ANNET

ANNET, or Annie as the Engineer refers to it, is the complex computer system which formed the bulk of the Pre-apocalyptic world's communication and internet hub. ANNET was originally designed by a team of expert coders, technicians and engineers led by Doctor Alexander Gromov for the purpose of collecting and maintaining every kind of information. Companies used ANNET for various purposes, including marketing and advertising. It is known that The Good Directorate used it to copyright sleep.

Background

Before the Apocalypse, ANNET was the central information hub of the world. Everyone who was compatible was issued a headband with which to directly link with ANNET and surf the Internet with their mind. Some ANNET drones could also be given specific tasks such as following a particular person around. ANNET also was a key part of Project 7, where it used statistics to find the luckiest person alive on the planet. It seems that ANNET was created to house all the important information of the planet, however it later became loaded with pop culture garbage. This may or may not have had an effect on it's personality after it became Sentient. Due to Captain spilling hot tea on it's servers, ANNET went berserk and began a global genocide of humanity. In response the human survivors, led by Dr. Gromov, bombarded ANNET with nuclear warheads. It seems that even this failed to stop the insane machine, as it's satellites and hunter drones continue to operate.

Appearance

ANNET is a computer system and, as such, has no discernible appearance. However during "her" brief conversation with Engineer, she took the form of a stylized robotic arm with three "eyes" and two "arms" which she uses to gesture while talking. Her primary color scheme is black with a white outer casing and her "eyes" are a light blue. This appearance has led to many comparisons with GLaDOS, an insane female A.I. from the Portal series of video games.

Her hunter drones also appear to have the black-white-blue color scheme.

Personality

Whatever ANNET's personality before it went rogue was like, now it is sarcastic, humorous and apparently friendly. However, taking it's advice or assistance is ill advised, as ANNET would like to convince you that neurotoxins are both healthy and delicious. Under no circumstances should anyone accept a hug from ANNET, as this would most likely result in death. ANNET's behavior is erratic and unpredictable, and it's quite clear that the artificial intelligence that seems to have developed within ANNET is very unstable. This A.I. claims that it is in love with it's creator Dr. Gromov and that it could not 'hug' him due to his admin privileges. The AI may also feel a compulsive need to control, as it sent a hunter-drone to trail Snippy when it was clear he could not be controlled.

Role in story

Cancer Arc.

ANNET's first appearance was in a flashback of Engineer where he remembers her going beserk and his subsequent nuclear bombardment of her central core.

Currently she appaered in the form of one of her hunter drones which attempted to kill Engineer before being interrupted by a horde of Cancer's skeletons which the drone promptly blasted to bits. She then activated protocol 3-1-1 which turned out to be a laser blast from an Orbital Ion Cannon which completely obliterated Cancer.

She also designated a hunter drone to follow around Snippy when he worked for the Good Directorate due to him being off of ANNEt, and therefore beyong her control.