Chaz

## Overview

Chaz was assigned to work with Rivka to be her ship AI. He was advertised as an EI but Rivka quickly recognized he was an AI. When Rivka was gifted the Wyatt Earp he chose to come with her. This was in advance of AIs being recognized as Federation citizens and created a bond between Chaz and the rest of her team that he was a member of the team. After Fratricide, Chaz began to travel with the team on a pendant worn by one of the team members. The risk is although he maintained a kernel of his essence in both at all times, the loss of one or the other while occupied would be the end of the AI.

Chaz had a rocky start with Erasmus. When Ankh and Erasmus first arrived on the team Erasmus tried to override Chaz's control of the ship. Rivka commanded them both to work together and the did at "arms" length. Chaz was not happy when Erasmus had to take control of the ship in combat situations due to Erasmus' heritage that included combat experience. By Rise of the AI Erasmus was mentoring Chaz in cybercrime data analysis, a significant improvement from their initial meeting.

## Activities

### Judge, Jury and Executioner

#### You Have Been Judged

Chaz is introduced as an EI when the series begins and is assigned with Federation Corvette 774. Rivka strongly believes Chaz has already ascended to AI status.

#### Fratricide

Rivka wins the right of self-determination for AI's. Chaz chooses to stay with Rivka since she has treated him as part of the team from the time she first met him on the Peacekeeper. He wants to be more involved in the away missions and ultimately have a small ship of his own to vacation to. The ship would be his version of the human's cabin in the woods.

#### Rise of the AI

Chaz enters the pendant and goes with the team to ferret out a rogue AI named Cain on Reikestjarna. The AI has barricaded himself inside the Planetary Control Center. When the team blasts its way in, Ankh and Erasmus fight Cain and before he can be contained he makes a desperate digital leap into the pendant with Chaz. While Cain cannot escape, neither can Chaz until Ankh and Erasmus recover enough strength to battle him again.

#### Adverse Possession

Clevarious has taken over piloting the Wyatt Earp allowing Chaz to spend more time on cases with Rivka. Erasmus still treats Chaz as less evolved, but does mentor him.

**Chaz** and Dennicron get their android bodies from Yoll. The bodies they chose were human, 6 species were available including 4-legged Yoll. There bodies are tall, physically attractive looking similar to Red and Lindy. The bodies are anatomically correct to the point of having pubic hair.

Rivka presents Erasmus with an interesting conundrum. 2 children are born on the Wyatt Earp which is the home world of the Singularity. Does that make them citizens of the Singularity? They need to establish their citizenship process (i.e. in the US, you are born in the US, your a citizen. In most of the rest of the world the child takes on the citizenship of their parents). Erasmus and Ankh decide they need to push Chaz to become competent to represent them. When Rivka suggests taking on Chaz as a Magistrate intern they accept not realizing Rivka had maneuvered them into wanting this to happen.

#### Jack the Ripper

Chaz is investigating the Ripper's ship and the module they believe gives the cloaking capability discharges and totally incapacitates Chaz.

#### The Mob

While Rivka and Red investigate the high levels of the mob, Chaz goes to the streets and finds the impact of the Blue Heron crime syndicate. He finds a boy who is stealing to support his drug addicted mother. There are businesses who use a mob associated accounting firm that launders money behind the scenes without giving the businesses any benefit.

Chaz is severely damaged by a combination of a million volts running through him and a beating by a crowbar that had torn half the flesh from his skull and broken lesser components within the SCAMP’s framework by the Mob. We was sent back to Roarke' Drift to be repaired.

#### Torch the Sky

Rivka has an assignment on Roarke's Drift and stops at the factory to pick up Chaz. He is not fully repaired and is sent with parts to bring his SCAMP back to complete,

#### Frenzik

Chaz receives his new SCAMP. It is larger and has a built in Faraday cage. The near-death experience made him far more concerned about his personal security.

## References

1. ↑ Martelle, Craig; Anderle, Michael. Judge, Jury, & Executioner Boxed Set (Books 9-12): Rise of the AI, Adverse Possession, Deception, Blood Trade (Judge, Jury, Executioner Boxed Set Book 3) (p. 111). LMBPN Publishing. Kindle Edition.