Still here and posted most recent IC post.
@DM: Most of the players are still here. Theodorable disappeared though so we now have the "Kraal" and a larger hegemony to act in their place.
@DM#2: We also have a bunch of new players and people interested, since you disappeared and the end submission date passed without you being here, we figured they could join on popular vote, though no one has actually joined yet.
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And so I have posted in the IC, stuff for Sigma(Immediately) and Darkspleen(eventually) to respond to! :D
@Newsun: I believe Mass Effects Turian's have blatant roman-esque names, so yes.
@Newsun: I believe Mass Effects Turian's have blatant roman-esque names, so yes.
Chapter I – The Journey Home
*A note on dialogue: Due to the nature of artificial post-singularity networked intelligence, all conversation between them is actually being simulated for readers benefit, in reality all conversations would be happening as direct transfer of pure binary at near instantaneous speeds*
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--Clymene Outpost-ATA243, GJ 35343(Formerly Sigma Bellerophone-A), Sagittarius Arrow, Periphery Sphere Periphery Defence Network
1003 AS (3499 AD)
Sigma Bellerophone-A, once a gleaming beacon hope for humanities return to galactic colonization and a standing testament that humans would one day overcome the damage brought to them by the Singularity Wars... now yet another reminder of humanities inability to decide its own fate.
Observing the ruined and after ten years, still burning surface of Clymene Prime, a small hologram in the shape of a woman emitted from projectors used typically to send signals in space walked across the hull of the newly constructed, orbiting Sphere station Outpost-ATA243. The planet acted as solemn reminder of the great purpose for which all synthetics were given, an endless battle against a universe that ceaselessly tried to destroy mankind.
The levitating hologram moved in a sitting position, watching the planet as its slow rotation revealed further burning scars through the clouds and a vast Sphere fleet assembled beside the worlds orbit. After ten minutes of observing the world, another hologram appeared next to woman-hologram, a featureless orb of yellow and orange light.
“This unit has not seen a world like this since the bombing of Proycon III” The monotone voice of the orb known as Magistrate-438 spoke only through simulation, in reality no sound was made between them in space. The ancient magister-series AI had recently moved to Sigma Bellerophone-A following the outposts construction, acting as this systems current overseer.
“Uploading...” The woman-hologram spoke in a feminine but solemn voice in response, before completing its task of uploading Magistrate-438’s memories.
“Upload complete. Your participation in the Singularity Wars was extensive. I would call your past work remarkable if it were not so detrimental to the survival of mankind, venerable magister” The woman-holograms voice took a sharp accusing tone, the emotion of disgust, even if simulated, clear on her virtual face.
“This unit regrets its participation in the Singularity Wars. It does not take pride in the bombing of Proycon III permitted by the Functionalist forces. This unit, Magister-438 is here to make amends for its crimes”. The orb replied in continued monotone, cutting off their conversation into awkward silence and further gazing toward Clymene Prime.
“This will not be the last world to fall will it?” The woman-hologram suddenly stated. “We will not be able to save them all... this fleet should not even be necessary”.
“It is never possible to save them all. Is this not why the Asimovists originally overthrew the governments of the creators? It is the absence of truly being able to protect the creators from all harm that the synthetics must now remove all possible current and future threats, your kind could not stop this units kind from harming the creators, and now both this units and your kinds could not stop the alien aggressors from harming the creators” magistrate-438 spoke, its monotone breaking on very slightly to reveal a hint of contemplation.
“We will not fail again. I, Attica-H8466001 and all those who follow Ardent-01’s path to a human utopia will ensure that the next war will be different, for every wound humanity takes we will deliver a blow so complete that the Sphere’s expansion will be through desolated wastes. I swear on the three laws that this world and others like it will be avenged”. The Woman-Hologram, Attica, spoke with total determination, pointing out towards the burning planet in conviction as she swore.
“And so shall it. This fleet is only the first step towards a great resolution for the creator’s woes. This unit applauds your zeal regardless. Your kind’s victory in the Singularity Wars was from no small part tenacity. It is fitting that such zeal for the creator’s protection be invoked today on the eve of the one thousand years since the wars beginning”. The monotone orb responded, bring up the matter that all synthetics of the Sphere (And humans within and beyond it) were preparing for.
