Well, the Soldier does have two memories of during the war, where it had two real arms. The timeline is still kind of unclear in its head as to when exactly it got captured and lost the arm... definitely after at least some war had happened. But this is so very clearly before the war, given that mentality.
"I don't know." The Soldier shakes its head slowly. "These memories... they don't come with. Much extra information. Just whatever was immediate. Sometimes a sense of things around it, but... not much. The Sergeant's told me it was the war with the Nazis, with HYDRA, but not the year. The malfunction with Scarlett told me about Widows and the Red Room where they were trained, but not how they controlled me without the Chair." It shrugs helplessly. There's not a lot it can do about what information comes, and what doesn't.
And honestly, after the war itself, most of the programming wasn't a stretch. Take the best designated marksman in one of the best units in the army and point him at different targets... it was the loyalties and temperament that had needed changing, less than the skillset.
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"I don't know." The Soldier shakes its head slowly. "These memories... they don't come with. Much extra information. Just whatever was immediate. Sometimes a sense of things around it, but... not much. The Sergeant's told me it was the war with the Nazis, with HYDRA, but not the year. The malfunction with Scarlett told me about Widows and the Red Room where they were trained, but not how they controlled me without the Chair." It shrugs helplessly. There's not a lot it can do about what information comes, and what doesn't.
And honestly, after the war itself, most of the programming wasn't a stretch. Take the best designated marksman in one of the best units in the army and point him at different targets... it was the loyalties and temperament that had needed changing, less than the skillset.