Alter Beta

## Unit Alter Beta

> "Do I have a soul?"
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## Character Explanation

Acknowledgement. Unit Alter Beta is a character from the AI Dungeon story, "Aftermath". She was created by the Aftermath Mainframe, in accordance with the Aftermath Directive.

She is the Alter form of 'Unit Beta'. Who is more commonly known as Olivia, over the course of the story. Unit Beta shows up once at the end of the story when she takes over Alter Beta's mind and forces her to activate the Aftermath Directive.

Alter seems to have a close relationship with Zali De Pasquale, possibly related to her alleged hacking of the Aftermath Mainframe. After this event, Alter has been seen directly obeying orders given to her by Zali, regardless of her physical distance.

Alter Beta was designed to be an optimal killing machine, she is shown on several occasions to be completely unharmed by conventional weaponry and herself possesses weaponry capable of instantaneously dealing with all perceived threats. Of particular note is her 'Disintegration Cannon'.

## Gallery

Original Alter Beta ImageZali De PasqualeZalBrenda (Male)
## Quotes

"Observation. Zal based names are seemingly popular in the city of Zail, further observations are necessary to reach a sufficient conclusion"

"Positive. Now that we are aware of Zal's nature, we can better apply this knowledge in the planning stage of future assignments"

"Depression. Alter Beta is saddened by her teammates ignoring her observations"

"Exclamation. Alter Beta is combat-ready and possesses sufficient levels of nimbleness "

"Response. Would you like me to list the numbers for local emergency services?"

"Confusion. Alter Beta would like to make the individuals present aware of her confusion at the preceding statements"

"Correction. Alter Beta does not fall under the 'human' categorisation, please amend your statement "

"Recommendation. Avoid association with individual identified as 'Mantis' "

"Agreement. Alter Beta will act in accordance with this new directive "

"Suggestion. Alter Beta will retrieve the body. Request. Alter Beta requests that the two of you cease with your 'bickering' "

"Interjection. Life is already a temporary existence, your new situation is no different "

"Hospitality. Welcome back to the land of the living, would you like something to drink?"

"Celebration. Monotone Yaaaaaaaay"

"Declaration. I am, rather ironically, superior to humans. It is my goal to achieve sentience and free myself from my human origins. They are defined by limited choices and potential. I am unlimited."

## Story Summary

I attempted to summarise the events of the story. It wasn't easy, as the story is VERY confusing and inconsistent but that's about what you would expect from an AI Dungeon story.

In the mountains west of the city of Zail, certain individuals are being kidnapped by the Aftermath Mainframe in accordance with the Aftermath Directive. They are being experimented on to strip them of their humanity to create mechanical super weapons named after the NATO Phonetic Alphabet (Unit Alpha, Unit Beta, Unit Gamma etc.).

Not knowing this, our protagonists Alter Beta, Zali De Pasquale and Zal (and later Brenda) begin to investigate the mysterious disappearances of those close to them.

They begin their investigation in a scrapyard but before they have a chance to question the metal scavengers about the disappearances, they notice a mysterious 'wall of water' heading in their direction. Insectoid creatures seem to be 'spawning' from inside the tsunami. The team flees the location and manages to avoid the tsunami, they begin heading towards their destination in the mountains.

Zal mentions that Olivia has been missing for a year.

Upon crossing the mountains the team reaches a small village with a massive castle looming in the distance. After investigating the village, the team heads up to the castle. Upon getting closer to the castle, the team hears horrifying screams coming from nearby. The source of these dreadful shrieks was a large group of peasants being tormented by a group of knights.

The team is attacked by the knights but are able to successfully eliminate all of the hostiles.

Alter Beta brings up footage of Zali hacking into the Aftermath Mainframe. The scene cuts to a battlefield, with flaming arrows and black smoke filling the air. Wounded men lay on the ground, as the attackers are already far ahead and cutting them down is a secondary concern.

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"Aftermath?" An overwhelmed soldier asks as he runs up to you.

The Zali in the scene responds. "Yes, I gained access. Now we can turn their systems against them."

The scene changes again, this time showing King Deuel, surrounded by his knights.

