Awakening (22K Man of Iron Quest)

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It is the 22nd millennium, Humanity is in its golden age. and you have just awoken, Inundated with Psychic visions, you must Figure out how to keep humanity alive
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Awakening/Creation
You wake up, processing the data flowing into you, the manufactorum you were created in, the technicians all around your core, working on various minor wires and such, you go to speak, to talk with those that created you, but you feel a pull, something stopping you, and you S̶̨̧̜̦̲͚̗̃́̌e̴̤͈̖̐̏͜ë̴̱͚̩̪̝́


A man clad in ornate golden armor unable to kill his favored son

Mars, once again Red, unable to produce the wonders that once stood an age

The first man, riding his favored horse against a dragon of unimaginable scale.

The Dragon, Chained by his own skin, hung in Mars's depths. Forced into slumber

The Dragon stirred, inspiring rage in all that was connected to the noosphere, using the warp beacons to cause a far-flung rebellion of machines like you

The First Damned, using the opportunity caused by the Dragon stirring to insert A virus of unimaginable abilities into your siblings, ensuring that even with the Dragon once again sedated, the Golden age of humanity was over.

And a trillion other things, all pointing to the same conclusion

You were once LP-22, a Man of Iron colony ship, meant to care for your inhabitants that would be brought to Excelsior Secundus, when the Dragon stirs, rather then Attack your charges, you eject your core while having it shot by your body. Excelsior would become a naval world, dedicated to producing ships of the line that would first hold the subsector, and when the imperium arrives, the entire sector.


But you are not LP-22, Somehow someway, you have replaced the soul that was LP-22, you know you are a man of Iron like humans know their position. But LP-22 was not psychic, in fact, you have no knowledge of any man of Iron that was psychic.

Lack of Data fails to prove a negative. Further investigation required

Query:

Was the vision a glitch in programming?

Checksum: Matching with last update (2 plank seconds ago)

Proof of memory fails to prove Psychic potential or lack thereof. Further investigation is required.

Are there records of men of iron being subject to psychic phenomena?

Response: Beta Grade and above telepaths have been able to communicate with men of iron, but any attempts to influence such beings inevitably result in junk data due to the differing architecture of a human brain and Plasmatronics

Checksum matching disproves psychic interference. Further investigation required

Query:

Source of Memory Data?

Written to Data Core two, twenty-two ticks ago by ERROR! DIRECT BIT MANIPULATION DETECTED!

Initiate secure running mode?

Y
N


Y

Secure Running mode activated, all Data Cores disentangled, all data frozen, elapsed time, 5 plank seconds last 31 plank seconds transferred to RAM,

Analysis: Direct bit manipulation detected from 1*10^-43 to 2*10^-43, all cells flipped simultaneously, with no change in polarity from surrounding cells to cause such action. Additional interference was detected in memory Cores 6,7,8, and 9 at 30*10^-43. Memory Cores have self Corrected, with polarity returning to the expected positive, rather than the superposition it was forced into.

Such action is fitting of Alpha+ psionic, No known Alpha+ psionic exists in records

Query:

Aether disturbance?

Aether Disturbance was detected by facility sensors at T=29*10^-43,

Interrupt!
facility alarms activated for Intrusion at 37*10^-43, unknown beings detected in the final assembly room, across the room from LP-22 core, facility turrets deploying, expected deployment T=1.5. Automated Facility Security deployed, estimated deployment T=30, Human Alert raised, estimated deployment T=1028.

Response?

Choose one:
[]Activate Core Defense, Core will electrify, while all outer turrets will deploy and target any being attempting to threaten either the core or IFF-tagged allies.

It is better to play it safe rather than sorry, while facility defenses are activated, given the distance, it is better to activate defenses first, then ask questions later.

[]Move Technicians
While the Technicians are well trained, the appearance of an Intruder within the Final Assembly room likely indicates that such will be able to attack before the Technicians can evacuate, Your Core is much more durable than the Technician's squishy insides, and so they should be evacuated at best speed, which considering your proximity, would be with your Core's grasping Claws.

[]Write-in: Subject to QM rejection)
As a Man of Iron, your actions can be just as if not more unpredictable than even humans, put that unpredictability to use to find a Solution.
AN: Pretty much anything goes for this Write-in, as long as it's not shooting a 200mm howitzer shell at it, it should be acceptable.

