Protos

A weapon against the Chaos, created by the Empire during the Chaos Zero Project. The Protos holds command authority in Chaos infiltration missions and enters the Chaos directly alongside agents. Possessing strong resistance to Chaos energy, a Protos has a certain degree of resistance to mental conditions like Breakdown and Oblivion, and retains spatial awareness within the Chaos. This allows them to navigate toward the Core. To destroy the Chaos Core completely, the Protos make direct contact with the Core and obtain the structural data. All information regarding Protos technology is classified and monopolized by the Empire. The SS Nightmare’s captain serves as a Protos within Arkhianon, the Protos Operations Division of Imperial Central Command. A Protos’s resistance to Chaos does not make them physically invulnerable: they can still be injured during an expedition and require medical treatment or extraction through a Life Core.