Conversation · Noid
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Kim Kitsuragi- You
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Coalition Warship Archer
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Soona, the Programmer
Encyclopedia
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Half Light
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There's really no point. You're beginning to feel like the little child who refuses to come down off the carousel.
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You look around. The strike breakers are still shouting their slogans and waving their hand-painted signs. Beneath you, the speedfreak has begun disconnecting a few cables...
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You look around. The strike breakers are still shouting their slogans and waving their hand-painted signs. Beneath you, the lieutenant and the speedfreak have begun disconnecting a few cables...
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The sun-warmed bronze tingles beneath your fingertips and between your thighs. Your legs have grown stiff. You've been up here quite a while.
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There's a damp cold running up the insides of your thighs. Your legs have grown stiff. You've been up here quite a while.
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You look around. Most everyone has already gone home for the night. It's really just you and the programmer left...
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You look around. Most everyone has already gone home for the night. It's really just you, the lieutenant, and the programmer left...
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You look around. Most everyone has already gone home for the night. It's really just you and the speedfreak left...
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You look around. Most everyone has already gone home for the night. It's really just you, the lieutenant, and the speedfreak left...
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The cold bronze tickles your inner thighs. Your legs have grown stiff. You've been up here quite a while.
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"Yeah, you're right." (Climb down.)
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"Hmm, what a disappointment. I was almost sure something truly interesting was about to happen. Oh well."
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"Took a dark turn there. Told you we shouldn't have gone and aligned ourselves with the Big Bad. Gonna need some seriously hard core ablutions to wash this shit off..."
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"That's... rather optimistic. Though of course it depends on the contingencies."
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"You must understand, the Moralintern is responsible for ensuring the continuance and flourishing of mankind for the next 3,000 years. The planning division must account for a great many possible outcomes and chance events."
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"Fortunately, we have contingency spreads to help guide our decision making."
Originally developed by mechanical engineers at the Isherwood Branch of CZU Industries around the turn of the last century, contingency spreads are used to model complex events in a number of fields, including business, public health, radiocomputer science, insurance, and international diplomacy.
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"Of course, there is no one spread that can reasonably account for all these possible events. But at least we're able to prepare for the most likely eventualities."
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"Not exactly. No one can know the future. But with contingency spreads it is possible to predict what the future realities might reasonably look like."
"But we shouldn't overstate their importance. They are simply one of many tools used by the Moralintern to set policy."
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"It's not really our area of expertise, but we can try to explain. Picture a smooth hill made from fresh dirt. Now, if you stand atop this hill and pour a glass of water over it, what will happen?"
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"The point is that we know only that the water will run down, but not what course it will take. If we place a rock in the water's path, will it divert to the left or the right? We cannot say, but we may predict which way it might run in either event..."
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"That is the essence of the idea. You might also imagine these spreads as a kind of tree, with every juncture representing a different event, and every branch representing a different timeline."
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- "Precisamente. We know only that it will run down, but not what course it will take. If we place a rock in the water's path, will it divert to the left or the right? We cannot say, but we may predict which way it might run in either event..."
- "The point is that we know only that the water will run down, but not what course it will take. If we place a rock in the water's path, will it divert to the left or the right? We cannot say, but we may predict which way it might run in either event..."
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"Precisamente. We know only that it will run down, but not what course it will take. If we place a rock in the water's path, will it divert to the left or the right? We cannot say, but we may predict which way it might run in either event..."
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"That's impossible to say. It may be that Revachol has a great role to play, or no role at all. That is the nature of contingencies."
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But... didn't the Wild Pines representative say that Revachol would resolve history?
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"You must understand, when we speak of contingency spreads, we are talking about the most fantastically complex data visualisations human beings are capable of producing, with thousands of events -- from elections and wars to natural disasters or scientific miracles -- and millions of possible outcomes."
"It may be the case that, under certain scenarios, Revachol is vitally important, as it was during the Coalition landings in '08. It may also be the case in many other equally plausible scenarios that Revachol is simply another once-great city, like countless others throughout history."
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Did she... just admit that the Coalition invading Revachol was one of those 'contingencies'?
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"It's completely natural. Studies have shown that the untrained mind is only capable of considering so many possibilities in place at once, usually no more than three or four..."
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"For this reason, responsibility for developing contingency spreads is only assigned to highly trained analysts working with advanced radiocomputers and a steady supply of drouamine."
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- "It's completely natural. Studies have shown that the untrained mind is only capable of considering so many possibilities in place at once, usually no more than three or four..."
- "Yes, we would say that is a fair and reasonable way to describe it..."
- "Almost certainly. Not many realise this, but, the Moralintern is constantly reviewing and revising its contingency spreads in order to improve our own decision-making..."
- "Impossible to say for certain. Human beings are notoriously bad at predicting all the different ways events might unravel..."
- "Only in the sense that the entire world has to 'wing' its way through history. The Moralintern simply aims to 'wing it' as little as possible..."
- "We are living in the only reality we know. Our task is to make the best of it that we can..."
- "It's even possible the cities that will resolve the questions of the future have not been founded yet."
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"Of course. While the content of individual contingency spreads is deeply classified, many degrees beyond our access, everything we have heard from the Provisional Commission indicates that the transition is proceeding according to the appropriate timetable."
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"That is extremely admirable. Of course, the Coalition supports the Revacholian people's desire for full democracy. We encourage you to contact the offices of the Provisional Commission if you are serious about getting involved."
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"Oh, there are many things you can do. If you're interested in learning how to canvass for signatures, manage a polling place, or register voters, the Commission would be more than happy to direct you to a workshop..."
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"In fact, you may have picked the perfect time to get involved: Revachol is nearly ready to begin the first phase of democratisation."
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"Soon, the people of Revachol will vote for slates of candidates who will make up the transitional advisory council that will oversee the second phase of democratisation."
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"In most cases, the Provisional Council selects them from a cross-section of the local population to ensure the slates actually reflect the people they represent."
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"Of course, such a situation is not ideal. We would all prefer for Revacholians to nominate their representatives directly. But that is why it's a transitional council."
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"Our best theoreticians believe that three to five phases are appropriate for states that lack strong democratic traditions, which would certainly apply to Revachol."