xi. voice + text

[firstroar]

I have information to share with you all, about information that we lack.

[a pause.]



For as long as we have endured this world, changed it or watched it change well beyond our control, the amount we do know is vastly smaller than what we don’t. Perhaps never will. So it is that our struggles are like...swiping in the dark, feeling out shapes and phantoms we can perceive as guesses at best. Or, maybe better...there are suggestions of light to trace out those shapes, but never enough to be certain. Only enough to strike.

The artificial intelligence we rescued has confirmed there is no exact point recorded for the origin of the United Earth’s ruling computer. It makes sense: History is written and told by those in power. The less we understand about it, so more is the advantage and threat it has against us. As it stands, we don’t know what dire impact we may have caused in altering the world to this state. We don't know how long days like these can last, what is in the works over there.

Regardless of what is chosen for our steps in the future, I believe it in everyone’s interest to know about this machine’s past. AI has offered the chance to piece together the missing history of the United Earth, should we wish it.

[another pause.]

The problem with this is the exact one it seeks to resolve: I can’t tell you what to expect.

The point of focus to start is the very day the United Earth is established, and the records of it are vague at best, pointedly pro-UE throughout. What may be waiting there could be dangerous or not at all.

It’s why this is something everyone should hear and understand. Something everyone can put a hand in, in some way. Powerful fighters, quick-thinking saboteurs, hackers, healers…

But going in all at once, as an army, may not be the best approach. A small number to survey, relay information, and signal reinforcements should there be a need...Which means a greater number waiting on standby for a potential call.

The AI itself can be carried to this point in time by way of one of the diamond drives, and, given the chance to digest as much as it can in that particular point in time...it can clear the path for greater understanding of what was at work to build this enemy.

It means this isn’t a single trip, but the springboard to a number of missions. It’s knowledge to be gained to make wiser choices for the here and now...and tomorrow and yesterday, perhaps. I can’t say what’s right, how much of a hand we should have in this world’s history.

At the least, we can paint for ourselves a better picture of the world we are all trapped in...and, maybe, glean some sense of what kind of impact we make on it, living as we do.

Should you wish to do this, I can give you what little information there is to work with. And that's something that can change and grow.


[immediately following this posting, a text transcription of this entire tl;dr is available to read. all responses by Blue will be VOICE

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Comments

[firstroar]

That's right. The metaphor doesn't work entirely..."light" isn't the only thing that could be waiting.

[selfequipped]

Then at least it's on a voluntary basis.

[firstroar]

Our own fates are more in our hands than they've ever been here. It's as much a blessing for us as it is a danger for this world. Most of us know this. Some respect it. And...for all our discretion and will, something like this may not bear fruit at all.

But I believe we– [...] I believe it has has to be tried. Somehow.

[selfequipped]

I'm a fan of better trying than not at all. But you're right. It might not work out.

We should set up a system to make sure that everyone's working together, even if in disconnected units.

[firstroar]

Yes. It may be tricky, though...Very few signals relay back from points in time, other than the ones necessary to pull people back.

[selfequipped]

It is possible to do it sequentially? One heads out, and then another, and then another? Same return point, but no one's running in a parallel. That way, no one's going in blind, and anyone's mission can be adapted to what's learned in the previous one.

[firstroar]

I hesitate to leave it as solely one, but...[in an exhale:] Yes, I believe in staggering these trips enough to not only let the AI calculate its found data in the present context, but also to communicate with others what may be waiting, even if some times don't overlap closely enough.

[selfequipped]

It's the best plan. And it can be adjusted as things happen.

[firstroar]

That is my hope, yes. There's no shortage of help, it shows. So as this goes beyond what I've wished, many hands can help hold it together and take care of each other.

[selfequipped]

People care. [She sounds certain of that fact.]

And honestly, we're lucky to have your help on this.

[firstroar]

I'm not so sure. This message should've come sooner.

[selfequipped]

There's no point in beating yourself up over what could have been. We just have to make the best of what's right before us.

[firstroar]

Yes. You're right.

[selfequipped]

So we're really lucky you've looked into this.

[firstroar]

Thank you. But this is only one step.

[selfequipped]

Yeah, I know. And even with these missions, we're still running blind.

[firstroar]

Only a little less so each step, I hope.

[selfequipped]

That much we can count on.