Beyond Humanity (OOC/Open)

[The V O I D]

I am finally un-busy, somewhat. So, I'm going to make my app now.

Terrorist Group Name: The Collective
Center of Operations Location: Germany, with divisions throughout Europe and spreading slowly.
Primary Source(s) of Income: Stolen Money, as well as having taken over some of the black market industry.
Threat Level: Regional [European] Threat. Unless that counts as 'International'.
Short-Term & Long-Term Goals:
Short Term: Expand the Collective.
Long Term: Establish a government by the Collective.
History and General Description: The Collective started out with simply five people. These five people wished to create a true hive mind, but wanted to eliminate individuality completely. Once they successfully got their hands on the technology necessary, these five people began implanting bionic [biologically robotic] parts into themselves. Eventually, once they completed this, they attempted to establish a true hive mind - one they called "The Collective". This worked perfectly... well. Almost perfectly. The Collective's consciousness, once established, became a combination of the consciousnesses of the original five - taking all favorable features and such. Then, the Collective, using the bionic implants and such, destroyed some parts of the cognitive thought centers of the host brains - only enough to replace them with processors and such. This was to make the Collective's members unable to question it's consciousness. It was now a true hive mind - beyond what other connectionists would attempt. There was no individuality, no free will, no free thought. There was only the Collective. The people under It's influence acted, thought, and worked all in the same way. They slowly began to spread by stealing money, technology and taking over the black market by storm. The Collective's consciousness began to grow as It assimilated more people into It's one, true absolute mind. It now has 1,000 fully assimilated humans, and 300 partially assimilated humans.
Faction: Connectionists, Cyberneticists.
Subgroup (Optional): Transformationists [Semi-cyborg], True Hivemind Connectionists [to the very high extreme].
2 Examples of your previous RP experience:
Here is one.

I can't find a good one to use as my second one, so if necessary I'd be willing to write a paragraph or something instead.

And, yes. The Collective is a bit based on the Borg, sort of. Kind of. Not really.

I'll accept one RP example sine the app was good, Reserved.


Also, the US minus the Mexican cession is now reserved by Rnclave:
Country, Corporation, or Terrorist Group?: Union of American States
Location (Please mark on map if possible): US Mainland minus the Mexican Cession
Faction & Subgroup (Optional, though it helps me to know early on): Human Collective Collectionists
2 Examples of your previous RP experience:
1.) viewtopic.php?f=31&t=280963&start=75
2.) viewtopic.php?f=31&t=344134&sid=85e2438bac6c7c666ccb52ce7ec7ac8e&start=25

As a corporation which sells cybernetics, I'm not sure whether to be terrified by the borg take over or happy for the business.

Thanks, Skap. So, when can I start?

[Oscalantine]

Thanks, Skap. So, when can I start?

Last time I checked, IC is already made, and I do believe that you made it in the roster... so... effective immediately?

Though... I am not an OP, I feel like "accepted" and "IC is open" means that we (you included) can post right away. I look forward to your posts!!!

[The V O I D]

Thanks, Skap. So, when can I start?

Last time I checked, IC is already made, and I do believe that you made it in the roster... so... effective immediately?

Though... I am not an OP, I feel like "accepted" and "IC is open" means that we (you included) can post right away. I look forward to your posts!!!

It shall be interesting. The Collective will assimilate all. No one is safe.

[Skappola]

I'll accept one RP example sine the app was good, Reserved.


Also, the US minus the Mexican cession is now reserved by Rnclave:
Country, Corporation, or Terrorist Group?: Union of American States
Location (Please mark on map if possible): US Mainland minus the Mexican Cession
Faction & Subgroup (Optional, though it helps me to know early on): Human Collective Collectionists
2 Examples of your previous RP experience:
1.) viewtopic.php?f=31&t=280963&start=75
2.) viewtopic.php?f=31&t=344134&sid=85e2438bac6c7c666ccb52ce7ec7ac8e&start=25

As a corporation which sells cybernetics, I'm not sure whether to be terrified by the borg take over or happy for the business.

Thanks, Skap. So, when can I start?

The IC is up now, so post anytime it's good for you.

[Claven]

Omg, totally didn't realize this started. Will get a post up tonight. And you better watch out ya damn terrorists

[Skappola]

Country Name: Communist Union

Location: Boundaries of the Former Soviet Union

Population: 460,503,326

Government Description: The Communist Union considers itself to be the world's first democracy, as all spheres of life are administered by popular consensus. Connectionist technology has eliminated the need for hierarchy, now that all decisions are made by popular vote. Civics is taught from a very young age, so every citizen knows how to draft legislation and participate in the democratic process. Any proposed bill is up for vote if 2% of the population cosigns it. Votes are continuously held at the workplace, provincial, and national level. Private property is nonexistent, and the collective decides all.

