Mockingbird

Adam Golaski meets the mockingbird of his daughter.

A mockingbird is a robot or other machine that has had a brain scan uploaded to it by the WAU, turning it into a sentient reconstruction of one the original person.

Most mockingbirds are not humanoid, and the dissonance between the mockingbird's form and the crew member's mind usually sends the crew member into a catatonic or otherwise insane state, often unaware that they are inside a robot.

Appearances

Adam Golaski's Mockingbird

Adam Golaski has a conversation with his Mockingbird.

In Item #4017 is described the encounter between Adam Golaski and his own mockingbird.

Jacob Halperin's Mockingbird

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Adam Golaski distracts Jacob Halperin's Mockingbird.

In Transmission #1, while venturing through Upsilon, Adam Golaski finds the mockingbird of Jacob Halperin, a former co-worker from Omicron.

Vigdis Jonsdottir's Mockingbird

The final moments of Vigdis Jonsdottir's mockingbird.

At Upsilon, Simon Jarrett finds a mockingbird feeding off energy from a control board. When Simon disconnects it, the mockingbird begins pleading with him to reconnect it before dying. This mockingbird can be identified as Vigdis Jonsdottir who was the dispatcher at Upsilon.

Carl Semken's Mockingbird

Carl Semken's mockingbird can be found stuck on a conveyor belt. It is delusional in its belief that it is human. Simon Jarrett can not convince it and repeated attempts frustrate it. The mockingbird will wail in agony if the power breaker is flipped as power courses through it.

Catherine Chun's Mockingbird

A damaged Catherine stares at Simon Jarrett.

At Lambda, Catherine Chun's brain scan is found initially uploaded into a robot unit. She has Simon Jarrett take her Cortex chip and attach it to an Omnitool

Robin Bass' Mockingbird

At Theta's entrance, Simon Jarrett can find Robin Bass' mockingbird. It believes that it is inside of the ARK but is perplexed that there aren't any other people, though it enjoyed meeting Simon. It expresses concern at the possibility that it may not be in the ARK. Simon doesn't have the heart to tell it that it isn't. She panicks if her power source is removed but then deactivates.

Javid Goya's Mockingbird

At Delta, Simon finds a UH3 which harbors the brain scan of Javid Goya. It is completely delusional, not directly acknowledging Simon Jarrett's presence and believing that he is merely remotely controlling the universal helper using the pilot system.

Others

• Item #4510 describes the mockingbird of Gavin Finley, a worker from Upsilon.
• At the Upsilon Communications room, calling site Theta will result in a brief one-way conversation with the mockingbird of Peter Strasky who was Theta's dispatcher, stating that there is something better here, it's here.
• On his path to Lambda, Simon comes across several universal helpers which have brain scans uploaded into them, some are passive while others will attempt to attack Simon on sight.
• If Simon attempts to call Zeppelin 216, he will make contact with the brain-scan of Alan Waldeck, who panics about being surrounded by water and drowning before the Zeppelin malfunctions and ceases to respond.
• At the Theta labs, the DUNBAT revealed itself to be a mockingbird. It lashed out in anger after the initialization sequence while cursing Catherine's name, ultimately causing the vessel to free from its dock and fall into the ocean below. It is presumed that the WAU was the one who uploaded the brain scan into the DUNBAT after a structure gel leak.

Trivia

• The Construct likely, though not necessarily, has a brain scan. According to the official artwork for SOMA, it possesses one of a brown-haired woman.