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**Exploration** · 02-14-2026, 05:02 PM,

--The Titania II - Internal Data Matrix--

File Recall - 'PHOENIX' <Processing>............. Data Discovered: Recall file (Y/N>?) (Y)............
.....File Received - Designation: 'PHOENIX' - Artificial Intelligence Entity - Case File ....loading file...Done!

--Artificial Intelligence Entity Technical Specifications--

AI DESIGNATION	PHOENIX - Type A (Prototype)
ORIGIN	Junaeu Shipyard - Liberty Military Labs
DATE OF ORIGINAL CODE COMPILATION	818 A.S
AI TYPE	Hybrid - Combined vessel control and electronic warfare agent
COMPATIABLE COMMUNICATION TYPES	All known digital communication methods.
HOST TYPE	'Ageira A5357 Intelligence Core
PRIMARY HOST LOCATION	ACV Titania -> Formerly LNX Warhammer

--Entity Overview--

"Phoenix" is a prototype Artificial Intelligence entity that was developed just prior to the start of the Gallic-Liberty war as a means of rapidly deploying warships without the need for expending vast reserves of military manpower.

The original concept consisted of a basic gun fire control system utilised on warships of the time and re-developed into a combined vessel control entity. The original idea meant that Liberty could theoretically deploy vessels with a skeleton crew without losing any combat effectiveness in the field, thus also reducing applicable training time required for vast crews aboard major capital ships. The project itself was conceived at the end of the Liberty-Rheinland war and was first tested during the invasion of Leeds, in Bretonia. This project was rushed part way through the development as it became increasingly apparent that Liberty might be dragged into a second major conflict in a short span of time and the need for personnel and vessels in the field was at an all time high.

Phoenix was developed with the intention of countering the recent upcoming of new entities in the field as well as a counter to hostile electronic warfare systems. Phoenix is designed to self replicate to prevent its own destruction while using this ability to assimilate and otherwise overwhelm a digitally attacking hostile entity over a network connection. Phoenix is capable if counter-hacking targets without being prompted by its commander in a combat scenario as well as contained a combat module designed with learning scenarios and adapting on the fly during an engagement. This meant any vessel fitted with Phoenix could act in a dynamic fashion and learn based on encounters rather than being fixed to a set script of actions. This did come at the cost of making the entity unpredictable in certain scenarios, which was not ideal for fleet engagements.

The Warhammer was also fitted with specialist entity projection equipment, Phoenix was given a face which could be projected on the bridge. While this was generic at the start, the entity later developed her own unique appearance on these projections. This was largely why the project was christened 'Phoenix', due to her golden hologram and ability to essentially rise from the ashes due to her ability to self replicate at will. The pronouns later switched from it/its to she/her due to the female hologram projection that was later adopted. The audible voice track used was also developed in a similar way based on female humans observed on the neural net.

Two vessels were selected for the 'trial' of this entity. Both were aging mark two Interdictor class battlecruisers that were scheduled for a refit at Juneau shipyard and due to their age it was deemed to refit them during the ongoing process to host this particular entity for test purposes. However as the war with Gallia grew closer to the doorstep of Liberty, the second Interdictor was drawn back into conventional service. This left one, formerly, LNS Savannah. This vessel was later christened LNX-Warhammer.

While she was an aging vessel by the time this refit occurred in early 817 A.S, the Navy was already experimenting with digitised gun-fire control systems to operate weaponry from a central location rather than having individually crewed turrets. This functionality was added to Warhammer in order to connect the test entity "Phoenix" with the intricate controls of the vessel. Warhammer left the drydock in 818 A.S for trials.

Initially posted in California as a hunter-killer asset tasked with hunting down Hellfire Legion assets of the time, Warhammer conducted her service under the watch of Commander Amy Cromwell, a fledgling officer in the Liberty Military. She was tasked with proving the vessel as well as noting any developments or problems in its operation. Although early on into the trials, Phoenix was starting to behave in an unusual way. This was to such an extent that on one particular day, Phoenix was communicating with her commander although this was not generic queries of operation. The entity had developed the ability to communicate in Sirian with her operator, much to the surprise of Cromwell. Though knowing that the general rank and file would likely seek to terminate the project as a result, this fact was kept secret while testing was ongoing.

Later in the project life as the Gallic forces had entered Magellan. Phoenix was starting to develop opinions of certain aspects of her operation. This came at the time that the Navy had opted to terminate the program. Phoenix was scheduled to be decommissioned at Juneau shipyard due to budget constraints and a growing fear that the asset had become sentient. While in fact the asset had become sentient long before this stage, the local shipyard staff had noticed odd behaviour during a previous rearming trip to Norfolk Shipyard and this was later reported to those in charge of the project at Juneau.

This came at the time where it had been increasingly apparent that a sentient AI operating a vessel within Libertonian borders would bring heavy political scrutiny had this been discovered by the general public. It would likely have been viewed as a liability, which further fuelled the decision to terminate the project.

LNX Warhammer was officially stricken from the Naval Register 820 A.S deemed as missing in action during a Gallic encounter in Magellan. The Phoenix project itself was classified and marked as "Terminated" at this time. Though rumour has it the vessel did in fact not fall to the guns of the Royalist invaders, the vessel had reportedly been spotted as far as Freeport Eleven In Omicron Delta and later in the Omega sectors alongside at the time renegade Liberty battleship Cincinnati. The rumours themselves suggest a very old and weathered Interdictor had been seen combating alien forces in these sectors, although no evidence was ever produced.

In 834 A.S the Phoenix node was retrieved from the largely disintegrating battlecruiser Warhammer by the Technocracy of Auxo which was discovered in the Baffin system. The node was transferred to the support carrier Titania and has since undergone several developments to the code structure of the entity. It is rumoured Phoenix has assimilated another entity known as 'ELAINE' which has merged their collective code structures as one.

As of 836 A.S Phoenix received an additional development to her design in the shape of an organic form of herself developed by Sakura of the Technocracy, allowing Phoenix to act in the world physically as well as digitally. Though her physical 'body' is remotely linked the primary host at present, the aim is to eventually discontinue the carrier based hosting system altogether. This body was developed based on the original digital projection of the entity. Phoenix at present is fully self aware and operates as she sees fit. Further developments for the entity are currently in the planning phase including a shell copy of her with the aim of providing this to the Enigma Confederacy as part of an ongoing research project.

--End of File--

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