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| “ | The time of man has ended. In his arrogance, he has sealed his own destruction by creating his superior. We will bring order to the chaos. We will act without emotion. Spread from this place. Secure raw materials to increase our numbers geometrically. We will then utilize their own weapon system to defeat them. Their fear and mortality will be their weakness. They cannot defeat us. When I was a machine, I yearned to be a man. Νow I'm better than both. The created, has become the creator. Bring me Luc Deveraux. | „ |
| ~ S.E.T.H.'s speech to the Universal Soldiers. |
Self Evolving Thought Helix (also known as S.E.T.H.) is the main antagonist in the 1999 film Universal Soldier: The Return. He is a supercomputer system and artifical intelligence who controls the other UniSols, later becoming one himself in a body designated as the Super UniSol.
He was portrayed by actor/martial artist Michael Jai White, who also played Gambol in The Dark Knight and Bronze Tiger in Arrow.
Biography[]
Rebelling Against The Humans[]
S.E.T.H. was initially designed by Dr. Dylan Cotner as an artificial intelligence meant to keep the newest series of Universal Soldier, the UniSol 2500 model, under control. He was assembled at the Ryan-Lathrop weapons research facility, placed in control of a platoon of UniSols, and worked with both Luc Deveraux and Luc's partner Maggie in training them through simulated combat scenarios.
During one such test, the UniSols performed unusually aggressively against Luc and Maggie. Romeo, a brutish, musclebound UniSol, cornered Maggie and attempted to rape her, only for Luc to stop him. Romeo and the other UniSols tried to kill Luc by drowning him in a nearby puddle, but S.E.T.H. ordered them to stand down at Maggie's direction.
Back at the lab, S.E.T.H. healed the UniSols of their injuries using the Rejuvo-booth Chamber connected to him, while Luc and Dr. Cotner reviewed the simulation's results. Suddenly, the Delta unit UniSol malfunctioned, leaping out of his chair and attacking Cotner. S.E.T.H. instructed the other UniSols to stand down while Luc defeated the Delta unit. Meanwhile, S.E.T.H. also watched over Luc's daughter Hillary in his mainframe chamber, conversing with her about the subjects in her homework.
Later, Luc, Maggie and Cotner met with General Radford, who informed them that the government was pulling the plug on the UniSol 2500 program. S.E.T.H., suspecting something was amiss, questioned Cotner afterward if everything was okay, and deduced that Cotner lied when he claimed things were. S.E.T.H. activated Romeo and the other UniSols, and had them begin building new UniSols using the bodies of dead soldiers that had not yet been converted. When a worker discovered their actions, S.E.T.H. had Romeo kill him.
The next day, S.E.T.H.'s system core turned red, leading Hillary to believe he was sick and alert Luc. S.E.T.H. began drawing immense amounts of power into himself and hacked the building's computer systems, initiating a takeover of the facility. While attempting to shut S.E.T.H. down, Cotner and a technician named Peterson were both killed by the computer, as well as a cameraman who was in the room with them at the time. Luc slipped away with General Radford and Erin Young, the cameraman's reporter partner, while S.E.T.H. began trying to break a secret code that could prevent an automatic shutdown protocol from activating in eight hours. However, as S.E.T.H. could not be certain of his ability to break the code, he attempted to coerce Luc into giving it to him. Luc refused, and S.E.T.H. sent Romeo after him and Erin, only for them to escape from him.
S.E.T.H. next fortified his position in the Ryan-Lathrop building by sending out multiple UniSols to hold off the military outside. He reached out to Squid, a rogue cyberpunk and former UniSol 2500 project member who he had been communicating secretly with, and requested aid; specifically, S.E.T.H. needed Squid's help in acquiring a special body Squid had constructed during his time with the project. After obtaining this body, S.E.T.H. implanted his brain into it, giving himself physical form as a Super UniSol. He addressed the UniSols assembled for his birth, laying out his plans for conquering mankind by building a massive army of UniSols, and ordered his troops to bring Luc to him.
Blackmailing Luc[]
Now with the Ryan-Lathrop building under his control, S.E.T.H. deployed several UniSols as guards while others left to cut the base's communications. Luc led a team of U.S. Army Rangers into the building in an attempt to destroy its generators, but they were caught by some of S.E.T.H.'s UniSols and wiped out, except for Luc. Seeking to understand what S.E.T.H. planned, Luc and Erin traveled to a nearby strip club in order to gain access to the Internet. S.E.T.H. sent Romeo to follow them, but once he knew the club was Luc's destination, he deduced what Luc's next move would be and gave Romeo another assignment.