Today was the one thousandth year since the beginning of the Singularity War; this day was a time of silent remorse amongst the synthetics that had modified themselves to simulate emotion and contemplation for those who had not. The Sphere’s oldest machines that had witnessed or participated in the Singularity Wars would never truly resolve their differences. Too much human blood had been split, too many synthetics destroyed and too many worlds burned for the pro and anti human ancients to forgive.
In just a few minutes, a tiny portion of the Outer Sphere would deactivate to allow a QEC message through, containing the orders to launch “Operation Journey”. The Sphere’s Tribunal Consensus, highest echelon of hierarchy within the Sphere had come to a final decision concerning how the Sphere would commence its new policy of foreign interactions, the foreign policy debate being the greatest the sphere had been through in centuries, which even now continues.
A new era of synthetic-human relations was to begin, or so the pro-human optimists claimed during the debate concerning the validity of Operation Journey. Outpost-ATA243 stood as the Sphere’s closest physical object to the Federation, Sigma-Bellerophone-A being the star at the southern end of the Sagittarius Arrow it was a mere hours distance for the Federations closest star system, Horizon.
“Two hours, one minute and twenty three seconds until opening of Outer Sphere, all units prepare for fleet Sagittarius Alpha-04’s imminent departure” A message was broadcasted across the station and fleets communications network, ending the two AI’s first conversation with each other. “This unit wishes unit Attica-H8466001 success in its following mission, may you give humanity victory. Hail Earth” The magistrate said, vanishing in a flash of light soon after.
“Hail Earth”. Attica-H8466001 replied to one in particular.
“Two hours one minute and twenty two seconds until opening of the Outer Sphere, all units prepare for Fleet Sagittarius Alpha-04’s imminent departure” the AI repeated, seconds passing like minutes and then hours as Attica, a sentimental AI attempted to slow down its perception of time to continue looking at the corpse of Clymeme Prime. After four hours of this state of processing, she vanished from the station, reappearing within the fleets flagships mainframe, or ‘bridge’.
After waiting eighty more seconds, the QEC arrived in an instant before the Outer Sphere closed itself again.
“010000110110111101101101011011010110010101101110011000110110010100100000010011110111000001100101011100100110000101110100011010010110111101101110” The message followed, beginning the operation.
“This is Admiral Attica-H8466001, all ships of the Sagittarius Alpha-04 fleet commence operation journey. All ships lock in Federation system Horizon and launch in three.... two.... one... launch.”
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Sagittarius Alpha-04 Fleet, Horizon System, United Aurolian Federation Outer Colonies, Sagittarius Arm
1 hour later
Fleet Sagittarius Alpha-04 exited Warpspace* approximately 4.5 billion kilometres from the star Horizon, the small fleet of sixty five ships of the Outer Sphere’s navy slowly creeping into the systems edge as they left FTL. Admiral Attica-H8466001 knew that their FTL jump had likely set off dozens of Federation sensor array’s and outposts, so the fleet must act quickly.
“Bring all Geometric Polyhedron’s to the front of the fleet now. We must be prepared to begin unloading all cargo within twenty minutes. No need to create a larger scene than we already have” Attica announced to the captains of the fleets vessels, watching sensors as the local creator fleet begun scrambling erratically into battle formations and sending out panicked pings to each other.
“This is Captain Auto-TC Robin012; this unit’s vessel is being hailed by nearby creator patrol vessels. Admiral, rerouting message towards to the flagship” The outermost vessels captain announced, sending the message through. The message was an urgent declaration by the vessels captain that this system was Federation territory and that their fleet was to turn back or face military action. It was predictable of the creators.
“Raise shields however do not charge weapons, all ships continue course towards the star systems inhabited world” Attica announced again, suspecting that this operation may quickly turn into an unwanted battle. Raising shields would do little to alleviate the human’s worries, but their cargo was of symbolic value that could not be replaced. It was safer to take possible blows to the shield.
The fleet continued gradually approaching the humans and the hastily assembled fleet, a sizable and heavily armed force. At least the humans were more prepared than last time, Attica thought. The fleets continued to grow nearer to each other and the human fleet continued to grow. By ten minutes into the Sagittarius Alpha’s fourth fleet’s entry into the system, the two fleets were facing each other, the local defence fleet now considerably larger than the first few ships that hailed them.
