Talk:Lotus/@comment-124.82.126.77-20140511154732/@comment-50.103.35.76-20140602045239

"Someone doesn't need to be an AI for hacking terminals. You just need a device with a virus or a backdoor program just to have access to the computers. Then you can control the computer with your own computer and the device as a remote connector."

Except Lotus always explicitly refers to the object you're carrying as if it contains her specifically.

Given that she used to refer to Lotus as "The Lotus", I suspect she was always intended to be an AI from the start, initially serving The Lotus before being retconned into that entity. There may be many Lotus AIs working in conjunction with each other, which would explain why she would be so capable at providing mission support and yet so hard to pin down.