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[[File:BG SF base.jpg|thumb|Pike node A-51-241, used by [[Lycoris]] to create {{enemy name|Elisa|boss}}.]]

A '''Pike'''<ref>In the original version of the first [[Confidential Files]], the Pikes were called "Servitors" and compared to Shoggoth from the Lovecraftian creature. The original name was changed because it plagiarized the novella ''A Colder War''. For the full story, please read the [[Confidential Files]] article.</ref> (梭鱼, sometimes translated "Barracuda"<ref name=Singu>{{cite|gfl|sg|Last Resort I}}</ref>), ~~Шука~~ (~~Shuka~~) in Russian,<ref name=CF2>{{cite|cf2|part. 4}}</ref> is a mechanical construct externally similar to a natural lifeform<ref name=Bakery3 /> using [[Collapse Fluid]] as a fuel to generate a force field deconstructing nearby matter into atoms. Pikes were used as experimental weapons by the [[Soviet Union]] during the Cold War.<ref name=CF2 />

A '''Pike'''<ref>In the original version of the first [[Confidential Files]], the Pikes were called "Servitors" and compared to Shoggoth from the Lovecraftian creature. The original name was changed because it plagiarized the novella ''A Colder War''. For the full story, please read the [[Confidential Files]] article.</ref> (梭鱼, sometimes translated "Barracuda"<ref name=Singu>{{cite|gfl|sg|Last Resort I}}</ref>), Щука (Shсhuka, IPA: [ˈɕːukə]) in Russian,<ref name=CF2>{{cite|cf2|part. 4}}</ref> is a mechanical construct externally similar to a natural lifeform<ref name=Bakery3 /> using [[Collapse Fluid]] as a fuel to generate a force field deconstructing nearby matter into atoms. Pikes were used as experimental weapons by the [[Soviet Union]] during the Cold War.<ref name=CF2 />

The '''Pike Nodes''' (梭鱼节点), used to control Pikes and interface with the [[OGAS]] network before they were destroyed under the [[Relic Arms Limitation Treaty]] of 1981, are central to the plot of [[Girls' Frontline]].

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Pikes were produced by the [[Relic Technology|unknown civilization]] in production sites such as the one under the Nordhausen-Harz mountains in current Germany, known as the First Relic. This [[relics]] site was reproduced by the [[Soviet Union]] in the “Starfish” at the Tabasar-B Proving Grounds in 1950,<ref name=Bakery2>{{cite|bg|Secret Document 2}}</ref> and constructs brought back from the First Relic repaired themselves using nearby computers before devouring nearby matter. Though the Soviet didn't understand the physical properties at work behind this feat, they recognized it as an extremely powerful weapon.<ref name=CF2 />

The work of Professor Romansky of the Lomonosov State University in ~~Mosow~~ enabled to control these constructs.<ref name=Bakery3 /> With the help of an increased budget due to the [[United States]] entering the Relics arms race, the direction of the newly created 16th Directorate of the KGB dedicated to the Relics development effort and a state-of-the-art [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun Setun] ternary logic computer, the Tabasar-B Starfish automatically produced on 28 January 1961 a group of constructs that would be attracted to Collapse Fluid, and would consume it while decomposing metal objects into pure, mono-elemental powder. This new prototype weapon was called "Moron" (Идиот).<ref name=CF2 /> However, only 4 to 6 units could be produced per year due the a lack of understanding of the production technology and process.<ref name=Bakery3>{{cite|bg|Secret Document 3}}</ref>

The work of Professor Romansky of the Lomonosov State University in Moscow enabled to control these constructs.<ref name=Bakery3 /> With the help of an increased budget due to the [[United States]] entering the Relics arms race, the direction of the newly created 16th Directorate of the KGB dedicated to the Relics development effort and a state-of-the-art [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun Setun] ternary logic computer, the Tabasar-B Starfish automatically produced on 28 January 1961 a group of constructs that would be attracted to Collapse Fluid, and would consume it while decomposing metal objects into pure, mono-elemental powder. This new prototype weapon was called "Moron" (Идиот).<ref name=CF2 /> However, only 4 to 6 units could be produced per year due the a lack of understanding of the production technology and process.<ref name=Bakery3>{{cite|bg|Secret Document 3}}</ref>