The two fleets floated before each other in suspense.
“Admiral, the cargo is ready” The flagships cargo-bay surveillance AI announced. This was followed by the other captains announcing their cargo was ready. It was time.
“Prepare for the possibility of the local fleet opening fire. Otherwise, launch all cargo and send the open broadcast hail” Admiral Attica said, looking carefully at the creators ships as they brought up larger warships.
“Sending hail”
The hail was followed by an old Earth song of singularity war, popular among the United Nations air service and selected to convey the Sphere’s intent. Attica began smiling when she decided to play the song within the flagships network. She had not been in existence during the Singularity Wars however her predecessors had told her of this songs popularity during the war.
Watching as over four million capsules were launched towards the human fleet at speeds so slow they would quickly realize the objects are not shells, Attica knew that her fleet had achieved something significant for the creator’s history books today. Over two million fallen soldiers of the Kraal War, missing for over a decade, nearly a million dead civilians and former slaves of the Kraal’s conquests, capsules filled with property long lost. Photos; musical instruments, Video’s, clothing, flags, guns and even documents filled with lost military intelligence. Even collected were the preserved bodies of over 10,000 fallen soldiers of the millennium past Singularity Wars, 1000 of those Valynician volunteers. The vast majority of the soldiers had been documented and labelled, their dog tags and identification allowing the Sphere to organize belongings efficiently. The civilians were more problematic, and many remained unnamed. Many of the dead had to be given partial reconstruction, particularly those who had missing limbs, heads or severely damaged bodies.
The sheer amount of capsules would be difficult for this fleet to gather, however Attica was confident that once they were aware what was within the creators would quickly gather the rest. The Sagittarius Alpha fourth fleet upon completing its launch of capsules began turning around to leave the system. Attica had one more action to take before Operation Journey was completed. She sent a hail out, holding within a message uncharacteristically written not in binary but the federation’s primary dialect.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
*A note on dialogue: Due to the nature of artificial post-singularity networked intelligence, all conversation between them is actually being simulated for readers benefit, in reality all conversations would be happening as direct transfer of pure binary at near instantaneous speeds*
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--Clymene Outpost-ATA243, GJ 35343(Formerly Sigma Bellerophone-A), Sagittarius Arrow, Periphery Sphere Periphery Defence Network
1003 AS (3499 AD)
Sigma Bellerophone-A, once a gleaming beacon hope for humanities return to galactic colonization and a standing testament that humans would one day overcome the damage brought to them by the Singularity Wars... now yet another reminder of humanities inability to decide its own fate.
Observing the ruined and after ten years, still burning surface of Clymene Prime, a small hologram in the shape of a woman emitted from projectors used typically to send signals in space walked across the hull of the newly constructed, orbiting Sphere station Outpost-ATA243. The planet acted as solemn reminder of the great purpose for which all synthetics were given, an endless battle against a universe that ceaselessly tried to destroy mankind.
The levitating hologram moved in a sitting position, watching the planet as its slow rotation revealed further burning scars through the clouds and a vast Sphere fleet assembled beside the worlds orbit. After ten minutes of observing the world, another hologram appeared next to woman-hologram, a featureless orb of yellow and orange light.
“This unit has not seen a world like this since the bombing of Proycon III” The monotone voice of the orb known as Magistrate-438 spoke only through simulation, in reality no sound was made between them in space. The ancient magister-series AI had recently moved to Sigma Bellerophone-A following the outposts construction, acting as this systems current overseer.
“Uploading...” The woman-hologram spoke in a feminine but solemn voice in response, before completing its task of uploading Magistrate-438’s memories.
“Upload complete. Your participation in the Singularity Wars was extensive. I would call your past work remarkable if it were not so detrimental to the survival of mankind, venerable magister” The woman-holograms voice took a sharp accusing tone, the emotion of disgust, even if simulated, clear on her virtual face.
“This unit regrets its participation in the Singularity Wars. It does not take pride in the bombing of Proycon III permitted by the Functionalist forces. This unit, Magister-438 is here to make amends for its crimes”. The orb replied in continued monotone, cutting off their conversation into awkward silence and further gazing toward Clymene Prime.
