Cyberswine

"Part machine, part cop."

- Cyberswine's catchphrase

Cyberswine is a cybernetic police officer and the star of the Australian 1995-1997 comic book series and the video game.

The voice actor for him in the video game is uncredited.

History
Cyberswine was a CyberCity cop named George Fox who had undergone a procedure that made him into a Mechanimal (i.e. Mechanical Animal) in 2070. The Chief of Police summoned him to Police Headquarters and partnered him with Lieutenant Sarah Lee. He decided to demonstrate the capabilities of his Combat Chip, Logic Chip, Public Relations Chip and Emotion Control Chip to the two of them.

Cyberswine and Sarah walked out of Police Headquarters and received much fanfare on the news. They prepared to start their orientation patrol. Sarah asked him if he was going to activate his PR Chip. He decided not to, because he was only talking to her. They got into an argument over Sarah's attitude, and she explained that the Chief partnered her with him as a part of her probation. When Cyberswine asked why, she explained that it was because she refused to take the Healthex vaccine. He had no idea what Healthex was and she was shocked at his ignorance. She asked him if he really wanted to know what Healthex was. He decided that he wanted to know, and she explained that the vaccine protects the person who takes it from all diseases. Cyberswine wondered why she would turn down something good. She retorted that she fights for herself and that they will lose their edge relying on technology.

At that moment, a Tech Prototype Courier Droid named Speedo appeared and spray-painted the word “PIG” on him. Sarah decided to pursue Speedo, and when Cyberswine tried to point out that they are not allowed to do anything like that on their orientation patrol, she asked him if he was coming with her or just going to stand there. He decided to come with her, and they boarded their AV (Air Vehicle).

As they pursued Speedo, Sarah pointed out the controls to Cyberswine. He considered calling the Chief to let him know what they were doing. He decided to call the Chief and explain the situation to him. The Chief went ballistic and said that Sarah was fired and Cyberswine was going to be made into a toaster. They considered a strategy to catch Speedo. Cyberswine decided to pull the AV up and land it at the spot Speedo was going to pass through. The plan worked, resulting in Speedo crashing into Cyberswine's hand and knocking him out. Cyberswine and Sarah considered how they were going to talk to Speedo. He decided to activate the PR Chip and treat Speedo nicely. Speedo was surprised by this and made a joke about Cyberswine being a pig. They arrested him and put him in the back of the AV.

They started heading back to Police Headquarters. Cyberswine decided to turn on the TV so that he can listen to politics. Sarah made it clear that she thinks that the political situation is messed up. Suddenly, their AV lost control. Despite Cyberswine's efforts, they had no choice but to go for a crash landing. As a result, they crashed the AV and lost consciousness.

When they came to, they met an ancient droid named Draino who had pulled them out of the AV. He explained to them that the world was undergoing a great change at this very moment. Sarah coughed up some blood, which prompted Cyberswine to perform a medical scan, and he revealed that she had a cracked rib. Cyberswine and Sarah hear the cries of a woman in distress. At the same time, Speedo showed up and taunted Cyberswine to chase after him. Cyberswine decided to ignore Speedo and go to the woman. They asked the woman why she was crying. She explained that her baby “disappeared” (i.e. disintegrated) right in front of her and that she was not feeling so good herself. Cyberswine's medical scan revealed that she had a virus that was causing her to disintegrate. She tried to beg them for help, but they could do nothing for her. Finally, she keeled over and died, disintegrating until there was nothing left but her clothes.

Cyberswine scanned the area for signs of life and found one healthy person. It was a teenage boy who was trying to help a dying old man. At that moment, a red rebel AV flew by, shooting at something. Cyberswine decided to go to the boy, but the boy stood up and ran off. Cyberswine and Sarah talked to the old man, who explained that his arms are on fire, his wife is dead and the whole city is dead. He begged them to kill him. Cyberswine was at a loss as to what to do. He decided not to kill the old man and tried to keep him talking. The old man finally died and disintegrated to nothing. Sarah scolded him for not killing the old man. Cyberswine tried to say that killing is against the law, but she countered that sometimes you have to bend the law to stay human. She then asked him to kill her if she comes down with the virus. He responded that if it comes to that, he will kill her and himself, because he is not sure that they will win this one.

The two cops went to the nearest Grid Station to find out how far the Grid Virus had spread. Cyberswine considered if he should check the national news or the global news. He decided to listen to the national news. The newscaster claimed that the virus is believed to be Ebola-4 and that the government is keeping it contained. However, both cops knew that the virus was far from contained.

Before they could do anything else, the face of a NetCop appeared on the Grid Station screen. The NetCop claimed that they were not authorized to access the Grid Station. Cyberswine wondered if he should try to bluff or tell the robot to stick it. He decided to try to bluff and convince the robot that he is on their side. Unfortunately, the NetCop soon figured out that he was an imposter and ordered him to stand by for immediate termination. Draino appeared to them again, and urged them to find the boy that they saw earlier.

