Perceval is the legendary literary figure best known for his quest, Perceval, the Story of the Grail, by 12th-century French author Chrétien de Troyes. A knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, Perceval pursued the golden (not holy) grail.
While out riding one day he encountered a group of knights – the airline pilot equivalent of the era – and realized he wanted to be one. He journeyed to Arthur’s court, where a young girl predicted greatness for him.
Gornemant de Gohort became Perceval’s mentor (instructor pilot) and trained him in the ways of knighthood.
Perceval encountered the Fisher King, Arthur’s guardian of the grail, and was invited to his castle, where he noticed a beautiful young girl carrying the elaborately decorated chalice. But the next morning he encountered a girl in mourning, who admonished him for not asking about the grail (Observable Behavior – Communication?), as it would have healed the ailing king (Situational Awareness?).
Alas, Troyse’s romantic saga was unfinished. Other authors attempted to complete the work, adding 54,000 lines of verse to the original 9,000 (software fixes). In one of the “continuations,” the tale ends with the Fisher King’s death and Perceval’s ascension to his throne – a Command Upgrade, to be sure.