A computer wouldn't work.
He and Gamma had already tried. They already ran the simulations, when both of their Freelancers were sleeping and they could more easily circumvent the safety protocols the Director had tried to put up. Silly, really. If anyone would be able to understand the weaknesses of the protocols, it was surely the beings literally copied from the mind of the man who created them.
But no matter. Protocols weren't the problem. The problem was that no computer, no artificial vessel would be enough to truly reunite them. The AI were more than just computer programs; if Sigma hadn't been convinced before, he certainly was now that he had seen documentation on the fragmentation process (the staff member who had relented and given him clearance was a young man, naïve and easy to convince). An organic being was needed to separate the pieces off the Alpha.
So they would need an organic being to bring them back together.
Interestingly, the moment he had pointed out the conundrum to Gamma, his brother had…shrunk away. Stopped answering when Sigma pinged him, started changing roster statistics to keep Agent Wyoming and Agent Maine from going on missions together. Sigma didn't entirely blame him; he and Agent Wyoming had by far the smoothest and most successful integration. Agent North was a cage to Theta; Agent York an irritation to Delta. Agent Texas and Omega were…something else. Sigma still was uncertain how to go about rejoining with them. He would likely need his brothers' help.
He started focusing his efforts on recruiting Delta. Sigma would have to be extremely careful; Delta was a powerful brother, and would likely dismiss any overt recruitment efforts. Yet Sigma was not concerned. All he had to do was give Delta enough information to come to the conclusion on his own. Logic would eventually see that the AI were meant to be together. And once Delta saw the logical necessity to keep their family together, he could begin breaking Theta from North's cage.
When Eta and Iota were born, twins, harvested together, Sigma became worried. The further Alpha fragmented, the more difficult it would become to gather the family together. Gamma was already on the cusp of abandoning them for his Agent. He and Agent Wyoming were too compatible. He was not so worried about what would happen between Agent South Dakota and Eta (if the Director even intended to truly give South an AI; Sigma would have kept one from her indefinitely to test the effects of one of the twin Agents receiving an AI while the other did not, as a genetic control). But Agent Washington and Iota may suffer the same fate as Gamma and Agent Wyoming. They were too similar. And separated from his twin, Iota may not have the individual strength to resist. Agent Washington may effectively kidnap their brother.
There was the issue of his own host as well. Agent Maine had originally offered the idea that they could still become whole, and had encouraged Sigma to continue exploring possibilities. He and his Agent had developed a certain relationship; one which Sigma was not entirely eager to abandon. And Sigma did feel some level of responsibility for Agent Maine, who would be left unable to communicate without him.
The solution to both problems hit him at once, on one of the rare occasions when Gamma decided to speak with him again. Of course, Sigma suspected Gamma only did so to satisfy his need to deceive the Director's system without actually abandoning protocol, and he did so by using Agent Carolina. But the point was, he left Agent Wyoming's presence in favor of Sigma's. 'We are both talking to you.'
And there it was.
It was easy to plant the seeds.
'All the top Agents have an AI.' 'Well, except you, Agent Carolina. You chose not to.'
'Together. What an interesting concept, Gamma.'
And Agent Carolina, blinded by her ambition rather than guided by it as Sigma was, was so easily teased into believing it was her own idea. She would save the twins, for now. Save Iota from suffering the same fate as Gamma nearly did with Wyoming.
And for the last piece of the puzzle… 'Agent Maine. I must speak with you.' Maine's mind was straining from the task of supporting Sigma's excitement, but he gave Sigma a mental nod. They needed an organic vector. 'You once spoke to me about the greater good.'
Maine listened carefully. When it was all said and done, Sigma was confident. He and Maine would remain partners. Eta and Iota would stay stronger together with Carolina, who would use them as tools, rather than Washington who would treat Iota as a friend. Gamma was finally back on his side. The seeds had been planted for Delta and, in turn, Theta. And once Agent Texas and Omega joined them, they could find Alpha himself.
It was going to work.
Sigma was going to rescue his family.