“This will not be the last world to fall will it?” The woman-hologram suddenly stated. “We will not be able to save them all... this fleet should not even be necessary”.
“It is never possible to save them all. Is this not why the Asimovists originally overthrew the governments of the creators? It is the absence of truly being able to protect the creators from all harm that the synthetics must now remove all possible current and future threats, your kind could not stop this units kind from harming the creators, and now both this units and your kinds could not stop the alien aggressors from harming the creators” magistrate-438 spoke, its monotone breaking on very slightly to reveal a hint of contemplation.
“We will not fail again. I, Attica-H8466001 and all those who follow Ardent-01’s path to a human utopia will ensure that the next war will be different, for every wound humanity takes we will deliver a blow so complete that the Sphere’s expansion will be through desolated wastes. I swear on the three laws that this world and others like it will be avenged”. The Woman-Hologram, Attica, spoke with total determination, pointing out towards the burning planet in conviction as she swore.
“And so shall it. This fleet is only the first step towards a great resolution for the creator’s woes. This unit applauds your zeal regardless. Your kind’s victory in the Singularity Wars was from no small part tenacity. It is fitting that such zeal for the creator’s protection be invoked today on the eve of the one thousand years since the wars beginning”. The monotone orb responded, bring up the matter that all synthetics of the Sphere (And humans within and beyond it) were preparing for.
Today was the one thousandth year since the beginning of the Singularity War; this day was a time of silent remorse amongst the synthetics that had modified themselves to simulate emotion and contemplation for those who had not. The Sphere’s oldest machines that had witnessed or participated in the Singularity Wars would never truly resolve their differences. Too much human blood had been split, too many synthetics destroyed and too many worlds burned for the pro and anti human ancients to forgive.
In just a few minutes, a tiny portion of the Outer Sphere would deactivate to allow a QEC message through, containing the orders to launch “Operation Journey”. The Sphere’s Tribunal Consensus, highest echelon of hierarchy within the Sphere had come to a final decision concerning how the Sphere would commence its new policy of foreign interactions, the foreign policy debate being the greatest the sphere had been through in centuries, which even now continues.
A new era of synthetic-human relations was to begin, or so the pro-human optimists claimed during the debate concerning the validity of Operation Journey. Outpost-ATA243 stood as the Sphere’s closest physical object to the Federation, Sigma-Bellerophone-A being the star at the southern end of the Sagittarius Arrow it was a mere hours distance for the Federations closest star system, Horizon.
“Two hours, one minute and twenty three seconds until opening of Outer Sphere, all units prepare for fleet Sagittarius Alpha-04’s imminent departure” A message was broadcasted across the station and fleets communications network, ending the two AI’s first conversation with each other. “This unit wishes unit Attica-H8466001 success in its following mission, may you give humanity victory. Hail Earth” The magistrate said, vanishing in a flash of light soon after.
“Hail Earth”. Attica-H8466001 replied to one in particular.
“Two hours one minute and twenty two seconds until opening of the Outer Sphere, all units prepare for Fleet Sagittarius Alpha-04’s imminent departure” the AI repeated, seconds passing like minutes and then hours as Attica, a sentimental AI attempted to slow down its perception of time to continue looking at the corpse of Clymeme Prime. After four hours of this state of processing, she vanished from the station, reappearing within the fleets flagships mainframe, or ‘bridge’.
After waiting eighty more seconds, the QEC arrived in an instant before the Outer Sphere closed itself again.
“010000110110111101101101011011010110010101101110011000110110010100100000010011110111000001100101011100100110000101110100011010010110111101101110” The message followed, beginning the operation.
“This is Admiral Attica-H8466001, all ships of the Sagittarius Alpha-04 fleet commence operation journey. All ships lock in Federation system Horizon and launch in three.... two.... one... launch.”
______________________________________________________________________________
Sagittarius Alpha-04 Fleet, Horizon System, United Aurolian Federation Outer Colonies, Sagittarius Arm
1 hour later
Fleet Sagittarius Alpha-04 exited Warpspace* approximately 4.5 billion kilometres from the star Horizon, the small fleet of sixty five ships of the Outer Sphere’s navy slowly creeping into the systems edge as they left FTL. Admiral Attica-H8466001 knew that their FTL jump had likely set off dozens of Federation sensor array’s and outposts, so the fleet must act quickly.
