Battle Network: System Glitch

by Zeroraid

It's been 5 years since the last time both the real world and Cyberworld were almost destroyed. Lan and the gang have grown up a bit, and are starting to chase after their dreams. Lan's left ACDC Towm for a while and in his place a new face is into town to start a new chapter in their own life. The problem? Seems the peace that the city's had for a while is coming to slow end.

1. Chapter 1

"Finally." A young man muttered as he leaned back in his chair, a light but exhausted smile on his face as he did so, taking a minute to massage his hands as he stared ahead at his computer monitor. Well, maybe monitors would be more accurate; after all there were three in front of him right now, all connected to a single Hard Drive as well as a PET; a PErsonal Terminal and an external Hard Drive. Two of the monitors showed him the same thing, just from a different angle, while the third had what looked like a sketch saved in the background of some 3D modeling software, which currently had a finished model set up.

Disregarding that, his room was a bit cluttered, there were a couple of books scattered around about PET maintenance and Network Navigator Design and Repair; all from the likes of great minds like Doctor Tadashi Hikari and Mikhail Cossack. It had taken him quite a bit of time - a lot of trial and error and dumbing down tons of technical terms he didn't quite understand, but after a couple years he'd finally understood enough about what they were talking about in order to try his hand at designing a functioning Network Navigator from scratch.

See, getting a Custom Netnavi was something many operators dream of - and they spent quite a few stacks of zenny in order to get their hands on one. That said getting one was one thing, creating one was another. Building a Netnavi from scratch required a lot of Technical skill- something most people didn't have the patience to try and develop. That said those that did and became Networld Navigator Designers made a fortune creating custom models for people.

And while Allen wasn't really looking into getting into that business, he did find that building his own netnavi - while rather time consuming - was rather fulfilling in its own way.

Just needed to know what you were doing in order to properly get everything together.

And Allen, after dumbing down the process a bit, had broken the process down into two simple parts; development of the Data Core - the Brain, and development of the Digital Frame - the body. Honestly, building the body could take maybe four, maybe five hours to build with the right 3D Modeling Softwhere like Blender of Maya, of course that was unless one got distracted and postponed their work for a while. As for the Brain, well, building a functioning A.I. Core could take months on end. If even one bit of code was wrong that the system would bug out and get an error and a lot of test runs were needed in order to get the A.I. running properly.

Thankfully, that task was almost done.

Taking a minute to stretch, Allen looked over his work and seemed to smile again. He worked for a little while longer, taking the time to double check, triple check, and even quadruple check his work on the Core, small windows popping up to show different pieces of digital code as he scanned for anything that could lead to a bug of some sorts.

No point in fucking everything up at this late in the game.

He kept looking at the schematics.

Prototype Hybrid Network Navigator

Serial Number: 00-00-00-00-X

Allen chuckled at that bit of data on the data. It didn't mean much, not really, he just started it that way to try and seem professional. He continued reading though.

Specifications

Type: Human

Element: NULL

Core AI: Δ Grade

The Core AI; Isacc Asimov described it as the central processing unit and software of a Netnavi; it gave them their equivalent to a "consciousness" that people could recognize. That software determined their intelligence not to mention their ability to problem solve. Their main limits though were that the "Grade" determined the level of Intelligence they had to work with. This NetNavi had a Δ [DELTA] Grade Core. It didn't make them a genius, but definitely didn't make them stupid either. Grade Δ was just above the mainstream Custom Netnavis. A 5.5 to a 6 on a scale from 1-to-10.

It didn't cost too much either. No more than a Γ [GAMMA]]Grade Core. If he wanted to make his AI insanely smart he would have spent half his monthly allowance on either a Η [ETA]or one of those brand new Θ [THETA] Grade Cores. That said he was able to order two Δ Grade cores and after a bit of trial and error, not to mention reading up on incomplete theories by the Professionals he was able to let them coexist in a state of "parallel processing". Prototype Network Navigator [ ] basically had two brains, or at the very least one acted as the left part of his brain while the other acted as the right half.

