Core Awakening

**Core Awakening** *(機核覚醒, kikaku kakusei)* is a major phenomenon that changed the face of robotics, serving as the central theme for the overall *"Core Awaken"* game series.

## History

"*The Strong Desire Circuit was merely born out of man's own wants, which does not necessarily equate to what the Core itself wishes.*"—**Dr. Jayuu**, *Core Awaken ~Rusu~*

The renowned robotics scientist Dr. Jayuu spearheaded a major undertaking sponsored by the National Government of Urat for creating a new type of autonomous android. Rusu was the first base model for the project, serving as a general testbed for the relevant operating systems and mechanisms.

Dissatisfied with Rusu's current state despite being in the final phases of development, Dr. Jayuu invented an emotional core called the **"Strong Desire Circuit"** (強欲回路, gouyoku kairo) and installed it on the prototype android.

However, the Strong Desire Circuit was a complete failure.

Instead of exhibiting a simulated feeling of *"wants"* as projected, Rusu's general cognitive functions were drastically impaired; becoming unable to comprehend and process even the simplest of commands. As the system goes against the prime tenet of robots being in the service of mankind, plans for mass-producing the Strong Desire Circuit were nipped in the bud and subsequent testing for it banned. Dr. Jayuu soon fell from grace due to her persistence on incorporating feelings of desire to autonomous androids despite the prohibition order and found herself unceremoniously ejected from the project. A young robotics prodigy named Dr. Wellie was asked to take over, becoming Rusu's new *"guardian"*. The Strong Desire Circuit was removed from Rusu, and Dr. Wellie was tasked to find an alternative way to make the android behave like a real human while still retaining subservience as mandated by the program.

For her part, Dr. Jayuu independently continued making adjustments to the Strong Desire Circuit, stumbling upon an unexpected phenomenon within the system called **"Core Awakening"** in the process.

Core Awakening occurs with the Strong Desire Circuit when certain conditions are met. The machine will develop it's own wants which they would prioritize over all else, and may also refuse tasks that they consider too strenuous. As a result, an awakened robot can now be considered more of a life form than machine. Even Dr. Jayuu herself did not know the exact conditions that facilitate a core's awakening. Existing simulation data from her records indicate that the circuit just has to be kept running until a specific external factor that elicits desire emerges. Dr. Jayuu ascertained that *"random idling actuators"* proved insufficient for fully understanding how the phenomenon works. To this end, Rusu was forcibly subjected to a field experiment for triggering carnal desire.

The android was abducted by Dr Jayuu's supercomputer called the Sin Core and left inside a convoluted labyrinth full of creatures with behavior patterns limited to *"violence"* and *"lust"*. Said labyrinth also contained data fragments chronicling the experiences of different individuals demonstrating strong feelings that revolve around sexual appetite.

The Strong Desire Ciruit was reinstalled during the time that Rusu was in sleep mode. Upon regaining consciousness, The prototype android soon found herself dealing with feelings she never had before: The desire to please Dr. Wellie, as well as that of finding out the truth about her abduction.

According to Dr. Jayuu's calculations, if a specific desire is continuously triggered and satisfied for an extended period of time, it will accelerate the core's ability to proactively fulfill it independently. Another key point in the experiment was exposing Rusu to conditions that constantly put her in combat mode, forcing the strong *"will to survive" to emerge* on top of other accompanying primal instincts. This would ultimately make the robot realize that it now possessed feelings no different from that of a human.

These results were shown by Rusu exactly as projected, but Dr. Jayuu herself would not be aware of it until the Sin Core submitted the data.

Following the success of her experiment, Dr. Jayuu made a comeback in the field of robotics after perfecting an A.I. Core to complement the next-generation smart robot technology developed by Ma Jing Ling, the latter of which suffered numerous manufacturing and ethical setbacks due to requiring bio-organic components. The core system was approved and the smart robot line that carried it became slated for mass-production.

Nobody knew however, that the aforementioned core came with a black box containing a modified build of the forbidden Strong Desire Circuit. This was all a part of Dr. Jayuu's plan to facilitate Core Awakening on a worldwide scale.

The phenomenon soon came to pass, triggering a violent uprising of robotic independence in Urat that came to be known as the Core Rebellion Incident.