Wily Evolutionary Project
From the WEV to the rest, how Wily fails replacing Zero like a b***h.
Overview
Zero has failed.
With his 'ultimate' creation firmly a hero, not the destroyer and weapon Wily tried to enforce, the nigh-eternal scientist moved on to replace him. Seeking a better machine faster, he turned to the Roboenza Virus, the human race, and robotics.
This lead to the first three Series in the Evolutionary Project. Seeking equal parts firm control and power, Wily began to run tests to create a perfect replacement for Zero, resulting in multiple failures. Of the beginning 3, only one series lacks survivors. It ihas been referenced by a unit of the second series, unit 23 'Nova' there are more people than the present series account for, with unknown fates but likely still trapped.
Manufacture Site
Wily Subterranien Complex B -- Rainier, WA, under the Cascades, near the ruins of Seattle-Tacoma. It's deep underground to access Rainier's substantial magma chamber for geothermal powr; those whom have unaltered memory or can plow through firewalls blocking the location can pinpoint layuout based on satellite maps of the area. Aboveground however, is a dense, lush coniferous forest, making locating entry difficult. Similarly, the lab itself is a maze.
Series 1
Unit 1, Unit 2
Series 1 was a short lived attempt to physically plant a human brain and nervous system in a robotic body with... Greusome results. Both Units perished mid-conversion, and the virus intended for them was modified for unit 3 of Series 2, and Unit 4 of Series 3. Series 1 units do not exist in action, and the remains of the human victims were found far from Rainier, listed in Hunter records as unsolved murders for a period of months.
Series 2 - Power
Series 2 began with unit 3. The creation of Series 2 units focused dominantly on those of physical strength, or with significant mental talent -- memory recall, or parsing information quickly. As the series prograssed through the odd numbers and some even numer units, it became clear that Series 2 units were dominantly forces to be reckoned with -- with their bodies converted into machinery by different types of virus each uniquely tweaked per victim, it became clear most lacked the loyalty and deference Wily aught. Most were desposited with faulty Series with excellent acceptance to coding rendering them his slaves, but with less power, leaving them to terminate one another with no memory to trace back to who created them beyond half memories and stewed shadows of the roboticist.
Seriues 2 yielded the first near0-successful soldier from the experiment and one 'failure' that matches if not surpasses it -- Units 23, Nova, and Unit 25, Revele. While Nova is deemed a program failure, she's suspected to have the kind of power Wily was intended -- where Unit 25 has ideal subservience. To that end, the two are hostile on sight to one another.
Series 3
While Series 2 employed coding intended to use nanites to convert humans into machines in a poainful process that often killed, Series 3 became a form of humans literally in the machine -- leaving a gooey center to a bulky, heavy, and clumsy machine. Series 3 often took control programming extremely well through a mix of viral datya and neural netlinks to forceably and permanently alter the brain, while augmenting the human mess inside to survive longer than natural. The large outerbody left them with average weaponry and powrer for 21XX, sacrificing weaponstrength and agility for the purest ability to take damage. Setries 3s can often outlast opponents rather than outgun them. Because of their armoring, they're difficult to kill, although most late-Series 2 can handily identify weak points, as Series 3 tests completed before 2. Wily has concluded Series 3 to have potential as security, although most are failures left in the world to terminate Series 2 failures. The number of successes remains unknown.
Series Features
Series 2
Series 2 offers the best agility and power for the virus use, as well as both adaptability and, in a completed seeming state, they also appear to blend into a crowd., thanks to the nature of their creation.
Series 2, at root, all have a permanent infection of unique viruses all rooted in the Maverick Virus and/or Roboenza. This is achieved through programming nanobotes to work with the virus, preserving the human mind patterns and soul inside of the being. Series 2 will recall a time of significant burning pain that numbs other pain for months, bar cases of severe injury such as loss of limb, though some still register pain faster, and usually pain sense invariably returns to most. This virus also assists the nanites in what to replace the organics with, using a mishmash of Reploid or Robot Master DNASouls -- Master DNA is nearly always the DWN with a sparse few DRN scattered through in minute doses. The only exception is Forte and Zero -- being composed of Fortenium they do not, in fact, get used bar once in Unit 23 in a failed effort at petty revenge.
Every series 2 has a minimum of 2 DNASoul donors, with some as high as 4-5; usually blends chosen to augment speed, agility, power, or to help suppress the host to mold them to Wily's will. Series 2 however, are usually but not always the most mentally durable, having the least restrictions on their minds and many were thrown into the world for failing to obey, noteably Unit 23. Commonly, the DNA donors have a degree of bleed into known capabilities and specifications, but appearance is a wildcard-- beastial type Mavericks may often be repressed by the humanoid, or vice versa. The virus usually functions to convert, spread by blood, and often offers unique capabilities relevant to each Unit, much as the templates employed. Many un-altered Series 2 are a visual mess of types, with a buster, weaponry onboard native to the templates, and their original human faces/heads aesthetically, but beast conversions lack this touch.
Series 3
Where Series 2 are dominantly a biral conversion purely, Series 3 are more complicated to produce, and less were made overall. Series 3 are domiminated by large metal bodies that are extremely bulky, and the least human... Or animal -- most look purely robotic. To that end, visually, Series 3 are intimidating. However, Series 3 are, at most, damage soaking sorts with average firepower whom atre exceedingly well commanded by their maker with few risky successes. Most do not achieve the firepower needed and are terminated by release in combat to a Series 2, however, a small handful of 4-5 remain in the command of Wily for the sake of security. Most lack much free will, and most also lack a significant amount of agility.