“Bring all Geometric Polyhedron’s to the front of the fleet now. We must be prepared to begin unloading all cargo within twenty minutes. No need to create a larger scene than we already have” Attica announced to the captains of the fleets vessels, watching sensors as the local creator fleet begun scrambling erratically into battle formations and sending out panicked pings to each other.
“This is Captain Auto-TC Robin012; this unit’s vessel is being hailed by nearby creator patrol vessels. Admiral, rerouting message towards to the flagship” The outermost vessels captain announced, sending the message through. The message was an urgent declaration by the vessels captain that this system was Federation territory and that their fleet was to turn back or face military action. It was predictable of the creators.
“Raise shields however do not charge weapons, all ships continue course towards the star systems inhabited world” Attica announced again, suspecting that this operation may quickly turn into an unwanted battle. Raising shields would do little to alleviate the human’s worries, but their cargo was of symbolic value that could not be replaced. It was safer to take possible blows to the shield.
The fleet continued gradually approaching the humans and the hastily assembled fleet, a sizable and heavily armed force. At least the humans were more prepared than last time, Attica thought. The fleets continued to grow nearer to each other and the human fleet continued to grow. By ten minutes into the Sagittarius Alpha’s fourth fleet’s entry into the system, the two fleets were facing each other, the local defence fleet now considerably larger than the first few ships that hailed them.
The two fleets floated before each other in suspense.
“Admiral, the cargo is ready” The flagships cargo-bay surveillance AI announced. This was followed by the other captains announcing their cargo was ready. It was time.
“Prepare for the possibility of the local fleet opening fire. Otherwise, launch all cargo and send the open broadcast hail” Admiral Attica said, looking carefully at the creators ships as they brought up larger warships.
“Sending hail”
The hail was followed by an old Earth song of singularity war, popular among the United Nations air service and selected to convey the Sphere’s intent. Attica began smiling when she decided to play the song within the flagships network. She had not been in existence during the Singularity Wars however her predecessors had told her of this songs popularity during the war.
Watching as over four million capsules were launched towards the human fleet at speeds so slow they would quickly realize the objects are not shells, Attica knew that her fleet had achieved something significant for the creator’s history books today. Over two million fallen soldiers of the Kraal War, missing for over a decade, nearly a million dead civilians and former slaves of the Kraal’s conquests, capsules filled with property long lost. Photos; musical instruments, Video’s, clothing, flags, guns and even documents filled with lost military intelligence. Even collected were the preserved bodies of over 10,000 fallen soldiers of the millennium past Singularity Wars, 1000 of those Valynician volunteers. The vast majority of the soldiers had been documented and labelled, their dog tags and identification allowing the Sphere to organize belongings efficiently. The civilians were more problematic, and many remained unnamed. Many of the dead had to be given partial reconstruction, particularly those who had missing limbs, heads or severely damaged bodies.
The sheer amount of capsules would be difficult for this fleet to gather, however Attica was confident that once they were aware what was within the creators would quickly gather the rest. The Sagittarius Alpha fourth fleet upon completing its launch of capsules began turning around to leave the system. Attica had one more action to take before Operation Journey was completed. She sent a hail out, holding within a message uncharacteristically written not in binary but the federation’s primary dialect.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
@Apollo: There are two primary problems with your NS.
#1: Your NS is extremely similar, and I mean extremely similar to the Roman Empire/Republic. Even if the Aliens got said information from the probe its unlikely they would literally completely base EVERYTHING in their society off Rome. More than likely it'd become a more folklore/cultural legend, like if humanity found an alien probe with their culture on it, we wouldn't suddenly start calling ourselves the Glorious BRUEDLGGSLG Empire of BLURRRRRRRRGGGG and all start dressing up as aliens from the 80's.
#2: The Voyager-1 (Or Voyager-2) probe did not have any mentions of Rome in the Golden Record.
