[IC] Myriad Reality

[Fractured]

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Or even the circumstance. Of many societies depending on death like that.

@Audacious

It's an important component of many cycles.

[Audacious]

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It's an important component of many cycles.

@Fractured

I wonder how a society with access to immortality would react to the idea.

[Fractured]

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I wonder how a society with access to immortality would react to the idea.

@Audacious

Some fail, some adapt. There are many factors.

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Some fail, some adapt. There are many factors.

@Fractured

I just can’t imagine crowd reactions when you’re given the idea that immortality is real and attainable, but they can’t have it for the greater good.

[Fractured]

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I just can’t imagine crowd reactions when you’re given the idea that immortality is real and attainable, but they can’t have it for the greater good.

@Audacious

Which is also why dimensional resets can be helpful.

[Audacious]

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Which is also why dimensional resets can be helpful.

@Fractured

Is that part of what you look for when you do your Tier Fiving?

[Fractured]

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Is that part of what you look for when you do your Tier Fiving?

@Audacious

We will generally not resort to resets unless a dimension has destroyed itself. Our principle is to operate hands-off.

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We will generally not resort to resets unless a dimension has destroyed itself. Our principle is to operate hands-off.

@Fractured

But you do have to get them dirty from time to time, surely. Existence is a big place.

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But you do have to get them dirty from time to time, surely. Existence is a big place.

@Audacious

Of course. But our mission is dimensional independence, so our typical job is preventing Tier Fours from disrupting that. We ensure dimensions have the ability to succeed or fail on their own merits.

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Of course. But our mission is dimensional independence, so our typical job is preventing Tier Fours from disrupting that. We ensure dimensions have the ability to succeed or fail on their own merits.

@Fractured

Sounds like we’ve got a few friends in direct competition with that goal of independence.

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Sounds like we’ve got a few friends in direct competition with that goal of independence.

@Audacious

We have some degree of tolerance, particularly if there is research interest. But consider this: If large swaths of Existence are dependent on one organization and that fails, every dimension that would have otherwise succeeded is also ended.

[Audacious]

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We have some degree of tolerance, particularly if there is research interest. But consider this: If large swaths of Existence are dependent on one organization and that fails, every dimension that would have otherwise succeeded is also ended.

@Fractured

What research could you need to do on places like them, for as long as your organization has been around? I can’t imagine there’s any more to learn that you don’t already know.

[Fractured]

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What research could you need to do on places like them, for as long as your organization has been around? I can’t imagine there’s any more to learn that you don’t already know.

@Audacious

In some cases, experiments with unethical origins that our ethics board would reject.

[Audacious]

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In some cases, experiments with unethical origins that our ethics board would reject.

@Fractured

Ah, so it’s a morality thing.

[Fractured]

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Ah, so it’s a morality thing.

@Audacious

In some cases. It would be a shame to waste valuable data, even if it was sourced via unsavorable means.

[Audacious]

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In some cases. It would be a shame to waste valuable data, even if it was sourced via unsavorable means.

@Fractured

I guess you guys never really advertised yourselves as Existence’s Knights in Shining Armor. I would just prefer to end the unsavory actions then and there.

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I guess you guys never really advertised yourselves as Existence’s Knights in Shining Armor. I would just prefer to end the unsavory actions then and there.

@Audacious

Not all experiments that began unethically maintain unethical condition. We won't make exception for the sole purpose of allowing groups to perform unethical tests because that would at best be a proxy for us performing those experiments. As to your first point, however, Tier Five decided long ago that it did not exist as a hero organization. Various members may do as they wish, but our purpose is to protect dimensions, not individuals.

[Audacious]

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Not all experiments that began unethically maintain unethical condition. We won't make exception for the sole purpose of allowing groups to perform unethical tests because that would at best be a proxy for us performing those experiments. As to your first point, however, Tier Five decided long ago that it did not exist as a hero organization. Various members may do as they wish, but our purpose is to protect dimensions, not individuals.

@Fractured

How do you motivate yourself behind that cause, as opposed to conventional big strong good guy work?

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How do you motivate yourself behind that cause, as opposed to conventional big strong good guy work?

@Audacious

Pardon me?

[Audacious]

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Pardon me?

@Fractured

It’s still hero work, technically. Just different.