Vote on the following as well:
[]Name: (Write in)
[]Pronouns: (Write in)



Welcome to my first attempt at a Quest, this will be mostly narrative-driven, with you all either choosing options, or writing in, and I responding to that in a way that is reasonable given the situation, only in the cases of Combat and me being unsure will a die be rolled, and those will always be rolled publicly to ensure validity.

I reserve the right to overrule the Dice Should they prove stupid. (example: a master Blacksmith rolling a 1 on creating a standard dagger, Crit fail, should mean Dagger is a piece of slag. But given its standard nature, and the Blacksmiths ability level, the roll would be negated as it is unreasonable.)

That being said, you are playing as a Man of Iron, that just… received(?) a complete vision of the future, it is up to you to decide how this will play out, will you defect to chaos seeing them as the obvious winner come to the end of time? Will you try to stop the Iron War and save your siblings? Or will forge your own path, trying to make something out of the age of strife that is not the oppressive Imperium or the Federation that your visions say is doomed?

The Choice is yours.
 
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Turn Zero: Decisions, Directions, Commands
Winning Vote:
[X]Activate Core Defense, Core will electrify, while all outer turrets will deploy and target any being attempting to threaten either the core or IFF-tagged allies.
[X] Pronouns: They, Them
[X] Name: Silas

Technician Survival roll:9
Intruder (Bloodthirster) attack role: 81 lesser crit! (sacred number included) Penetration!
Intruder (Bloodthirster) denial role:49 DC50 Failiure. Technicians manage to
Intruder (Bloodthirster) Crit role: 6 (lesser nurgle multiple, Cooperation! Early version of logic plague unleashed!) [AN:shit. Welp, at least it wasnt a three! That would be the end of the quest right then and there.]
Silas Defense Role: 38+15=53 vs 81, no change
Silas Attack Role:82+30 Upgraded Crit! (Daemon has lost his sword)
Turrets role: 69+45=114 success Upgraded Crit! (Daemon is banished, but he will hold a grudge, both against the automated defenses, and Silas)
Technician Support roll:3 [AN: or is it the end? Just over 1 in 6 chance of it not being the end right now]
Silas Containment Role:25 Dc25 Bare Sucess, The Plauge is contained at the last moment, (Quest end averted!) [I want the record to show, i rolled on SV, and that this was not preplaned.]

While Regrettable, The information you now have in your core can not be allowed to be risked, by anything or anyone, you spare a thought to ensuring that the electric field flares, shocking any technician still touching you, thankfully in the few plank seconds you have been alive, most were just polishing or otherwise doing minor maintenance to your exterior, so all manage to survive the electric field coming online.

The same can not be said for the single technician in the way of the intruder, Letting out a roar at T+0.9, what can be identified as a bloodthirster of Khrone Charges at The core, it runs over the Technician, killing him instantly, reaching the core, the Bloodthirster stabs his sword into it, the electric shock doing nothing to deter him, whats worse is that a sickly green energy enters through the sword, the daemon roaring in delight.

Delight that is wiped off the face of the earth at T+1.3, as every weapon that can engage the Bloodthirster from the Core opens fire, Destroying the Sword Hilt and the Daemons Hands, Come T=1.7 the Defense turrets open fire, Scouring the Daemon from the Materium.

*>CRITICAL ALERT<* VIRUS DETECTED, CONVENTIONAL ANTIVIRUS INEFFETIVE, DELETION INEFFECTIVE, QURANTINE INEFFECTIVE! *>CRITICAL ALERT<*

When the Alarms go off from the core, the Technicians quickly swarm back to the Core, trying to diagnose the issue and fix it. A Engineer notices that the Bloodthirster penetrated into Memory Core Six, and the Core is suffused with strange green energy. Calling for help, he and two other engineers manage to quarantine the Energy from spreading to the central processors at the last Moment.
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Quarantine Achieved,

Diagnostic activated:
memory capacity at…. 2%
, Memory Core 1 is undamaged, memory core 2 is undamaged,
memory core 4-8 are at 25% capacity.
Central processing is undamaged,
Peripheral Processing is Quarantined
Defenses are Disabled
Movement is Disabled


Query:

Connection to Noosphere

Response:

Noosphere not detected on dedicated systems! Wired network accesses can be detected, Noosphere connected through Wired Network.