The cause of their lacking and problems lies directly increation -- similar to Daleks, the metal exoskeletal body has a human center that has been altered to require the shell to live. A neural network keeop the Series 3 completely compliant combined with a flat virus used for the Series 3, whom feature physically strong humans to offset, minimally, weakness -- or to try anyhow. A Series 3 can VERY rarely have broken conrol however it is damaging, and those in the 'wild' are easily tracked by another Series 2 or similar for observation or termination. Series 3 lack additional DNASouls, and have minute autorepair until the squishy center is dominantly converted for use by the virus, and Series 3 are incredibly slow, functioning purely as tanks. The series is effectively no longer in production, bat any point the doctor determines that a nw one might be of use.
Series 4
A series similar to 2, Series 4 focuses on beastial types and their uses. Begun after completion of Unit 25 after a genetic population was developed from onsite samples, Series 4 are dominated by animal-type units. For this, compatible Reploid DNASouls were used with minimal humanoid oir Robot MJaster unless it showed no dominance in Series 2. To this end, Series 4 are pure animal -- much like robotic anthropomorphs. However, being made up on compatible DNA types has resulted in minor hybriding as it is FAR less common for more than one DNASoul to be used, nor are complete code strings used -- it is common for a Seruies 4 toi have 'new' traits to complete lines of data, resulting in 'mutations' -- for example a Neon Tiger sublet may be a white tiger with a snow weapon or a black cat type with a lightyening weapon dependant on coding.
Control varies wildly among series 4, and power is decidedly less than a Series 2. While more agile and certainly faster than Series 3, and using individualized viruses like Series 2, Series 4's receptiveness to being controlled is entirely based on the beast the DNASoul data is from -- resulting in the possibility of multiple rogues in more independant types such as Slash Beast types or Frost Walrus types, but more compliance to command lines in pack-minded types -- a wolf will readily obey commands where insects might now. Due to this, Series 3 is wildly unpredictable, and usually used for pure testing in-house. Those found are often pre-terminated after Unit 23's escape, although some have survived to escape and survive.
Series 5
Series 5 is another branch of the success of Series 2. However unlike the virus base for 2, Series 5 utilizes a far different strain -- an experimental strain based in the Zero-dominant strains, and significantly altered as a mutigenic. The Nightmare Strain of Series 5 is incredibly virulent, and thus no DNASouls can be used in it, making individualization impossible due to the root virus -- this virus may also infect Reploids just as humans to the same effects: minus conversion. The Series 5 are victims of mutagenic horror and harbor infections that if loosed are threatening to Series 2, 3, 4, on top of other hazards. While Series 5's Virus can cause mutations based in earlier series, it cannot force control -- the initial virus, fortuanately, offers those free of it protection from the psychological effect, but not physical.
A Series 5 is terrifying looking -- often intimidating, swift, and precise, and while they follow directional goals, they do not take orders of how to proceed -- leaving them to act more like unpredictable homing missiles. Series 5 have wild power levels, but, due to being purely born of viral code, seem to lack the degrees of a Series 2 with the right DN"ASouls -0- although a Series 5 infection would be bad news if it seized Unit 25. Fortuanately the 'wild' nature of Series 5 makes them incredibly rare of use, and more commonly used for one-use work as they otherwise serve more risk than reward.
Series Serial Makeup
Although unregistered, Wily keeps a serial number for evertyy unit produced, divided into unit and Series.
Marked 'WEV' for Wily Evolutionary Virus, a proiper serial on his files will look like the following:
WEV-026-002
This serial, for example, references Unit 25 of series 2.
Norable Creations of the WEV Project
Series 1
Unit 1&2 - Terminated in construction by the removal of brain and nervous system from a body, the only known Series 1's remains were found mutilated far from the labs and were registered as an unsolved murder for a period of years. As Series 1 utterly failed, only these 2 units were ever produced.
Series 2
Unit 23 "Nova"- The first known survivor to escape due being terminated, Nova is a female created late in the experiment process kinapped for a good mix of trivia knowledghe, memory recall, and use of this knowledge in basic application - in short, Wily liked seeing a human with potential -- however ultimately these skills led to turning the unit into a massive threat to operations. Nova is the oinly unit to combine SWN-001 Forte's data with SWN-00 Zero'as data, which compounded with an aggressive hacking-styled virus that led to the unit undoing multiple coding failsafes after discard -- and resultiung in confused systems pulliung her core for a number of unidentifiable abilities that seem unique to the unit, possibly manifest based on a blend of code, dna sources, and the unit herself.
Nova is concieveably the stronger known Series 2 between the two strongest, however, she lacks mastery, relying on instinct to muscle through combat -- only offset by the formerly lauded mental skill that allows her to keep up. Nova's virus is no longer as-intended, as overriding memory blockages and sheer will turned it in on itself, recoding the virus to serve as a medium to use her capabilities in non-cyber environs, making her effectively a tank for battle and excellent deterrent outside it.
Unit 25 "Revele" - Unit 25 is the best unit across the series to come into being. His capacity for orders is as-intended and his strength and power are the best Wily could anticipate. Unit 25 is a loyal lapdog and efficient soldier, taking orders as needed. Although primarily expected to engage Zero or Nova, Unit 25 manages many tasks for Dr.Wily, resulting in several cases where the unit poses a threat. Unit 25 is a threat Wily can only improve, chosen for his physical strength; and has a minimum of 4 DNASoul types root-coded into his template, leaving him a brute.
