Project Archetype

Project Archetype was a project commissioned by Devlin Medical Technologies to one of its divisions known as Stanton Research with the purpose of using the Nanite technology they were given by the government. It was headed by Doctor Richard Poole.

History
The purpose of the of the experiment was the study of the nanite programming in order to increase the complexity of the nanite interactions. The project would eventually use the nanite programming to create building blocks for a self sustaining entity. In essence, the Human researchers managed to create a Replicators though the term was somewhat inaccurate as the replication programming was removed which meant that the mechanical units possessed a limited capacity to repair themselves. This meant that projectile weapons were capable of harming the units, however, they were impervious to ARG weaponry.

Two Human Form Replicators were created as part of the project. One was female in appearance and bsed upon Eva Dixon, a colleague of the Doctor who died in a car accident a year before. This unit was capable of perfectly emulating Human behavior as social interaction and served as the Doctor's personal assistant. The second unit was male in appearance and possessed more military based programming but was set in a defensive mode which meant it would not act unless its existence was threatened.

In 2008, the male unit went out of control when Dr Poole attempted to shut it down in order to escape the investigations of the IOA which highlighted the existence of the project to John Sheppard when the Replicator Eva Dixon approached him to ask for his help.

Background
The Replicator units created as part of the project emitted a unique energy signature that allowed them to be tracked until they became aware of this and began masking their signal. Furthermore, the nanite replication technology required shipments of Neutronium to be shipped to the facility in order to add in the construction of more nanites.