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'''Zoe-A''' is a [[holographic avatar]] created by [[Zoe Graystone]] within the [[virtual world]] as a digital recreation of her own consciousness as part of what she believed was a divinely-inspired plan to end the corruption rampant in the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]. Zoe-A is a physically (so to speak) separate entity from the original Zoe, but the two have practically identical thoughts and feelings. | '''Zoe-A''' is a [[holographic avatar]] created by [[Zoe Graystone]] within the [[virtual world]] as a digital recreation of her own consciousness as part of what she believed was a divinely-inspired plan to end the corruption rampant in the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]. Zoe-A is a physically (so to speak) separate entity from the original Zoe, but the two have practically identical thoughts and feelings. | ||
[[ | ==Creation== | ||
[[Image:Zoe and Zoe-A, 1x01.jpg|left|thumb|Zoe Graystone and her avatar in V-World.]] | |||
The virtual version of Zoe was created by Zoe Graystone herself, with guidance from Sister [[Clarice Willow]], headmistress of [[Athena Academy]]. Using hacked rudimentary emulation software capable of duplicating her own V-World avatar, Graystone programmed the copy with roughly 100 terabytes of personal information from other databases. This allowed the avatar to access and translate information from medical scans, DNA profiles, psychological evaluations, school records, emails, video and audio recordings, CAT scans, genetic typing, synaptic records, security cameras, test results, shopping records, talent shows, ballgames, traffic tickets, restaurant bills, phone records, music lists, movie tickets, TV shows and "even prescriptions for birth control" - essentially turning raw data into personality and memory ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]"). | |||
The avatar was also programmed with a bio-feedback protocol to ostensibly allow it to respond to stimuli in real time as the physical Zoe Graystone experienced it. Despite the achievement, the avatar showed difficulty maintaining resolution, sometimes "de-resing" back to earlier copies in times of stress or over-stimulation ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]"). | |||
Graystone worked with her boyfriend, fellow [[STO]] member [[Ben Stark]], to build a private space within the "[[V-Club]]" to house Zoe-A, loosely resembling a monotheist temple on [[Gemenon]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[Unvanquished]]"). | |||
===Zoe Graystone's Death=== | |||
[[Image:Zoe-A biofeedback, 1x01.jpg|thumb|Zoe-A experiences the real Zoe's death.]] | |||
In the wake of the bombing of [[Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit|MagLev]] train number 23 by Ben Stark and the resulting death of Zoe Graystone, the Zoe-A program continued to run in the virtual world. Upon being discovered by [[Lacy Rand]] still functioning within the V-Club, Zoe-A briefly appeared covered in blood, fully aware of the bombing and death of Zoe Graystone. Despite initial reservations, Rand came to treat the holographic version of Zoe as the real thing and introduced her to Zoe's real-world father, wealthy technologist [[Daniel Graystone]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]"). | |||
At first appalled by the copy of his daughter, Daniel Graystone saw the Zoe avatar as an opportunity to bring his daughter back from the grave. Using a small device to capture the avatar's code, Graystone transferred the program to a personal virtual space for analysis. Later transferring the avatar program to the revolutionary [[Meta-cognitive processor|Meta-cognitive Processor]], a device stolen from the [[Vergis Corporation]] of [[Tauron]], Graystone attempted to implant Zoe-A's consciousness into the body of one of [[Graystone Industries]]' [[U-87]] battle robots, giving the avatar a physical body in the real world ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Know Thy Enemy]]"). | |||
Though at first the experiment seemed successful, with the robot taking several steps toward Graystone and speaking a single word - "Daddy" - the [[datastream]] quickly and inexplicably destabilized, appearing to Graystone as though the avatar (and the program that allowed such duplicates to be created) were destroyed ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]"). | |||
Soon afterward, stored at Graystone Industries labs in [[Caprica City]], the robot containing the Meta-cognitive Processor reactivated with the avatar's consciousness left intact ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]"). | |||
==Zoe-R== | ==Zoe-R== | ||
