Type-7 Avios

Aerials

**The Type-7 Avios, "Aerials"** are a group of prototype Avio Synths created by ARCDA. Although they do not outwardly appear very different to the standard Avios, there is far more to them than meets the eye.

## History

The Type-7 Avios were a very small group of prototypes produced at Loch Mullardoch. These were some of the most expensive and hardest to produce Avios, as they were recreated from scratch within a whole new genetic architecture and not utilising the 8-base system from which all other Synths are created within.

Superficially they appear almost indistinguishable from the Standard Type-4 Avios, however they have a lot more specialism and adjustments such as scaled legs, four long gripping toes, longer tail feathers, more mobility within their range of movements, talons, smaller teeth and larger wingspans to body ratios. The main difference came in the form of their behaviour and how intensely different their abilities were expressed.

The majority of Type-7 Avios came from Loch Mullardoch within the prototype projects run by Eve Mira, which included the Identical Twin studies, and Variance studies, beyond this, no more Type-7's were produced as the road map for their creation was lost.

**Concept and Creation**

Their concept comes from the extinct Type-3 "Flyer" Avios, as a redesign utilising a larger base of genetics.

#### **Project Leaders**

The initial planning was run by Amelia Samodiva and Eve Mira, with some input from Guy Daniels upon hearing that it would be utilising some new technology.

**Coordinators:** Eve Mira, Amelia Samodiva

**Sub-Coordinators**: Rex Brisbane, Sang Min-Jin, Maille Lovat, Mikele Merlo

## Biology & Morphology

### **Internal Biology**

**Genetics**

Type-7 Avios do not use the 8-base synthetic Hachimoji DNA, but instead 12-bases in the AEGIS system:

> Because of this expanded genetic system, it makes them almost impossible to clone and replicate without first being able to synthesize proteins and RNA to transcribe it.
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**Bones**

Their bones are lighter but denser, redesigned to be more durable to the stresses of flight. There is also a strange shape to their teeth in that they are described as being cat or lynx like, with long sabred fangs and being extremely sharp. The bite force of Storm is enough to crunch through bone.

**Blood and Organs**

* Their circulatory and respiratory system had been "completely redesigned."
* Their organs are smaller than Standard Avios but are far more efficient.
* There was a massive redesign and alteration in the brain and nervous system to standard Avios.

### **Morphology**

**Growth and Regeneration**

The growth rate of the Type-7s was initially faster than humans, with a 6 month old Type-7 being as grown and developed as a two year old, but was found to slow and accelerate with mental developmental progress. This growth rate is comparable to large birds such as swans and eagles where the first few months they have an accelerated growth rate, reaching 30x their birth weight but then slowing down before they mature into fully fledged adults.

Physical maturity is still unknown.

**Physical Attributes**

Like all Avios, the Type-7 have wings and tail feathers. Their wingspans are larger and broader than most Type-4 avios, and because of their internal biology they can beat them harder and faster which gives them more power.

#### **Abilities**

* Increased healing rate.
* Ultraviolet vision.
* Heightened Movement perception.
* Hyperfocus
* Advanced muser abilities
* Weather and atmospheric sensitivity
* Internal Gyroscope
* Magnetoreception
* Advanced Muser Abilities.
* 'Wildcard' Abilities.

#### **Talents**

Talents in Type-7's have been found to wildly exceed the known range of capabilities usually found in other synths and even in other Avios. Usually a Standard Type-4 Avio might have a range of between 5-10 meters, but as found with Comet, Fell and Sabre, they have a range of approximately 50-100 feet. Storm also shows to have a greater degree of bioelectricity, but also a greater control over it as she is able to increase and decrease her electric field at will.

Type-7 Avios have a small wing claw close to the wrist, which is mostly vestigial in adult Avios.

**Senses**

Type-7's have Hyper-focus sight, UV sensitivity, and acute perception to subtle movements of the stars and sun positions and an internal gyroscope. They also have acute weather, and touch sensitivity.

**Reactions**

Reaction speed is faster than in Type-4's. Sight, reactivity. Processing is faster for the Type-Sevens but takes up a lot more energy.

**Strength**

Type-7's are stronger and have phenomenal endurance. Able to fly for up to 8 hours non-stop at a time, though with training. Their upper body strength is on-par with Canids and Silverback Primates.

**Endurance**

The muscles of the Type-7s are fatigue resistant. They are capable of being awake for up to three days without sleep and still being functional when working.

Fell and Sabre show that they are capable of flying over three-thousand miles within thirty six hours, taking two rests of six hours, meaning that they are entirely capable of maintaining a speed of over eighty-four miles an hour.

