Project V17/Powers/Shardless/Objects of Power/The Spark of Defiance; Humanity's Last Outpost

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The Spark of Defiance; Humanity's Last Outpost

Cost: 30 SP

You have acquired the ultimate war machine and the last hope of humanity, the T.S.O.D. This colossal mobile fortress was built to withstand and fight against a relentless horde of self-replicating machines that nearly wiped out all life on Earth. The T.S.O.D is a marvel of engineering, technology, and defiance, and it is now yours to command.

The T.S.O.D is composed of hyper-advanced smart matter, which can regenerate, adapt, and even reshape it's form in seconds, allowing it to traverse any terrain and environment, even the vacuum of space thanks to its anti-gravity propulsion and internal teleportation array. It can also deploy various defensive and offensive measures, such as energy shields, plasma cannons, missile launchers, railguns, and more.

Within the T.S.O.D lies something called the Alchemical Forge, a singularity engine connected to a higher dimensional plane of energy which allows for infinite energy generation, and through it's inner manufactory, convert energy to matter, allowing for the non-stop production of small and heavy arms, autonomous assets, weaponry, vehicles, armor, mechs, and more without pause. This was what allowed the final remnant of humanity to stand against, and even temporarily overwhelmed the self replicating nature of their enemies, nonetheless, it was all for naught.

The T.S.O.D also acted as humanity's Ark, with an archive of patterns to construct a second outpost, terraform the land, artificially grow life, create farms, and so forth—all the things needed to rebuild from scratch if humanity had managed to win the war against the machines. While the internal construction yards, and matter fabricators are the primary means of production, your assets can be deployed out of the T.S.O.D to allow for independent construction and material collection, aided by harvester drones, assembly/disassembly arrays, and other manufacturing automata.

Within the core of the Alchemical forge lies two incredibly powerful AI's which act as the administrator of all the T.S.O.D systems, and as the assistant to the Outpost leader. Through the multi-dimensional nature of the Alchemical Forge, the physical component of the AI's are housed within a quasi-stable pocket dimension wherein the physical laws of realspace don't quite apply. This enables for physical components and computational speeds vastly beyond normal limits of physics, vastly enhancing the AI's research and combat modeling capabilities, allowing it to rapidly adapt to any enemy or adversity, and even simulate and predict the movement and plan of it's enemies years, if not decades in advance.

The T.S.O.D is also linked to your mind via a neural web, which allows you to monitor, command, and control it from anywhere. You can communicate with the AIs, access any information, or activate any function with just a thought.

The T.S.O.D is a one-of-a-kind item that cannot be duplicated or replicated by any means. It is also immune to any form of hacking, jamming, or interference from external sources. However, it is not invincible; it can still be damaged or destroyed by sufficiently powerful attacks or forces. If the T.S.O.D is ever fully destroyed, you will be able to materialize it's core, which will begin to regenerate itself after a period of time.

Note: if you have one or more Technology And Artifice Powers, then the T.S.O.D will automatically gain the ability to manufacture anything from the referred setting or settings. From mystical metals and fantastical creatures, to futuristic mechs and weapons of war from alien races, everything is within the T.S.O.D grasp.