Talk:- Vision

Preliminary ideas for Vision-based character. Possible Name: Argonaut (to be explained later in description) 7'0" 800 lbs Humanoid in appearance, featureless face with opaque lenses for eyes and a thin slit for a mouth. Costume ideas so far are large cloak and wide-brimmed hat, that can serve to make it appear human at a distance. Up close, a person can hear the whirrs and clicks of internal machinery. Perhaps Argo will "spit" cards to speak, but if this is distracting or unworkable, then it can develop vocal capabilities.

Unit is composed of high-grade steel and hardwood exterior. Inside is an electromagnetically powered difference engine; the result of very early, unrecorded experiments by the unlikely team of Hank Pym, a brilliant yet troubled British scientist, and an eccentric Austrain scientist named Nikola Tesla. Tesla later became an American citizen and was credited with many inventions, and Pym continued to serve the British Empire as a military science contractor. While the whole time, their first daring experiment into A.I. lay forgotten in a lonely, dilapitated S.T.R.I.K.E. supply base.

Unit infused with massive amounts of AC currents but thought to be a failure and scrapped. While languishing in storage, unit became self-aware by a process or happenings unknown and unduplicatable. Unit had no programming, much less orders to follow, so it processed whatever immediate information it could find: a set of classical greek mythology books, many back issues of London newspapers, and old instruction manuals for industrial machinery. Perhaps more...

Unit took the name Argonaut (may end up Argo for short) in reference to the mythical seekers that sailed in Jason's ship, The Argo. Argo itself is on an existential journey, being the world's first known A.I. (though only known to a few as yet). Argo seeks answers and perhaps "humanity" by serving the only parents it has ever known, Queen and Country.

kevin's thoughts

"Perhaps Argo will "spit" cards to speak, but if this is distracting or unworkable, then it can develop vocal capabilities."

I don't think this would be bad. In fact I think it would RAWK. I think you can easily make it work.

"Inside is an electromagnetically powered difference engine; the result of very early, unrecorded experiments by an eccentric Austrain scientist named Tesla. Tesla later became an American citizen and was credited with many inventions, but his first daring experiment into A.I."

I'd like you to consider working in the Hank Pym bits of vision's story. Vision's history is so laced with Pym, you could (and would) get lots of "plot" out of your creator... This isn't to say you can't keep the Tesla stuff in (because it's great too), you might have have Pym working with or using Tesla's material... he might have stolen some info.. he's a jerk like that.

"Unit took the name Argonaut (may end up Argo for short) in reference to the mythical seekers that sailed in Jason's ship, The Argo. Argo itself is on an existential journey, being the world's first known A.I. (though only known to a few as yet). Argo seeks answers and perhaps "humanity" by serving the only parents it has ever known, Queen and Country."

I like you taking the name Argonaut. Very cool.