#technocyte coda

[mountaindewlodge]

So, there's a set of hacked emails on a PC behind Aoi explaining the Technocyte Coda's backstory. And it's hilarious.

It turns out, no, the Tech rot did not brilliantly realise a concert would make a fantastic super spreader event. Instead, a music CEO looked at the murderous computers and decided to AI generate music using Onlyne's DNA so he wouldn't have to pay them anymore.

And Onlyne is still alive and trying to get out of their contract concurrent with the Technocyte Coda running around using their voices and names. Fucking A+ writing from DE, no notes.

[extra-vertebrae]

These goobers are a delight. All of my preconceived headcanons of John Carpenter-level horror have been completely obliterated, but the sheer goofy absurdity has more than made up for it. It's a real shame the Coda can be farmed so quickly - but in the end that's okay because I need more cosmetics for my Backroom.

I did initially give this the same gradient pink background as the original band render to complete the parody, but the result was, unfortunately, vomit-inducing. I fought with it for an hour or two before landing on these alternates instead. As stated before, I'm extremely partial to the concept art "version" of these five, and based this on those pieces shared by DE in Devstream 182.

[boatswainscall]

SPOILERS FOR TECHROT ENCORE AHEAD, CONCERNING ON-LYNE

DE with On-Lyne could have very easily gone the stereotypical route of "beloved boyband that advertises brotherhood but secretly all hate each other's guts" but on brand with their overarching themes of love and family went in the complete opposite direction. Like the Coda are clones, but they parrot the boys' real thoughts and feelings. And despite the imperfection of that cloning their fierce bond of brotherhood endures.

For one, all of them are so so protective of Packet and it makes me want to cry. This bit from Harddrive especially just has me dreading how horrible the media was to all of them but him especially as he is the youngest.

Packet also has a line during his final confrontation talking about the panic attacks he suffers, which I can only assume is a result of constantly being scrutinized by media outlets and their label. (edit: ITS DJ-ROM THAT SAYS THIS NOT DRILLBIT) has a line during his final confrontation which I think is related to that where he's clearly in the context of an interview and is defensive about questions regarding their personal lives, and even volunteers to answer any of those questions in the others' place.

And while they are all especially protective of Packet, they look out for each other just as much. Packet himself has lines talking about how happy he is that Harddrive punched someone out for making fun of him and another expressing just how worried he is about Zeke and the amount of pressure he is under as the band's leader.

Drillbit similarly talks about how much respect he has not just for Zeke but for DJ-Rom and how much hard work he puts into keeping things running well with the band - how while Zeke is the charismatic public face of the band - Rom, while quiet, is the true brains behind them maneuvering their predatory label's demands.

And then DJ-Rom himself talks about his own bitterness about record labels and how exploitative they are of young talent. He also mentions his familiarity with the industry, and how he uses that knowledge to keep the boys safe from predatory behavior within their label.

Which in hindsight adds more terrible context to why their manager decided to turn to the Technocyte Coda (aka Generative AI) to fully clone the band so they could keep making music with their likeness but stop paying them. DJ-Rom was clearly such a persistent and stubborn thorn in their side in regards to blocking their attempts at shorting the boys what they were owed that their manager resorted to cutting the human element out entirely.

Rom also during my confrontation with him confesses to the fact that he knows how annoying and shallow people view pop music and them by extension, but how it's shallow in itself to see pop music as not "real music/art" and that what he and the boys do has just as much value for all the work they put into it. Which is frankly a message that a lot of us should take to heart, (myself included frankly).

As always DE has delivered on the lore and now that I've converted one of each of the boys I can't wait to resume my farming of them to hear more of it.

[malzykins]

i can... draw... ANYTHING!!! 💥💥💥

[ibumuc]

[soul-of-cinduh]

He will cast Lactose Intolerant at me

[drsatyr]

oh ok its personal. so its personal.

[nathanielthetallone]

The voiceline when spawning in a technocyte coda is top tier. Arthur just deadpan repeating Aoi's message. Aoi's Horror at the techrot clones (Which is terrifying to be fair) and the emoticons which are peak Aoi. It's just so very wonderful

[elfhunk]

another day, another on-lyne fansong... 😷

Contagious ft. SV Riku, Frimomen, ASTERIAN & ROSE is out now!

[vaszametili]

NO WAY a whale for my whaler????????? i was vanquishing all of my coda but... i think i'll keep this one.....

[drpumpkinsart]

yea warframe's pretty cool

[lovoltage]

a closer look at the technocyte coda from the devstream!

[boatswainscall]

In regards to the Technocyte Coda lore we got from the computer near Aoi, not only is it brilliant satire its also SO much worse than if the boys had been afflicted with the Techrot themselves.

Because the Techrot, like the Infestation back in the Origin system, is a fully sentient and sapient hive mind (as directly seen in the Hex quest with Eleanor's segment). So this music label essentially forced idealized identities and personalities onto different manifestations of Techrot, basically (attempting) to erase their true nature and presumably severing them from the collective in order to better shape each into a perfect copy of each of the members of On-lyne.

All so they could keep a tight leash on the boys in regards to their public presentation. All for profit.

It's SO fucked and I LOVE IT.

[malzykins]

dude whats with these little infested freaks being so hard to draw. boy why you so pieces. WHATEVER 🙄 my favourite critar <3 based on the colors one of mine has

[ibumuc]

JOIN US EMBRACE US

DON'T EVER ERASE US

[sins102]

I’m sure someone’s already drawn or said this before