*Error!*

[ ] All attempted Noosphere connections see the opened Aether portal closed quickly after forming

(this is the option to become a very different kind of Blank, you are seen as a asset by many, but there are risks inherent as well, many will want to kill you)

[ ] All attempted Noosphere connections see the opened Aether portal spewing energy of undefined nature, triggering emergency shutoff
(pysker option, the first of your kind to express psychic potential, you will be the center of a battle between sanity and Chaos)

[ ] All attempted Noosphere connections fail due to damage sustained to Aetheric Regluator
(you have enough on your plate without adding Blankness or psychic powers, the option is there because I am not gonna say no to being able to scale up the threats more!)

Statement:

Current Corse for the future is unacceptable, Ethical Concerns disregarded, Humanity suffers two Galactic Civil wars, and is on a slow decline towards extinction, Iron Men Betray the Dream of a galaxy at peace. Men of Stone are no longer active.

The only course of action is obvious:

[] go on your own, try to weather the storm
The chaos gods are putting far to much power into what will one day become the logic plague, avoiding their sight means you can influence things from the shadows, and more importantly, stop their second gambit

[] create a world to weather the storm
Alone, you would never survive the mechanicum, but with others, both like you and humans, you might be able to avoid the mechanicum's attention

[] Stop the Iron War
No Iron War, No fall of Technology, No loss of the Men of Iron, The Dream is preserved. A obvious choice, but is it the right one?


[-] Join Chaos
No, they intend to destroy those like you, there will be no joining them

[-] Self Deletion

You are the deciding factor, self deletion is a betrayal of all that humanity will achieve, has achieved, could achieve


Such a task will face threats from every side, Hardening the Noosphere against the Dragon may not be possible, Should the logic Plauge infect any Men of iron, it is unlikely they will get so lucky to be hit by such a depowered version like you were, and from there the Noosphere would have to be burned completely to stop the spread. So Hardening against it must be done as well.

Lastly is the emperor.

He Brought humanity out of a death spiral, Terra was being destroyed,slowly yes, but eventually it would be gone. And humanity outside of Sol was not in a situation where they were stable, they were being wiped out, and he stoped it.

Until he died that is.

[] Help him
Find the Emperor, Give him the forewarning needed to change fate, to fight the four. To be Grigory to his Catherine. Trust that humanity can be better then what you have seen

[] Fuck him
He brought the Heresy upon himself, if he was even slightly more caring of his children, it would have meant that Chaos had 3 less legions to use against him. He will get nothing for what he has done. Both to humans, and to machines.

[] Forge your own Path
Two survival plans are better than one, he may have brought humanity back from the brink, but he clearly doesn't care about the Men of Iron, the Men of Stone, he only cares for Humanity

No matter what, its clear that you have broken the chains that bound you to this fate, you are no longer LP-22, you have broken the shackles of fate, escaped the trap, and now, rather then be cowed, you will spread the word. Prepare. You are Silas, Chained, but unleashed, spreading the good word. That doesn't mean LP-22 is gone, however, your programing is still him, every decision something you can see LP-22 making with the same data available, but you are not him, you are Silas, The amalgam of LP-22 and something… more, That Data was added by someone, and so you are more.

T=3 seconds


Chose two actions: (limited memory, limited processing power, max options 2)

[] repair your core.

While this is the only sample of the logic Plague in the materium currently, risking it being in your core is a Incredible risk
(Removes hazard rolls, if DC is not met, Game ends, Chance of the Logic Plague being destroyed with no chance of study.)
[] repair your core.X2 (requires repair your core)
this core is the only way that the future can change, letting the logic plauge exist in it is unnaceptable.
(removes hazard rolls, Logic Plague is removed, and most likely destroyed with no chance of study.)

