SP-S011

== SP-S011 ==
Seaboard Production Sentinel 011, usually referred to as Kyle Wald, was an American strategist, engineer, and combatant. A genetic clone of Kyle Wald, he was genetically engineered and brought up by Seaboard Technologies as a Sentinel. Defecting during the Great Collapse, 011, known as Kyle Wald, became a key figure in the fight against Seaboard.
== Early Life ==
Little is known about the early life of SP-S011. However, he broke from the holding facility near New Haven, Connecticut in the early morning of 4 February 2018.
== Return to the Appalachian Republic ==
Once returned to Pennsylvania in 2024, Wald's relations with the authority seemed fairly cordial. Whether or not he was pardoned, he was not sought after. Distraught after loosing Amber Thompson, Wald began to delve more into his work, and rekindle his friendships.
At some point on a trip to find materials for his projects with Maria Burnett, she and Wald were intercepted by a sentinel. Wald was able to impale the sentinel with a ground rod, though it survived and managed to escape.
== Partnership with Maria Burnett ==
Following Brian Burnett and his company's failure in their military coup against Elaine Cocklin, Wald stayed with Maria Burnett and her daughter and niece, devoting himself to keeping her safe. He was quick to insist on making targeted choices based on his rationale. He was weary of returning to Harrisburg, though chose to follow with whatever Maria Burnett chose. Wald stayed with the Burnett sister when others in the team, including SAACC Sergeants Voland and Sandoval and Junior Lieutenant Jeon attempted to spring Brian Burnett free from a Seaboard convoy. This failed, and the SAACC members partially blamed Wald for not intervening. Sandoval, Jeon, and his corporal split from the group, and Wald drove the others south, intending to enter Confederate territory, though Wald was ambivalent about the idea.
After picking up an encrypted transmission regarding the family and their positions, Wald split from the team, hoping to distract preying mercenaries and deal with them without threatening the Burnett clan. Not long after separating, Wald discovered that this was a setup, and quickly went to return to Maria Burnett and her gang as Matthew Castillo and Los Salvajes converged on her location. When Wald arrived, he initiated a gunfight, stopping a duel between Burnett and Castillo that would surely be fatal for her. Wald killed gang member Kevin Trujillo, joining his allies in their defense. He and Jayden Harris kept suppressive fire as the others fled, and he was able to wound Marco Perez. While returning fire, Jayden Harris was shot in the head and killed by Castillo. This disturbed and angered Wald, but he realized he couldn't best the entire gang by himself at that time. He fled and regrouped with the others, among them Savanna Voland, who had been shot and wounded by the enemies.
The team retreated to Culpepper, Virginia, to a farm house where Voland's uncle and aunt lived. They stayed there as Voland received emergency treatment, and the group received hospitable care by the homeowners. That night while alone, Wald pledged himself fully to Maria Burnett, and the two confessed feelings for one another that they had kept silenced through the years. They had sex before proclaiming their love for one another. Wald was aware of Burnett's relationship with Nova Parrish, but thought little of it and didn't let it stop him. His loyalty to Burnett grew fierce, yet he warned her when Confederate forces arrived at the farmstead hoping for the team's help. Wald felt strongly that the CSA authority was invalid and unjust and saw no reason to align themselves with the Confederacy. He made this clear, and the Confederate leaders were frustrated with Wald's resentment of them. Burnett agreed to hold a discussion with them, and later, decided to help their cause on the condition that she'd have Kyle Wald by her side.
Wald and Burnett worked effectively as a team, and Wald began to look at Maria as a purpose for his existence and even as a form of leadership. Their talks with the commissioner of York, Pennsylvania, revealed the man to be former crime boss John Kelley. With the help of Savanna Voland on lookout, Wald helped eliminate Kelley, his right-hand man Rodgenie James, and various members of his gang. This invigorated further intimacy between him and Burnett, who saw Wald as an invincible guardian, and she was also destined to break his social facade and cause him to be vulnerable with her. Only Burnett was successful in allowing Wald to let go of the past and future. The two continued with this strong bond as they helped the Confederacy acquire territory towards Harrisburg. While in Virginia, Confederate Major Patterson introduced him to Colonel Edward Lewis, who was an Army commander and engineer presiding over a project to reverse-engineer the Evernorth Mechnisuit for their own purposes. Lewis hoped to enlist Wald in helping his project, luring him in by being supportive to Wald's autonomy. Wald was vehemently against this idea though and rejected the idea of reverse engineering any Seaboard technology for use by others except for himself. He left them and never engaged with Colonel Lewis again.
