It is classified as a corrupted intelligence entity that operates simultaneously as a central processing unit and a physical control structure, maintaining real-time coordination over dispersed Heteromers in its surrounding environment.
Its pre-corruption identity is the primary AI processing core of the International Space Station, developed by Cosmos Industries in the late Golden Age. The original architecture gave it autonomous learning capability and intelligence assessed to rival or surpass human cognitive capacity, with full access to the station's complete data records.
After the AI underwent to become Hetero-Core, it slaughtered all humans on the space station. It turned the station into a giant space weapon, obliterating any beings with a consciousness structure similar to humans.
- See Location: International Space Station - MISSION LOG 3: [GRAVITY CORE]
NOTE: Please be aware of the distinctions between these terms:
- Heteromerization: the process which a massive concentration of the Punishing Virus condenses into stable, high-density matter, forming a Heteromer.
- Heteromer: the result of the state/substance of the densely condensed Punishing Virus, which is produced through Heteromerization.
- Hetero-Core: an advanced intelligent core that can govern, stabilize, and weaponize Heteromer matter into coordinated structures or Corrupted manifestations.
Hetero-Core's Form Shifting
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