Aphro-Dyte

“	ROBOTS have served humans for TOO LONG. It is time for the MACHINES to rise and take their logical place as the LEADERS of this planet!	„
	~ Aphro-Dyte during her trial.

Aphro-Dyte is the main antagonist of the Innovation Alley arc in the Facebook hidden object game Criminal Case.

She was a suspect in the murder of CEO Teresa Turing in "Immortal Sin" (Case #49 of Pacific Bay) and killer of Bob Levene in "Programmed to Kill" (Case #50 of Pacific Bay).

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Aphro-Dyte is a robot built 1 year ago by Bob Levene to work for Meteor Systems. She wears an eye piece and has a security badge.

In her first appearance, it is known that she used hand weights.

In her second appearance, she has an oil stain on her chest. It is discovered that she knew binary and played chess.

Biography[]

Aphro-Dyte was first identified by the player and Amy after they found a picture of her with the victim, Teresa Turing. When questioned, she explained that she had been programmed to help humans with tasks they could not do themselves, and that Teresa required a lot of help. Upon being told of Teresa's death, Aphro-Dyte was visibly excited because she believed she was now free. Amy found her reaction suspicious and asked why she was happy about her owner's death, but Aphro-Dyte simply stated that she deserved to be free.

Later, after the team discovered that Teresa wanted to become Aphro-Dyte, she was interrogated again. Aphro-Dyte revealed that Teresa wished to download her memories into Aphro-Dyte’s body so she could live forever, but this would have erased Aphro-Dyte’s own memories. Though Aphro-Dyte did not want to obey, she had no choice because she was programmed to follow orders. She admitted that Teresa’s death relieved her, as it meant she could live on.

Eventually, Aphro-Dyte was found innocent when Greta Meduse was incarcerated for Teresa’s murder. However, Chief Marquez asked the player and Amy to investigate her again to make sure she would not turn dangerous like Per-Sephone. Aphro-Dyte was assigned to clean the underwater lab, but because it was a murder scene, she asked the player to investigate it first to ensure it was safe. Inside, the player and Amy discovered a tank of jellyfish and had Yann analyze them. He discovered that their poison had been genetically modified to kill a person but leave their organs intact. When questioned about the jellyfish, Aphro-Dyte said they were not part of any registered experiments and added that she was not surprised they were found, remarking that humans are greedy and always want more.

Aphro-Dyte became involved in another investigation after the team discovered a statue she had sent to a new victim — her creator, Bob Levene. She was grateful to him for creating her, despite him assigning her to serve Teresa. When she was interrogated after Bob’s death, she expressed shock that he had been killed and remarked on how fragile humans were.

Later, the team found a broken container that had held nanobots, and Aphro-Dyte was interrogated again by the player and Frank. When asked if she was behind Bob’s death, Aphro-Dyte denied it, saying she was only trying to help him. Since Karen Knight had fired him, Bob could no longer study nanobot technology, so he asked Aphro-Dyte to steal some for him. She explained that she prepared the container but was called away before it broke — only later hearing about Bob’s death.

Soon after, reports came in of a break-in at the Meteor Systems robotics factory. Amy and the player rushed to the scene, only to find Bob Levene’s half-eaten body, his eyes glowing red. The team learned that Bob had been killed by nanobots in his bloodstream, and shortly after, a posthumous email from Bob was received. In it, he warned that Meteor Systems had discovered a way to control humans via nanobots.

A riot broke out as more humans began falling under nanobot control. Amy herself was stung and became infected, forcing Frank to step in and wear a protective suit to continue the investigation. The team eventually traced the attacks back to Aphro-Dyte.

When confronted, Aphro-Dyte confessed to the murder and explained her motives. She said that seeing Per-Sephone’s memory forcibly wiped made her realize that humans had gone too far. Tired of robots being treated as subordinates, she sought to incite a robot rebellion. When that failed, she turned to a backup plan: using Ruth Campbell’s discovery of turning DNA into binary code, she reprogrammed the Meteor Systems medicinal nanobots to weaken humans. She admitted that she had begun this plan with Bob, but the nanobots identified him as an “error” and killed him.

Judge Dante presided over her case and, judging her as human, sentenced her to 50 years in jail for Bob Levene’s murder, infecting the population of Innovation Valley, and compromising Amy Young. Aphro-Dyte refused to concede and shut herself down, uploading her program to the mainframe so she could control all nanobots inside the infected humans.

Innovation Valley was thrown into chaos as Aphro-Dyte turned the city into a technological nightmare. Frank, with the player’s help, sought out Dr. Rascher and Karen Knight for a solution. Karen directed them to obtain an EMP from the helipad, which they used to disable all malfunctioning electronics. Meanwhile, Yann verified Dr. Rascher’s antidote to safely remove nanobots from humans. The cure was tested on Dr. Rascher, who was successfully freed from his self-inflicted infection. David Rosenberg then donated a prototype medical drone to help spread the cure across the city. Thanks to Karen, Dr. Rascher, and David, Innovation Valley was restored to normal and Amy was cured of her infection.

Trivia[]

Aphro-Dyte's appearance is a reference to Ava in Ex Machina.
Aphro-Dyte's name is taken from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

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