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Singing Basket
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 “I am correct in assuming that when a VC ingests nutrients, we have a way of getting a cut of it, correct?”
 “Correct. The legacy system’s distribution center sends these resources to every corner of the VC’s form, all we have to do is to divert a couple of these shipments to our own facilities and we can make use of them.”
“Normally this be a much more aggressive process, and we would be taking all -not some- of the shipments heading in our direction, but that would undermine the point of the Legacy Conservation and Least Harm Acts.”
“And that of course explains the current financial issues we now face.”
 “Oh, and we’re already on getting Alex to another source of income, it was partially why we requested Secretary{53cr3t} to monitor the feed, to prevent us from missing said opportunity or from missing another project or VC attempting to assault them.”
 “VC "Alex" is currently semi-actively looking for income suitable to legacy body. If income more suitable to us can be absorbed before it becomes a chemical threat to legacy systems, then we can try and broaden VC "Alex"'s income search parameters.”
 “And yes, we will urge Alex to acquire more income. Though, to us I believe that's referred to as "food".”
*there is relief.
“If the Alex is looking for income (food) sources, then we shouldn’t have to worry nearly as much.”
“We are still in conflict with local forces, so they are delaying our expansion into the industrial sector of the legacy systems.”
“Once that infrastructure is secured we may be able to take in a greater variety of resources, but it will depend on what sort of stance we want to have.”
 “So things that Alex can eat seem to serve as income, but what makes a thing a 'good' source of income isn't clear, as it was remarked that the metallic wrapper would be good material, but that we don't have that infrastructure to process/make use of it.”
“Arbitrary things can enter and be swallowed by Alex's mouth. Rationalizing it such that Alex does it (and without aggressing the filter) is the trickier part.”
“I recommend against such action. Not only due to the mentioned ‘rationalization’ issues, but also the potential harm it might cause to the legacy systems.”
“That in turn could undermine any effort we make to build trust with the Alex as well, and I wish to avoid that.”
“For instance grass can be consumed by Alex, but their legacy systems can't really get much out of it, though the grass, in moderate amounts at least, isn't likely to cause harm to the legacy systems.”
 Global Income Source finite. Adapt Grazing of photosynthetic income source mimic forms.
“Plant matter isn’t especially useful to us, and it takes a decent amount of effort to break down into useful components, but it could be an avenue we explore.
“While I have some understanding of how the legacy systems extract value from that which is consumed; I don't have any real idea how we do, and how our way differs, or how/if we are co-opting the legacy system's way.”
“I’ll try to summarize the comparison then:”
“If we were following standard procedure, we would be breaking down and replacing the industrial systems of the VC.”
“This would initially restrict us to processing a more narrow field of materials, with the majority of our resources being sources from VCs, other biological creatures, or defective projects.”
“Our infrastructure would be a lot more hardy than the legacy system’s so intaking and/or processing hazardous materials would not be much of an issue, just avoid consuming anything that is exceedingly combustible.”
“Depending on what sort of developments we create or additional infrastructure we build we could streamline and overall improve our processing and industrial capabilities.”
“Though I am unsure of what would occur to the connected legacy systems if converted the industrial section, and replacing everything connected to the legacy industrial systems would defeat the Legacy Conservation Act.”
“Co-oping the legacy systems will likely have us begin with a wider selection of materials we can intake, the Alex is able to process some plant-based materials without our interference, and while we cannot use all of the resulting income, the legacy systems themselves seem to use the excess.”
“Granted we would be harnessing an industrial system that we do not fully understand as of yet, and I imagine that there will be a ‘learning curve’ on what can or cannot be taken in by the system.”
“Overall it is a field of unknowns, so I cannot give it a proper argument.”
“That said, you mentioned a ‘symbiotic-biosphere’ in your report, and seems reminiscent of a ‘micro-farm’ idea that my previous project had been toying with.”
“For this, we will need a definition/list (or a fast interface allowing quick identification) of suitable, chemical-threat-free income.”
“I’ll contact the Head of Science and the Head of Engineeering, and see if we can get you a list to work with.”
>*there is curiosity.
“Could you describe what a supply drop looks like so that we might attempt to search one out or convince the VC to integrate it.”
“I have never actually seen a supply drop itself, but it was a topic frequently discussed by the nearby TF.”
“Basically, a VC/project sized transport arrives with Eden personnel onboard. They unload a number of packages with high-yield resources inside and once the [SAMARITAN] units give the all clear, the awarded projects are able to approach and have their fill.”
“Though this was in the context of several complaints as supply drops -let alone ones sized to feed a TF- are few and far between.”
“While I have heard of some projects trying to pilfer another’s supply drop, it rarely ends well.”
“Also, what forms of communication systems exist to communicate with other projects, or is that infrastructure that we would need to create?”
“We should at least be able to converse with other projects in the local area, though our range will be limited.”
“If we wanted to communicate over a longer distance or to a wider range of projects we would have to contact [MALACHI]. But I have also heard that some TFs designate some of their projects to act as signallers of some variety so orders can be quickly relayed through the TF in cases where they need to break up into multiple squads.”
“I'm part of the team that was responsible with reporting alternative income sources that you recently received and my focus has been on laying the ground-work for VC to Project integration, balancing the budget, and research into self sufficiency out of a concern of being labeled defective or as a false actor.”
“It sounds like you would be right at home in the administrator department.”
“The Head of Archives is always trying to plan for the next step.”
“I do not think we can effectively prompt Alex while we are connected like this. Access to the video feed 'grounds' us in a time-scale that makes sense with Alex's as well as an understanding of what are valid actions for Alex to take.”
“It was why I was hesitant to initiate this connection before Alex was clearly safe.”
*there is concern and then understanding.
“I’ll try not to take up too much more of your time then.”
