The battle between Marina Czevak and the idiotically-named Weather Report had exhausted the former and 'killed' the latter. Now, Marina was recovering Essence, preferably by eating large amounts of food; she preferred organic, but would gladly take junk; she had a Solar's physique, after all; mundane food could not harm her anymore, thanks to the improved metabolism of Exalts like her.<br/><br/>Speaking of Exalts' superior qualities, Marina took the time she spent in sickbay, as well as the time the Midway took to New Mombasa, to resume work on her project for Casteless Mechanicals/Alchemicals (she liked the latter term, okay?). Spreading the benefits of Exaltation to mundane folk had always been her ambition, and with finding out about the Geth Mechnical Exalted from both the initial Geth Invasion, and then Legion's revelations, well...<br/><br/>...Let's just say this, she was obsessed. It was Compassion that drove her the foremost, but also Pride and Ambition (capitalized). She wanted to do something that was both beneficial to sapientkind, and yet also raised her above even other Exalted, and making a new Exalt type would propel her to that height. Part of her mind rebelled against her putting herself on the level of 'Gods', but the only God Marina believed in was<span style="font-style: italic">agape</span>love, and she believed that the latter would not see ordinary humans becoming Exalted as a bad thing.<br/><br/>But, first, how to make Casteless Mechanicals? It was similar to making a Cyborg, but not the same; to be a<span style="font-style: italic">real</span>Exalted, one needed the Spark of Exaltation, essentially an add-on to the 'Soul' that allows one to do magical kung-fu. But, Exaltation, like the Mass Relays, was a science that was not only unknown to the galactic populace, but a taboo subject, one that got its proponents laughed at.<br/><br/>So, she would have to do this herself; basically, do experiments on her own body and soul, in order to see if she can duplicate the Exaltation? No, that couldn't be; surely there must be an easier way. After all, the Geth AI, Autocthon, was able to make new Exaltation Sparks, and, gyah, Marina was going to have to overcome her taboo of talking with Geth. Getting up, she then went to where 042 was, and spoke:<br/><br/>"042! Please tell me how Autocthon makes new Exaltations! Also, another question: would grafting Mechanical Exalted's parts onto people grant them part of one's Exaltation? Third, Legion mentioned a Mechnical Exalted named<span style="font-style: italic">Elegant Nova of Glorious Progression</span>, who's one of your foremost scientists. Can you get me in contact with her, huh, please?" Marina's tone was now wheedling.