ALICE

ALICE, or “Advanced Logistic and Inconsequence Cognizing Equipment”, was an artificial intelligence installed on the MSA-0011 S Gundam. Although "She" is never visually present, Alice is considered the heroine of the Gundam Sentinel photo-novel.

History
Created as part of a program to develop advanced AI system's that were meant to completely replace human pilot's in combat, ALICE's development was discontinued due to disagreements from political factions. With the rebellion at Pezun in U.C. 0087, the ALICE system is restored and sent to Taskforce Alpha for trials. ALICE was an advanced AI system capable of analyzing all potential battlefield situations and would also be capable of making tactical decisions on its own by using data from the FXA-08GB G-Core's learning computer. ALICE's revolutionary design allows "her" to speak freely without intervention from the human pilot. By adapting and learning from the pilot (ALICE's personality and emotional patterns were modeled after a female, so it could understand "her" pilot and respond to the pilot's needs), she would in theory become a "human being" and be able to take control of the S Gundam automatically. Ryu Roots, main pilot of the S Gundam, greatly influences her during Taskforce Alpha's mission. She saves Ryu from harm numerous times, however, this is due to her genuine respect for human life, rather than a self-preservation technique.

During the final battle against the New Desides, ALICE and Ryu follow their escaping shuttle down through the Earth's atmosphere. Knowing the S Gundam would not be able to survive reentry, She ejects the re-entry proof Core Fighter containing Ryu. ALICE manages to shoot down the shuttle, however, her existence is subsequently destroyed as the S Gundam burns-up during the final descent into the atmosphere.

Trivia

 * Author Takahashi Masaya cites ALICE's sacrifice as a reference to the Buddhist term, "bodhisattva", or "heroic-minded one (satva) for enlightenment (bodhi)".

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