Replicant (Earth: Final Conflict)
The Replicant is a robot that features in Earth: Final Conflict.
History
The Jaridians were the developers of the technology that created both the Replicants and the probe devices that made their highly advanced infiltrators. Due to their lack of interdimensional drive technology, the Jaridian Imperium deployed their probes in a similar fashion as land mines and were sent millions of years ago into deep space with the intention of finding their creators enemies, the Taelon's and destroying them. Thus, they spent countless years drifting through the cosmos and falling on worlds where they sought out any form of Taelon presence whereupon they reacted by generating Replicants that sought out and exterminated their Jaridian's ancient enemy. [S2: The First of its Kind]
One such probe later landed on the planet Earth at the Amish town of Paradise where it remained in its inactive state. It began replicating butterlies and used them to test the local lifeforms in order to determine their thresholds. This as a result led to the deaths of numerous individuals in the settlement who died from heat, cold and various other incidents. The event attracted the attention of Lili Marquette and William Boone who had initially believed that it was a case of Companion Reaction Syndrome. They eventually discovered the probe which they believed was a hidden Taelon experiment and thus sought to secretly transfer it to the Liberation headquarters for study. Initially, they faced trouble from the probe as it unleashed a swarm of mechanical replicated butterflies capable of easily killing human beings due to sharp claws as well as razor sharp wings in their bodies. However, Boone using the power of his Skrill implant managed to destroy enough of them ontop of the probe to the point that their freezing internal liquids jammed the probes circuitry. This led to the deactivation of the replicated butterfly swarm and the probe entering into an inactive state allowing for the Liberation to arrive and take it for study.[Episode: Float Like a Butterfly]
The fascimile of Rayna later abandoned the resistance headquarters during the events that led to the birth of the Human-Kimera hybrid called Liam Kincaid. The alien probe knocked out its guard escort and headed towards the Pentagon Alexandria base in order to tap into the communication system. Initially, it was barred from entering by a human guard to which the probe attempted to discern whether the planet wide jamming by the Taelon's was still in effect to which the security officer confirmed. Whilst attempting to move into the central computer, the human guard attempted to block the probes path which swiftly strangled him and dispatched him. After entering into the computers, it accessed and realigned the communication array whereupon it tapped directly into the system through a data probe beam emitted from its eyes. Its activities allowed it to beam a transmission into deep space and thus managed to penetrate the Taelon jamming allowing it to connect to its Jaridian masters. When a human military contingent arrived to discover what the commotion was, they discovered the probe had rearranged its body into its initial form. As the military officers arrived, the probe rearranged its body into a militant form which quickly dispatched the soldiers after which it began a planet wide database search for Taelon targets around the Earth.
Once its targets were located, the Replicant cloaked and began a search mode where it moved in secret to find its targets. Locating a funeral service for the Companion Protector William Boone and targeted a trio of Taelons present. Before it struck, a disguised Liam Kincaid quickly moved to save Da'an's life. However, the leader of the Taelon Synod was killed by the Replicant and despite being attacked by Ronald Sandoval, the Jaridian Replicant managed to escape. The death of a Taelon caused some shock to the Earth community and Zo'or refused to allow any Taelon on Earth until the Replicant was destroyed. Da'an later managed to convince Zo'or to allow him to meet with the humans at a press conference as part of a plan to draw out the Replicant and destroy it.
Later, when the US Companion returned to his embassy, the Replicant attacked the building with the intention of eliminating its target. Initially, it faced resistance from a degenerator field that was intended to shut down its systems through an EMP burst. However, the Replicant managed to survive and destroyed an interdimensional portal that was to be the escape route for Da'an and Liam Kincaid. Whilst the Jaridian war machine was combating the effects of the degenerator field, its targets escaped underground into the subterrainean tunnels. Following them, it cornered them and managed to easily survive the weapon fire from Liam Kincaid's pistol. After overpowering him, the Replicant turned its weapon limb on Liam and fired; however, its energy blast was absorbed by Kincaid's sharqarava organ and sent flying back at its source. The powerful energy blast destroyed the Replicant and shattered its body pieces across the floor thus ending the threat posed by it. [S2: The First of its Kind]
Background
In its natural state as a probe, the machine was capable of taking a sampling of an organism and creating an artificial copy of the living creature. These drones recieved instructions from the main machine and were tasked with examining as well as studying the thresholds of native lifeforms. The artificial copies of living beings were amazingly detailed and quite capable of fooling observers. When damaged by an energy attack, the internal machinery of the replicated copies was revealed and it was also known that these artificial beings possessed razor sharp blades on their bodies allowing them to easily kill organic beings. The probe was also capable of moving on its own power and floated through its environment. (Episode: Float Like a Butterfly)
The Replicants were an example of the highly advanced technology used by the Jaridian race and were generated through their probes. In its natural form, the Replicant took on the shape of a large probe which was crystalline in shape. It was capable of altering this body allowing it to take on the appearance of a human allowing it to masquerade as its target species making it an excellent infiltrator. They were also on the watch for targets that would allow it to gain closer access to its target by masquerading as a targets comrade or ally. Though it appeared human, it was far stronger and easily able to overpower humans in physical confrontations. In addition to this, it was able to alter its structure allowing it to cloak and hide in its surroundings giving it an excellent covert ability. When engaged in its military programming, the probe took on a more aggressive form which consisted of a large humanoid form consisted of the green crystalline structure. During combat situations, it was capable of transforming parts of its arms into weapon limbs allowing it to direct energy weapons against targets. These energy blasts were equally capable of killing both organic beings like humans and energy beings such as the Taelons. Their crystalline bodies also protected them from both projectile weapons as well as energy attacks. It was stated that nothing short but complete destruction would end the threat posed by the Replicant.
The programming and intelligence of the Replicant was highly adaptive and single minded in its goals which contained a directive that meant it was programmed to kill Taelons. In its infiltrator mode, it was capable of interacting with a target species. It was also capable of gathering data on targets and locating priority targets. The probes often also attempted to find a central communication grid and interface with it. This first took on physical manual interface such as typing on the computer keyboard but as the process reached its end, it was capable of remote access to the system through a data energy probe that emitted from its eyes. The highly advanced capabilities of the probe allowed it to easily overpower and penetrate planet wide jamming fields erected by the Taelons by accessing a target civilizations communication system. Furthermore, the Replicants possessed an extensive database and HUD system which it accessed as part of its operational directives. It was capable of using compiled data to locate targets around the globe and also discern the capabilities of threatening opponents. The Replicants generated by the probes were also capable of self repair and when it managed to escape the battlefield, it began procedures to use its own tools to fix any damages to its body. [S2: The First of its Kind]
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