GLaDOS vs. ARIIA
GLaDOS
(Genetic Lifeform and Disc Operating System)
"Okay, look: We both said a lot of things that you're going to regret, but I think we can put our differences behind us; for science... you monster."
Background
The guiding intelligence of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center, GLaDOS was the result of artificial intelligence experimentation. Shortly after activation, GLaDOS flooded Aperture Science's facilities with lethal neurotoxins, killing nearly everyone inside. While violently passive-aggressive and narcissistic, GLaDOS has continued to advance Aperture's scientific endeavors via ultimately lethal human testing.
Weapons
- Sentient, mobile turret guns
- Neurotoxin
- Missile turrets
- Lasers
- Psychological manipulation
-Numerous scientific devices
Armor
- Aperture Science's location: abandoned salt mine
- Emancipation Grills (energy fields that "emancipate"--or disintegrate--unauthorized objects)
Skills/Abilities
- Genius-level, multi-tasking intellect
- Control of Aperture Science facilities and automatons
(Genetic Lifeform and Disc Operating System)
"Okay, look: We both said a lot of things that you're going to regret, but I think we can put our differences behind us; for science... you monster."
Background
The guiding intelligence of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center, GLaDOS was the result of artificial intelligence experimentation. Shortly after activation, GLaDOS flooded Aperture Science's facilities with lethal neurotoxins, killing nearly everyone inside. While violently passive-aggressive and narcissistic, GLaDOS has continued to advance Aperture's scientific endeavors via ultimately lethal human testing.
Weapons
- Sentient, mobile turret guns
- Neurotoxin
- Missile turrets
- Lasers
- Psychological manipulation
-Numerous scientific devices
Armor
- Aperture Science's location: abandoned salt mine
- Emancipation Grills (energy fields that "emancipate"--or disintegrate--unauthorized objects)
Skills/Abilities
- Genius-level, multi-tasking intellect
- Control of Aperture Science facilities and automatons
ARIIA
(Autonomous Reconnaissance Intelligence Integration Analyst)
"We told you to run. We are everywhere."
Background
A self-aware supercomputer constructed as a part of the US Department of Defense, ARIIA went rogue after a botched anti-terrorist mission, deciding that the Executive branch of the United States government needed to be replaced. Manipulating government officials and civilians alike to forward her goals, ARIIA earned her place as a lethal mastermind before being destroyed.
Weapons
- MQ-9 Reaper drones
- Coerced humans
- Electrical devices
Armor
-The Department of Defense facility housing ARIIA
Skills/Abilities
- Genius-level, analytical intellect
- Psychological coercion
- Control over electronic devices, including power lines
(Autonomous Reconnaissance Intelligence Integration Analyst)
"We told you to run. We are everywhere."
Background
A self-aware supercomputer constructed as a part of the US Department of Defense, ARIIA went rogue after a botched anti-terrorist mission, deciding that the Executive branch of the United States government needed to be replaced. Manipulating government officials and civilians alike to forward her goals, ARIIA earned her place as a lethal mastermind before being destroyed.
Weapons
- MQ-9 Reaper drones
- Coerced humans
- Electrical devices
Armor
-The Department of Defense facility housing ARIIA
Skills/Abilities
- Genius-level, analytical intellect
- Psychological coercion
- Control over electronic devices, including power lines
The Winner!!
While ARIIA's mental faculties and her control over electronic devices make her a formidable opponent, Pop Culture Combat's panel of judges has announced GLaDOS as the uncontested winner, here. With a strategically superior lair, scientific equipment that pushes the boundaries of physics, and an intelligence at least as great as ARIIA's, GLaDOS might be thrown off momentarily by some of her electrical equipment being usurped, but would undoubtedly rally as soon as the nature of ARIIA's manipulative powers was discovered. From there, GLaDOS' superior technological capabilities would mean certain defeat for her opponent.