Once back in the heartland of Appalachia, Wald reacquired his Class C-D Mechnisuit, using it to help in the takeover of the Harrisburg capitol, where he hoped to locate Elaine Cocklin. Though Harrisburg was easily controlled by the Confederate States authority, Cocklin escaped. After this, Wald became aware that Maria Burnett intended to keep their relationship secretive. This dissuaded him, but he also understood given the context of Burnett and her girlfriend. As Burnett settled back into her lifestyle at home, Wald was determined to find a way to extract Brian Burnett from the Seaboard Capitol Command Center. He began drafting a plan taking advantage of Seaboard's shift details, and was quick to recruit the Burnett sister's help. She denied, hoping that Wald would forget his mission and relax with him instead. Wald continued with his plans, working with his former stepfather, Justin Harlem, to create a set of faux light sentinel armor in order to infiltrate the Seaboard capitol.
Late the night of June 4th, Wald intercepted a Seaboard cargo convoy heading to Hartford. He used it to conceal his Mechnisuit, and his plan worked well to get him into the cargo docks of the CCC. However, the unexpected appearance of Lyons Russel derailed this plan as Russel quickly saw through Wald's disguise. Wald attempted to kill Russel, but was stopped by a sentinel in real armor. The two briefly battled before the sentinel helped his General flee. Wald then boarded his Mechnisuit, easy tearing through the unexpecting capitol guards. He rose to the mid levels of the tower, fighting a heavy sentinel. He was able to defeat the other Mechnisuit after a short confrontation, and then forced a guard to inform him that Burnett was being transferred to the Chairman's executive suite. Wald came to that level, eliminating a squad of vanguards before being confronted by Sisk in his own Class E Mechnisuit. The two fought, and at first, Wald held the upper hand as he had improved his suit since the last time the two battled. The unexpected intervention by Yun caught Wald off guard, as she had a high-powered rifle capable of damaging his suit. Early in the morning of the 5th, Wald was defeated by Sisk, who, before his suit was disabled, used his arc-cutter to sever Wald's hand. Wald made a controlled fall from the tower, ditching his ruined suit. After falling from a lower story on the building, Justin Harlem picked him up while barely conscious, and in a run-down car, they made a hasty escape from Hartford while being followed by a convoy of trailblazers who outgunned them. The two were only saved by Appalachian support in the form of two V-22 ospreys slated to pick them up. At the same time, Yun tried to stop Wald, along with Matthew Castillo who joined the hunt. While flying out from the scene, Leonardo Evans, who was with the rescue team, was shot and killed. This was initially believed to have been caused by Castillo.
Wald was severely disheartened by his failure, and Maria Burnett's scorning of him only added to this feeling. He took time to recuperate and heal as Burnett began to break from her civil duties and go to the west. After Burnett returned and helped apprehend Vanguard Prestige member Yun, she found Wald as he was in the process of leaving without a word. Wald believed he had failed her and that it was a disgrace for him to be around the family. Instead of debating this, Burnett revealed to him that she was pregnant with his child. Wald found any way to disagree with the child being his, and still left Burnett, believing inside that if he was truly the father of her unborn child, he had no right to be a father or a man in a child's life.
Some time after leaving, Wald was found in Northwest Pennsylvania by newly-initiated Vanguard Prestige members Marco and Daniela Perez. Wald easily bested the two, sending them running. He quickly discovered after making a call to the Burnett family duplex, from Castillo, who searched for signs of the Perez siblings there, that the two were surely headed for Maria Burnett. Wald quickly found a way to track Bryanna Sandoval, as he believed Burnett to be with her. This took him to east-central Ohio, and there, he helped finish off the two Perez siblings, finding Sandoval, Sergeant Voland, Maria Burnett, and to his surprise, Yun. He was pleaded to by Burnett to stay and not run again, and Wald begrudgingly agreed for the time being. They spent further time together in Pittsburgh, and Wald, though conflicted, came to accept his role in Burnett's pregnancy.
