The Ship Made Hot

I had always heard stories about old Commonwealth starships, and how the top of the line ones had their own lifelike avatars which they could inhabit and use to better interact with the crew. In fact, when we boarded the Andromeda, I was kind of disappointed to not find one among the horde of assorted Marias, Scoobies, Buzzers, and nanobots she uses to run her systems and keep herself in working order.

But fate smiled down on the Harper, and soon gave me the opportunity to remedy this situation. On our very first mission to an abandoned High Guard station (see: my logs), I happened upon a very important flexie…one that contained all the data and specs I needed to construct Andromeda her very own social avatar.

All the parts and equipment I needed were already aboard the Andromeda. In fact, I actually used one of her Type II general utility androids as the basis for the avatar. The major changes involved a major rewiring to the 'bot's artificial nervous system, serious processing and memory upgrades (it enables her to store a much more robust version of Andromeda's core personality). And of course, my piece de resistance, a new external appearance that perfectly matches Andromeda's AI persona. I won't even tell you all the grief I went through reshaping the android into Andromeda's own form - getting the pigment just right on the artificially grown skin that covers her - stealing a few hairs of Beka's lovely head to use as a template for the avatar we now call Rommie. But I ask you-seeing the results of my labors, wasn't it all worthwhile?

If you want to hear about her more shiply-half, go that way.

Wanna go back to the basic explanation with all the beauty shots? Over here....