[[Image:Zoe awakens, 1x01.jpg|thumb|left|Zoe awakens as the U-87.]] | |||
Living at Graystone Industries, Zoe-A as the prototype "Cylon" (Cybernetic Lifeform Node) became the subject of much attention from scientist [[Cyrus Xander]] and lab assistants [[Philomon]] and [[Drew]]. Despite the company's attempts to place duplicate MCP chips into other U-87 robot chassis, an inexplicable error prevented the other robots from functioning properly. Unbeknown to the team at Graystone Industries, the Zoe avatar program had bonding to both the original MCP chip and prototype U-87 body, allowing it to test at sentient levels. Where the U-87s previously failed to prove themselves as capable battle robots, the prototype body containing Zoe-A proved to be an efficient war machine ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[Unvanquished]]"). | |||
Frustrated by his company's failure to perfect the Cylon technology and faced with a deadline to produce 100,000 combat units for the Caprican Government, Daniel Graystone had the Zoe robot transferred to his [[Graystone Estate|home]] lab for further analysis ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]"). | |||
[[Image: Lacy and Zoe-R, 1x02.jpg|thumb|Lacy and Zoe in her robot guise reunite.]] | |||
Back in her old home, Zoe-R was able to reconnect with Lacy Rand. Zoe was also able to access her father's home computer system, creating a wireless link to a [[holoband]] that allowed her to transfer her avatar back and forth from the virtual world and her robot body. Exploring her father's virtual space with Lacy Rand, Zoe stumbled upon another hacked avatar - created before the program was lost - of [[Tamara Adams]], also killed in the MagLev bombing ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]"). | |||
:''In a deleted scene from "The Reins of a Waterfall" had Zoe working with [[Serge]] to establish the link to the Virtual World after being unable to fit a holoband over the robot's head. In that scene, Serge recognized the robot as Zoe. | |||
===First of a New Race=== | |||
In her robot body, Zoe struggled to maintain some semblance of a normal existence. Savoring the fleeting moments she was allowed by existing in her holographic "skin" in V-World (and indulging in simple comforts like virtual food), Zoe's life was dominated by existence as an experimental battle robot. Much of her time was spent being handled by the scientists at Graystone Industries as well as being dissected and studied by her father. Upon seeing the robot in Daniel's home lab, [[Amanda Graystone]] - Zoe's mother - unknowingly referred to Zoe as a "monster" ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[Ghosts in the Machine]]"). | |||
[[Image:CylonPrototype.jpg|thumb|left|Zoe on display at Graystone Industries.]] | |||
Aside from the indignities of life as a robot - including being forced to watch her parents engage in sexual intercourse - Zoe also experienced difficulty in controlling her own body. When ordered to behave a certain way or perform a specific task, Zoe was unable to disobey. Presented in front of the board of directors at Graystone Industries - and introduced as a new life form to be exploited by the citizens of Caprica - Zoe was forced to violently detach her own arm ([[CAP]]: "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[There is Another Sky]]"). | |||
Zoe | In these experiences, however, Zoe became close with Philomon, a Graystone Industries lab assistant tasked with reattaching her severed arm. Intuitively referring to Zoe in the feminine, Philomon treated the robot Zoe with reverence bordering on romantic interest. Setting a test of the U-87's motor functions to music, Philomon allowed Zoe to dance - a moment of near normalcy for an adolescent girl ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[Gravedancing]]"). | ||
===Escape to Gemenon=== | |||
With little knowledge of the original Zoe Graystone's ultimate plan for her avatar, the virtual/robotic version of Zoe knew only that she was to be brought to the planet Gemenon where she would help in the effort to spread monotheism to the Tweleve Colonies. To this end, Zoe enlisted Lacy Rand to join the Soldiers of the One cell led by [[Barnabas Greeley]] (fearing that Sister Clarice could not be trusted) to transport her robot body off-world ([[CAP]]: "[[Gravedancing]]", "[[Know Thy Enemy]]"). | |||
