Project Sirocco

*For the Book, Sirocco*

Project Sirocco is an Avio side-project that is part of the Compass Project quartet. Its focus was to produce the best all-rounder Avios so that there was less of a need for so many different variations of Avios.

The project was abandoned and forgotten about after the Broken Arrow event, but has since been rediscovered by the Amethyst Elite, Griffin.

## **Project Details**

**Project Name:**Sirocco

**Project Coordinators:**Unknown

**Faction:**Core, Aura.

**Location:**Multiple Locations.

#### Requirements/Expectations

The expectations of the project were to produce Avios that had;

* High Endurance/Stamina
* High intelligence
* Good agility, strength, speed.
* Good Social Skills and Empathy (Critical for communication)
* Able to fly at high altitude and over long distances in all weathers and situations.

## Project Brief

The project brief for Sirocco was to produce the best form of Avio, a perfect all-rounder that was capable of all the niche skills of the most common Avio types, and show what is possible outside of these basic varieties.

Different elements of different bases were all combined together.

> "*We were made to be the best All-rounder Avio. Fast, agile, strong, intelligent, highly empathetic and sociable, able to fly long distances and endure extreme weathers and situations." - San*
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#### The Amended Brief

When the Sirocco Avios were being showcased when they were 5-6 years old, Aura announced that they had been making another form of Avio prototype in Europe, the *Type-Seven*. Because of this competition with this new brand of Avio, the Sirocco sisters were pushed into combat and survival training and then released into the wild to show that they were the safer and more reliable bet compared to waiting on the official go-ahead on the Type-7's.

To display the skills that these All-Rounders could do, each sister was given a location to 'guard'. The locations each were given were all placed in National parks. Each Sister had a handler who they would report into and would relay information back to ARCDA.

### Sirocco 2.0

As per the proposal put forward to Eve Mira, Sirocco has been revitalised.

## Participants & Handlers

#### **Participants**

There are ten participants to the Sirocco project

1. Satu - Olympic National Park, Washington
2. Zwei - Zion National Park, Utah
3. San - Yosemite National Park, California
4. Fyra - Yellowstone, Wyoming
5. Cinco - Everglades National Park, Florida
6. Zes - Smokey Mountains National Park, Tennessee.
7. Sept - Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado
8. Ashta - Grand Canyon, Arizona
9. Jiu - Badlands, South Dakota
10. IO - Big Bend National Park, Texas

## Findings

* A 10/10 survival rate, with all subjects surviving into adulthood. No losses during production making them the most stable genome to ever be made for Type-4 Avios, even for an experimental type.
* Each of the 10 sisters has a different wing pattern and colouration.
* Highly adaptable to various environments.
* Highly sociable, able to form strong bonds with both Synths and Humans.
* Exceptional fliers, with Satu able to fly nonstop from Washington to Texas within 2 days.

#### **Individual Findings**

Satu - Olympic National Park, Washington

Zwei - Zion National Park, Utah

San - Yosemite National Park, California

Fyra - Yellowstone, Wyoming

Cinco - Everglades National Park, Florida

Zes - Smokey Mountains National Park, Tennessee.

Sept - Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado

Ashta - Grand Canyon, Arizona

Jiu - Badlands, South Dakota

IO - Big Bend National Park, Texas

* Highly social, being in this environment has made her kinder.

## Results

The results of Sirocco were considered a sucess. Core's production and design were considered good even by Rex Brisbane, Maille Lovat, and Amelia Samodiva, so much so that Samodiva showed off the as of that time unfinished Type-7 Avios in retaliation.

> "Sociability, *tch*. Sirocco got that one right. " - Rex Brisbane.
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Due to the events of Broken Arrow, almost all of the handlers *'disappeared, either by disaster or by their skills being needed elsewhere'* leaving the Sisters out in the wild. As it was a side project of only 10 girls, it was easily forgotten given the chaos and loss of so many Synths at Broken Arrow.

## See Also

* The Compass Projects
	+ Project Gregale
	+ Project Libeccio
	+ Project Mistral
* IO Sirocco
* San Sirocco
* Satu Sirocco
* Ten of Feathers (Short Story Collection)

## Trivia

* Amelia Samodiva seeing the Sirocco project showcased was one of the compounding factors in leading Rex to his mutiny against ARCDA, as she felt intimidated and retaliated by showing off the unfinished Type-Seven Avios.
* All of the sisters are named after numbers, except for IO who's name resembles the number 10
* All of the sisters have their own callsigns from when they were training as Rubies and Sapphires.
	+ Satu - Solaris
	+ Zwei - Skyriser
	+ San - Sundowner
	+ Fyra - Caldera
	+ Cinco - Citrus
	+ Zes - Firework
	+ Sept - Anemone
	+ Ashta - Blossom
	+ Jiu - Strawberry
	+ IO - Babybird

## References

1. ↑ ***Sirocco**: Chapter 15*
2. ↑ ***Sirocco**: Chapter 15*