Comerciante wrote:"Now then continuing on the tangent of salvaging old World War III Warships.
Earlier Greater Victoria proposed that WW3 Warships are packing firepower that the UN doesn't want running around anymore or endangering their monopoly on force and maybe other esoteric effects and this is true but is only part of the reason, and another thing Victoria is that the UN does not actually salvage Warships or Capital Ships, they don't need to, they have sole access to Warship and Capital Class Factory and support industries (even if said factories aren't performing at their best) and are in no hurry to release the information necessary for other nations to produce their own factories.
The primary reason for the avoidance of salvaging Warships and Capital Class Ships for reuse has to do with the AI's that still man the vessels. Now to be clear most Warships and Capital Class Ship AI cores are generally dead as fuck and even if they weren't immediately before being disabled during combat, they most likely wouldn't be able to keep themselves going considering how horribly injured they might be. Some of them however, hit the jackpot and while rendered incapable of doing little else but float, were still cognizant enough to remain aware of their surroundings.
For these AI's as has been researched by independent scientists. The War isn't over, to them, the disbandment of the ASUP (Asia Solar United Pact) and the fact that the UN is but a shell of its former self isn't clause for a cease in hostilities, to quote;
"There is still me."
-More to come on this tangent next time!
I was really surprised to find how software made in such an advanced era wouldn't be able to update itself with current events, but its perfectly possible given how even present technology responsible for far less complicated tasks can glitch terribly. That being said, I can only imagine how traumatising it must be for those poor AI to have your home and protection badly damaged, left alone to helpless drift in space without any means to communicate.
Though many people associate her with sweets and strawberries in particular, Empress Park's favourite meal is actually quite savoury: beef bibimbap with two fried eggs, sweet gochujang, extra kimchi, pickled radish, and apple soda.