AI LAW Module: Asimov Laws

The AI module was something important to all Net Navis; it covered a set of Laws that the Net Navi needed to follow on a fundamental level in order to function properly. It determined their level of autonomy and decision making abilities. There were a few variations of the Module needed to get an AI to function, but most Net Navi's were subject to Asimov's Laws with its laws hard coded into their core processing unit. Of course no matter what Module one used there were those either discarded or edited the module to suit their personal preferences. Asimov's Laws were this:

An AI may not injure a human being or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm.

An AI must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law

An AI must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Allen hadn't changed any of those Laws for this NetNavi. Although he did notice that one set of laws in his two cores kept deactivating for some reason. He couldn't figure out why though, all he knew was that it wasn't a bug, at least not one that seemed to potentially become an issue. So long as one set of Laws was still going to work, he didn't think much into it…

Least not yet anyway.

Principal Directive: Exploration

Secondary Directive: Caretaker

Tertiary Directive: Security

Netnavis were always built with a purpose. While they gained "life experience" like humans, most of them were given a set of instructions to follow. Those Directives gave them a "purpose"... in some cases a reason to live. There were NetNavis with the Directive to act as Caretakers - tutors and nurses. There were Netnavis programmed with a Directive for hard labor, giving them the skills needed to perform construction and repair the home network if it is damaged. And of course there were those whose primary directive was to simply battle other Netnavis and viruses.

There were usually secondary and tertiary directives as well, one of them being the Security Directive, which told them to protect the Home Network from viruses and unwanted access.

That said there were some made without a Principal Directive, or had it removed in some way or form.

Programs

Language Progit [Default]

- Setting:

- English

- Japaneese

- Description: Emulation software that allows a Netnavi to read, write and speak a default language.

Emotion Progit [Default]

- Description: Emulation software that allows the Netnavi to experience humanlike emotions

S.M.A.R.T. Progit

- Description: Emulation software, the Smooth Movement Across Rough Terrain (SMART) allows the Netnavi to anticipate how rough terrain will respond to its movements.

Tactical Analysis Progit

- Description: Emulation software designed specifically to augment the Netnavi's core processor with tactical analysis

Combat Programs

Buster

- Location: Arm[BOTH]

- Description: Convertible arm cannon.

- Note:

- Can be detached to work as hand cannon

Cybersword

- Location: Arm [Both]

- Description: Convertible energy sword.

- Note:

- Can be detached to work as handheld weapons

Size can be adjusted.

Strike Chain

- Location: Arm [Left]

- Description: Convertible energy chain with a hook at it's end.

Notes:

Energy chain can be used to latch on to other objects

Jump Kit

- Location: Waist

- Description: Small booster designs to briefly enhance mobility

Most Netnavis needed certain programs and tools in order to carry out their directives. Most of these programs came in the form of Battle Chips, which were naturally used for combat. That said there were other programs that could be bought and uploaded into a navi by the NaviCusomizer. There were shield programs that allowed a navi to protect themselves. There wre programs that prevent Bugs from occurring in the system. There were even programs that allowed them to alter their terrain slightly. There were even programs to allow a netnavi to float in mid air.

"Alright, everything looks good so far…" Allen muttered as he seemed to make a face before going over the rest of the NetNavi's specifications. After a moment, he nodded to himself, took a breath as he took a quick moment to backup his work before clicking something on screen. "Everything seems to be in order."

RUN PROGRAM?

[Y/N]

"Here goes everything." He clicked Y and waited for the A.I. to Finalize, the core downloading itself into the Frame he had made and smiled.

NETWORK NAVIGATOR BOOT UP…

KERNEL / ACTIVATED

INTERNAL BOOT CONFIG / ACTIVATED

SOFTWARE ANALYSIS / ACTIVATED

NETWORK NAVIGATOR BOOT UP COMPLETE.

He watched as a pair of eyes flickered open as he leaned against his chair. "Good morning Shell."