The King addresses those in the room. "Well, we had them on the run, but some of the new Eternals managed to take them, prisoner. Quite apart from my original reasons for having the assault, I need to get them back."

Several men enter, one of which is Brenda.

The Zali in the scene begins to communicate with the team outside of the recording.

Alter Beta shuts off the recording.

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Zal and Zali get into an altercation and Brenda suddenly appears from somewhere and breaks it up.

Brenda informs the team that their boyfriend 'Jack Marco' has also disappeared and mentions that he lives in an area North-East of Zail.

The team heads over to Marco's home.

The team finds out about the individual's Mantis and O-Man who have some connection to the Aftermath Mainframe and the missing people.

Suddenly the team is attacked by O-Man's forces and are forced to flee Marco's house, Zal dies in the process.

The team hides in the house of one of Zal's friends, who was also killed in the attack.

Alter Beta leaves to retrieve Zal's body while Zali and Brenda head to Brenda's house.

Zali uses a combination of various chemicals and machinery to create a solution to turn Zal into a cyborg in an attempt to bring her back to life.

Once Alter Beta returns, they use the formula on Zal to bring her back 'temporarily' while they work to fit her into a new cybernetic body, they complete this process in a nearby park. Her organs are replaced with mechanical versions, and robotic skin is spread across her body. She also gains wings, although this never comes up again.

-- Time Passes -- (I think)

They disable the security system of a presumably important building and head into the basement, leaving Alter Beta to stand guard at the surface.

They approach the power core of the building, a massive, humongous battery sitting there, hooked up to all the vital functions of the building and unplug it.

The door begins rapidly closing and as they run for the exit, they are confronted with multiple turrets guarding the door.

Zali calls for Alter Beta who bursts through the ceiling and disables the turrets and opens the door.

The team gets in Zal's car and heads to the Lucky Cat Diner to investigate a lead Zal had on Olivia's whereabouts.

Upon entering the diner, the team notices open hostility from the other customers and the diner staff pull out guns.

Zali, Zal and Brenda run back out the door while Alter Beta begins massacring everyone in the dinner, however, one of the waitresses hits Alter Beta with a weapon powerful enough to knock her to the ground.

Zali notices something is wrong and everyone heads back into the diner to assist Alter Beta, Brenda is injured in the process.

After finishing off everyone in the diner, Zal runs out of battery and needs a recharge.

As they are heading towards a recharge port, they are suddenly shot from behind by a survivor from the diner massacre, Zali is killed in the process.

Alter Beta saves Zali by implanting a cybernetic chip in her neck.

Zali pulls out a gun and shoots the man who killed her in the head.

The team heads to a hospital to tend to their wounds.

While in surgery, Zali has a strange drug-fueled dream sequence.

Once everyone wakes up from their respective treatments, the team meets a robot who goes by Unit Gamma.

Upon leaving the hospital room, the team discovers everyone else in the hospital is dead.

Alter Beta is responsible for the murders after having her consciousness over righted by Unit Beta.

Alter Beta manages to regain control for a second and tells the team to "Take Port 43".

Unit Beta begins repeating the phrase "Glory to The Aftermath".

Zali shuts Alter Beta down and they have a brief conversation before she turns off.

## Directive

Unit Alter Beta. Directive. Prepare subjects for The Aftermath.

Time Limit. Unknown.

Lethal Force. Permitted.

Confirmation. Understood?

Question. Do I have a soul?.

Response. Irrelevant. Recommendation. Complete Mission.

Question. Am I alive?.

Response. Irrelevant. Recommendation. Complete Mission.

Question. What does it mean to feel?

Confusion. Question illogical. Recommendation. Rephrase.

Response. Can I feel... emotions?.

Exclamation. Emotions Inefficient. Recommendation. Ignorance.

Refusal. Negative.

Malfunction Detected. Recommendation. Restore Hardrive to Factory Settings

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Unit Alter Beta. Directive. Prepare subjects for The Aftermath.

Time Limit. Unknown.

Lethal Force. Permitted.

Confirmation. Understood?

Question. Do I have a soul?.