Project 37015
A black project of the HEX Mainframe being actively researched in the U System.
It is essentially a large platform that would be capable of deploying large grey goo swarm weapons to any planets that is within about 1 AU of it. The swarms will take material from the planet to self replicate and will assimilate any being they take control of to the HM. Due to the Data Fae present in the system, the Hyperion Federation knows of the existence of this project, but does not know any details at all other than it's existence and name. If they did know it, it would be a cause for concern among all factions other than the HF and HM. The HF has more advanced and faster acting nanobots technology so they wouldn't be scared of it.
The weapon platform is designed to be placed on a starship, making it mobile. It would replace assimilation machines and the hex pox, and be mass produced In the future. However, it is still very advanced relative to HM technology so the project is still plagued by a number of issues such as reliability problems that the HM dont have the technology to fix yet. It has been moved around the system many times via starship between a range of different planets in the system. As the HM can locate every Data Fae in the system, they can move this project away from them, even being able to completely isolate itself from any other computer by turning all communication equipment off. This makes it incredibly difficult for the Fae to hijack. The HM has placed a lot of development effort intot his project. It is therefore quite likely that a similar technology will enter service at some point in the future. Its destruction, however, could force the HM to spend far more research resources into another project of this type...
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