===October Revolution Parade and Cuban Moron Crisis===

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 [[File:BG SF base.jpg|thumb|Pike node A-51-241, used by [[Lycoris]] to create {{enemy name|Elisa|boss}}.]]
-A '''Pike'''<ref>In the original version of the first [[Confidential Files]], the Pikes were called "Servitors" and compared to Shoggoth from the Lovecraftian creature. The original name was changed because it plagiarized the novella ''A Colder War''. For the full story, please read the [[Confidential Files]] article.</ref> (梭鱼, sometimes translated "Barracuda"<ref name=Singu>{{cite|gfl|sg|Last Resort I}}</ref>), Шука (Shuka) in Russian,<ref name=CF2>{{cite|cf2|part. 4}}</ref> is a mechanical construct externally similar to a natural lifeform<ref name=Bakery3 /> using [[Collapse Fluid]] as a fuel to generate a force field deconstructing nearby matter into atoms. Pikes were used as experimental weapons by the [[Soviet Union]] during the Cold War.<ref name=CF2 />
+A '''Pike'''<ref>In the original version of the first [[Confidential Files]], the Pikes were called "Servitors" and compared to Shoggoth from the Lovecraftian creature. The original name was changed because it plagiarized the novella ''A Colder War''. For the full story, please read the [[Confidential Files]] article.</ref> (梭鱼, sometimes translated "Barracuda"<ref name=Singu>{{cite|gfl|sg|Last Resort I}}</ref>), Щука (Shсhuka, IPA: [ˈɕːukə]) in Russian,<ref name=CF2>{{cite|cf2|part. 4}}</ref> is a mechanical construct externally similar to a natural lifeform<ref name=Bakery3 /> using [[Collapse Fluid]] as a fuel to generate a force field deconstructing nearby matter into atoms. Pikes were used as experimental weapons by the [[Soviet Union]] during the Cold War.<ref name=CF2 />
 The '''Pike Nodes''' (梭鱼节点), used to control Pikes and interface with the [[OGAS]] network before they were destroyed under the [[Relic Arms Limitation Treaty]] of 1981, are central to the plot of [[Girls' Frontline]].
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 Pikes were produced by the [[Relic Technology|unknown civilization]] in production sites such as the one under the Nordhausen-Harz mountains in current Germany, known as the First Relic. This [[relics]] site was reproduced by the [[Soviet Union]] in the “Starfish” at the Tabasar-B Proving Grounds in 1950,<ref name=Bakery2>{{cite|bg|Secret Document 2}}</ref> and constructs brought back from the First Relic repaired themselves using nearby computers before devouring nearby matter. Though the Soviet didn't understand the physical properties at work behind this feat, they recognized it as an extremely powerful weapon.<ref name=CF2 />
-The work of Professor Romansky of the Lomonosov State University in Mosow enabled to control these constructs.<ref name=Bakery3 /> With the help of an increased budget due to the [[United States]] entering the Relics arms race, the direction of the newly created 16th Directorate of the KGB dedicated to the Relics development effort and a state-of-the-art [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun Setun] ternary logic computer, the Tabasar-B Starfish automatically produced on 28 January 1961 a group of constructs that would be attracted to Collapse Fluid, and would consume it while decomposing metal objects into pure, mono-elemental powder. This new prototype weapon was called "Moron" (Идиот).<ref name=CF2 /> However, only 4 to 6 units could be produced per year due the a lack of understanding of the production technology and process.<ref name=Bakery3>{{cite|bg|Secret Document 3}}</ref>
+The work of Professor Romansky of the Lomonosov State University in Moscow enabled to control these constructs.<ref name=Bakery3 /> With the help of an increased budget due to the [[United States]] entering the Relics arms race, the direction of the newly created 16th Directorate of the KGB dedicated to the Relics development effort and a state-of-the-art [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun Setun] ternary logic computer, the Tabasar-B Starfish automatically produced on 28 January 1961 a group of constructs that would be attracted to Collapse Fluid, and would consume it while decomposing metal objects into pure, mono-elemental powder. This new prototype weapon was called "Moron" (Идиот).<ref name=CF2 /> However, only 4 to 6 units could be produced per year due the a lack of understanding of the production technology and process.<ref name=Bakery3>{{cite|bg|Secret Document 3}}</ref>
 ===October Revolution Parade and Cuban Moron Crisis===