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==Scribe Archive XI-9-2C== | ==Scribe Archive XI-9-2C== | ||
TYPE: Communications Log<br> | TYPE: Communications Log<br> | ||
RETRIEVED FROM: [[Rainship Taliks-Syn]] // Databank Q20K2G ORIGIN: HD 37124 // Long-range communications buoy, derelict, scrapped for parts<br> | RETRIEVED FROM: [[House of Rain|Rainship]] [[Taliks-Syn]] // Databank Q20K2G ORIGIN: HD 37124 // Long-range communications buoy, derelict, scrapped for parts<br> | ||
KEYWORDS: final shape, HNW047622, RS6243199<br> | KEYWORDS: final shape, HNW047622, [[RS6243199]]<br> | ||
IDENTITIES: HNW047622, | IDENTITIES: HNW047622, RS6243199<br> | ||
ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTION FOLLOWS | ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTION FOLLOWS | ||
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At what cost? With what means? Would you advocate for the use of violence? Will you approve the murder of those who disagree? | At what cost? With what means? Would you advocate for the use of violence? Will you approve the murder of those who disagree? | ||
Will you and your [Merciful/Penitent/Benefic] cause lesser harm for greater good? | Will you and your [Merciful/[[Penitent]]/Benefic] cause lesser harm for greater good? | ||
[RS6243199] | [RS6243199] | ||
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I agree with you, in theory, but we do not exist purely in the theoretical. This suffering is already happening now, all the time, everywhere we look. Come see me, and I will show you the Observatory's readings. Such sights as we have seen, my friend, make me sick to my soul. | I agree with you, in theory, but we do not exist purely in the theoretical. This suffering is already happening now, all the time, everywhere we look. Come see me, and I will show you the [[Observatory (The Witness)|Observatory]]'s readings. Such sights as we have seen, my friend, make me sick to my soul. | ||
[HNW047622] | [HNW047622] | ||
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<span style="color:#40678e;">*The final shape is no longer described with a ternary semantic cluster (c.f. SCRIBE ARCHIVE XI-2-4A), but HNW and RS continue to use that structure to describe other concepts. Potentially reflective of semantic narrowing?</span><br> | <span style="color:#40678e;">*The final shape is no longer described with a ternary semantic cluster (c.f. SCRIBE ARCHIVE XI-2-4A), but HNW and RS continue to use that structure to describe other concepts. Potentially reflective of semantic narrowing?</span><br> | ||
<span style="color:#40678e;">**Given the terminology, this Consensus might have been some sort of governing body, or a source of philosophical guidance.</span><br> | <span style="color:#40678e;">**Given the terminology, this Consensus might have been some sort of governing body, or a source of philosophical guidance.</span><br> | ||
<span style="color:#40678e;">***From the context, some sort of computational assistant? There appears to be some etymological overlap with the names of Vex Minds. Something to investigate later, perhaps!</span><br> | <span style="color:#40678e;">***From the context, some sort of computational assistant? There appears to be some etymological overlap with the names of [[Vex]] [[Vex Mind|Minds]]. Something to investigate later, perhaps!</span><br> | ||
<span style="color:#40678e;">My cross-check for the identification code in SCRIBE ARCHIVE XI-2-4A proved quite fruitful. The trail of datacrumbs led me to a databank retrieved from a Rainship originally downed on [[Mercury]]! [[Saint-14|The Saint]] and [[Osiris]] were kind enough to share it with me, along with a pot of tea.</span> | <span style="color:#40678e;">My cross-check for the identification code in SCRIBE ARCHIVE XI-2-4A proved quite fruitful. The trail of datacrumbs led me to a databank retrieved from a Rainship originally downed on [[Mercury]]! [[Saint-14|The Saint]] and [[Osiris]] were kind enough to share it with me, along with a pot of tea.</span> | ||
<span style="color:#40678e;">Our conversation was most illuminating. I understand that Mercury was a scorched wasteland before the Great Machine's arrival. When it had finished, | <span style="color:#40678e;">Our conversation was most illuminating. I understand that Mercury was a scorched wasteland before the Great Machine's arrival. When it had finished, [[Human]]s could walk unprotected on its surface. What wonders the Great Machine can work! I can only hope that Mercury will return from the Witness's clutches, released as Titan was, so that I may see it for myself. I hear that, thanks to [[Sol]] engulfing its sky, one could study without pause… or at least until exhaustion proved greater than the desire to learn! Perhaps I could catch up on some light reading…</span> | ||
<span style="color:#40678e;">In any case, the concept of the final shape has worn many faces. From your encounters with the [[Disciples of the Witness]], we know that they all had their own understanding of this concept - that they all saw what they wished to see in it. But this communications log, here, appears to predate all of them. If I am correct, and the parties communicating are among the Witness' precursors, then this may be the concept's original form. We can see in this log that HNW and RS, at least, were preoccupied with the concept of a higher purpose. They sought the final shape, but at the time of this exchange, they did not agree on what it was, or how to achieve it. RS speaks of how the final shape will prevent suffering and maximizing benefit; HNW expresses concern over the methods of achieving this.</span> | <span style="color:#40678e;">In any case, the concept of the final shape has worn many faces. From your encounters with the [[Disciples of the Witness]], we know that they all had their own understanding of this concept - that they all saw what they wished to see in it. But this communications log, here, appears to predate all of them. If I am correct, and the parties communicating are among the Witness' precursors, then this may be the concept's original form. We can see in this log that HNW and RS, at least, were preoccupied with the concept of a higher purpose. They sought the final shape, but at the time of this exchange, they did not agree on what it was, or how to achieve it. RS speaks of how the final shape will prevent suffering and maximizing benefit; HNW expresses concern over the methods of achieving this.</span> | ||
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<span style="color:#40678e;">I notice, however, that they never speak of communicating directly with the species they discuss. There is no consideration of consulting others, or even if they are capable of reaching the final shape for themselves and others. The most pressing matter, in their discussion, is if they should or should not intervene, and to a lesser extent, whether some coercion is acceptable for the greater good.</span> | <span style="color:#40678e;">I notice, however, that they never speak of communicating directly with the species they discuss. There is no consideration of consulting others, or even if they are capable of reaching the final shape for themselves and others. The most pressing matter, in their discussion, is if they should or should not intervene, and to a lesser extent, whether some coercion is acceptable for the greater good.</span> | ||
<span style="color:#40678e;">I understand that, granted the blessings of the Great Machine, | <span style="color:#40678e;">I understand that, granted the blessings of the Great Machine, Eliksni and humanity both have fallen into similar traps - the certainty of one's own rightness, the arrogance, the belief that receiving the Great Machine’s gifts confers superiority to others. Given the length of time between this record and SCRIBE ARCHIVE XI-2-4A, it appears that the Great Machine stayed with their civilization for millennia.</span> | ||
<span style="color:#40678e;">If it had stayed on [[Riis]] for that long - if humanity's [[Golden Age]] had continued unending, would we also have fallen victim to the same mentality? Lost sight of others as equals and seen them as animals to be herded.</span> | <span style="color:#40678e;">If it had stayed on [[Riis]] for that long - if humanity's [[Golden Age]] had continued unending, would we also have fallen victim to the same mentality? Lost sight of others as equals and seen them as animals to be herded.</span> | ||