls I can still post these little lore-drops

NULL SESSION AGAIN: replika head-canons and lore.

As a minor update on the WiFi front(?): my connection’s been getting a bit better recently? That storm a bit ago fucked shit up BAD.

The original concept that lead to Replikas was created in the nation as method of preserving a ‘incorruptible ideal’ of the great revolutionary and her daughter should either of them become indisposed in any way. The technology was originally developed by the Nation but later given to ÆON for further development, development that was also covertly passed on to the Empire because a contract is a contract, and ÆON, even if it goes by a different name in the empire (and isn’t a government branch outside the nation) makes damn near everything provided it’s related to electricity in even the vaguest way possible. Flashlights? Yep. Toasters? Probably, yeah. Rotary canons? Yes. The hover tank that rotary canon will most likely be mounted on? Yes-er. Point being that a contract is a contract, of course they’d sell this to the empire too.

Generation-1 Replikas were massive, bulky engines of war, typically 4.5 meters tall, with a neural pattern taken from a tank driver who’s name has been removed from our records. Curiously enough, with early examples of the generation-1 units, they were consistently reminded that they were mechanical in nature, as an attempt to keep them in line. This did not work, it just made them annoyed. Early models of these units came equipped with an advanced sensor suite, allowing them vision along several spectrums including a incredibly simplified bioressonance module dubbed “the eye” designed to be a radiation free X-ray. This sensor array, while effective, was costly and deeply unnerving to both the replika themselves, and the soldiers working alongside them. Later models were built smaller and used either a basic mono-eye or a small, monocolor CRT display that allowed them to properly display emotion. This unit was dubbed the “Nashorn” ([1]“聖甲蟲” for the few imperials reading)
(also, I don’t want to be a bother here but, to save myself some energy I won’t be coming up with the acronyms and their meanings, I had enough of a headache with Osprey and I’m still pretty sure I fucked up the Deutsche on that document)

Generation-2 replikas were designed to fit a more “human” form factor,(coincidentally this is where the empire started with their replikas) although still notably inhuman they did still look far more human than their previous incarnations, which helped prevent persona degradation marginally. These were also the first models to directly employ organic components, as well as being the first to be built for specific roles, only three types were built. The first was a general purpose unit, who was based off the neural pattern of a steel worker(well, the nation’s one was.), whereas the general purpose unit from the Empire was based off the primal pattern of a small arms maintenance worker. 

There was a combat unit that was based off a standard grunt from each side, and easily distinguished from the standard units by the additional armour plating. This unit was known for unreliability, as the neural patterns actually were mixed up during production, leading to several instances of these replikas fragging their superior officers and switching sides. A defect that was eventually corrected with later iterations.

Lastly there was a basic bioressonant unit, derived from the empire’s attempt attempts to mechanically awaken bioressonance. Yeah that went about as well as you expected but the technology did lead to further development on bioressonant machines. These units were designated as the “Luchs”, “tragen”, and the “Tigerin”. (For the Imperials in the audience, they were the [2]“猞猁”, [3]“狼”, and the [4]“美洲豹”)

The generation-3 replikas were the first and so far only kind to be named after Birds, starting with, as all of us already know, the [5]“吞”. Sorry, I meant the “Ara”, Ja, entschuldigung. These units were built as the backbone of both sides industrial workforces, being based off industrial workers from each side, more specifically a steel worker for the Nation and a construction worker in the case of the Empire, it was also here where they stopped doing different names for the National and Imperial variants, leading to the ARAR (MOD-0) units being the last to have localised designation

(designations prior were localised to better line up with common local superstitions and stories, EG; Bears being a symbol of loyalty in the Nation, but hence why the gen-2 combat units were named after them, meanwhile in the Empire, Wolves had that connotation instead, and the names were changed accordingly.)

the next replika types created, in direct sequential order I might add(excluding the previously mentioned Ara/吞)

Falke/鷸 patterned off: the great revolutionary herself[nation] and a bioressonance attuned military officer[empire]

