This device was secreted within the newly formed Giles Academy in the years prior to the Second Robotech War and involved the use of confiscated samples of Protoculture. It functioned by using a Human being placed in a chair-like mechanism where they were fitted with sophisticated helmets that masked their eyes. This was the reason that the operators referred to it as the Black Box. Once equipped, the users had the ability to remotely take control of any mecha within transmission range. However, a noted problem was that this control lasted only for a few minutes before command reverted back to the pilot. Despite this being the case, the Manipulator left no trace of its presence within the computers of the controlled mecha.