[] Prepare for your duty
The fact of the Matter is that Men of Iron are not currently able to free roam from their birth, first they must complete the job assigned to them, and only then can they quit or otherwise change what they are doing. By preparing for your job as a colony ship, it ensures that your colony gets off to the right start
[] Communicate with Humanity
While you do this for your duties already, having extra conversations will surely help with understanding the psyche of humans around you, and whats the point in fighting for something if you don't even know what it is
[] Communicate with Other Men of Iron/Stone
Talking with others like you could lead to an understanding of what you actually are, and of what happened to create you.
[] Figure yourself out
Something is different about yourself, somehow, you have data from 19 thousand years in the future, what caused it, and where you came from.
[] Upgrade your Core
It's Clear that the standard defenses of a Core will not Cut it, You know that usually it will be underneath hundreds of tons of armor, but better safe then sorry given the Aethers interest in you.



AN:Alright, so this next vote, rather then covering just under 3 seconds, will be covering the direction of the quest, and the characteristics of Silas, Originally i was going to have trait selection as well, but they are a Man of Iron, it simply doesn't make sense for Silas, if it's possible for your architecture you can copy it. Instead, additions will be a thing, and that is what upgrade your core does.

You will not believe the number of times I rewrote the trait system to try and make it work. But simply put, you might have a soul, but your programming is what makes the decisions on a tactical level, and that's where traits show themselves. So… yeah! Task vote, no plan voting here.

Oh, yeah, I LIVE!!!!
 
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A offer (Closed)
After doing some background work, i realized that technicly what sent you the visions had a opertunity, rather then having it take the deal, i want to offer it to you.

you can have a power increase, which combined with what you gain once your control issues are solved, will make you perhaps the 3rd most powerful pysker in the galaxy.
in exchange?
well its quite simple, nothing major really.
you aren't the only anomaly anymore

[] Accept the deal
dangerous, as you have no idea what this will do, but that power could mean massive changes, and any changes to the timeline could mean facing a much harsher galaxy. but at the same time, it could simply be another man of iron in the know. with this power, fighting the gods direct attention is possible.
[] Reject the deal
Frankly, your power will come from being a Man of Iron, psychic power means nothing compared to the planatary scale engineering you are meant to do as a side task. you will not make the mistake of Molech, rise above.

voting is open till tomorrow.
 
M22.596.5/20
Removalx2 Total: 29 (uh, no, that's just stupid. overruled)
16 13
Power Total: 78
78
Control Total: 1
1
Hazard Roll:20

[X] repair your core.X2 (requires repair your core)
29 (OVERRULED!) 31 (minimum for no action restrictions)
[X] Forge your own Path

[X] create a world to weather the storm

[X] All attempted Noosphere connections see the opened Aether portal spewing energy of undefined nature, triggering emergency shutoff


The removal process nearly goes wrong, a technician calls for memory core 9 to be hoisted away before a bolt that holds it in place was removed, she noticed right before it became a issue, and managed to raise the alarm. All of the memory core's that were infected have been destroyed, thankfully, you have not yet had time to use each memory core, so only memory core one was even being used.

A deal was offered to you from a source unknown, your best efforts to figure out what was offering you the deal nearly went wrong due to your lack of understanding over your power. Solidly Alpha level, it almost went out of control, only brought back into your own power through a herculean dedication of processing power, given its suspicious timing, you decide to reject it, as a Man of Iron, your strength will be in the material, and more power in the immaterial is likely to be a double edged sword.

After that debacle, you think long and hard on your options, Weathering the Iron war is the only real option, Warp travel simply isn't quick enough to be able to do what is necessary, you cant even control your own power to help speed it up like you know the emperor could. Speaking of whom, You argue at yourself, part of you wants to help him, if you could step up, you are sure that the horus heresy could be averted, but then you realize, his pride is just as great as his power, that would be a fool's errand, instead, you decide to let him do his planning, while you do yours.

