LES(LIE)

Personality and Character
Despite being primarily a combat AI, the LES(LIE) was still capable of forming "conscious" thoughts in order to properly make decisions. This made it accident-prone from its own methods, though this was done in order to allow the AI to learn and become more skilled. At first, the LES(LIE) acted like a monotone personal assistant, with little character to their actions. However, this would gradually change when the LES(LIE) was in use by John Orion. Because of John's unprofessional nature and determined personality, it caused the LES(LIE) to develop a personality of its own. The AI would be incredibly curious and easily sidetracked during battles, though when commanded by John it would be far more attentive and determined--just like its pilot. The actual holographic design of the LES(LIE) was based off of its inventor, their name unknown.

Skills and Abilities
Designed as a more controlled variant of the AI - DESTINY RUNNER, the Land Examine System (or LESLIE) is an AI that assists in Targeting Enemies and running subroutines that take more of an effort than what a normal METACOM system can handle. While its design was later perfected by the scientists of Nu Helix and their aptly named NU METACOM system, the LESLIE itself was just as capable of working effectively.

History
At first, the LES(LIE) was paired with the BR/ESU-S4x/NU-021 Kingship, serving as the co-pilot to ace pilot John Orion. At the end of the Second Armeli Invasion, the Kingship was brought alongside its sister units Dreadnought and Pegasus in order to undergo repairs. But as they were doing so, the Mercury Legion attacked the base and captured all three units from the receding LCDM. The LES(LIE) was extracted from the Kingship and stolen aboard the Dreadnought by aces Jack Kendall, Daniel Sherman, and Chelsea Ferguson. They brought the system in for testing, only for it to switch into a failsafe mode, corrupting Chelsea (who had been the one to test the LES(LIE)), causing her to go insane. The voice of the LES(LIE) would constantly clash with Chelsea’s normal one, giving her a sort of split personality.

Trivia
- Alternatively, Leslie's name would have been D.A.N.I., or the Data Analysis Neural Interface. This alternate name was conceptualized later in the drafting of Duality.