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==History== | ==History== | ||
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The Exos were designed and built during humanity's Golden Age by the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray corporation]]. The original intent of the project was to develop a durable, synthetic housing for an uploaded human consciousness (an "exomind"), which would effectively render humans immortal.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 2", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-07-|-07-]]''</ref> However, early exominds inevitably fell victim to a degenerative process termed the "loop/billboard/crash" cycle, characterized by cognitive and motor stereotypy (abnormal, repetitive behaviors), athetosis (slow, involuntary writhing movements of the limbs and extremities), and gradual loss of sapience. While degenerating exominds would still pass the Turing test for a time, they were | The Exos were designed and built during humanity's Golden Age by the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray corporation]]. The original intent of the project was to develop a durable, synthetic housing for an uploaded human consciousness (an "exomind"), which would effectively render humans immortal.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 2", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-07-|-07-]]''</ref> However, early exominds inevitably fell victim to a degenerative process termed the "loop/billboard/crash" cycle, characterized by cognitive and motor stereotypy (abnormal, repetitive behaviors), athetosis (slow, involuntary writhing movements of the limbs and extremities), and gradual loss of sapience. While degenerating exominds would still pass the Turing test for a time, they were [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie philosophical zombies], and would ultimately enter a state analogous to brain death. This problem eventually claimed the life of [[Clovis Bray II]] after he was uploaded into an exomind format. Crashed exominds could be restored from backup, but the "billboarding" process would simply begin again.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "NOTE—WHY EXOMINDS FAIL", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-020-|-020-]]''</ref> | ||
Following the discovery of the [[Anomaly (artifact)|K1 artifact]] and the paracausal force [[Clovis Bray I]] called "[[Darkness|Clarity]]", Clovis I mounted an expedition to [[Europa]] to find the secret of immortality promised to him by "Clarity". There, under the instructions of a mysterious entity he called "[[Clarity Control]]", Clovis I stole a [[Vex]] from the [[Ishtar Collective]] and used it to build a gate to a Vex megastructure, the [[Forge Star]].<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 6 AMENDMENT", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-029-|-029-]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 7", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#ENTRY 7|ENTRY 7]]''</ref> Upon studying samples of Vex [[radiolaria|radiolarian fluid]] recovered from the Forge Star and observing its synergy with "Clarity", Clovis I discovered that introducing "Clarity"-altered radiolarian fluid, deemed "[[Alkahest]]", to an exomind's hardware miraculously solved the "loop/billboard/crash" problem.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 8", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-40-|-40-]]''</ref> However, even this solution was not permanent, as the new generation of Exos fell victim to Dissociative Exomind Rejection.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "NOTE—D.E.R.", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-45-|-45-]]''</ref> | Following the discovery of the [[Anomaly (artifact)|K1 artifact]] and the paracausal force [[Clovis Bray I]] called "[[Darkness|Clarity]]", Clovis I mounted an expedition to [[Europa]] to find the secret of immortality promised to him by "Clarity". There, under the instructions of a mysterious entity he called "[[Clarity Control]]", Clovis I stole a [[Vex]] from the [[Ishtar Collective]] and used it to build a gate to a Vex megastructure, the [[Forge Star]].<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 6 AMENDMENT", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-029-|-029-]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 7", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#ENTRY 7|ENTRY 7]]''</ref> Upon studying samples of Vex [[radiolaria|radiolarian fluid]] recovered from the Forge Star and observing its synergy with "Clarity", Clovis I discovered that introducing "Clarity"-altered radiolarian fluid, deemed "[[Alkahest]]", to an exomind's hardware miraculously solved the "loop/billboard/crash" problem.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 8", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-40-|-40-]]''</ref> However, even this solution was not permanent, as the new generation of Exos fell victim to Dissociative Exomind Rejection.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "NOTE—D.E.R.", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-45-|-45-]]''</ref> | ||