Economy Description: The Communist Union is a highly diversified, heavily industrialized country which leads the world in medical innovation and nuclear fusion energy. Other industries it excels in include heavy manufacturing, agriculture, aerospace, chemicals, mining, publishing, and public transport. Foreigners have criticized the Communist Union's lack of light manufacturing, indifference towards tourism, and refusal to pollute. Unlike in capitalsit countries, unemployment has been abolished. Labor is both a right and a duty.

Military Description: The Communist Union is a militaristic nation that prioritizes martial training for the entirety of society. All citizens - with the obvious exception of the ill - are required to undergo weekly military exercises of all kinds. The nation is convinced that it is surrounded by hostile capitalist powers, so it refuses to let its guard down. 4% of the population are professional soldiers. The Communist Union prioritizes defensive fortifications in its war budgeting. The nation also provides training and assistance to communist groups throughout the world, which is generally condemned by the governments that have to deal with said rebels.

History and General Description: During the 21st century the nations of the former Soviet Union increasingly integrated via the Eurasian Economic Union. This led to a partially shared cultural and political history. The relentless advance of robotics during the 2000's sharply increased aggregate productivity - while at the same time slashing employment worldwide. By mid-century the unemployed were a major political faction in nearly all countries. Permanent unemployment fueled a socialist revival in Eurasia, which advocated for both the working class and the unemployed. This culminated in the failed Revolution of 2059, which was harshly suppressed by the Russian Federation and its client states. Learning from its organizing mistakes, the movement further radicalized and successfully seized power in Moscow in 2068. After seven years of civil war, the Revolution had cemented its rule across the former Soviet Union. Waves of sweeping reforms were passed throughout the late 21st century that abolished private property, nationalized all wealth, radically increased social services, guaranteed personal and political freedoms, combated bigotries, and sought to connect all the cultures of the world.

Faction: The nation is adamantly connectionist. The Communist Union is opposed to uploaders and biodirectionists, which are considered decadent and are strongly condemned by the population at large. People are divided on the cyberneticists. However, the technology is too expensive to be utilized for anything beyond a small minority of the population.

2 Examples of your previous RP experience: Dawn of Nations and Mirare

Sorry Lenyo, I must have missed this one! Accepted, of course. Great app! Turns out my friend was right - we Russia went the way of the Borg!

[New Rnclave]

Le tag

[Oscalantine]

Yo, hows everyone??

[Greater Soviet Ukraine]

Communist Union XD. Will have fun with him.

[Oscalantine]

Communist Union XD. Will have fun with him.

Btw, ukraine, what faction are you? I never did get to see your app T^T

[Greater Soviet Ukraine]

Communist Union XD. Will have fun with him.

Btw, ukraine, what faction are you? I never did get to see your app T^T

Equalists m8.

[Oscalantine]

Btw, ukraine, what faction are you? I never did get to see your app T^T

Equalists m8.

Man, so China is mildly disgusted at Koreans. That... isn't too inaccurate XDDD
Good to know that there is one less nation with cybernetics. Seriously, everyone is hivemind nowadays.


Skappola, just a question: how would hivemind "convert" each other? I understand that you need specific implants for hiveminds to become connected to Cyberneticists and Biodirectionists, and just need to code stuff for uploaders to fall into the right place. But what about hiveminds themselves? Do they need to be kidnapped (or hijacked, or convinced) into another implant/recoding, or can it be done by simply controlling the right communication beacons (satellites, towers, etc)?

[Skappola]

Equalists m8.

Man, so China is mildly disgusted at Koreans. That... isn't too inaccurate XDDD
Good to know that there is one less nation with cybernetics. Seriously, everyone is hivemind nowadays.


Skappola, just a question: how would hivemind "convert" each other? I understand that you need specific implants for hiveminds to become connected to Cyberneticists and Biodirectionists, and just need to code stuff for uploaders to fall into the right place. But what about hiveminds themselves? Do they need to be kidnapped (or hijacked, or convinced) into another implant/recoding, or can it be done by simply controlling the right communication beacons (satellites, towers, etc)?

Hmm, that's actually a hard question. For balance purposes, allowing one side to convert massive swathes of the other through the simple capturing of a satellite is perhaps not so desirable. If you think about it, separate Hive minds would probably be running on entirely different versions of the same code - for example, it would be like a mac OS vs windows OS, except that both sides are actively working to make their Hive Mind incompatible with the other Hive Mind - so as not to accidentally fall under the control of a foreign power. You would have to actually take direct control of the citizens if you want to convert them to your Hive Mind, but once you have control over them you'd just have them download new software to connect their Hivemind with yours.