## Behaviours

The behaviours of the Type-7's was their biggest difference in comparison to other Avio types. It was often noted that the Type-7's were classed as being Feral; a term to mean more animalistic and aggressive than what would be found in usual sapisiential synths.

They do have good problem solving capabilities and are determined however, but it comes with intense claustrophobia.

**Notable Behaviours**

* Hissing.
* Growling.
* Preening.
* Head-Bobbing.
* Hyperfocusing on distant objects.
* Biting and Scratching.
* Moving around on all fours.
* Wing twitching.
* Emotive feather behaviours.
* Hunting behaviours.

A lot of these traits are often found in other rare synths such as Lynx-Pards and Pine Marten based mustelids, and because of the strange change in the shape of their teeth, there was a theory that either Samodiva or Mira added in some other synth genetics to some degree.

## Variance vs Twin Studies

Variated: Goal is to aim for variations between genders within bases and between individuals.

Identical: Goal is to observe growth and adaptations between specialised bases.

### Variance Study

*Avios; Type-7 Prototypes - “Aerials” [Variated]*

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> *‘Please Note: All Prototypes are based on living species to ascertain viability of morphology and phenotypes, and are not subject to accurate representation of designated base.’* All bases are known to be widely varied in appearance from initial Standard Type-4 Bases; Leucism, Melanism, Randomisation of traits likely.
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> **Total Number of Prototypes**: 140 [Initial]
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> **Species Bases**: 6 : *Red-Tailed Hawk, Golden Eagle, Carrion Crow, Rock Dove, Lanner Falcon, Eagle Owl.*
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Variated Study Prototypes
 Judge
 Smoke
 Gris
 Shaheen
 Archer

### Twin Study

> *Avios; Type-7 Prototypes - “Aerials” [Identical]*
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> **Coordinators:** Eve Mira, Amelia Samodiva
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> **Sub-Coordinators**: Rex Brisbane, Sang Min-Jin, Maille Lovat, Mikele Merlo
> *‘Please Note: All Prototypes are based on living species to ascertain viability of morphology and phenotypes, and are not subject to accurate representation of designated base.’*
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> ***Total Number of Prototypes**: 24*
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> **Species Bases**: 12
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***Note***: Helios, Chase, Cadence, Brook, Trace, Comet, Storm, are all alive but marked as deceased.

## Notes and Discoveries

* By the age of 4 they could fly for 8 hours straight.
* Their healing was faster but growth rate was incredibly slow, more like that of a human.
* The ones who had bases that mimicked predatory birds behaved more feral than non-predatory, but were better strategists and were hardier, and were better at teamwork.
* Despite being young, they were strong enough to bring down an adult red deer stag with nothing more than their teeth and talons, and even when gored by the antlers could get back up again shortly afterwards.
* It is a theory of Guy Daniels that because he allowed Rex to encrypt all of their data at Mullardoch into chromostorage, he somehow encoded it into the DNA of the Type-7s as this was the only project Rex was actively working on, however after "*three months of trying to translate the binary on the Brown twins, they found no information*".
* Due to the power output and energy consumption of the Type-7 Avios they require a lot of rest and a lot of food as well as regular exercise to keep their physique maintained, and any loss or gaining of weight outside their optimal range can result in major set backs.

## Type-7 Characters

* Storm Fraser-Swann
* Fell Merlo
* Sabre Merlo
* Comet Sang

***Minor Characters***

* Freya "Frost" Fraser-Swann
* Swift Shun
* Chase Shun

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## Trivia

* After the project was disbanded, the remaining and surviving Type-7s were scattered throughout the world and put into different projects and roles
	+ Fell and Sabre became Eve's personal guards
	+ Comet became a medic.
	+ Storm grew up under the Rioteers along with several other Type-7's kidnapped by Rex.
	+ Trace is apparently missing.
	+ Chase Shun is hinted in Sirocco as being *Chase the Shun* and working on the Strayfarer Radio with Cipher.
	+ Cedar, Judge, Smoke, Gris, Shaheen, and Archer are all held within Hrimfald
* Type-7's have a hidden wing claw.
* Storm describes the Type-7's to the standard Type-4's as "It's like the difference between a hyena and a wolf. Both look like dogs but are parts of very different families."

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificially\_Expanded\_Genetic\_Information\_System
2. ↑ **Stormbite**
3. ↑ ***Silverbird***: Chapter 27
4. ↑ ***Stormbite**: Chapter 23*
5. ↑ ***Sirocco**: Ch2*

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