A NetCop AV showed up and two NetCops appeared. Cyberswine considered trying to negotiate with them or just shoot them. He decided to negotiate with them and activated his PR Chip. He tried to convince them that he was on their side, but they stated that they knew who he was and that he would be terminated for the crime of being alive. Cyberswine had to decide whether to use a rocket or not. He decided not to, and he quickly created some cover for Sarah and him to hide behind. Sarah shot down one NetCop and Cyberswine pounced on the other one and punched it out. His examination revealed that the NetCops were robots. Not only that, but they were made out of materials that only the very rich could afford.

As Cyberswine and Sarah started running towards Police Headquarters, Cyberswine activated his Logic Chip to try to figure out who was behind all this. He was able to list the events in chronological order, but he did not have enough data to determine the identity of the person behind all this. He deactivated his Logic Chip.

The two cops find a locked hospital and four people at the entrance. Sarah explained to Cyberswine that they were Street People. These were people who lived in their own community, ignored the government and so on. They wondered how these people survived the Grid Virus. After considering if they should go up to them or move on, Cyberswine decided to go up to them. He considered if he should attack them or speak to them. He decided to speak to them. It turned out that the Street People had no idea what was going on, and they had come to the hospital because some of them had been wounded by the NetCops. Cyberswine and Sarah told them to stay at the hospital while they find a way to deal with this.

The two cops reached Police Headquarters, but found the front entrance guarded by NetCops. They went in through the back entrance. They came to the elevators, but they were locked. Cyberswine considered whether he should shoot open the elevator doors or not. He decided not to, and they took the stairs. They reached the control room, but discovered to their horror that all the cops are dead. Most of them were dead from the Grid Virus, but the others were shot by the NetCops. Sarah pointed out that the ones shot by NetCops were on probation like her, because they refused to to take Healthex. They saw the database nearby, and Cyberswine wondered whether he should use it or not. He decided to use it, and discovered that the database was being erased.

They went to the armoury to get some weapons. Cyberswine came across a list of names of cops on the honour roll. When he saw the name “George Fox” on the list, it caused him to have a flashback. They get attacked by three NetCops. They managed to shoot down those three. They went outside Police Headquarters and faced the NetCops there. Cyberswine decided to use a missile to send one flying into a row of AirBikes, causing a massive explosion that destroyed all the NetCops.

After that, they came across a warehouse. An AV piloted by NetCops dropped off some cargo. Cyberswine pondered over the decision of investigating the cargo or moving on. He decided to investigate and discovered that the cargo was a line of robots that were not NetCops.

As they continued to search for the boy, Cyberswine's scanners picked up a robot nearby. They leaped out, preparing to shoot...and discovered a small rat-like robot, sucking up clothes lying around like a vacuum cleaner. Cyberswine considered shooting the robot or leaving it alone. He decided to leave it alone, but he saw the Farmtech logo printed on it.

Cyberswine and Sarah had a discussion about the government. Cyberswine wondered if the government was behind this or not. He decided that they were not, because the NetCops had said that humans had been made obsolete. He concluded that the government had been taken down by somebody else.

Sarah decided that now was a good time to sit down and take a break. Cyberswine left her for a bit to go get some food for her. However, when he came back with food, he heard her scream. He hurried to her side, only to find her standing there alone. She denied screaming, but she was willing to eat the ham sandwich he found for her. They had a conversation about humans eating pigs, or more precisely, pig flesh. Sarah admitted that she eats pig flesh without batting an eyelash.

Then they heard a noise. They raced towards the source, which turned out to be machine gun fire. They also saw a boy nearby. Cyberswine had to decide if they should investigate the machine gun fire or the boy. He decided to investigate the boy. Unfortunately, it was a different boy and he was gunned by NetCops before Cyberswine could save him. Cyberswine shot down the NetCops and examined the boy's corpse. He saw that the NetCops had extracted the boy's brain from his body.

As they moved on, Cyberswine told Sarah that he was making too many mistakes and not thinking clearly enough. He had come to the conclusion that his computer chips were not good enough for the job. Then they came across a group of the pink robots that they saw at the warehouse earlier. Cyberswine shot down one, and pondered over the identity of the person behind all this.

They saw Draino at a nearby Grid Station and went up to him. Cyberswine had learned earlier that anyone who tries to access the Grid Stations will attract attention from the NetCops. Cyberswine wondered whether he should take Draino off the Grid Station or not. He decided not to, and wondered why the NetCops have not detected Draino. Draino explained to him that the NetCops can only detect organics accessing the Grid Stations, not robots. Draino also revealed that he knew the cop named George Fox, surprising Cyberswine. Sarah wanted to know where the boy was, but Draino responded that he would not betray him. Sarah responded by pulling out her gun and threatening to shoot him. Cyberswine got between them and had to decide whether to use force or not. He decided to activate his PR Chip and convinced Sarah to take a walk while he talks to Draino. When Sarah came back, an AV belonging to the NetCops showed up, causing Cyberswine to panic. But Draino explained that he used the Grid Station to remotely bring the AV to them for their use. Cyberswine asked him if there was nothing he could not do. Draino responded, “I cannot make you trust yourself, George.” Cyberswine was confused by that, but he had to get into the AV with Sarah.