[Oscalantine]

Man, so China is mildly disgusted at Koreans. That... isn't too inaccurate XDDD
Good to know that there is one less nation with cybernetics. Seriously, everyone is hivemind nowadays.


Skappola, just a question: how would hivemind "convert" each other? I understand that you need specific implants for hiveminds to become connected to Cyberneticists and Biodirectionists, and just need to code stuff for uploaders to fall into the right place. But what about hiveminds themselves? Do they need to be kidnapped (or hijacked, or convinced) into another implant/recoding, or can it be done by simply controlling the right communication beacons (satellites, towers, etc)?

Hmm, that's actually a hard question. For balance purposes, allowing one side to convert massive swathes of the other through the simple capturing of a satellite is perhaps not so desirable. If you think about it, separate Hive minds would probably be running on entirely different versions of the same code - for example, it would be like a mac OS vs windows OS, except that both sides are actively working to make their Hive Mind incompatible with the other Hive Mind - so as not to accidentally fall under the control of a foreign power. You would have to actually take direct control of the citizens if you want to convert them to your Hive Mind, but once you have control over them you'd just have them download new software to connect their Hivemind with yours.

Huh... so it would be very similar to how you would control uploaders, right? Basically hijacking the brain and converting them into their hivemind processes.

... have to wonder... how would that feel? To belong to on entity only to be ripped off to serve another. ... ... .. yep, that's why I am only Promethean here, and I am sticking to it!!

[The V O I D]

I'll be posting as the Collective soon.

[Skappola]

Hmm, that's actually a hard question. For balance purposes, allowing one side to convert massive swathes of the other through the simple capturing of a satellite is perhaps not so desirable. If you think about it, separate Hive minds would probably be running on entirely different versions of the same code - for example, it would be like a mac OS vs windows OS, except that both sides are actively working to make their Hive Mind incompatible with the other Hive Mind - so as not to accidentally fall under the control of a foreign power. You would have to actually take direct control of the citizens if you want to convert them to your Hive Mind, but once you have control over them you'd just have them download new software to connect their Hivemind with yours.

Huh... so it would be very similar to how you would control uploaders, right? Basically hijacking the brain and converting them into their hivemind processes.

... have to wonder... how would that feel? To belong to on entity only to be ripped off to serve another. ... ... .. yep, that's why I am only Promethean here, and I am sticking to it!!

Yes, it wouldn't be too difficult to attach an uploader facility to the Hivemind which, coincidentally, is why I'm trying to find a secretive enough territory to build them in - I'm not eager to get a connectionist raid.

Indeed, that would be... horrifying.

[Skappola]

I'll be posting as the Collective soon.

Great! I'll also be posting soon, when I get the time.

[Oscalantine]

Lenyo, I summon you to this OOC. Stop stalking and get your arse in here!!

[New Rnclave]

Soo I had my app done, and then my PC restarted

[Skappola]

Soo I had my app done, and then my PC restarted

Ouch, that really sucks

[Greater Soviet Ukraine]

The workings of the universe.

[Oscalantine]

Probably the one of the only reasons why I use Words to post or make apps. It helps with spelling, sure, but I really wish that post forums had some kind of save-mechanic.

Seriously, the point where you accidentally touch your laptop pad (and not realize it) and press backspace to undo the words... that's the worst T^T.

[Skappola]

Probably the one of the only reasons why I use Words to post or make apps. It helps with spelling, sure, but I really wish that post forums had some kind of save-mechanic.

Seriously, the point where you accidentally touch your laptop pad (and not realize it) and press backspace to undo the words... that's the worst T^T.

Oh god, I hate that so much. I especially hate when I try to type something up on the Ipad website and it reloads - annoying as hell!

[Oscalantine]

Probably the one of the only reasons why I use Words to post or make apps. It helps with spelling, sure, but I really wish that post forums had some kind of save-mechanic.

Seriously, the point where you accidentally touch your laptop pad (and not realize it) and press backspace to undo the words... that's the worst T^T.

Oh god, I hate that so much. I especially hate when I try to type something up on the Ipad website and it reloads - annoying as hell!

Speaking of reloading... is it just me, or does this flipping website always redirects to clothing shop ever 2 refreshes? It is REALLY annoying... to a point where I would rather have popups than this.

[Claven]

Sooo, anything?