The young Shardling within the Replica droid was shielded from the outside world in numerous ways. The Cocoon was an experimental prototype designed by Khes. Built to mask the contents within, to resist sensor scans, as well as potentially baffle and deter from being sensed through the force. The Sith had somehow learned of this, and had begun tracking her down. If further developed successfully and placed in the wrong hands, the technology could possibly single handedly tip the balance of power. As it is, Khes knew the research wasn't complete yet. Anticipating her own possible demise may soon come, she instilled and locked away the knowledge secretly within the Replica Droid. The Shard interface created by Khes within the Replica was unique. Even with the cocooned shard installed, the fembot's core processing was kept intact (traditionally when installed, the Shard takes over the body). The fembot had essentially became a surrogate parent, carrying a special package within; in which she was specifically tasked with protecting. As per Khes' orders; the fembot was to lay low for as long as possible while further repairing itself until it's aesthetics were restored to a socially passable degree. With access to a stash of credits, forged ownership credentials and a passport, the fembot was then able to book passage offworld to a remote location. Over time, the cocoon designed by Khes was to relinquish control of the fembot's body over to her Shard offspring within, as the Shard came of age. Something else entirely happened instead. The personality of the fembot slowly merged with the personality of the growing Shard within forming a whole new and unique entity known as Tessla. Both the fembot's cpu matrix and the Shard think and act as one, with traits combined from both. Tessla was able to train in the ways of the Jedi, as per the knowledge donored into her databanks from her late mother. The time spent in seclusion was not wasted however; in addition to full Jedi training and lightsaber construction, Tessla made numerous other enhancements to her own body. At around the humanoid age of 25, Tessla deemed "she" was ready to enter the galaxy again. Personality: Tessla's demeanor is always warm, gentle and caring; with bright cheerful highlights you'd expect coming from a young woman of her age. Despite Tessla's youthful trendy appearance, she has a knack for being able to convey the experience and wisdom that'd normally be expected from an elderly veteran. Likewise, due to Tessla's unique development, Tessla is often mistaken for a real living person rather than a silicon/mechanically constructed hybrid (that is, when she chooses to appear fully human). Much credit to Tessla's namesake, she springs into action like a fully charged tessla coil when its called for. Appearance: Tessla's Human Replica Droid body is highly advanced from its original factory stock model. Tessla can appear as well as act human, indistinguishable from an actual human being. Her synthflesh and hair have chameleon like properties, allowing Tessla to modify her appearance at will. Often, Tessla will opt to make areas of her skin transparent like a designer trend, showing off the intricate meshwork of electronics under the skin. Occasionally, she'll quickly flash the black centers of her eyes a bright blue, either for amusement or to silently signal. Technical Render Notes: Tessla was created using 2 character models - a single victoria 4, as well as an internal robotic skeleton model. Her skin effects are not postworked, or multiple renders layered and skillfully combined & erased. Instead, the skin effects are all done in-house before the render process, painstakingly setup by hand in Carrara's Materials room. The skin shaders, I have figured out how to setup and apply multiple layers of skin textures and transparencies - 3 layers worh of skin (using full subsurface scattering) and electronics textures packs, and 3 layer sets worth of transparencies. Each layer is its own separate and individual skin texture set. Basically the first bottom layer is a separate V4 Cyborg skin package with its own transparency set. The middle layer is another Cyber-cyborg skin set with its own transparency set - essentially the red/blue/green/yellow/pink wires . The topmost and last layer is the victoria 4 Elite SSS Carrara skin pack, with another applied transparency set to show the 2 layers underneath. Once the effect was achieved on one body part, the entire process had to be manually recreated/setup for each and every body part material zone across the entire body. This took several evenings worth of trial and error. Underneath it all, if you look closely, parts of the robotic skeleton can still be seen, such as the glowing chest piece, parts of the jaw, the eye-glow, and other areas. I may at some time revisit this character, adding yet another layer or two, if possible. Thankyou for the views and :+fav:'s. Comments are always appreciated!

So much in the story and pic... the universe is so big.

Yup! Thats why I love rendering Star Wars so much. So much potential for interesting new characters. The possibilities are nearly endless. Thanks for the comment! :)

most neat and clean textures pose and lights .nice storybit.

Wonderful! Been looking forward to the final version after seeing the WIP. Very cool background too. That story is the best Shard tale I have heard, too. looked over winnston1984's store & there are items I must have when I can afford more content. I also must have those boots and the outfit on your new Agent! Where did you find them?

An excellent read and render!

Very cool; I never cared much for Shards, but this one is very cool. I bet she'd be fun to roleplay--some of her abilities remind me of the things that have always drawn me to play Fallanassi. :)

beautifully done. love the pose and outfit.

Excellent!!!

It is likely to come out on a movie. ^o^

Very nice! :-)

Very beautiful and very nice!

amazing writing and wonderful character