COMP

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Background

A COMP, also known as an Arm Terminal, is a device commonly featured in the Megami Tensei franchise. It refers to the portable computer which many characters have used in order to communicate with, transport, and summon demonic entities using the Demon Summoning Program. It is one of the most common elements to appear in Megami Tensei games.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of the COMP in all games.

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei novels Akemi Nakajima carries a small hand-held computer with him at all times, which he uses to summon Cerberus at any time. Charles Feed also carries a similar device. Megami Tensei II The COMP serves the same purpose as it does in other games. Pazuzu also uses it as a means of communicating with the protagonist. The amount of demons the COMP can hold is increased once the protagonist's missing arm is replaced with a cybernetic one. Shin Megami Tensei The protagonist carries a COMP which he uses to communicate with demons. It houses the Demon Summoning Program designed by Stephen. Stephen later upgrades the protagonist's computer so that it can store more demons. Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE Each player character in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE carries a COMP. At the start of the game, the player can choose between two models. Snakeman upgrades the player's COMP once they become a Devil Buster. COMPs in IMAGINE can also come in a variety of vanity forms such as bracelets, glasses, rings, umbrellas, knuckle guards, gloves, digital books and PDAs. These have unique summoning animations and are usually acquired through the cashshop or in-game events. Shin Megami Tensei IV Flynn wearing the COMP on his left arm. “ A bracer worn by Mikado's Samurai. It functions a lot like smartphones, complete with Demon Summoning Program and map navigation. And like the phones Hunters use, Gauntlets also have onboard AI support. Gauntlets are installed with the "Burroughs" operating system. She provides various support features essential to Samurai. „ ~ Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse Notes, entry - "Gauntlet" The COMP returns in Shin Megami Tensei IV in the form of a gauntlet. Those who are to be tested whether they will become Samurai or not must pass the Gauntlet Rite.  All Gauntlets come with an assistant interface avatar called Burroughs, who is often referred to as a fairy. Burroughs guides Gauntlet users through demon data, application usage, navigation, among other functions within the limits of the Gauntlet's internal database. Mido aids with fusion and compendium data. Gauntlet users can also learn active skills from well-raised contract demons via the "Demon Whisper" ritual. The Hunters of Tokyo and the Ashura-kai use smartphones to summon demons. The Demonicas seen in the game are armor worn by the Counter-Demon Force and it is noted that the vambrace on the Demonicas resemble the Gauntlets used by the Samurai. Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse “ A hand-held computer and cell phone that is capable of running a variety of applications. - Calls - Send/Receive Emails & Texts - Creating Documents - Managing Info (schedules, addresses, etc) - Camera - Clock - Calculator Additional functions can be added by installing new apps. For Hunters, these apps are included by default: - Quest Management - Skill Management - Item Management - Party Management - Demon Summoning Program - Cathedral of Shadows - Demon Analysis - GPS - Report Missing People - Various Databases „ ~ Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalpyse Notes, entry - "Smartphone" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner The Devil Summoner Kyouji Kuzunoha comes equipped with heavily modified gun that has been integrated with a compact COMP system. The hybrid device is known as a "GUMP," which is a shortened term for Gun-COMP. Aside from its obvious purpose, it still functions like a regular gun. Sid Davis uses a COMP modeled after a bible. Concept art of the GUMP GUMP illustration The GUMP in the opening intro of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner The GUMP as seen in Soul Hackers Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers The GUMP reprises its role as the main demon utility device and primary sidearm, but has undergone a few cosmetic and functional improvements over time. Its use is now widespread among the majority of the active Devil Summoners. The protagonist's GUMP can be augmented with apps, allowing him to make use of various abilities such as being able to save anywhere or see how close enemy demons are. There is only 5 blocks of storage, however, with certain apps costing 2 blocks. Dyad fusion can be performed with the GUMP at any time outside of battle, but this is much more likely to result in an accident compared to fusion at the Goumaden. The GUMP is also incapable of Zoma and sword fusion. Most COMPs double as weapons. Aside from the GUMP, there are also COMPs modeled after guitars, parasols, saxophones and brass knuckles. Soul Hackers 2 Ringo's COMP. It is possible to customize the party's COMPs at a COMP smith, allowing them to be enhanced with special effects. Each COMP can have up to 5 special enhancements installed at a time. Unlike the previous Devil Summoner games, these COMPs enable their users to make use of their demons' abilities without summoning them directly. Summoners within the same party can share their demon stocks with each other, allowing them to effectively swap abilities mid-battle. Each summoner can have one demon equipped at a time, with their combat stats being based on both the summoner's stats and those of the demon. It costs one turn to switch an equipped demon, but this can be made immediate with the Commander Skill Convert. Ringo's COMP, Antikythera, has the special property of being able to perform Commander Skills and Sabbath attacks, the former of which must be purchased and installed at COMP smiths. Sabbaths can be augmented with Tandem skills. Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner Card Summoner has the Arm Comp, also referred to in the manual of the game as the Arm-Comp 2, which keeps track of the player's money and cards. The top panel of the Arm Comp comes in different colors. The Arm Comp has three operational modes. The Arm Comp's sections extend outward in "Put On mode," which as the name suggests allows the user to put the device on their wrist or take it off. "Normal mode" is where the device is in an inactive state. "Action mode" is where the Arm Comp activates for use in duels. In Action mode, the Arm Comp has a slot where cards are inserted during the Summon Stage of a duel. The device also features a holographic air screen, where the user can view card data, customize their deck, and access Summoner Net among other functions. The GUMP also appears in the game (albeit as an item card), in addition to a variant of the Arm Comp, the X-3, which is used by Takuya. Devil Survivor COMPs (short for Communication Players) bear a striking resemblance to the Nintendo DS (Nintendo 3DS in the 3DS remake). They were initially advertised as gaming consoles which allowed for web browsing, email and international online gaming. Its commercial tag line was "Play with people around the world!" Naoya gave the protagonist and his friends specially designed COMPs to survive the Tokyo Lockdown. Aside from the Demon Summoning Program, a secondary application called the "Harmonizer" tunes to the wavelengths of humans, making attacks effective against demons while lessening the damage taken from them. The Harmonizer affects all humans and demons that are within range of the COMP. COMP users came to be known as "Demon Tamers." The first time the Demon Summoning Program is initiated, a demon will emerge whose strength is proportionate to that of the user. A contract will not be forged until the tamer defeats said demon. Latter demons are obtained by participating in an online auction using Macca for purchase and contract enactment. The COMP's battery life is limited; since electricity was cut off in the lockdown area, the only way to keep a COMP functional is by charging it with a hand-crank dynamo. This was the main concern that the party had in the beginning. They received one such device from Keisuke. If the COMP runs out of battery power or breaks, a Demon Tamer loses their demon contracts and in turn will also make them vulnerable to demon attacks due to the disengagement of the mind link to the Harmonizer. The Demon Summoning Program can also go rampant, creating portals for demons to freely emerge from. Devil Survivor 2 The COMPs in Devil Survivor 2 are actually cell phones that have downloaded a demon summoning app, created by the Anguished One. Unlike the COMPs in the first Devil Survivor, these COMPs do not have much inhibitions at all aside from the fact that when destroyed, the Demon Tamers relinquish control of their demons.