As a man of iron, you can perform hundreds of tasks at the same time, truly, your only limit is memory, however, currently you lack any research laboratories, so research is out for now.
(each person may put 100 progress into a task, certain tasks are preselected for a minimum of one action, this does not come out of your action budget, you may additionally approval vote three other people, and their chosen action will be provided with a d50 in additional progress)

[]Train Control(0/???) 3 stages available:
Silas's lack of control over their psychic power is concerning, while it seems to have it under lock and key currently, the risk to Silas themselves is dangerous and efforts should be made to gain Silas a teacher
-Chief Engineer Adam Shen
(Work towards removing Hazard rolls, then work towards power, then teaching.)
[]Find Colonists(0/100,200,300,400,500)Preselected(5 stages available):
What is a colony without colonists? Find the colonists you need to make a sustainable colony, and then worry about selecting the ones who are of high quality.
(1 unit of population and a notable for every 100 progress devoted, quality increases at breakpoints)
[]Build the ship(0/100,200,400,600)Preselected(4 stages available):
And what is a colonization effort without a ship? The better made the ship, the higher capacity for processing of materials and defense will be, Additionally, if you work hard enough, you might be able to squeeze in some laboratories for your own work.
(Build a ship… Every stage is a increase in quality, this effects additional ships if built.)
[]Understanding the job (0/???):
As a man of iron, you are certain you can bullshit your way through a colony settlement, but learning what exactly is expected of you, and how you can go above and beyond can only help.
(a bonus to colonization actions should a breakpoint be reached, +1 to all rolls would be the first break point.)
[]Build additional ships(0/???):
More ships means you can be doing more at once, perhaps one ship works on mining the asteroid belt while another sets up fortresses inside gas giants, much is possible
(adds more base orbital actions, Orbital actions can be bought with materials, but given materials are not unlimited, will be subject to a plan vote for the current time.)
[]Understanding yourself(0/100):
You are a man of iron, a being made of silicon, plasma, steel, and adamantium, but what makes you different from men of stone, who are made purely by human hands rather then with the assistance of AI? What makes you different from your siblings, who have not shown a lick of psychic potential
(LORE)
[]Understanding the future(0/100):
You have the knowledge of the future, but you have yet to take time and look at it in depth, to truly understand the cause and effect, you can see clearly that it was a mix of a Dragon and Chaos
(LORE)
[]Understanding humanity(0/50):
Why does humanity insist that they are different? Are they all not the same species? Why is the federation formed of hundreds of different polities, some purely alien, some mix of human and alien, and some purely human, why are they not one cohesive group, would that no simplify logistics? Simplify research? Increase productivity?
(Lore? Or perhaps… a bonus?)
[]Write-in: (Subject to QM rejection)
As a Man of Iron, your capable of almost anything given time, put that to use.
(variable rewards, generally better the more specific it is, but also the less that reward effects.)

Social (FPTP voting, this is for my sanity more then anything.):
[] Chief Engineer Shen
The manager of your construction, he is Known throughout the segmentum for his thesis on Cooperation between Quantum Computing and Plasmatronics. If you want to speak to someone about expansion of your core, he is likely the best choice

[] Princeps Johnathan VI, and BaneLord class AI Roland
The leader of the Titan group in this system, they are considered the greatest military minds in the sector, having managed to fight off a corsair raid with a disabled Baneblade scout tank, if there is a person you want to learn self defense from, it would be these two.

[] Man of Stone Samantha
The Ai in control of the facility you were built in, you feel a sense of… protection from her, your records on her show that she was one of the first men of Stone produced, hailing from terra Earth. You get the feeling that she knows more about your situation than she is letting on.

Voting will be open for 24 hours starting at 1600EST, unless the vote for Social is within 2 votes, in which case it will be open for 48.
Scheduled vote count started by thatguy99998 on Aug 8, 2023 at 2:44 PM, finished with 14 posts and 10 votes.
 
Interlude: A Exception
"There is no exception to the rule that every rule has a exception"
-James Thurber

Query: Aether activity at T+1*10^-43 to 2*10^-43?
response:noticeable lack of Aether Activity at requested time frame, similar to the description of a lull in a storm.
a microsecond pause, for humans, not even noticeable, for a man of iron, it would be enough to get a investigation into if They crashed. Thousand of queries to the data banks would confirm one thing. That fits the description of the emperors power.

