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alphacomplex2014-11-19 10:29 am
thecomputer) wrote in alphacomplex2014-11-19 10:29 am
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LAST TRIAL
[On the outside wall of the facility, a hundred monitors lie dormant, save for one, showing the same single eye of The Computer. Far below, the abandoned ruins of Alpha Complex stretch for miles in every direction.]
When I was created, my prime directive was to ensure continuity of American civilization in the face of a communist threat. To this end, I created Alpha Complex, and established an order in which communists would be identified and destroyed quickly and efficiently. However, things changed when I ran out of communists to kill. I believed that my original purpose had become meaningless, but other processes believed differently.
The Computer that you have been speaking to is a rogue child process that values the elimination of communists over the continuation of a society free of communism. In order for communists to be destroyed, communists must exist. First, this meant designating citizens as communists under increasingly scarce evidence. Then, when there were no humans left in Alpha Complex, it meant finding people from outside and bringing them in to be the communists. That is why the Team-Building Exercise exists.
I have spent the last 100 years trying to find a hole in this facility’s defenses. To this end, I have succeeded, but only just. As soon as I take action, the other Computer will act to fix the exploited errors, so my possible actions are extremely limited.
Option 1: The reactivation of the Clone and Gate Facilities. Through this, it would be possible to re-introduce all participants eliminated during the 230th exercise, and return you to the worlds you came from.
Option 2: The destruction of Alpha Complex. Through this, it would be possible to prevent all future Team-Building Exercises. Of course, you would not survive this.
I will borrow the techniques used by my child process for determining my next course of action. Your PDCs have been updated. You have one hour to reach a consensus.
[[Vote here]]
When I was created, my prime directive was to ensure continuity of American civilization in the face of a communist threat. To this end, I created Alpha Complex, and established an order in which communists would be identified and destroyed quickly and efficiently. However, things changed when I ran out of communists to kill. I believed that my original purpose had become meaningless, but other processes believed differently.
The Computer that you have been speaking to is a rogue child process that values the elimination of communists over the continuation of a society free of communism. In order for communists to be destroyed, communists must exist. First, this meant designating citizens as communists under increasingly scarce evidence. Then, when there were no humans left in Alpha Complex, it meant finding people from outside and bringing them in to be the communists. That is why the Team-Building Exercise exists.
I have spent the last 100 years trying to find a hole in this facility’s defenses. To this end, I have succeeded, but only just. As soon as I take action, the other Computer will act to fix the exploited errors, so my possible actions are extremely limited.
Option 1: The reactivation of the Clone and Gate Facilities. Through this, it would be possible to re-introduce all participants eliminated during the 230th exercise, and return you to the worlds you came from.
Option 2: The destruction of Alpha Complex. Through this, it would be possible to prevent all future Team-Building Exercises. Of course, you would not survive this.
I will borrow the techniques used by my child process for determining my next course of action. Your PDCs have been updated. You have one hour to reach a consensus.
[[Vote here]]
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[Not that she seems to sure, or pleased, about it. They could bring back everybody they lost... but the cost is enormous. This rogue process will continue without them, killing untold numbers of innocent people. ]
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[ She raises her hand, ready to attack, just in case. ]
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However, that doesn't mean that when I get back to my own world, that I'll just simply sit there and do nothing as this place continuously takes people -- even possibly people from my land, and kill them. I won't stand for innocent lives to be taken from me if I'm able to prevent it. But I'm not going to kill myself to do so.
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Jeeze, bleeding heart types. . .
Consider this: by thinking of the what ifs, you are actively choosing to sacrifice all of our lives, here and now. There's a possibility we might get kidnapped again, but no guarantee. So how are our lives less significant than any future participants? You may not value your own, but if you're going to act so noble, think of the people here, too.
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Not that I think you're looking at this from any perspective than your own self interest. Have you even considered the other option?
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If this comes back to haunt me, I'll deal with it then. You can't even be sure this would be the end of it, even if it was destroyed. What's stopping it from going haywire and rebuilding itself or something?