"How does this work?" The general's eyes focused on the soldier moving through the empty room. The soldier's head was adorned with a strange helmet that came down over his eyes. A facsimile of a rifle was poised for action as the man crouched his way through the empty room.
Doctor Faber pointed at the helmet. "Sensors inside the helmet pic up the brain activity and focus in on it. The computer will map the area and its activity while the simulation runs. The sensors in the suit and gun will also feed information back into the main database downstairs. The system down there will compile both sources of data and upload them to the unit."
"And the robot will copy it?"
"Not exactly," the doctor said as he moved the general to the other side of the room. With a few commands typed on a keyboard, a series of monitors came to life. The set on the left showed the soldier and the computerized world he was interacting with. On the right a humanoid machine moved in a similar fashion within a simulated environment. "As you can see, though they act alike, the Legionaire prototype isn't merely copying Lt. Col. Davis. If we change the parameters a bit, the prototype's brain will act accordingly."
He tapped away at the keyboard again. Several enemy soldiers appeared on the screen. The prototype moved quickly and methodically eliminated each one. "The program remembers and extrapolates from the donors' actual experiences. The Legionaire, once fully operational, won't mimic an elite soldier in the field, it'll act like one."
"When will the body be ready?"
"Shortly. Dr. Little and his team are finishing weapons testing. Once that is accomplished, I will be able to install the brain and my software. We can begin advance testing then."
"Good, Dr. Faber," the general took a seat as he continued to watch the simulation. "I want a full battery of tests for the brass in a month."
"That's cuttin it close," Faber became uneasy. "There are hundreds of factors that we must consider when the brain is installed. We'll have to calibrate the..."
"The Pentagon is looking to cut funding unless we have an operational weapon. I need to show them that we are making progress here. A functioning robot is what they want, and it's what they'll get."