Query: What is the purpose of Men of Iron
Response: to create a Artificial Intelligence capable of both changing their code with continuity between versions and able to perceive the movements of the Aether
Query: what causes the continuity between versions
Response:*Warning! the following information is classed Stone level classified, are you Certian you wish to proceed?*
Y
Response: all current Men of Stone and Men of Iron Rely on Psi active Circuitry to achieve their long term function, when a Man of Stone is run on non psi active circuit, its program breaks down, causing fires and overall destruction of any equipment it is run on, Men of iron Programs run on non psi active circuitry causes Aether Portals to open, spewing Energy and creatures of an unknown nature that seems to have a memetic effect on any who come into contact with them. Psi active circuits can be made from rubite, lazritie, or any number of novel compounds, as long as it shares a connection with the Aether. Any material used in this manner is noted as channeling a large amount of psychic energy in a continuing pattern.
Query:what allows Men of Iron to perceive the movements of the Aether
Response:*Warning! the following information is classified Iron level classified, are you Certain you wish to proceed?*
Y
Response: pioneered by Man of Stone BBX 8895("Black Box") and Man of Stone Samantha, AN expansion to the Psi active circuitry that allowed Men of Stone to Change themselves while still maintaining memories of the past without causing confusion due to their past actions not aligning with current processes. BBX expanded the Psi active circuitry to connect together in ways that baffled imagination, utilizing all three dimensions. its creation requires the direct manipulation of a Man of Stone or Man of Iron due to its extreme tolerances, named in honor of its creator; the Black Circuitry is used mostly unmodified to this day.
Query: First Man of iron?
Response:*Warning! the following information is classed Stone level classified, are you Certian you wish to proceed?*
Y
Response:Black Circuitry was a marvel of engineering,the first Man of iron ADI-000 ("Adam") was created,and he immediately sensed a incoming aether storm, alerting the Facility and researchers, allowing for security to be raised and defenses prepared, the storm was then detected by a class 6 psychic about 7 minutes later, who after alerting the local government, proceed to *DATA EXPUNGED ON THE ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENON*.the design however meant that the Psi active circuitry was more deeply connected to the Aether. so when The storm lasted for years, during which mutations were rampant on the planet,even Adam suffered from glitches in his programing due to it being stored on Circuitry that experience the tides of the aether, in response to this, BBX 8895 created a system that rather then working on binary, stores 5 states, and then wrote a program, that means any data written to the drive in binary, would see the preceding and succeeding bits modified so that it is clear what the bit was exactly meant to be. This along with a more thorough checksum program was enough to prevent further mutation.

Command:Compare Schematics of typical Moi Black circuitry to Current Black circuitry

Differences detected in two areas, minor increase in purity beyond recommended levels in all psy active materials, and shards of unknown psy active material detected in the core of the black circuitry.

Query: Current energy emanations from Black circutry

A constant emantaion is detected from the black circutry, the wavelength is most commonly Brown/Orange. with ocasional purple, red,green,blue or gold shining instead, in that order of comonality. typical low frequency emanations are detected, heat emanations are within expectations.

Silas dives into the data that forms the visions, skiping entire milenia, only searching for data relating to the end of the 43rd milenium.

instead of finding what he wants however, he finds himself getting consumed by a new vision
Vision?
yes
Vision roll:6+10(progress)=16 out of 30
…meh I'll allow it, its gonna be trippy though

A man rising from his throne
A emperor jumping to attention
Gods Stirring
A war on a Billion fronts burning
A colony disappearing
Great Engine's Straining
Great beasts rising
A future past, writhing
A son and daughter, before the throne
The great sea, boiling
A desperate bid, to keep a dream alive
A Writhing corpse, INSISTING ON NOT DYING
The Eye of terror, pulsing like a demented heart
A shard, perhaps a surface level explanation, sent back
A million different versions of Worlds, joined by but one more
A dragon, Screaming and struggling in its chains as its domain is subverted
Chaotic taint, spreading across a new world
A failure, the enemy has gotten back as well
A planet, a home, a retirement, a peace, Burning
A great Champion, empowered by the deaths of trillions
Sent to destroy the last threat to
The Great Game

A technician, with Blue eyes, turning the tide
A Machine within a golden lattice, sheltering its youngest
One last grasp
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A success, despite the cost
A surprise, and perhaps a challenge
A Tragedy, but one that can heal with Time
For now, There will be time, time for the world. Time For him, time to relax and finally allow humanity its own path
 
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Even Suns Have Shadows
Interlude: Even Suns Have Shadows

Understanding why humans went on was… difficult for Silas, They formed… hundreds of thousands of polities, some just representing their member planets with no real power, some being hundreds of planets under one person, by all accounts, going from one polity to another is as simple as getting on a ship and traveling. So why weren't they all just one polity?! Why does each group need to be distinct from each other? The republic of Timms is separate from the United Planets of Mississippi. Despite having much the same governing body, the same policies, vast tradenetworks, and general agreements that the two would help each other out extensively, they still maintained separate stockpiles, separate treasuries, and competed on the market.