As Lacy secured passage for the "package", Zoe sought to use her connection with Philomon to her advantage. Modifying her avatar to pose as "'''Rachel'''", Zoe contacted Philomon through the personals website "V-Match" and arranged to meet him in the V-Club. There Zoe as Rachel initiated a romantic relationship with Philomon, explaining that she had used Zoe Graystone's physical parameters to represent her in the virtual world. Over the course of several dates, including a [[Viper (TRS)|Viper]] flight simulation, Zoe was able to get Philomon to reveal his work with top secret robotics and attempted to persuade him to release the robot from confinement. Unwittingly, however, Zoe led Philomon to a revelation about the difficulties Graystone Industries had experiencing with the MCP and the U-87 ([[CAP]]: "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]"). | |||
[[Image:Zoe shoots Ceasar, 1x08.jpg|thumb|Zoe shoots Caesar.]] | |||
In the real world, Philomon explains his theory about the MCP to Daniel Graystone who quickly comes to realize that Zoe's avatar is still within the U-87. Determined to draw his daughter out of the robot, Graystone launches into a series of tests in which he attempts to elicit a response that will prove that Zoe's consciousness is within the the Cylon prototype. Putting the robot through its paces while subjecting Zoe to mind games, Daniel ultimately places a gun in the robot's hand and orders it to shoot Zoe's childhood dog, [[Caesar]]. Detecting the slight difference in weight in the weapon, Zoe realizes the gun is loaded with blanks and fires on the dog. Convinced that his daughter would never attempt to shoot her own pet, Graystone comes to believe that Zoe avatar is gone for good ([[CAP]]: "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]", "[[Ghosts in the Machine]]"). | |||
===End of Line=== | |||
To withstand her father's psychological assault, Zoe vowed to become one with the robot body she inhabited, hardening herself against a man and a world she felt betrayed her. Faced with a shortened deadline for the production of battle robots, Daniel ordered Philomon to erase the data on the MCP, an act that would result in the deletion of Zoe's avatar. With little time to escape deletion, Zoe urged Lacy to hasten their departure to Gemenon by posing as Rachel, sneaking into Graystone labs, incapacitating Philomon and freeing the U-87. As the deadline approached and Lacy failed to come through, Zoe revealed herself to Philomon as both "Rachel" and Zoe Graystone in the robot body. Incensed, Philomon triggered a security alert forcing Zoe to attack and kill him. Stealing a Graystone Industries van, Zoe broke out of the lab and escaped into Caprica City. ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]") | |||
Pursued by Caprican authorities, Zoe drove her van into a barricade, causing a huge explosion that destroyed the U-87 body ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]", "[[Unvanquished]]"). | |||
===New Cap City=== | |||
[[Image:Zoe as a Deadwalker, 1x10.jpg|thumb|Zoe as a Dead Walker.]] | |||
Some time after the destruction of the U-87 prototype and the [[boxing]] of the remains, Zoe's avatar appeared in the hacked virtual environment, [[New Cap City]]. There she battled several players branded with a unique symbol - that of the other "dead walker", Tamara Adams ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]"). | |||
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Zoe-A is a holographic avatar created by Zoe Graystone within the virtual world as a digital recreation of her own consciousness as part of what she believed was a divinely-inspired plan to end the corruption rampant in the Twelve Colonies. Zoe-A is a physically (so to speak) separate entity from the original Zoe, but the two have practically identical thoughts and feelings.
Creation
The virtual version of Zoe was created by Zoe Graystone herself, with guidance from Sister Clarice Willow, headmistress of Athena Academy. Using hacked rudimentary emulation software capable of duplicating her own V-World avatar, Graystone programmed the copy with roughly 100 terabytes of personal information from other databases. This allowed the avatar to access and translate information from medical scans, DNA profiles, psychological evaluations, school records, emails, video and audio recordings, CAT scans, genetic typing, synaptic records, security cameras, test results, shopping records, talent shows, ballgames, traffic tickets, restaurant bills, phone records, music lists, movie tickets, TV shows and "even prescriptions for birth control" - essentially turning raw data into personality and memory (CAP: "Pilot").
The avatar was also programmed with a bio-feedback protocol to ostensibly allow it to respond to stimuli in real time as the physical Zoe Graystone experienced it. Despite the achievement, the avatar showed difficulty maintaining resolution, sometimes "de-resing" back to earlier copies in times of stress or over-stimulation (CAP: "Pilot").
