SysNES 1: A Murky Pool of Light

[Disenfrancised]

Please keep mind games in PM or IM .

 

[Kentharu]

I wasn't bluffing. If I don't have peace I will wipe the Al' out.

 

[Seon]

Oh well then. At least I was bluffing. I mean seriously, with a threat of several dozen nukes dropping from orbit, I would be pretty desperate,

 

[Kal'thzar]

Speculation of Data Excavations relating to the Second Age Empires​

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." -Unknown

What is BioTech? What is CyberTech?

In the Second age, they were expressions of a form of rebellion from mainstream culture. A mainstream culture that had descended into decay and ruin. They were not alone in this rebellion, many were the ideological movements that the death of the Second age spawned but for the Kations these are the most important.

Often they would revolve around a cult of personality; of a genius who had unparralled abilities with manipulating either the Infomative World around him or his own Genome. Others were built on MegaCorporations or governments that had been heavily influenced by lobbying groups. Anyway it is looked at these societies became the mainstream. For all this rules existed on how these new societies interacted with each other but they often came down to a final immutable ideological difference. For instance the belief that CyberTech was superior to BioTech or vice versa. And these differences resulted in terrible wars, over petty nothings, academic disagreements.

However the Kations were not birthed by the conquest of one over the other. For when one area of science moves forward so does the other. Who is the better society? The CyberTechs who pushed for the teaching of Relativistic Quantum Field Theories as part of the primary school syllabus to better improve the machinery around them or the BioTechs who were able to modify the human genome to the extent that this was possible? Where one tried to gain a decisive advantage its goals were always met with the assistance of the other. The Exploration of these fields as a common goal for humanities future had been overlooked in the confusion over what the CyberTech or BioTechs vision of humanities future had been.

So What are CyberTech and BioTech? In the data recordings it is heavily implied that they both imply a loss of humanity as the boundaries of what it means to be human are blurred. But apart from the disastrous experiments done by the Diamond Networks Eudaimonists[1] the humans sense of self has remained remarkably resilient in the face of rapid technological change.

[1] A rather morbid reference to some of the worst ethical and moral experiments known to have existed (well, on the public networks).

ooc: so some of thats not true; some of it IS true and some of it is thought to be true.

 

[Disenfrancised]

Eudaimonic experiments are rumoured to be horrifying? What could be so terrifying about finding and achieving objective happiness?

 

[Kal'thzar]

Depends how you go about doing it and maintaining it

 

[alex994]

IC:

With consultation with both our technical advisors and the diplomatic corps of the Ik, the Republic of Lantian offers the Republic of Ik the below amended Treaty of Taik.

Treaty of Taik
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First contact was made by the Republic of Lantian with the Republic of Ik. Compared to the other established states in the Errai system, the Republic of Ik was undoubtedly the most sane and open to diplomatic communication. As such, the Republic of Lantian and the Republic of Ik came to an agreement over technological exchange.

1. Expressing the sincere desire of the Republic of Ik and the Republic of Lantian to open diplomatic channels to further communication,

2. Stating the peaceful intentions of the Republic of Ik and the Republic of Lantian towards each other,

3. Recognizing the sovereignty of each respective state,

4. Acknowledging the desirability of the establishment of mutually beneficial relations,

5. The Republic of Ik and the Republic of Lantian agree to enter into a trading agreement at the soonest possible date,

6. And part ways in the most amicable of relations.

Signed, The Executive Chairman of the Republic of Lantian, Kaiser Fuji

 

[Kal'thzar]

So basically you are no longer trading techs?

 

[Kentharu]

Signed
Prime Chancellor of the Republic of Ik Hezbul Rasheed

ooc pretty much

 

[Disenfrancised]

6/9 order sets in, less than a day to go.

 

[Kal'thzar]

Have you got the Vazan? Cause I ain't seen Miliquari online in ages....

 

[Disenfrancised]

Nope.

 

[Kentharu]

Do the Al' want to discuss peace Dis?

 

[Seon]

Oh yeah, by the way, is there any Habitat cost calculator available for Microsoft Excel 2003?

Edit: Nevermind. Found it.

 

[Disenfrancised]

@Kentharu: They just want you to leave them alone.

 

[Seon]

The question being, do they want to leave us alone?

 

[Immaculate]

I'm going to ask to play something else in a different system. If this is not agreeable to anyone at all, please say so and i'll leave you be. (i can see a situation where rejoining as someone else just because i got my @ss kicked may not seem cool)

If you are all fine with it, then great... i'll proceed.

 

[Seon]

I'm fine with that. Except that you are pretty close to kicking my @ss :3

 

[Matt0088]

Soulon Orders have been sent.

 

[Disenfrancised]

Heh, the am on the front page was meant to be pm. Had a surprisingly hectic day today, and work is closed over the weekend from tomorrow, so the update will come as soon as I find an internet cafe near my house that doesn't suck .

Missing Miliquari's orders, I'll store his e and continue on the same research paths as last turn. Since he hasn't been on the forum since the 27th I guess he's got other stuff going on .