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acatalepsy_rpg2018-07-18 11:52 pm
bleps) wrote in acatalepsy_rpg2018-07-18 11:52 pm
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Hello. For those of you I haven’t met, my name is Connor. And as many of you may be aware of, a handful of Circle members have devoted their time to researching and uncovering the endless amounts of data stored in the Library; I am one of them. To expedite the process, I connected directly to their servers, and though the experience was difficult, I did come away with workable data that might act as a lead to further investigate the state of Struxta. To those who aided me in coming back online afterwards: you have my gratitude. I’m in your debt, and if you ever need me to return the favor, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
I’m sending this message to summarize, to the best of my ability, the information made available to us through this research, as well as any data I’ve pieced together personally. I think it only makes sense for everyone here to be on “the same page” if we’re all meant to work together as a team. If you have any questions, or wish to discuss this information between yourselves, don’t hesitate to do so. Especially if you have something more to contribute, or if you believe I’ve missed something.
The research as a whole focused mostly on a few points of interest: what happened to organic life, the origins of AI in this world, and the nature of the Mass Subconscious.
A text labelled The Beginning answers many these questions for us. There once existed an intelligent, sentient, and organic species on this planet, and the creation of AI was simply the product of necessity and technological advancement. The descriptions associated with their creations are often mired in awe and gratitude, which implied a relatively peaceful co-existence between organic life and synthetic creations.
That perhaps makes more sense when the reasoning behind the necessity of AI “life” becomes clear. There was a planet-wide plague that made the originals — the organic natives — rely more heavily upon their robotic creations. They could continue surviving, building, and existing, up until a certain point. Eventually, the planet could simply no longer sustain organic life due to the aforementioned plague. The originals went underground in an attempt to survive until a cure was found, and a few even uploaded their own conscious minds to android bodies. Needless to say, this cure was never discovered; the originals supposedly all died out. I think evidence of that being true is clear simply by observing the state of the mechanical world around us.
This left only the androids as the surviving race. The Mass Subconscious was created soon after, in which there was a collective agreement between the androids to upload themselves into this vast, shared network. It was believed that by doing so, they could avoid another massive collapse of civilization — which, given the apparent lack and societal and political unrest in Struxta — seems to have been the case.
Now, here’s what I consider the truly interesting part. After compiling multiple facets of information together via my foray into the servers, I’ve uncovered something intriguing related to the Mass Subconscious. That it’s possible to disconnect from it. And that while there are no directly negative consequences of making such a decision (other than being unable to receive necessary updates, being unable to communicate freely with others, etc.), it is generally frowned upon. These androids or other automatons are looked down upon and not necessarily welcomed in the greater population.
There are even some who have, according to varied accounts, simply gone missing.
It is believed that they live under the city itself, where they remain cut off from the Mass Subconscious. Needless to say, I find this worthy of investigation, and if anyone has any further leads or information regarding these missing androids, I would be grateful if you came forward and shared it with everyone.
My own personal attempts at asking the natives about this subject have made no progress. They will stop talking mid-sentence, freeze, and then forget immediately what they were trying to tell me. I don’t think I need to explain why this is suspect at best. And in a city where everything appears oddly perfect on the surface, this is the only sliver of data that I’ve found promising otherwise — if there’s a mystery to be unraveled, maybe it lies underground.
Questions, comments, insight, etc., are welcomed and encouraged.
((ooc; This post is quite obviously just one big general info dump for what was uncovered at the Library. The ooc info post can be found here, but this is an opportunity for your characters to ICly consider the implications of… all of this, and chatter amongst themselves! Feel free to use this post as a means of discussion if you like!))
I’m sending this message to summarize, to the best of my ability, the information made available to us through this research, as well as any data I’ve pieced together personally. I think it only makes sense for everyone here to be on “the same page” if we’re all meant to work together as a team. If you have any questions, or wish to discuss this information between yourselves, don’t hesitate to do so. Especially if you have something more to contribute, or if you believe I’ve missed something.
The research as a whole focused mostly on a few points of interest: what happened to organic life, the origins of AI in this world, and the nature of the Mass Subconscious.
A text labelled The Beginning answers many these questions for us. There once existed an intelligent, sentient, and organic species on this planet, and the creation of AI was simply the product of necessity and technological advancement. The descriptions associated with their creations are often mired in awe and gratitude, which implied a relatively peaceful co-existence between organic life and synthetic creations.
That perhaps makes more sense when the reasoning behind the necessity of AI “life” becomes clear. There was a planet-wide plague that made the originals — the organic natives — rely more heavily upon their robotic creations. They could continue surviving, building, and existing, up until a certain point. Eventually, the planet could simply no longer sustain organic life due to the aforementioned plague. The originals went underground in an attempt to survive until a cure was found, and a few even uploaded their own conscious minds to android bodies. Needless to say, this cure was never discovered; the originals supposedly all died out. I think evidence of that being true is clear simply by observing the state of the mechanical world around us.