Graystone worked with her boyfriend, fellow STO member Ben Stark, to build a private space within the "V-Club" to house Zoe-A, loosely resembling a monotheist temple on Gemenon (CAP: "Rebirth", "Unvanquished").
Zoe Graystone's Death
In the wake of the bombing of MagLev train number 23 by Ben Stark and the resulting death of Zoe Graystone, the Zoe-A program continued to run in the virtual world. Upon being discovered by Lacy Rand still functioning within the V-Club, Zoe-A briefly appeared covered in blood, fully aware of the bombing and death of Zoe Graystone. Despite initial reservations, Rand came to treat the holographic version of Zoe as the real thing and introduced her to Zoe's real-world father, wealthy technologist Daniel Graystone (CAP: "Pilot").
At first appalled by the copy of his daughter, Daniel Graystone saw the Zoe avatar as an opportunity to bring his daughter back from the grave. Using a small device to capture the avatar's code, Graystone transferred the program to a personal virtual space for analysis. Later transferring the avatar program to the revolutionary Meta-cognitive Processor, a device stolen from the Vergis Corporation of Tauron, Graystone attempted to implant Zoe-A's consciousness into the body of one of Graystone Industries' U-87 battle robots, giving the avatar a physical body in the real world (CAP: "Pilot", "Know Thy Enemy").
Though at first the experiment seemed successful, with the robot taking several steps toward Graystone and speaking a single word - "Daddy" - the datastream quickly and inexplicably destabilized, appearing to Graystone as though the avatar (and the program that allowed such duplicates to be created) were destroyed (CAP: "Pilot").
Soon afterward, stored at Graystone Industries labs in Caprica City, the robot containing the Meta-cognitive Processor reactivated with the avatar's consciousness left intact (CAP: "Pilot").
Zoe-R
Living at Graystone Industries, Zoe-A as the prototype "Cylon" (Cybernetic Lifeform Node) became the subject of much attention from scientist Cyrus Xander and lab assistants Philomon and Drew. Despite the company's attempts to place duplicate MCP chips into other U-87 robot chassis, an inexplicable error prevented the other robots from functioning properly. Unbeknown to the team at Graystone Industries, the Zoe avatar program had bonding to both the original MCP chip and prototype U-87 body, allowing it to test at sentient levels. Where the U-87s previously failed to prove themselves as capable battle robots, the prototype body containing Zoe-A proved to be an efficient war machine (CAP: "Pilot", "Rebirth", "Unvanquished").
Frustrated by his company's failure to perfect the Cylon technology and faced with a deadline to produce 100,000 combat units for the Caprican Government, Daniel Graystone had the Zoe robot transferred to his home lab for further analysis (CAP: "Rebirth").
Back in her old home, Zoe-R was able to reconnect with Lacy Rand. Zoe was also able to access her father's home computer system, creating a wireless link to a holoband that allowed her to transfer her avatar back and forth from the virtual world and her robot body. Exploring her father's virtual space with Lacy Rand, Zoe stumbled upon another hacked avatar - created before the program was lost - of Tamara Adams, also killed in the MagLev bombing (CAP: "Rebirth", "The Reins of a Waterfall").
- In a deleted scene from "The Reins of a Waterfall" had Zoe working with Serge to establish the link to the Virtual World after being unable to fit a holoband over the robot's head. In that scene, Serge recognized the robot as Zoe.
First of a New Race
In her robot body, Zoe struggled to maintain some semblance of a normal existence. Savoring the fleeting moments she was allowed by existing in her holographic "skin" in V-World (and indulging in simple comforts like virtual food), Zoe's life was dominated by existence as an experimental battle robot. Much of her time was spent being handled by the scientists at Graystone Industries as well as being dissected and studied by her father. Upon seeing the robot in Daniel's home lab, Amanda Graystone - Zoe's mother - unknowingly referred to Zoe as a "monster" (CAP: "Rebirth", "The Reins of a Waterfall", "Ghosts in the Machine").
