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{{TechInfoBox|logo=[[File:Planetary Networks.png|215px]]|desc=We can pool our knowledge with a worldwide database|military=0|tech=4|infra=3|colonize=1|preq=InfNet|enables=Cyber|enables2=IndAuto|weapon=[[Probe Module]]|unit=[[Probe Team]]|facility=[[Hologram Theatre]]|secret project=[[The Virtual World]]|specialist=[[Librarian]]|social=[[Planned]]|quote=Why do you insist that the human genetic code is “sacred” or “taboo”?<br />
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{{TechInfoBox|logo=[[File:Planetary Networks.png|215px]]|desc=We can pool our knowledge with a worldwide database|military=0|tech=4|infra=3|colonize=1|preq=InfNet|enables=Cyber|enables2=IndAuto|weapon=[[Probe Module]]|unit=[[Probe Team]]|facility=[[Hologram Theatre]]|secret project=[[The Virtual World]]|specialist=[[Librarian]]|social=[[Planned]]|quote=If our society seems more nihilistic than that of previous eras, perhaps<br />
It is a chemical process and nothing more. For that matter ''we'' are<br />
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this is simply a sign of our maturity as a sentient species. As our<br />
chemical processes and nothing more. If you deny yourself a useful<br />
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collective consciousness expands beyond a crucial point, we are<br />
tool simply because it reminds you uncomfortably of your mortality,<br />
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at last ready to accept life’s fundamental truth: that life’s only<br />
you have uselessly and pointlessly crippled yourself.<br />
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purpose is life itself.<br />
 
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:::—Chairman Sheng-ji Yang<br />
 
:::—Chairman Sheng-ji Yang<br />
 
::: “Looking God in the Eye”}}
 
::: “Looking God in the Eye”}}
 
Once the colonists discovered how to survive, they focus on recreating some of the organizational tools left behind on Earth. Following the implementation of simple [[Information Networks]], the creation of a standard for [[Planetary Networks]] emerges as a high priority for the scientific community.
 
Once the colonists discovered how to survive, they focus on recreating some of the organizational tools left behind on Earth. Following the implementation of simple [[Information Networks]], the creation of a standard for [[Planetary Networks]] emerges as a high priority for the scientific community.

Latest revision as of 14:54, 15 October 2020

Planetary Networks
Planetary Networks.png
“We can pool our knowledge with a worldwide database”
Requires Information Networks
Leads to Cyberethics, Industrial Automation
Enables
Weapon Probe Module
Unit Probe Team
Facility Hologram Theatre
Secret Project The Virtual World
Specialist Librarian
Social choice Planned
AI priority
Conquer: 0, Discover: 4, Build: 3, Explore: 1
If our society seems more nihilistic than that of previous eras, perhaps

this is simply a sign of our maturity as a sentient species. As our
collective consciousness expands beyond a crucial point, we are
at last ready to accept life’s fundamental truth: that life’s only
purpose is life itself.

—Chairman Sheng-ji Yang
“Looking God in the Eye”

Once the colonists discovered how to survive, they focus on recreating some of the organizational tools left behind on Earth. Following the implementation of simple Information Networks, the creation of a standard for Planetary Networks emerges as a high priority for the scientific community.