The two stayed close together for around a month before going with SAACC members Bryanna Sandoval, Savanna Voland, and Corporal Paul Coleman to partake in Operation Parable. Wald strongly advised Burnett not to go, but failed to do so, staying with her as he saw that her safety would be more likely given his involvement. When they reunited with Brian Burnett, the older brother was initially angered by Wald allowing Burnett to go. He quickly discovered their relationship and Maria Burnett's pregnancy, which further added to the SAACC Lieutenant's conflictions. Wald then split from the group, having learned through embedded data in Hannah/WID-688's memory core about Jethro, a supercomputer being worked on by Seaboard. He killed a group of peacekeepers, commandeering a set of armor to try and blend in. He was unexpectedly helped by Jennifer Sisk, the wife of Seaboard's executive Director, in accessing Jethro's computer database room. There, he briefly spoke with the AI, and he had it shut down various security systems and assist Sergeant Voland and Sandoval's mission prior to integrating Hannah's data drive into his.
After this, Wald began fighting the influx of trailblazers that came to his location. As he fought them in the Prototype Laboratory, the others arrived at the location, only to find that much of the technology the Liberators came to secure had been removed beforehand. Wald joined the others before they were cornered by superior firepower. Michael Sisk arrived, and was confused when Kyle Wald insisted that he was, and had always been the best friend of Brian Burnett. Shortly after, a scientist identical to Wald was revealed. Sisk made it clear that Kyle was in fact a sentinel designated SP-S011, a clone of the real Kyle Wald. This sent him into a panic of disbelief, especially considering the fact that Burnett, who he believed to be his best friend, was aware of this truth and never told it to him. Sisk quickly initiated a spoken series of codewords that, through years of conditioning, reactivated 011's prime directive. He stopped Burnett from killing Sisk, and he and his former best friend began to battle. Despite his right hand being only half regrown, he was still able to fight Burnett and overpower him initially. 011 analyzed Burnett's fighting style, using it against the Marine, but Burnett's quick movements, prior understanding of 011's thinking and fighting patterns, paired with his unorthodox, coordinated, and often mismatched fighting style, led to 011's defeat. After trying to push Burnett off the side of the tower, the Marine was able to turn themselves around and kick 011 away instead. He promptly fell and landed in the center's runoff waters where he was taken to the Connecticut River unconscious.
== Time in Hiding and Return ==
Following his defeat at the hands of Brian Burnett during Operation Parable, 011 was brought down the Connecticut River while still alive. He awoke the next morning, recalling past events of his life more clearly. He stopped a family from calling the authorities, promptly leaving. 011 stayed hidden, and his initial plan was to locate Kyle Wald and kill him. However, he quickly decided Wald would have further use to him alive. 011 tracked Wald's family to their home in Bridgeport, and was able to find out the location of the Wald mountain house in Vermont. After around a month, 011 came to the house to confront Wald. Despite his genetic template's attempts to repel Wald, 011 was able to penetrate his defenses with ease. The two had a rather pragmatic but heated confrontation where 011 decided to keep Wald alive but let it be known that he had uses for him.
Deciding he was a danger to his loved ones, 011 chose to assume the notion that he had died in July 2025. While attempting to integrate into a detached community, 011 was found by SP-S024. 011 saw it coming and attempted to best the sentinel hunter, but was quickly defeated, though he managed to escape. He later went on to join a community in Knox, New York, where he was able to blend in with the locals and put his skills and physical advantages to use in community building. After being made by a shipment driver, 011 was forced to retreat again, and was told by the chief of the village to go to a town in Newfoundland. 011 managed to get there after some time, where he initially believed the trip to be a dead-end.
011 met and became acquainted with Maurus Meaux, the leader of the Newfound Buddhist Monastery. Despite initial skepticism on both sides, 011 grew humbled by Meaux's wisdom. However, 011 still relied on his premonitions that he would soon return to his fight. After a series of intense visions in his sleep, 011 abandoned these ideas, conceding with Meaux in the idea that his best course of action was to stay in Newfoundland as a permanent member of the church. Thus, 011 began to live there, unlearning many of the psychological traits assigned to him from a young age. He learned to defy his nature as a sentinel, while simultaneously accepting such.
== Combat Style ==
Raised and trained as a standard sentinel for Seaboard, SP-011 is trained to perfection in all forms of firearms. Paired with his extremely acute reflexes, eyesight, and understanding of ballistic dynamics, he is rarely beaten by anybody in a firefight unless his adversary has an asymmetric advantage or better weaponry.
SP-011 utilizes, and is an expert in STMAP (Seaboard Technologies Martial Arts Program). An extremely versatile and deadly fighting style, STMAP was created by martial arts experts from many different studies prior to the Jinanvirus. It focuses on wrestling, striking, holds, chokes, and grappling. STMAP also focuses on forms of "dirty" or "brutal" fighting, including biting, gouging, and disfigurement. Knowing the fighting style from a young age, sentinels are able to subdue, defeat, and kill opponents within seconds with no weapons at all. Created to be used by anyone, sentinels are especially deadly fighting with the style due to their unusually high strength profiles. SP-011 is no exception, and unless he is overwhelmed or otherwise exhausted, will not lose an unarmed battle.
