Project STORM

== Goal ==
The intent of Project STORM, as roughly stated by ARHK AI SILUS, is to diminish the need for actual human presence on the battlefield by replacing its forces with combat-oriented AI in full control of the vehicles they commandeer.
== History ==
A proprietary artificial intelligence system created by SILUS Project STORM, also sometimes known as SILIUM AI, came into existence a few months after the deployment of the first GYO drones, with the first units being Pillboxes deployed alongside the Gunlegs to compete in protecting the Towers. A few months later SILUS was contacted by Director Kors to develop aircraft units to protect ARHK’s airspace.
== Overview ==
Standing for SysTem Of Robotic coMbatans, STORM is an advanced combat algorithm utilized in SILIUM and Kal drones, reverse engineered and designed using data from suit and suit drone AI in the development of its advanced combat tactic algorithms, and ran through numerous combat scenarios in Virtual Reality. The drones’ integrated IFF system allows them to safely and reliably distinguish enemies from allies and VIP from variables such as prior familiarity, attire, whitelists, battlefield position, etc.
Due to the use of a learning algorithm that allows them to rapidly adapt to different situations in the battlefield it is required that the drones cannot be capable of passing the Turing Test, in fear of them turning sentient. As such, each individual instance of SILIUM AI for every vehicle it operates are routinely put through a deep scanning procedure before and after operations and sorties.
Though the initial hopes by SILUS were for SILIUM-operated craft to be stationed within all ACC bases by the end of 2019 that was not to be the case, as the project suffered a major setback when all of its units self-destructed during an attack by a Shapeshifter to the Towers. And while the lost units were already rebuilt, along with the lost GYO drones, this caused a minor resource shortage of rare metals that led to the development of Project SEDNA. Recently, the control systems for the AIs of said drones has been further partitioned to allow for even greater autonomy in combat along with extra security measures being added to prevent another similar incident.
=== Air Forces ===
This branch of ARHK combat aircraft is a collaborative effort by both SILUS and Aerospace Arhkitect Director Alexander “Kaleidoscope” Kors. As such they are designated as “Kal-XYY”, with X standing for the drone’s number identification in the network and Y for a drone’s version. Due to the aircraft lacking a human inside it, being controlled by an AI, they are able to perform much more complex maneuvers that would otherwise pull enough Gs to kill a person. The Kal aircraft all stick to a jet black flying wing-type aesthetic and are as follows:
*Kal-104 Raven
*Kal-203 Jackdaw
*Kal-301 Roc
=== Ground Forces ===
Drones developed by SILUS for ARHK’s ground forces, they are some of the most varied types of drones, coming in numerous different types and functions, the following units make up STORM's ground forces:
*STORM - Cutterwraith
*STORM - Mantid
*STORM - Pillbox
*STORM - Stag
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