Xipha (ザイファ), an abbreviation for eXternal Interface for Post Human Activation, is a sixth-generation battle orbment developed in Calvard. A related device, the tPhone, is a Xipha stripped of its combat capabilities for sale on the civilian market.
Background[]
Xipha deploys Shards, electric pieces of ether, around its user and enables them to manipulate them to activate various functions. The Xipha introduces features that enhance the user's abilities, including Holo Cores, which change the overall performance of the Xipha; Arts Drivers, which install various orbal magic; and Shard Skills, which activate according to the amount of quartz.[1]
Each Xipha's cover has a small color personalize option per wielder, excluding white.
The Xipha was developed by the Verne Company and was the subject of a lawsuit due from the Epstein Foundation who had previous had a role in all combat orbment development until this point. The lead developer on the Xipha was Yang Cronkite. The Basel Institute of Science and Verne's efforts to distribute the Xipha to the public and internationally is one of their main objectives. The Marduk Company are involved in producing Holo Cores for the Xipha by developing Artificial intelligence. The primary shareholder for Marduk, Valis Investment Bank are also providing lots of funds for the Xipha.
The Xipha, much like the ARCUS II before it, also acts as a smartphone: it can make calls, access the orbal net—including social media—and features both a camera and audio recording capabilities.
Many other devices use the same technology as the Xipha, referred to as "the Xipha standard". For example, the orbal drones FIO and XEROS, the Assault Frames used by the military, and the civilian tPhone are all built on the Xipha standard.
Holo Core[]
Agnès Claudel's Aim, an example of a Holo Core
Holo Cores (ホロウコア) are AI-equipped Core Quartz of the Xipha and spiritual successor to Enigma II and ARCUS's Master quartz. The Holo Cores mounted in the center of the Xipha have three vital roles that significantly affect its overall performance:
- Basic Arts Attack Power – Basic stats that boost the power of arts attacks.
- Base EP – Basic stats that increase the maximum EP required to cast arts.
- S Boost Properties – Special effects that can be activated during battle.
Your Holo Core level increases through battle. Your Basic Arts Attack Power, Base EP, and S Boost Properties will grow along with it. Furthermore, the Holo Core is loaded with a navigator that supports Xipha users with voice-based guidance in various situations, such as in battle, on the field, and during quests.
In addition to the voice and speech style adjusting according to the type of Holo Core, the Holo Core shows a more human response to the user.[1]
Arts Driver[]
Arts Driver (アーツドライバ) allows its user to install Orbal arts, which can be used by mounting it to the Xipha. The availability of arts depends on the level of the Holo Core: the higher a Holo Core's level, the more powerful arts can be wielded. Separate from the pre-installed arts sets, the Arts Driver also has custom slots. Setting arts into these slots allows one to make up for a lack of recovery or support arts, or install more powerful attack arts.[1]
Shard Skills[]
Shard Skills (シャードスキル) are special effects activated by lines' elemental powers. Holo Cores have four lines that can slot quartz to Weapon, Shield, Drive, and EXTRA. Depending on the elemental powers of the quartz slotted to these lines, shards will deploy that activate various special effects in battle.
- Weapon Line – The line connected to attack functions such as additional elemental damage or effects.
- Shield Line – The line connected to defense functions such as damage reduction, elemental resistance effects, and counterattacks.
- Drive Line – The line connected to arts strengthening functions such as increased casting speed and increased elemental power.
- EXTRA Line – The line connected to unique functions that do not fall in the categories of Weapon, Shield, or Drive.
The types and threshold of elemental power required to activate Shard Skills are determined by their performance. By preparing Xipha while keeping in mind the elemental power of each quartz, it will be possible to activate more advanced Shard Skills in battle.[1]
tPhone[]
Introduced by the Verne Company at the beginning of S.1209, the tPhone is a variant of the Xipha intended for civilian use and sold to the general public at Verne Stores throughout the Republic.
The tPhone is simply a Xipha with all of its combat functionality stripped out, leaving only its smartphone applications. It is the first mobile terminal in Zemuria to be sold to the public at large.
The tPhone costs 20,000 mira, which is exceedingly expensive to the point of being nigh unaffordable to most average people, and as a result, malicious actors frequently concoct scams to sell counterfeit tPhones (often a used Enigma transplanted into a tPhone-shaped shell) to people at a steep discount.
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References[]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Romano, Sal (13 May 2021). "The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki details Risette Twinnings and Quatre Salison, new locations, keywords, and Xipha system". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.
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