NICOLE

NICOLE is the name of the artificial intelligence program usually resident in Sally Acorn's hand-held computer from a possible future of Mobius that has since been destroyed. She's incredibly versatile and able to interact with and manipulate most machinery and computer systems due to her advanced technology and is capable of mental and emotional growth. Due to the latter, she has gradually become more and more lifelike in demeanor during her time interacting with the Knothole Freedom Fighters. Eventually she herself desired to "live" as they do and developed a complex holographically simulated body that can be projected where resources are available.

NICOLE's personality was originally logical and to-the-point, and she seemed lacking in autonomy. As time went on, NICOLE became more lifelike, most notably developing a sense of humor. This is shown in her tendency to give Sonic little jolts of electricity when he tries to use her, and in her mocking smugness at Rotor's failure to breach the firewall set in place by his own future self. For all of that, she remains a loyal member of the Freedom Fighters, having helped save Sally and the others from fates such as Roboticization.