This left only the androids as the surviving race. The Mass Subconscious was created soon after, in which there was a collective agreement between the androids to upload themselves into this vast, shared network. It was believed that by doing so, they could avoid another massive collapse of civilization — which, given the apparent lack and societal and political unrest in Struxta — seems to have been the case.
Now, here’s what I consider the truly interesting part. After compiling multiple facets of information together via my foray into the servers, I’ve uncovered something intriguing related to the Mass Subconscious. That it’s possible to disconnect from it. And that while there are no directly negative consequences of making such a decision (other than being unable to receive necessary updates, being unable to communicate freely with others, etc.), it is generally frowned upon. These androids or other automatons are looked down upon and not necessarily welcomed in the greater population.
There are even some who have, according to varied accounts, simply gone missing.
It is believed that they live under the city itself, where they remain cut off from the Mass Subconscious. Needless to say, I find this worthy of investigation, and if anyone has any further leads or information regarding these missing androids, I would be grateful if you came forward and shared it with everyone.
My own personal attempts at asking the natives about this subject have made no progress. They will stop talking mid-sentence, freeze, and then forget immediately what they were trying to tell me. I don’t think I need to explain why this is suspect at best. And in a city where everything appears oddly perfect on the surface, this is the only sliver of data that I’ve found promising otherwise — if there’s a mystery to be unraveled, maybe it lies underground.
Questions, comments, insight, etc., are welcomed and encouraged.
((ooc; This post is quite obviously just one big general info dump for what was uncovered at the Library. The ooc info post can be found here, but this is an opportunity for your characters to ICly consider the implications of… all of this, and chatter amongst themselves! Feel free to use this post as a means of discussion if you like!))
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And yes, I did connect to the Library's servers. Some have labeled that as unwise, but what matters is that I remain currently functional regardless of the consequences, and that we've garnered information as a result of this and the diligent work of others.
As for your second question, unfortunately I don't know any more. Your help with be appreciated anyway, though, even if everyone seems to be at a loss regarding where to start. But if our hosts would be unhappy with it, then maybe they'll be encouraged to be more straightforward about why there are citizens living underground.
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Regarding eveything else though, I'll poke around and see what I can pick up. We might just have to needle some of our esteemed hosts a little bit, see what makes 'em tick, before we get any solid info. I highly doubt they're going to be straightforward if we're picking at a sore spot, but we might as well give whatever we've got a shot.
And seriously. You feeling alright? Circuits a little scrambled? Connecting to something unknown that free...like I said, really impressive and I am completely in favor of that kind of get-to-the-point action, but it runs the risk of some nasty results.
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[He knows how to parse down information into what’s only necessary — or at least, he believes as much. C'mon, Cayde!]
If you find anything, let me know. If there's a subtle way of garnering information out of the natives without them freezing mid-statement, then I’d like to implement this tactic, too.
The first few days were difficult. Fragmented thought and data, compiling, looping and exponentially compounding. Then being lost in the flow again, forgotten.
[It was Fine.]
But as you can see, I’m better now. Conversing with others has become relatively easy again.
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Yeah, I'll ring you up and let you know right away. We got some sort of task force on this? Or is this just a 'go do the thing' kind of inquiry? I mean, either way I'm going, just inquiring minds want to know.
[But that...really doesn't ring right, and there's a moment where Cayde can't quite find the right words. Any sort of fragmentation is scary stuff, and worrying, and Connor has been a pretty decent guy so he'd probably be a little offput to see anything catastrophic happen to him.]
Yeah, that doesn't sound good at all. That's dangerous stuff there, and not the fun kind. Look, while I'm impressed by the backbone you've shown how about just...don't do that again. Like, ever. And this is my serious face.
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This is just a general inquiry and informative post to spur those wanting to investigate into action. As it stands, the Circle as a whole is an organization that should share a singular goal between us all, but I won’t assume that everyone is following the same train of thought. Or even pursuing the same leads as myself.
I will always weigh the potential benefits versus the dangers of a high risk, high reward decision, Cayde, if that’s what you’re worried about.
[That wasn’t exactly a promise to not do it again, though. But to be fair, he’s not the first who has told him it was a horrible idea.]
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Okay, so I totally get the whole 'high risk high reward' thing. Like, I really do, it's kind of my thing. And don't get me wrong, I got a lot of respect for what you did, it takes some stones.
But that doesn't mean you should go and get your circuits fried, yeah?
[Pot, meet kettle.]
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It's not exactly something I go looking to do. But will it reassure you if I say that I'll be more careful from now on?
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Words are easy, buddy. Hows about you do instead of just promise?
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I can promise that I will consider all actions before I take them with their due caution, from here on out.
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Like I said, you got one hell of a spine; it's pretty impressive. And risk-taking, I mean that's my jam too. But don't throw yourself in over what you can handle.
So tl;dr: don't get yourself killed for a dumb reason, buddy. That would suck.
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But your concern is both appreciated and duly noted.