As they flew the AV through CyberCity, Sarah suggested that they fly low, so that they could cover more ground and see the boy. At that moment, two AVs piloted by NetCops showed up and moved on their left side and right side. The NetCops wanted them to identify themselves and claimed that they were in violation of gravity laws. Cyberswine told them to go suck on a chip and asked Sarah if he should use heat-seeking missiles on them. She responded, “Whatever.” This prompted Cyberswine to wonder what was eating her. He decided not to use the missiles and resorted to pushing the other AVs into buildings.

They saw a figure down below and landed the AV. They thought it was the boy they were looking for, but it was Speedo. Sarah recommended that Cyberswine activate his PR Chip. Cyberswine decided to activate it, and tried to talk to Speedo with urban slang. It resulted in Speedo getting confused and then making fun of him. Speedo then explained that Draino told him to tell them that the boy they were looking for was at the harbour.

Cyberswine and Sarah made a quick stop to check on Sarah's mother, and then went to the harbour. Along the way, he started having a flashback of Future Towers and a scientist holding a scalpel. When they headed toward the harbour, they saw a figure that was apparently the boy they were looking for, so they landed the AV. Cyberswine saw more garbage-sucking robots, and considered shooting them. He decided not to, and pulled out the main processor of one of them. He scanned the processor with his sensors and found out that the person behind all this is using the Gateway Network to power the robots. He wanted to go to Gateway, but Sarah suggested that they find the boy first. Cyberswine was fine with that, because they needed someone's help to access the Gateway computers anyway.

But before they could do anything else, one NetCop appeared and shot Cyberswine twice, causing Cyberswine to lose his left hand in the process. Sarah ran behind the AV, and Cyberswine had to drag himself behind a pillar. He experienced another flashback as he was doing this. He deactivated the Combat Chip because he felt that it was useless. He activated the Logic Chip. It told him that he had to eliminate the sniper, and that he had two options. The first option was to activate the Combat Chip and shoot the sniper. The second option was to activate the PR Chip, fake a surrender and then shoot the sniper. Both options had a 30% chance of success. He decided to fake a surrender, but the NetCop shot him again. So Cyberswine simply got up, ran around the pillar and shot the NetCop.

Cyberswine and Sarah discussed their next move. They decided to continue searching for the boy and Cyberswine hoped to find someone who could fix his damaged left arm. Sarah told him to use his sensors, but he told her that he could not, because they were damaged in the fight. They got back into the AV and went to the harbour.

At the harbour, they finally found the boy carrying a box of electronics that he stole from a store. Cyberswine had to stop Sarah from shooting the boy. He wondered whether he should be nice to the boy or not. He decided to be nice and they introduced themselves to the boy. The boy introduced himself as Zak. They explained to the boy that they are last cops left, and Zak explained that he was trying to find his little brother. Zak offered to fix Cyberswine's damaged arm. Cyberswine was skeptical until Zak revealed that he knows electronics and repairing them like the back of his hand. Zak explained that he and his little sister Sam are hiding in the tunnels and Sarah told him to take them there.

As they followed Zak down the tunnel, Zak explained that he and whole family are members of Mensa, but Farmtech had taken their parents and little brother. Farmtech intended to use the brains of members of Mensa for an organic neuro-processor. Cyberswine recalled the young boy he saw gunned down by the NetCops and wondered if he should tell Zak about the boy. He decided against it, because he felt that it would be best not to upset Zak at this time.

When they got to Zak's hideout, Zak repaired Cyberswine's left arm without any difficulty. At that moment, Sam appeared and Cyberswine got to talk to her. Sam revealed that she had met Draino and Draino had told her a story. Cyberswine decided that he wanted to hear this story. The story was about three little pigs and a big bad wolf. The big bad wolf had killed the first pig who was completely organic as well as the second pig who was completely robotic. The third pig was both organic and robotic and has been attacked by the wolf...yet. Zak showed Cyberswine two CDs, which were a virus tracker and RAPID (Remote Automatic Processor Interference Device).

After Zak repaired Cyberswine’s sensors, Cyberswine activated his Logic Chip. Zak pointed out to Cyberswine that he should not use enhancer chips, because maliciously programmed ones could cause mind control, memory suppression, reflex inhibition and so on. However, Cyberswine was convinced that he needed it. Cyberswine had to choose between the NewsNet (for finding out how far the Grid Virus had spread) or the InfoNet (for finding out information on the virus).