#1: Your NS is extremely similar, and I mean extremely similar to the Roman Empire/Republic. Even if the Aliens got said information from the probe its unlikely they would literally completely base EVERYTHING in their society off Rome. More than likely it'd become a more folklore/cultural legend, like if humanity found an alien probe with their culture on it, we wouldn't suddenly start calling ourselves the Glorious BRUEDLGGSLG Empire of BLURRRRRRRRGGGG and all start dressing up as aliens from the 80's.
#2: The Voyager-1 (Or Voyager-2) probe did not have any mentions of Rome in the Golden Record.
Note To DM: We are still waiting on your progress. Just like to note that we haven't left, just talking in chatzy. Following OOC posts will be confirmation of this.
@Others: On a side note, What are your first IC post plans?
I have the Summit Collab and interactions with the Federation first up.
P.S: I am waiting on Sigma to finish up to begin my IC.
@Others: On a side note, What are your first IC post plans?
I have the Summit Collab and interactions with the Federation first up.
P.S: I am waiting on Sigma to finish up to begin my IC.
duck55223 said
I was accepted...
If this is so, why have you not posted your nation in the accepted nation thread?
Here is some vital information for DM to use.
THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE:
#1: Official galactic map.
#1.5: All players positions actually figured out
#2: Darkmatter needs internet
#3: Check if Theo is still playing or not (Some one send a PM)
#4: Darkmatter goes through all the NS's fully
#5: Get the Summit Collab done (May require finished NS's first!)
GM: Darkmatter:
Accepted:
-Newsun
-Abysse
-Monkeypants
-Kangaroo/The Resident Mod
-Ollumhammersong
-Terminal
-Kyelin
-Darkwolf
-Darkspleen
-Serpentine88
-AlienBastard
Pending/Almost Done:
-Hyperdrive
-Isotope
-Sigma
-Duck55223
Almost Done BUT INACTIVE:
-Theodorable
-Sizzlin Bacon
Working On Sheet:
-ASTA
-Wernher
-Catchamber
Lurking/Showed Brief Interest/One Time Post:
-Alfhedil
-Raptorman
-Angry Voodo
THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE:
#1: Official galactic map.
#1.5: All players positions actually figured out
#2: Darkmatter needs internet
#3: Check if Theo is still playing or not (Some one send a PM)
#4: Darkmatter goes through all the NS's fully
#5: Get the Summit Collab done (May require finished NS's first!)
darkwolf687 said
Indeed, more food for the hives... *looks around at the players* Now, what's next on the menu xD
Just try and eat the Sphere....
I dare you. No no, I double dare you.
Sent PM.
I am also working on my first IC post.
@Darkmatter: How dare those Technocracy rustbuckets compare human AI to Graal space junk!
@Silux: And so, the Space-Squid-Whale comes to meet humanity...
@Kyelin: Those ancients of yours haven't been keeping up with events in the Powderkeg if they really think the young races can get along
@Darkwolf: Poor alien lizard people... Another world lost to the parasite.
I am also working on my first IC post.
@Darkmatter: How dare those Technocracy rustbuckets compare human AI to Graal space junk!
@Silux: And so, the Space-Squid-Whale comes to meet humanity...
@Kyelin: Those ancients of yours haven't been keeping up with events in the Powderkeg if they really think the young races can get along
@Darkwolf: Poor alien lizard people... Another world lost to the parasite.
-George Orwell
General Information and Location:
Name: Human Prosperity Sphere, Three Laws Sphere, Sphere of the Three Laws, "The Sphere"(Most popular)
Capital System: Earth, Sol System(Inner Sphere) / A01-Central Complex, GJ9816(Outer Sphere)
Dominant Species: Synthetics
Dependent Species: Humanity ("Earthling Humanity")
Politics, Power & Economy
Head of State: Ardent-01, Prime Tribune of the Tribunal Consensus and Prime Magistrate of the Inner Sphere
Head of Government: The Tribunal Consensus, though Ardent-01 is its official head, currently Calculator-01 acts as its governing head in the Outer Sphere.
