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<u>Where does it come from?</u> | <u>Where does it come from?</u> | ||
The surrounding rock is flood basalt, rich in potassium, phosphorous, and rare earth elements. It could be as old as the original impactor which blasted the Moon free of the Earth. Or it could be as young as the Ocean of Storms. Either way, it means the article arrived before the [[Traveler]]. Is there a connection? Could it be a beacon that led the Traveler here? | The surrounding rock is flood basalt, rich in potassium, phosphorous, and rare earth elements. It could be as old as the original impactor which blasted the Moon free of the Earth. Or it could be as young as the [[Ocean of Storms]]. Either way, it means the article arrived before the [[Traveler]]. Is there a connection? Could it be a beacon that led the Traveler here? | ||
If I had my way, we would encode the question in topological thoughts and broadcast it to the Traveler. But that would mean going public. And the terms of our agreement with Clovis Bray demand secrecy. | If I had my way, we would encode the question in topological thoughts and broadcast it to the Traveler. But that would mean going public. And the terms of our agreement with Clovis Bray demand secrecy. | ||
Do we have an ethical duty to break that agreement? If we have discovered a clue to the Traveler’s origins, certainly yes! Clovis Bray has buried its war against the [[Vex]] under a sarcophagus of secrecy and “existentially compromising information hazard”; they could do it again, here. Nowhere outside the retro-nationalism of the North American Empire does any private organization have such sweeping, selfish authority over knowledge which should belong to the whole human commons—and at least the | Do we have an ethical duty to break that agreement? If we have discovered a clue to the Traveler’s origins, certainly yes! Clovis Bray has buried its war against the [[Vex]] under a [[Battle of Europa|sarcophagus of secrecy]] and “existentially compromising information hazard”; they could do it again, here. Nowhere outside the retro-nationalism of the [[North American Empire]] does any private organization have such sweeping, selfish authority over knowledge which should belong to the whole human commons—and at least the Twin Eagles are voluntary society, answerable to higher law! Clovis Bray reeks of the old unregulated capitalism. | ||
But I will not be the first to break trust. I will not start the cycle of defection. | But I will not be the first to break trust. I will not start the cycle of defection. | ||