The Alaya-Vijnana System is an organic interface system that was developed during the Calamity War as a way to maximize the abilities of mobile suits by granting their pilots acute spatial awareness. The Alaya-Vijnana system consists of two parts: a connection port installed in the mobile weapon and nano-machines implanted into the pilot’s spine at a young age to let implant fuse with their nervous system as they grow older, but can be done on mutilated young adults. The implant surgery is dangerous, and can have lethal side effects. If the nano-machines do not fuse correctly with the intended host, that person can become paralyzed from the damage to their spine. If successful, a pilot can choose to have the surgery multiple times in order to increase the interface's effectiveness. After the implantation, the person has a protrusion on the back for physical connection to the Alaya-Vijnana interface in the mobile suit’s cockpit. The Alaya-Vijnana System creates a pseudo-brain lobe in the pilot's body using nano-machines, and this allows the pilot's brain to directly process mobile suit data fed through the physical connection. As the pseudo-brain lobe also governs spatial awareness so the pilot's spatial awareness is enhanced. The more implants a person has, the higher their information transfer rate through the system. The system also allows the pilot (even uneducated ones) to operate the mobile suit for combat without requiring instructions or reading a manual of any sort. If any pilot's brain receives too much data feedback from a vehicle or mobile weapon at one time their cerebral nerves are damaged and they bleed profusely from their nose.
The Alaya-Vijnana System is a feat that ALL PC's must have to operate Mobile Suits, Mobile Workers, or any type of Mobile Weapon. At most, players can have three (3) whiskers implanted into their character during a Zero Session or at the DM's discretion. For an Alaya-Vijnana System to be integrated successfully into a PC, players must save on a D20 roll. An unsuccessful integration of the Alaya-Vijnana System will result in the PC loosing a third of their health outside of their Mobile Suit (MS), and upon the failure of their third save, will die with no death saves. With each successful operation, the PC receives a bonus when operating their respective MS. PCs with one (1) successfully integrated whisker will receive no noticeable benefits, other than the ability to pilot ONLY their specific MS with zero to no issues. PCs with two (2) sucessfully integrated whiskers will double their movement speed when in their MS, as well as the ability to pilot their MS and other Mobile devices should the need arise. PCs with three (3) successfully integrated whiskers will double their movenent speed, have the ability to pilot other mobile devices, and advantage on all saving throws while in their MS.
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