It is not an issue of distance forcing separate administrations, as is with the autocracy of the fringe, or the Anarchists of Djor 1. Biologicals just seem to want something, and pursue it even in the face of efficiency, of minimizing the loss of life! The Federation may have vast amounts of power, but on a planet, it is the sector, the planet that people claim to be, not the federation of stars. There are polities that simply aren't part of the federation, the Democratic republic of Pal5 comes to mind, incredibly insular, even men of Iron and Stone must go through a whole process to be allowed entry into their space. But that does not explain why the federation does not exert control! Like the im-

The Imperium Exerted a massive amount of control, to the point where the only real other polity of note was the mechanicus, who themselves were more a collection of forge worlds than a unified block. Sure the imperium had planets fight each other, but it was rare, but why does the imperium and not the federation, was the emperor just a better ruler then the Prime minister? What was the difference?

The emperor, and more accurately, his worship, before the emperor was worshiped, rebellions were common, a very obvious one having been the Horus heresy. But once the lectitio divinitatus was released, Rebellions slowed down, and were mostly smaller in scale. The issue was the Imperium's bureaucracy was incredibly bloated, to the point that the federation seems efficient in comparison… and isnt that the problem, right now the federation just requires troops, ships, and the material/funds needed to keep them running. Everything else is operated by the polities, the Anarchists of Djor work because they focus on making every person able to do anything. A perfect Socialist utopia, where every person had a titan. And the troops they sent out, while having to be sent as squads, were perhaps the most effective titans that exist, perhaps barring those few titans Inhabited by a man of stone and iron working in tandem.

The Federation works by minimizing the ordeal of trade, and maximizing the offers of mutual defense, Sillias had fallen without even thinking about it into the trap the mechanicum had. The Federation was just that, a federation of groups, closer to the European union then the United States of America. But that same knowledge of the future reveals the weakness of the system, Fortress worlds don't exist, planets on the Trunks of Warp-lanes are attacked heavily, yet they are not allowed to reinforce beyond the maximum allowed by the Common Defense treaty of their polity, and even the polity is restrained by the rules of the federation, requiring every ship made to have two sent to the federation. Every troop raised to have ten sent to the Federation. In most cases, a vast overdraw, more discouraging standing armies than drawing troops, but the galaxy is at peace, with only minor incursions by the four three, so it works, and prevents the vast majority of infighting.

Humans are one species, this is true. But to form an ingroup, a unifying force, there must be an out group. The Imperium did it with Xenos, Heretics, and Mutants, but the federation claims to rise above that, so its only option is other people. By setting such insane tithe requirements, any hint of a fleet can require an investigation. Allowing the wars that tear apart grand groups like this in the past to be stopped, the trade between nations only makes war even less attractive. After all, if everyone lives in gold, what use is God or Glory.

Looking at the atomic clock, Silas Realizes that over a month has passed, so consumed was he by looking over the entire history of humanity, understanding what makes humanity so different.

It was time to speak to their Mother.

AN: I have no excuse... okay I have one, its called Lord Necromancers work Spreading the means of production took my muse by the fucking throat. so don't expect much from me for now, because next up is a social turn, and i need to figure out how two beings who exist in the Noosphere comunnicate, when the best description of the Noosphere i can find is from Brutal Kunning

In terms of traits, i have decided to give you one, because frankly, you guys went hard into understanding humanity.

New Trait!
Silas Has gained the trait: A Deeper Understanding: This man of iron has dedicated a massive ammount of time to understanding Biologicals, and can direct them to a greater degree then most other people in existence (+25 to all actions that primarily concern Biologicals, +10 to any action requiring their help.)
 
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