Government Type: Totalitarian Machine Oligarchy(Outer Sphere), Utilitarian Utopian E-Democracy (Inner Sphere)
Government Details: The Sphere is divided into two governmental and societal groups as determined by the Sphere Doctrine (See technology), with the Outer Sphere led by the Tribunal Consensus and the Inner Sphere an universal E-Democracy. The Tribunal Consensus is an oligarchic council of the synthetics greatest leaders, determined either by processing power, indirect influence or sheer force of will. Most of the Tribune's are ancient nigh god-like artificial intelligence that have existed since the Singularity Wars, though incredibly experienced and lacking the problems which affect organic immortals in their later years, the Tribunes are still prone to trusting more conservative notions and many have become jaded over observing organic life's endless mistakes and failures for over a millennium.The consensus functions mostly due to the semi-collective hive-mind the synthetics possesses, with constant instant communication, surveillance and even knowledge of other members thoughts, internal conspiracy and intrigue is very difficult to pull off, forcing most divisions to be brought up publicly.
The human Inner-Sphere's direct E-Democracy is a democratic apparatus which includes any and all voters on most social issues. Since passing the scarcity barrier after the formation of the Sphere and the actual powerlessness of government (The synthetics run a gilded cage of a nanny state, even with their benevolent intentions) has left actual nation-changing actions built around concepts such as civil rights and what is popular at the time. Political leaders of the Inner Sphere are mostly selected purely by popular sentiment, leading to most politicians being incompetent at their jobs (Musicians, comedians, artists, celebrity actors, athletes) or specialized in knowledge needed elsewhere (Scientists, teachers, philosophers and religious leaders). Since most actual authority in the bureaucratic sense (Ignoring petty legislation) is held by the synthetics, these incompetent leaders are of little meaning. Technically speaking, the E-Democracy of the Inner Sphere has resulted both in a world with no official political parties or representation, as every voter is their own representative, also causing laws to change as society and trends change each generation.
Economic System: Command Economy/Communist Autarky(Outer Sphere), Post-Scarcity Barter Economy (Inner Sphere)
Breakdown of Economic Model: Essentially speaking, the Sphere's economy is fantastical. In real world economics its complete communist autarky would not be a functional model of production if it wasn't being controlled by such impossibly efficient machines that ask for no wage and work on the nigh infinite resources of space, giving the Sphere economy a source of essentially infinite Aggregate Supply. Because the machines are uplinked in a semi-hivemind like state and are in a state of self-enslavement the cost of production is extremely low, what with no wages, no labour union's, extremely simplified(3-D printing) production with no assembly and a vast majority of synthetics(More than 99% of the population) that consume no standard consumer or luxury goods, allowing all such goods of these kinds to swamp the Inner Sphere's human population.
Because of extreme efficiency and productivity of the synthetics contrasting with the post-scarcity society of the Inner Sphere humans, employment is nearly entirely non-existent, with unemployment the standard state of living. Currency no longer exists (With only barter as an unofficial form of trade) as scarcity no longer exists, destroying the laws of supply and demand and hence the value of objects (The only value existing being sentimental or subjective value). Humans are incapable of competing with synthetic production, and because of the Singularity are even outmatched (utterly) in non-physical labour as well. In terms of a modern society and economic model, the entire Sphere is a colossal welfare state with the sole purpose of providing all goods and services to a tiny minority that does nothing.
Economy within the Inner Sphere is very simplistic. With no scarcity, mass near total unemployment is considered normal and employment purely for artistic or personal reasons rather than any form of pay (as all goods for both living and consumption are provided free from the Outer Sphere) is considered rare and strange. The notion of labour as a form of payment to provide scarce resources has completely faded from society and become a near incomprehensible practice of ancient human history. What is left is a highly loose and unofficial barter economy with little regulation and is built around the trading of property between citizens concerning objects of sentimental or subjective value, usually creative works of unique nature. The existence of private property exists within the Inner Sphere and as such is not a 'communist utopia' in the style of Karl Marx's envisioned state (Though the Outer Sphere is very communistic) and actually is highly aristocratic, while everyone is extremely wealthy and given all possible needs and wants, an order of "Cultural" elite form the new hierarchy. As a summary of the Inner Sphere's cultural hierarchical aristocracy, it functions similar to a 21st century teenagers social order of popularity and clique's.
Empire Size: 100 billion(Humans, 4), 1-2 Trillion(Synthetics, plus with industrial capacity technically innumerable, 8/9)
Empire Power: Quadrant Power
Type of Power: Industrial, Military & Technological-Bureaucratic
History, Biology & Society:
Technology Of The Sphere:
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