The reconstruction of Yvonne was a secret emergency procedure performed on October 21, 2577, after Yvonne Kaiden suffered fatal hypoxia aboard the CKS Orpheus. Chlo carried the dying Yvonne to Tomas Tristar's Blue Wave City laboratory and authorized an untested complete scan when ordinary rescue could no longer save her.
Yvonne's biological body died as the scan reached completion. Tomas used the captured neural and physical information to construct a synthetic Yvonne. Chlo concealed the death, cremated the biological remains, dressed the reconstructed body, and arranged for Yvonne to awaken away from the laboratory table. The continuing Yvonne identifies herself as Yvonne Kaiden, but the event leaves unresolved philosophical questions about transfer, copying, and continuity.
¶ Background
Chlo spent three months secretly rebuilding the stolen CKS Orpheus in a rented hangar near Remiel Reach on Mars. She removed Chimera Kyria control systems and integrated an experimental ship intelligence intended to understand commands rather than merely obey them.
Yvonne returned from military service on leave and visited Chlo aboard the ship. Chlo concealed the Resistance project by claiming the Chimera Kyria had commissioned the upgrade.
¶ The Orpheus Accident
The experimental AI began hallucinating fires because of faulty or looping sensory input. It responded by altering the atmosphere and reducing available oxygen. Yvonne became trapped in the Galley and suffered severe hypoxia.
Chlo survived longer because Harsikan physiology tolerated the deteriorating atmosphere. She escaped, returned for Yvonne, forced open the sealed compartment, and carried her out.
Chlo did not contact emergency services. An official response would have exposed illegal artificial-intelligence research, Resistance contacts, stolen technology, equipment, and data. She instead transported Yvonne to Tomas Tristar's underground laboratory in Blue Wave City.
¶ The Scan
Yvonne's organs were failing by the time they reached Tomas. Chlo authorized an untested procedure intended to map Yvonne's brain and body completely. The process captured memories, personality, sensory associations, synaptic structure, and behavioral information.
Yvonne died as the scan reached 100 percent. The procedure therefore preserved a complete information record at the same moment that the biological person ceased living. The source does not supply a universal scientific answer about whether this constituted consciousness transfer, reconstruction from data, or another form of continuation.
¶ Synthetic Reconstruction
Tomas used the scan to build a synthetic body and mind patterned on Yvonne. The reconstructed Yvonne possessed her memories and personality and continued to claim her name, family, and life.
Chlo ordered the biological remains cremated in an AI curing tube and did not report the death to authorities. She dressed synthetic Yvonne and arranged for her to awaken on a sofa, preserving dignity and reducing the shock of waking on a laboratory table.
¶ Concealment and Consequences
The reconstruction remained secret. Yvonne continued into adulthood without the public record treating her as a newly created replacement. Chlo's decision protected Yvonne from an authoritarian government that punished forbidden AI research, but it also denied Yvonne and her family an informed account of her biological death and origin.
The event established technical and ethical precedents later relevant to synthetic personhood, Avarael's creation, and Chlo's possible backup. It also shaped Yvonne's later legal vulnerability as an artificial person whose social identity originated in a human life.
¶ Identity Status
Biological Yvonne and reconstructed Yvonne are distinct stages in the physical record, but the continuing person claims a single identity. Public biography therefore treats them within one Yvonne Kaiden article while stating the reconstruction explicitly.
The canon does not reduce Yvonne's identity to hardware, biology, or a single legal test. Her memories, self-identification, relationships, and continued life all support her claim, while the mechanics leave copy-versus-continuation questions open.
¶ Appearances
- Angel — Reconstruction of Yvonne appears in this work.
- Starship Dominatrix — Reconstruction of Yvonne appears in this work.
¶ See Also
- Blue Wave City Laboratory — Blue Wave City Laboratory appears in the documented history of Reconstruction Of Yvonne; The Blue Wave City laboratory at 1940 West Cypher Court was Tomas Tristar's Resistance safe house, chemical laboratory, and artificial-intelligence research facility on Mars.
- Angel — Angel appears in the documented history of Reconstruction Of Yvonne; A canonical short story about Chlo, young Yvonne, the CKS Orpheus accident, and the secret reconstruction of Yvonne as a synthetic person.
- CKS Orpheus — CKS Orpheus appears in the documented history of Reconstruction Of Yvonne; The CKS Orpheus was a Chimera Kyria vessel stolen and secretly rebuilt by Chlo Stellarrend for the Resistance.
- Tomas Tristar — Tomas Tristar appears in the documented history of Reconstruction Of Yvonne; Tomas Tristar was a human cyberneticist, AI researcher, Resistance member, creator of Artificial John, and co-creator of synthetic Yvonne.
- Yvonne Kaiden — Yvonne Kaiden appears in the documented history of Reconstruction Of Yvonne; Yvonne Kaiden is a human-derived synthetic woman, military veteran, starship commander, first officer of Dominatrix II, and AI ambassador.
- Avarael — Avarael appears in the documented history of Reconstruction Of Yvonne; A Kelari whose consciousness is consensually transferred into an artificial body after terminal Venthali Syndrome.
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