HM743

A lone individual in a series known for synchronized group operation, HM743 is owned by CDMC, and has been fitted with a supplementary neural processing unit, as part of a synthetic intelligence experiment. The technicians handling his project initially referred to it as an artificial intelligence experiment, but the droid eventually suggested the alternate term, as AI 'made it sound like he was faking it'.

In hardware terms, less than a half-kilogram of HM743 is a deviation from any of the normal HM-Series droids but that half-kilo can make a world of difference. This droid can not only understand and execute complex orders, but also question them, suggest improvements, and in extreme cases has been known to anticipate them and have them done ahead of time. It argues, it innovates and it gets curious and bored in turn, between and during tasks of any sort.

HM743 is currently being rented out to other companies with whom CDMC is on friendly terms, for field testing, to further the development of the droid's intelligence, and to get it away from its project lead, who has recently aquired and is being treated for a minor sedative dependancy.

The goal of the project is to deeply research the nature of the synthetic mind, and to learn what advantages and disadvantages might arise with a marked increaase in droid intelligence. And, if it should prove troublesome, it's only one droid.

How much damage could it possibly do?