HIEdi

* Hyperspace
* Hyperion
* AI

―HIE reassures Erron in his final moments, *Leviathan Falls*

**HIE** (**H**euristic **I**ntelligence **E**ntity), later known as **HIEdi** *(pronounced "Heidi")* is a Mark V artificial intelligence who served aboard the CS *Olympus* as its repurposed AI. As the ship and its crew travelled across the Whirlpool on their mission, HIE began to develop a personality of her own. In 2903, four years after the Battle of Harmony, a greatly advanced and fully sentient HIE downloaded herself into a synthetic body while maintaining most of her mainframe inside the *Olympus*. She is one of the few surviving crew members of the *Olympus* following the Titan War.

More than 2500 years after the Battle of Keystone, HIEdi resurfaced alongside Hendrix and joined the crew of the *Unreliable* after rescuing Elijah during the Fall of Haven, beginning a new adventure. HIEdi currently serves as one of the three AIs on the CSS *Unreliable*, alongside her husband Hendrix and the digital AI SHAE. Her advanced age by 5407 has led many to suggest that she should "retire" to the Domain, something she has refused to do until her role as Elijah's caretaker has been completed.

## Biography

### Activation

When HIE came online is unknown, although it is likely she activated in the 2880s. She was programmed with a female personality and was designed to eventually become sentient, as Mark IV and above AI are considered living entities by the Frontier Defence Force. She was installed in several ships before the *Olympus*, developing greater intelligence with each subsequent upgrade.

### Upgrading

In the many months following the Battle of Harmony, HIE continued to develop and slowly became more advanced, developing a greater spectrum of more complex emotions. Eventually, HIE began communicating more organically, basing her voice off of the drawls and lilts of the crew members.

Finally, in 2901, she became fully sentient, with the crew of the *Olympus* throwing a party to celebrate this. As a sentient AI, HIE started longing for more material things, particularly the sensation of touch. As a sentient being, she had her own credit account and used them all to pay for a synthetic body.

## Overview

### Physical Appearance

"*I...I have **mass**. I can **feel**,*"
—HIE about her new synthetic body[src]

As an artificial intelligence, HIE does not possess a physical body. She is represented by an orange, spherical hologram.

Her synthetic body has a lean build, pale skin and ginger hair.

### Personality

HIE is programmed with a female personality that has been built up over many years of upgrades and crew interactions. As a Mark V AI, she was designed to self-upgrade and eventually become sentient. Years of crew interaction have crafted her into an intelligent, witty and sensitive personality.

## Powers, Equipment & Abilities

### Abilities

* **Hand-to-hand combat:** HIEdi's synthetic body comes equipped with combat implants, granting her lightning-fast reaction speeds.
* **Light-speed information processing:** As a Mark V artificial intelligence, HIEdi is able to process information at a speed close to that of the speed of light

## Relationships

### Quarin

"*How can I feel these things...feel **love**...if I'm just a machine?"
 "There's a simple answer to that: you're not a machine. You're a **person**. A living, thinking, loving...person. And don't let **anyone** tell you any different,*"
—HIE chatting with Quarin[src]

## Appearances

### Hyperion: A Space Adventure

* Part I: A New Frontier
* Part II: The Shield of Asgard
* Part III: Leviathan Falls

### Hyperspace: The Cosmic Gospel

#### Part I: Darkened Heaven

* "In the Beginning..."
* "The Piece of Junk"
* "Quarantine"
* "Forlorn Hope"
* "Boarding Party"
* "The Green World"
* "Homeworld"
* "Darkened Heaven"

#### Part II: The Battle of Borealis

* "Superluminal"
* "Parabellum"
* "Nomads"
* "Indigo Dawn"
* "Glass"
* "Hadron"
* "War Never Changes"
* "The Battle of Borealis"