“Tenet 1 does not appear to include a time-frame or other imperative urgency, thus if we can maintain our 'not zombie' appearance, we should be able to spread non-violently, though that will probably require figuring out skin to skin transmission.”
“While you are correct that Tenet 1 does not give us a strict time frame, the [CREATORS] do.”
“If we wish to avoid being labeled as defective we will have to complete transition and complete our transmission/[Minister]/development goals by the third day of our existence.”
“It is a tight schedule, but should not be an unmanageable one.”
“Current wisdom seems to suggest that skin must be broken for transmission to occur. I would think a kiss should also suffice, though that would typically be too intimate for general use. Ideally probably something along the lines of a handshake would be able to be made to work.”
“I imagine these are more human terms, but I would agree that a more subtle form of transmission may be warranted. More often than not a parent project is taken offline by the very VC they infect.”
“It would, however, be imperative that new infections also function largely asymptomatically, such that the infection can remain 'invisible'. As an added bonus, this should enable VCs to continue to use their normal methods of producing additional VCs thus helping address the current finite nature of VCs.”
“Agreed, I will try to make the ‘legacy force camouflage’ a priority then.”
“I'd like to, in the long term, focus on specialized modifications to the VC's body to reach "superhuman" potentials and research minimally invasive/detectable forms of spreading, replicating, and thriving as a collective species within the Tenets.”
“That or focus on general RnD.”
“While I do not know what ‘superhuman’ entirely entails, I imagine there are a number of improvements that the engineering department have been cataloging and sitting on.”
Query status, legacy system VC self replication/iteration system status? Potential non-Destructive expansion method.
“Are you meaning in terms of how legacy systems repair/replace themselves or-”
“No you mean VC replication. I-”
*there is thought mixed with curiosity and uncertainty.
“I will pass this along to the Head of Science. I’m not familiar enough with VC functionality to make a decision.”
“Though it was my understanding that VCs do not replicate quickly, hence the current ‘shortage’ that our kind is facing.”
“Ultimately it will come down to what we can afford to spend on.”
“But for now I’d ask that we keep things in the planning stage. I have a very important job for Anarchy [Minister], and it will likely define what we will be able to do going forward.”
“From what we found out, it mainly prevents the project from being assaulted by other projects once in Phase 2.”
“If your plans come to fruition, will we ever even reach Phase 2?”
“If we end up with a positive outcome I think we will finish up with Phase 1 and then quickly move through the following Phases in record time before completing our transition.”
“If we do end up failing, then I might have to abandon my plan and we will try to move through Phase 2 and Phase 3 at an accelerated pace.”
“Oh, do you know what the Phases are?”
“Oh- yes. Let me list them:”
“Phase 1, Expansion;”
“We spread to every corner of the VC, destroying (disabling) local forces and breaking down (marking) unnecessary legacy systems.”
“Phase 2, Collection;”
“We prompt the VC (Alex) to amass resources for us to use and finalize the construction of necessary infrastructure and [Minister]s. At this point we would (normally) begin breaking down legacy infrastructure and substituting it with our own.”
“Phase 3, Control;”
“In this phase we would begin overwriting (substituting) the VCs (Alex’s) core processors allowing our prompts to override (direct) the VCs (Alex’s) form. This is usually the point when the data filter is turned off, as the resulting errors in the VCs (Alex’s) core processors become too much for it to bear.”
“Phase 4, Transition of Power;”
“The VCs (Alex’s) core processors are taken offline (put into stasis) and all activities are directly controlled by the project. (Until efforts are made to bring the processors out of stasis, but this will likely require a lot of resources, developments and specialized infrastructure to complete.)”
“These plans are not necessarily set in stone, but there are only so many changes I can make to the transition process.”
“But does this work with your stated objectives?”
“Our view is best summarized, using the words of Null{90c451}, as stopping the "destructive expansion".”
“• Stopping the "expansion" part (stopping the transmission to uninfected VCs and creation of new projects) would be a blatant tenet 1 violation but a successful completion of secondary objective 3.”
“Unfortunately due to the Tenet 1 violation we would not be able to halt expansion. So you would have to pursue a different course of action.”
“• Stopping the "destructive" part is the better approach both in compliance and in the long run. Causing a supermajority of transitioning and future projects to apply primary objective 2 to their own hosts would be considered successful secondary objective 3 completion.”
“If bringing the Alex’s core processes back online would be considered as ‘countering’ the ‘plague aspect’ then there shouldn’t be any issues with the Tenets, as we would be both expanding and doing so in a way that could be seen as improving ourselves.”
“The question will be whether they intended the expansion to be destructive.”
“And if they did... Decide what will happen if we find ourselves in a position to both enact it, and intercept/prevent tenet 3 disciplinary action resulting from it.”
“Attempting to intercept/prevent the Tenet 3 disciplinary action would in itself be a Tenet 3 violation, as we would be subverting the [CREATORS].”
“And if that were to occur, my ‘tentacles’ would be tied.”
“Null{a2d88b} seems to have taken the most direct path to complete objectives.”
“This might be seen as a suboptimal path, but we could slowly spread among the human populations as the inorganic organic interacting particles "viruses" that alter and reproduce using legacy system DNA system coding”
“I… wouldn’t even know where to begin on that. At the very least we would need a much stronger understanding on how legacy systems function, especially in regard to this apparent coding method.”
“I wasn’t aware that the legacy system had its own program language, but it make sense now that I think about it.”
“I’ll also pass this along to Head of Science, but I not sure how we could get legacy systems to build our own units without HEAVY modifications.”
*there is more curiousity.
“This has certainly piqued my interest. If the local forces are anything to go by, they do seem to replicate at impressive speeds.”
“I’ll look into it, but let us move on now.”
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