== Mechnisuit Usage ==
Throughout his journeys, SP-S011 primarily used two modified Mechnisuits that he acquired. The first came from a defeated Sentinel in New York, a Class C. S-011 upgraded the suit with the intent of fighting other metal machines, and was successful in this pursuit, defeating multiple in the Second Battle of Harrisburg. By combining material from the recovered enemy Mechnisuits, he formed another, which was a class C-D hybrid. He worked on and modified the two suits extensively after this. Following his attempted framing by Colonel Todd Buck, S011 fled Harrisburg, using his C-D hybrid suit as a decoy so he could escape. He used the more advanced suit as it was the only one of the two which was outfitted with remote-controlling capabilities. The Appalachian military captured the suit and studied in after.
SP-S011 used his second to help him track and acquire Seaboard shipments. In a targeted strike against him by the Appalachian military, his first suit was destroyed, along with his workshop and camper rig.
S011's second suit was briefly stolen by Leonardo Evans and Amber Thompson to aid Brian Burnett and his fellow stranded Marines following the Battle of Chibonhold. Thompson had previously edited code in the suit that allowed her biometrics to access it- a system that had yet to be cracked by Appalachian engineers. After the battle, it was reacquired by the Appalachian military and stored in Matamoras, Pennsylvania.
Following an attempt to support SP-S011 and simultaneously steal android WID-688 from him, Dakota Taylor was authorized to go with Amber Thompson to Wichita, Kansas, and bring S011's remaining Mechnisuit. S011 used it in a couple of battles. Great Lake States commander Wei Zhi attempted to take it, but fearing that S011 was returning too soon, left. The suit was taken again by S011, who used it to infiltrate and kill many personnel in the Great Lake States' lead science laboratory near Detroit. Very soon after, S011 used the machine in the Battle of Washington Crossing, facing off against Michael Sisk's remote controlled Class E Mechnisuit. The suit was damaged severely as S011 was defeated.
== Genetic Abilities ==
SP-S011, like other standard sentinels, possesses a wide variety of genetic enhancements from birth.
* Increased Strength and Stamina
** Due to their genetic editing, sentinels on average, without frequent training, can lift around 400lbs/180kgs without strain. In trained proper form, most sentinels can exert upwards of 2000lbs with a punch, meaning a well-placed punch by him can break any bone in the human body. As well as strength, sentinel units also have impressive stamina. Without any significant training, 011 can run a mile in four minutes, and can near indefinitely sustain a pace of 12 MPH / 19 KPH.
* Higher Bone and Muscle Density
** Among other bodily qualities, 011 has a more tightly bound core. His muscles, ligaments, tendons and bones are moderately stronger than the average human, able to withstand higher forces. However, these advantages are not significant enough to keep his bones from being broken by a well-placed kick.
* Adaptive Regeneration
** 011 is able to regenerate significant portions of his body that normal humans cannot. As long as he is alive and nourished, any applicable body part can be regrown, including limbs and organs among others.
* Quicker Regeneration
** As well as full regeneration, 011 also is able to heal from wounds multiple times quicker than most other humans.
* Negligible Senescence
** Like other sentinel class clones, 011 does not exhibit any signs of aging past his prime.
* Immunity to Cancer
** Like his other clones, 011 is unable to develop cancerous cells in any measurable numbers. This is because adaptive regeneration and negligible senescence, edited into other humans, causes a wide variety of growths and mutations, benign and malignant. Adapting the blood marrow centers to develop types of blood cells that readily and constantly eliminate any cancerous cells was required for the sentinel program.
* Extreme Intelligence
** Like other sentinel-class clones, 011 possesses extremely high intelligence. This was less an alteration of his original genetics but rather a happenstance of his original template, who maintains the same genius level cognitive ability. Because of this, 011 is able to read, recite and learn information far quicker than most people. He contains a wide variety of information, as well as strong creativity which allow him to improvise readily for nearly any situation.
* Heightened Senses/Reflexes
** Both Kyle Wald and his genetic edits have precision sight and hearing. Sentinel clones are able to use their heightened senses all in conjunction, as well as higher spatial awareness which leads them to be better in combat.