Confidential Report: Shadow Mirror

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REPORT: SHADOW MIRROR

Compiled by: Agents [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]
Introduction:
The following is a document detailing all information collected about a group which has recently been uncovered code named: Shadow Mirror.
For reasons unknown this underground faction has communicated with, and subsequently assisted, factions within the Directory, the colonies and on the moon.

Overview:
The oldest traces of the organization nicknamed Shadow Mirror have been found in OE-0098 tied to a donation made to the campaign of Mr. Hammer consisting of a large sum of funds and according to records “Decisive proof of extraterrestrials with hostile intent” which were provided to high ranking campaign personnel in a meeting on []-[]-0098. After the noted date of this meeting several directory black ops projects had been updated with technology that was according to previous records not expected to be complete for another five years.

The group employs tactics seemingly based in Terra Sentinel standard protocol albeit with enough variation and randomness that attempts at catching this underground organization have proven inconsistent at best. As such the group has been nicknamed Shadow Mirror by Agent [REDACTED] for their tendency to mirror Terra Sentinel and remain in the shadows. Due to lack of an actual name for the group in its entirety this name has been officially recognized until the true name of the group is revealed.

Organization:
The actual number of humans within Shadow Mirror is unknown but the group has constructed and employed large numbers of androids of the Bioroid variety to serve as combatants when needed. Even though their piloting ability is considerable the IQ of bioroids is seemingly intentionally kept low as they are simply used as rank and file. However there are elite Bioroids among the organization used for infiltration, assassination and other tasks of similar nature.

Due to continued investigations it has become clear the entire leadership of the organization itself is human and although finding the identities of some key individuals has proven successful extensive details beyond a name and face has proven difficult for various reasons and for some even that much has failed.

Goals:
Shadow Mirror has provided assistance in completing some of the more dangerous black ops projects among the Directory and traces of communications with them have been located on the L1 and L2 colonies and Nova Solyma alongside sightings of units linked to Shadow Mirror.

The goals behind these communications and meetings are unknown but have all been followed by the elimination of specific individuals or technology that was either in its conceptual state or not even having entered creation coming into the hands of the faction communicated with. However their actions have always led to more animosity between factions or increasing the power in their arsenal, as such the preliminary goal of Shadow Mirror appears to be war between the Directory, Moon and Colonies.

Any agent investigating Shadow Mirror must request the list of eliminated individuals alongside the list of potential Shadow Mirror collaborators from Agent [REDACTED] which requires written permission of at least 2 class B personnel.
 

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Notable mobile weapons:

Nimbus:

Mysterious black units tied to Shadow Mirror, their design seems to borrow from many different machines but the exact origins of these Elemental Machines remain unknown. So far the Nimbus units encountered have exclusively been piloted by humans.


Gespenst MK-II M Kai:

Gespensts equipped with interchangeable frames, recordings of the units indicates notably improved performance compared to regular Gespenst MK-II units but no unusual materials have been located.
Nevertheless, according to records of official Directory programmes the interchangeable frames should currently be concluding their prototype phase. These mysterious mechs have currently been reported for slightly over four years.
 

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Look and Feel:
Membership is quite limited for Shadow Mirror and it has no such thing as a uniform for its members to wear, be they human or android.
Instead their members simply wear what is required to infiltrate the appropriate groups and/or perform their tasks.



Outside of that members generally wear whatever strikes their fancy or pilot suits that have been tweaked in appearance. The bioroids that fill the ranks are encompassed in an armor that serves as a life support system to make them low maintenance while the elite bioroids mimic human appearance and are generally made pleasing to the eyes.

 

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Notable individuals:
Name: Prometheus
Age: 60’s
Occupation: Supreme commander of Shadow Mirror


Biography:

The name ‘Prometheus’ has been found upon deeper investigation of Shadow Mirror activity repeatedly although the identity of the title’s owner remains a mystery several details have been pieced together and are noted in the following document to form a timeline.

OE-0098: Prometheus is referenced as the representative of the Shadow Mirror shell company in the meeting with Mr. Hammer’s campaign.