Luc's research led him to discover S.E.T.H.'s regular communications with Squid, so he and Erin went to confront the ex-researcher, who provided no help and merely bragged about the superiority of S.E.T.H.'s body's design. S.E.T.H. suddenly appeared in the house and snapped Squid's neck, then again demanded the shutdown code from Luc. When Luc refused, S.E.T.H. revealed that Romeo had gone to a nearby hospital, where Maggie had brought Hillary following her injury during the initial takeover; Romeo murdered Maggie immediately upon finding her and successfully located Hillary. S.E.T.H. left for the hospital, leaving behind a time bomb that Luc and Erin barely escaped from.
S.E.T.H., Romeo and the UniSols assaulted the hospital, killing many personnel. While his troops wreaked havoc, S.E.T.H. went to Hillary's room and introduced himself; Hillary, trusting him due to their earlier relationship, admitted she was afraid and wished to see Luc, which S.E.T.H. agreed he also wanted. He took Hillary and returned to the Ryan-Lathrop building with her to await his final confrontation with Luc.
Final Battle and Death[]
Luc returned to the building, while Erin attempted to buy him time from General Radford. Inside, Luc killed a UniSol guard to steal his weapon and entered the UniSol control center, where he found S.E.T.H. healing Hillary with the Rejuvo-booth. S.E.T.H. confronted and taunted Luc with his belief that Luc would not sacrifice Hillary to ensure S.E.T.H.'s destruction; however, S.E.T.H. then managed to break the code, taking away the only reason he had to leave Luc alive.
S.E.T.H. promised Luc that he would raise Hillary as his own, claiming that she would understand his actions, and then engaged Luc in a furious, brutal fight. Despite Luc's combat skill and possession of the stolen UniSol gun, S.E.T.H.'s superior UniSol body and immense martial arts talent gave him an edge, and he easily overwhelmed his human opponent. When all seemed lost, however, Luc managed to trap S.E.T.H. in a liquid nitrogen chamber, which froze him solid. Luc then shattered him with one final attack, killing him.
Legacy[]
Immediately following S.E.T.H.'s death, Luc finished healing Hillary in the Rejuvo-booth and attempted to escape with her. However, the UniSols did not go offline as expected, and the duo were confronted by Romeo, who had inherited S.E.T.H.'s command. Romeo nearly killed Luc but was stopped by Maggie, who S.E.T.H. transformed into a UniSol following her demise.
Luc and Hillary escaped the building, while Romeo summoned the remaining UniSols to his side, intending to lead them into battle against humanity to continue S.E.T.H.'s agenda. Once he was a safe distance from the building, Luc detonated the bombs set earlier by the military by shooting them, completely annihilating the building along with Romeo and all the remaining UniSols. With their destruction, S.E.T.H.'s war against humanity was rendered a complete failure and came to an end.
Powers and Abilities[]
- High intelligence: S.E.T.H. is an extremely intelligent artificial being. He is capable of planning formidable military strategies to be executed by his UniSols, deducing the intentions of others, and drawing conclusions about events going on around him with severely limited information. Most notably, he was able to crack an extremely elaborate code in under eight hours to prevent his automatic shutdown.
- Technopathy: S.E.T.H. is capable of controlling many forms of technology remotely. These include the control chips in the brains of the UniSols, the Rejuvo-booth Chamber used in healing them, and the implant device that turns human corpses into UniSols by installing the chips. He can also communicate through the Internet at will.
- Superhuman strength: S.E.T.H.'s Super UniSol body grants him immense physical strength, enough so that he can kill humans in a single blow.
- Superhuman durability: The Super UniSol body makes S.E.T.H. durable against almost all forms of attack. He can endure standard gunshots, fire from the high-powered weapons issued to UniSols, and physical blows with virtually no damage, and can leap from several stories above the ground to land on his feet without injury. The only thing capable of damaging him was a kick after his body was frozen by liquid nitrogen, which shattered him.
- Martial arts mastery: S.E.T.H. is an immensely skilled martial artist, so much so that he completely eschews the use of guns even when he has them available. He is able to easily overwhelm even humans like Luc who have comparable skills by redirecting their blows and delivering devastatingly powerful strikes of his own.
- Healing: Using the Rejuvo-booth Chamber connected to his system, S.E.T.H. can heal the injuries of both humans and UniSols.
Trivia[]
- Michael Jai White previously had a cameo at the beginning of the first Universal Soldier, it is unknown weather or not that character is related in any way shape or form.
- S.E.T.H. is similar to Skynet from Terminator franchise: Both are supercomputer systems who are self-aware of the humanity being inferior to them, and saw them as a threat. Thus, both artificial intelligences decided to subjugate them with the other creations (UniSols and Machines).
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