Powers and Stats

Tier: Varies on the Demon Summoned

Name: COMP, Arm Terminal, GUMP

Origin: Megami Tensei

Classification: Arm Terminal, Demon Summoning System

Notable Wielders: Akemi Nakajima, Hideto, Stephen, The Hero, Tamaki Uchida, Nobu Akiyama, Aleph, Flynn, Devil Summoner Protagonist, Kyouji Kuzunoha, Keiji Minegishi

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Varies on the Demon Summoned (The COMP can store the data of and summon the likes of low level demons, who have access to Bufu skills, which can completely freeze opponents, and Agi skills, which can vaporize humans. It can also store and summon deity level demons, which all powerful and god level demons sustain a colloidal conglomeration of countless mini-universes, each centered around a powerful demon that is sustained by said demon and destroyed upon their death. It could also summon demons comparable to Morax, who created and rules over Sector Antila, a parallel universe contained within the Schwarzwelt, something that contains multiple overlapping dimensions, with Sector Antila being one of the variants of the different dimensions. It can even summon god level demons ranging from demons that can fight with the likes of Kagutsuchi, who created and sustains the Vortex world, which was resulted from him erasing the past, present and future of the universe, in order to construct the Vortex World in its foundations. Exists as the light that encompasses and administers all of creation within the Amala universe that is said to contain countless worlds along with being the source to creation with his defeat causing the destruction of the Amala universe. Merged the Demon World and the Divine World into the remnants of the human realm to create the Vortex World; the Demon World, best known as the Expanse, is a higher plane of existence that transcends past, present, and future. Along with even demons that can fight against YHVH, who is the progenitor of all gods and all religions from all around the world, existing as the one true original god. Turned all other gods in the pantheon into demons. He is viewed as an omnipotent existence that created everything A single manifestation head is so far beyond all of creation that not even his creations blades can harm him. YHVH is a being who created infinite universes, and exists beyond the very boundaries of time within the multiverse. Which would include planes such as Akarana Corridor a void that transcends time and space, with it requiring a special ritual to enter, where even the Herald of Yatagarasu cannot put Raidou into this place, putting it beyond even The Expanse a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse)

Durability: Unknown (COMPS are normally equipped across the persons body and rarely break from demon attacks)

Range: Hyper Multiversal (COMPS can summon demons from The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse)

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Powers and Abilities

Summoning (Has an arm terminal that accesses them to the demon summoning program, allowing them to recruit and summon demons), Data Manipulation & Information Manipulation (The COMP was created as a program designed to capture and analyze data, and record the data into the computer's memory so a user may summon a demon whenever), Sealing (Can suck demons into their arm terminal), Information Analysis (The Arm Terminal has a built in auto-map feature for all areas, incluidng areas in the expanse)

Social Influencing (The Moon Adult memory block raises the chance of talking in full moons. With Lady Killer, raises ability to speak with females), Save and Load (With the Back-Upper, allows one to save anywhere), Information Analysis (With the Navigation System, can see the names of buildings, along with the color of the name indicating if one is able to enter it or not. With Judgemental Eyes, displays enemy's affinities. With Honey Bee, displays all floors of the dungeon), Radar Sensing (With enemy sonar, displays the demon encounter rate), Healing (With Gulliver Magic, restores ones health every step. With Nurse Call, restores health when one summons in battle), Probability Manipulation (With Finders Keepers, raises after battle item drop rate), Fusionism (With Da Vinci, adds fusion search. With Albert, stabilizes normal fusions), Attack Reflection (With Back Mirror, prevents back attacks), BFR (With CAPS LOCK, limits low-level enemy encounters), Velocity Manipulation (With Mr. Surprise, raises chance of first strike)

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Other

Weaknesses: COMPs can have malfunctions when trying to translate unknown types translating only their raw data. There can exist zones that mess with a COMPs frequency making it unable to operate.

Gallery

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  The GUMP in the opening intro of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

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  GUMP illustration

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  Concept art of the GUMP

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