OE-0099: Person of interest 245 confirmed to have had contact with ‘Prometheus’ earlier in OE-0099 is interrogated about Shadow Mirror. PoI 245 explains that Prometheus is the leader of Shadow Mirror, when asked about the goals of Shadow Mirror they simply smiled and replied ‘Wait and see’. Further interrogation yielded no results.

OE-0100: Sighting of Dark Green Nimbus investigating the former Omsk site 3 weeks after Nuclear Detonation remaining outside the fallout area but sending what appear to be drones inside. High prana readings confirmed from Nimbus.

Late OE-0100: Dark Green Nimbus sighted meeting up with confirmed Shadow Mirror Bioroid personnel, intercepted communications have Bioroid refer to Nimbus’s pilot as ‘Prometheus’.
Prometheus’ voice while recorded does not match any persons of interest, age estimated to be late 60’s. Prana readings confirm the pilot of the Nimbus is the same as the one sighted at Omsk.

Mobile weapon: Nimbus, Unknown



Name: Daisy Fox
Age: 30’s
Occupation: Bio engineer

Biography:

While not the mother of Bioroids Daisy Fox was instrumental in providing the necessary modifications to allow for their mass production.
She alongside her unit have been sighted in Japan and more recently North America seemingly following a trail of DAMON appearances.
Shortly after her sightings bioweapons have been used on those locations during DAMON attacks, while attributed to terrorist cells within the Directory the information collected so far indicates that Ms. Fox appears to be the cause behind these illegal weaponry.

The list of effects caused by the bioweapons used on DAMON and the general populace can be found in enclosed document for reading by B class personnel.

Mobile weapon: Unknown



Name: Karen Shiro
Age: Visually in 20’s
Occupation: Spy & Assassin

Biography:

A bioroid that has been gifted to the Directory by Shadow Mirror as an intermediary between the two groups after their initial meeting.
Since ‘joining’ the Directory forces she has functioned primarily as a bodyguard for key individuals and has been employed against colony politicians who oppose the Directory.

While far more intelligent that the standard Shadow Mirror Bioroid going as far as being able to act human and only be identifiable as anything other than such by Prana readings and Psychic probing the set of skills prioritized in her creation are stealth and blade-work as tracing her movements when not in the company of Directory personnel has proven difficult.

With this set of skills and having her this close to Directory leadership it may be possible that Shadow Mirror may use her in an attempt to eliminate them if desired yet they have not done so in the past four years despite having the clear opportunity to do so.

Mobile weapon: Grungust Type-0
 

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The Duminass Counter Measures

Name: Jikoh Suru
Age: 24
Occupation: Shadow Mirror operative
Biography:

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Mobile weapon: Pater Mater & ???



Model Number: DCM-01-OWL
Code Name: Pater-Mater
Classification: Anti-Homonculus Tactical Independent Weapon
Manufacturer: Shadow Mirror
Operator: Jikoh Suru
Power Source: Battleship class plasma generator
Propulsion: Tesla drive (Thrusters located behind legs, on back and underneath both shoulders)
Height: 45.5M
Weight: 278 tons (364 with armaments)
Armaments: Shoulder Bus x2, Claw x2
Equipment: T-Link system, Z.E.U.S. AI, Negative Energy Sensor
Finishers: Double Buster Cannon (Energy beams fired from shoulder units)

Description:

Duminass Counter Measure 01 [OWL] - Pater-Mater

Created by Shadow Mirror after arriving on L’Isolda, based on Maake designs, specifically the AION-Ɣ, Pater-Mater exists as a method to counter Teugatail and Pater or more specifically Pater.
This is the first of three projects pushed by Prometheus after escaping the crawling dark, countering Duminass’ children by using their own methods against them, Project Leader T. [REDACTED] set to work realizing the first of these. Using extracted data from encounters with Owl to create a similar weapon, but one also capable of countering their originals.

Pater-Mater as such mirrors Teugetail’s Pater, in theory its Zealous Emancipated Unit Support AI* could be completely autonomous but due to the addition of a T-Link unit it can be given directives and coordinate with its assigned controller.