Mynah/鷂 patterned off: a deep sea miner(Nation) orbital engineering specialist(Empire)

Star/椋鳥 patterned off: a riot control officer(Nation) and 

Eule/貓頭鷹 patterned off: built off the pattern of Evelin Edelweiss, well known Balerina, and daughter of the leaders of a large arms manufacturer before the Notion’s government seized control of the private sector. The imperial units were based off a combat medic. The only details remaining of her being the initials “A.M”

Storch/鸛 patterned off: A military police officer that has remained unnamed(both) 

Kolibri/蜂鳥 patterned off: intelligence officer(National) bioressonant pilot(Empire)

Elster/鵲 patterned off: reconstructed copy of the neural patterns of a soldier from Vineta

Adler/鷹 patterned off: military officers (remember what happened with the Tragen? Yeah it happened again. Intentionally this time.)

All of which were created as a response to one another in one way or another. As an example, the LSTR Units were created as a response to ARAR units poor response to being put in combat engineer roles, EULR units were made to help with more “pedestrian” tasks while still having mild combat capabilities, great for public facing work that wasn’t policing and/or riot control adjacent. KLBR units were created as mostly a test to see if it was possible to simplify the bioressonance technology introduced with the FLKR units without diminishing performance. Funnily enough the MNHR and its combat variant, the SAPR, spawned partially in a vacuum, since there was already a need for replikas to mine in hazardous environments since the empire’s mining machines were proving ineffective and the Nation’s Gen-1 units  were getting too costly to repair, Storch units came about to keep the Star units in line better, and so on and so forth.

As apposed to the entirety mechanical gen-1 units and the mostly mechanical but partially bio-synthetic gen-2 units, the gen-3’s are almost entirely biosynthetic, with most of the mechanical components being hidden internally. Modern replikas are built off a human-styled endoskeleton, with a layer of synthetic muscle and fat, then a thick carbonised skin, with a thin metallic carapace put over it. Contrary to popular belief, this carapace is actually quite sensitive, allowing the replika to experience the same range of sensory input as a human!

The main colour schemes of Replica carapaces and armour are as follows

Eusan Nation

• main colours

• Black
• Dark grey
• White
• red

• accent colours

• Blue
• Green(rare)
• Yellow/gold(Falke exclusive)

Eusan Empire

• main colours 

• white
• Light grey
• Yellow/gold
• Black

• accent colours

• green
• Blue
• Red(rare)
• Orange(very limited)

Of course there’s some replika types exclusive to this campaign, a perfect example being the fan favourite, GEIR, aka Lilith, this campaign’s white haired bioressonant unit, designed as a one-of-a-kind unit for a high-stakes surgery, kept around longer due to it’s practicality. The built in weapon with this replika unit, woven monowire arms controlled via bioressonance, were based on the character “Lucy” from “Ellen Lied”, a show U have not watched but have seen clips of, it seems intriguing. There’s also the previously mentioned Osprey, aka the OSPR, my own home-grown replika, built and solely used in the nation although there is an analog in the empire. It’s an entertainer for state controlled tv, as well as an assassin whenever needed. Via biting. Earlier in my ideas for this story there were some other specialised one-off units, the AMR Fox has now belonged to offshoot of the STCR, built as a pseudo “tank sniper” for mountainous regions or urban areas, it wasn’t particularly effective but [DATA EXPUNGED] would not let her rest, however. Her neural pattern was based off a legendary sniper from the Nation, in a situation similar to bad-cop from Entropy Zero 2. The replika body being treated more as a clone body for her mind than a true “mass production” replika type. There was also a plan for a gen-1 to show up in the mines. Who knows, maybe when we’re back on track and they get to the mines again, someone will be waiting to see it’s dear comrades.

Thank you for time, have a wonderful day!

Möge das wachsame Auge der großen Revolutionäre euch Sicherheit bringen.
願皇后的祝福伴你一路前行

1. “Scarab” (nickname given by imperial troops 
2. “Lynx”
3. “Wolf”
4. “Jaguar”
5. “Sparrow”