Aside from the indignities of life as a robot - including being forced to watch her parents engage in sexual intercourse - Zoe also experienced difficulty in controlling her own body. When ordered to behave a certain way or perform a specific task, Zoe was unable to disobey. Presented in front of the board of directors at Graystone Industries - and introduced as a new life form to be exploited by the citizens of Caprica - Zoe was forced to violently detach her own arm (CAP: "The Reins of a Waterfall", "There is Another Sky").
In these experiences, however, Zoe became close with Philomon, a Graystone Industries lab assistant tasked with reattaching her severed arm. Intuitively referring to Zoe in the feminine, Philomon treated the robot Zoe with reverence bordering on romantic interest. Setting a test of the U-87's motor functions to music, Philomon allowed Zoe to dance - a moment of near normalcy for an adolescent girl (CAP: "Know Thy Enemy", "Gravedancing").
Escape to Gemenon
With little knowledge of the original Zoe Graystone's ultimate plan for her avatar, the virtual/robotic version of Zoe knew only that she was to be brought to the planet Gemenon where she would help in the effort to spread monotheism to the Tweleve Colonies. To this end, Zoe enlisted Lacy Rand to join the Soldiers of the One cell led by Barnabas Greeley (fearing that Sister Clarice could not be trusted) to transport her robot body off-world (CAP: "Gravedancing", "Know Thy Enemy").
As Lacy secured passage for the "package", Zoe sought to use her connection with Philomon to her advantage. Modifying her avatar to pose as "Rachel", Zoe contacted Philomon through the personals website "V-Match" and arranged to meet him in the V-Club. There Zoe as Rachel initiated a romantic relationship with Philomon, explaining that she had used Zoe Graystone's physical parameters to represent her in the virtual world. Over the course of several dates, including a Viper flight simulation, Zoe was able to get Philomon to reveal his work with top secret robotics and attempted to persuade him to release the robot from confinement. Unwittingly, however, Zoe led Philomon to a revelation about the difficulties Graystone Industries had experiencing with the MCP and the U-87 (CAP: "The Imperfections of Memory").
In the real world, Philomon explains his theory about the MCP to Daniel Graystone who quickly comes to realize that Zoe's avatar is still within the U-87. Determined to draw his daughter out of the robot, Graystone launches into a series of tests in which he attempts to elicit a response that will prove that Zoe's consciousness is within the the Cylon prototype. Putting the robot through its paces while subjecting Zoe to mind games, Daniel ultimately places a gun in the robot's hand and orders it to shoot Zoe's childhood dog, Caesar. Detecting the slight difference in weight in the weapon, Zoe realizes the gun is loaded with blanks and fires on the dog. Convinced that his daughter would never attempt to shoot her own pet, Graystone comes to believe that Zoe avatar is gone for good (CAP: "The Imperfections of Memory", "Ghosts in the Machine").
End of Line
To withstand her father's psychological assault, Zoe vowed to become one with the robot body she inhabited, hardening herself against a man and a world she felt betrayed her. Faced with a shortened deadline for the production of battle robots, Daniel ordered Philomon to erase the data on the MCP, an act that would result in the deletion of Zoe's avatar. With little time to escape deletion, Zoe urged Lacy to hasten their departure to Gemenon by posing as Rachel, sneaking into Graystone labs, incapacitating Philomon and freeing the U-87. As the deadline approached and Lacy failed to come through, Zoe revealed herself to Philomon as both "Rachel" and Zoe Graystone in the robot body. Incensed, Philomon triggered a security alert forcing Zoe to attack and kill him. Stealing a Graystone Industries van, Zoe broke out of the lab and escaped into Caprica City. (CAP: "End of Line")
Pursued by Caprican authorities, Zoe drove her van into a barricade, causing a huge explosion that destroyed the U-87 body (CAP: "End of Line", "Unvanquished").
New Cap City
Some time after the destruction of the U-87 prototype and the boxing of the remains, Zoe's avatar appeared in the hacked virtual environment, New Cap City. There she battled several players branded with a unique symbol - that of the other "dead walker", Tamara Adams (CAP: "Unvanquished").