In Pater-Mater’s case this counter would be the fact that it has highly destructive ranged armaments, estimated strength from Teugetail’s Pater and recorded strength from Pater-Mater would put them evenly with the possibility of Pater just barely inching over Pater-Mater but regardless it would prove successful in keeping Pater busy in all simulated scenarios, allowing the operator to take on Teugetail without its backup.

* - Do not allow Project Leader T. to name systems in further projects.




Name: Antoine Dimont
Age: 41
Occupation: Shadow Mirror Operative
Biography:

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Mobile weapon: Reverie




Model Number: DCM-02-MASK
Code Name: Reverie
Classification: Anti-Homonculus Transforming Weapon
Manufacturer: Shadow Mirror
Operator: Antoine Dimont
Power Source: Prana Converter x3 (1 in each claw/forceps and one in the main body)
Propulsion: Tesla drive (x2, one in each claw/forceps)
Height: 28.4 Meters
Weight: 78 tons (w/o forceps) 138 tons (w/ forceps)
Armaments: Homing missiles x20 (Back mounted), Gatling gun & Grenade launcher (both located in the four eyed ‘face’), Beam cannon (Located in waist),
Equipment: Left Forceps (Blessed by water spirit), Right Forceps (Blessed by fire spirit), self repair systems, Transformation capabilities (Annihilation form: Quadruped, Eliminate form: Humanoid form), Negative energy sensors
Finishers (Locked to Annihilation form): Annihilation (Gather a large source of prana and drop it for a detonation)

Description:

Duminass Counter Measure 02 [MASK] - Reverie

The most obscure and abstract of the three DCM units, but then again the unit it is supposed to counter serves as that for the original trio. Reverie is built to counter the Elios by two methods: Disguise and Decimate.

The Disguise is Reverie’s humanoid form which even according to Project Leader A. [Redacted] looks ‘Rather doofy’. This form intentionally reduces combat effectiveness and removes the two Forceps units from its hands, allowing them to move autonomously. These two units work much the same as the Duraxyll’s Taó̱s Tail units but less numerous and more inherently powerful, allowing the pilot to use either of them as conduits for spells.

However once the three are combined and turned into Reverie’s quadruped form they become a much larger threat, all weapons gain a boost on destructive capabilities, the unit’s land speed goes up considerably as well as a more efficient use of its armor.

This, rather elaborate, construction is used to lull foes into a sense of confidence before swapping forms and then swiftly annihilating them with high grade spells and weaponry. In the case of Elios the method of countering would be to never make Morta feel threatened before destroying the machine in one assault. Admittedly this method is acknowledged by all parties involved to be the least reliable of the three but due to the nature of Elios it is currently the best we can do to mitigate the risk of a mental assault.




Name: Amin Hashemi
Age: 29
Occupation: Shadow Mirror Operative
Biography:

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Mobile weapon: Argreion



Model Number: DCM-03-IDOL
Code Name: Argreion
Classification: Anti-Homonculus Close-Combat Weapon
Manufacturer: Shadow Mirror
Operator: Amin Hashemi
Power Source: Plasma generator
Propulsion: Tesla drive
Height: 22 m
Weight: 57t
Armaments: ‘Archilles’ Custom Lance
Equipment: Motion tracking system, Tesla drive, Boost Drive, ASRS, Negative energy sensors

Description:

Duminass Counter Measure 03 [IDOL] - Argreion

Due to data received during the Hypocrisis’ duel with Duraxyll a more effective counter could be produced, although several individuals expressed doubt as to the need to counter a dead opponent the Agrerion was nonetheless made under the supervision of Project Leader L. [REDACTED] should Idol reappear.

It intends to counteract the swift mech by reaching similar speeds, although insofar the max speed of the Hypocrisis has not been matched in simulations, while being able to withstand a series of blows from its original by virtue of its armor. In turn it has also only been equipped with a single weapon as per request of the pilot and to lessen the weight on the machine.

The ‘Archilles’ lance was produced to puncture and destroy light armor, devastating machinery or the pilot underneath. It however has issues getting through tough armor and as such should not be fielded against any units known for their ability to take hits.