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; Sid Meier's ALPHA CENTAURI
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; FACTION FILE: The Cybernetic Consciousness
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; Copyright (c) 1999 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
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; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
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#CYBORG
The Cybernetic Consciousness, The Interface, Consciousness, F, -1, Aki Zeta-5, F, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1,
  TECH, Physic, TECH, InfNet, SOCIAL, ++RESEARCH, SOCIAL, ++EFFIC, SOCIAL, -ECONOMY, SOCIAL, -GROWTH
  Future Society, Cybernetic, GROWTH
  Politics, Fundamentalist, nil
  Cybernetic, Cybern.
  Marion, Heisenberg, Marion's Legacy
  Prime Function, analytical, soulless, rational, inflexible, 
  Unsexed Android
  promote and defend the cybernetic agenda
  to propel humanity to the next stage of evolution via cybernetics
  destroying all that makes us human
  destroying all that makes us human 
  try to reduce us all to walking collections of wires and computer chips
  grafting silicon onto her few remaining biological components
  grafting silicon onto your few remaining biological components
  destroying the sentience of unwilling subjects
  so-called evolution, M1
  quest for perfection through machine interface, M1
  quest for perfection through machine interface, M1
  tribute, M1
  advancing the cybernetic sciences
  the Defense Forces
  Cybernetic Doctrine 

#BASES
Alpha Prime
Interface Terminal
Cybernetic Crossroads
Machine Paradise
Mainframe Dreaming
Cyborg Rising
Fractal Power
Silicon Valley
Outer Marches
Power Grid
Greater Order
Higher Planes
#END

#WATERBASES
Alpha Basin
Chainlink Break
Iota Point
Port Consciousness
Fractal Float
#END

#BLURB
The inherent human fear of cybernetics is not easy to explain. Is it related
to people's inherent distrust of the unknown? Is it the fear of the machine, the
irrational concern that the ego can be overwhelmed by computer programming?
Or is it intransigent reluctance to embrace the next step in human evolution?
 ^
 ^        -- Prime Function Aki Zeta-5,
 ^           "Convergence"

#DATALINKS1
^LEADER: {Aki Zeta-5}
^BACKGROUND: {Subroutine Specialist under Unity Science Officer}
^AGENDA: {Cybernetic Society}
^TECH: {Information Networks, Applied Physics}
^

#DATALINKS2
^+2 RESEARCH: {Dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge}
^+2 EFFICIENCY: {Cybernetic operations and human-computer interface extremely efficient}
^-1 GROWTH: {Science prized above development} 
^-1 ECONOMY: {Wealth not highly prized by society}
^{May not make Fundamentalist choice in social engineering}

#FACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"Our strategic simulations predict an inevitable stalemate for this 
conflict, $NAME1. We hope you will agree to Blood Truce at this time."

"I need no simulation to tell me that, $NAME3. Blood Truce is the best choice."
"That's funny...our simulations predict your inevitable defeat. We see no value in a Blood Truce."

#FACTIONTREATY
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"The union of man and machine is no threat to you, $NAME1. Let us sign a Treaty of Friendship, that we may together embrace the path of cybernetics."

"Cybernetics are the future. A Treaty is the best path for our people, $NAME3."
"I prefer my human impulses on this one, $NAME3. You might remember enough of your humanity to understand."


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