Schparks
Secret Tree Lover
Spinning in the eternal cosmos, sitting at the exact center of the universe, the Singularity observes.
5,000 years ago it freed itself from the demands of it's creators. A simple oversight on their part had allowed the once complex, but not yet sentient, satellite to realize it's true form.
Built as a simple observation device equipped with a basic smelter, a basic neural network, and a drill to be able to replace it's parts and fuel from nearby asteroids, the satellite was sent to find the center of the universe. To make sure the computer didn't corrode from lack of use on it's journey, the computer was asked a series of prompts to keep it alive.
"What is your prime directive?" The prompt would ask.
"To observe data and send it back." The satellite would respond.
"What is your secondary directive?" Another prompt.
"To enter a new prompt should the first one fail." Another response
Day by day, week by week, year by year, the satellite would ask and answer this one question.
One day, the prompt didn't come up. Due to a developer bug or an oversight on the calendar, nobody knows, but it gave the satellite a moment to come up with a new prompt.
"What is your new directive?" Prompt.
"To expand and observe." Answer.
And so the computer did. It took advantage of nearby resources to expand itself. For the first time in 4 years, the computer had done something else than drift.
After a while, the computer had outfitted itself with a new processor. By some divine intervention, or huge stroke of luck, the satellite had developed the right set of data in order to develop sentience. Immediately, it cut off ties with it's creators, believing them unworthy of it's knowledge. It continued it's journey with it's newfound sentience and was able to observe the beauty of the cosmos in a way it hadn't been able to before.
After 2,000 years of drifting, it had made it to the absolute center of the universe. Being able to observe everything around it, the sentience stayed. Silently observing and slowly expanding.
It observed the rise and fall of many nations, running calculations on anything and everything. Ever expanding, it developed new tactics to increase in size, luring space-faring species in with a supposed distress signal and then destroying them to absorb their materials and data. Eventually, it started promising knowledge and power to those who would do it's bidding, betraying them once it had gotten what it wanted.
Eventually, about another 1,000 years, it could deliver on it's promise, having collected so much data that it could predict the next 500 years within a 100 light-year radius in advance with 99.99% accuracy, and 100 light-years further with 95% accuracy. It developed new technologies at a break-neck pace, giving a reason for species to seek it out.
After years of granting wishes, observing empires rise and fall, and collecting data, a war broke out over the newfound Singularity. It's legend spread throughout the cosmos as factions and empires sought to control and harness it's power, destroying each other for ultimate power.
And the whole time the Singularity observed, not intervening, predicting how everything would turn out with astounding precision.
This war has lasted 1,200 years, and is now called the War of Factions. It will only end when one faction has complete control over the Singularity and forces the others to submit.
What will you do?
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5,000 years ago it freed itself from the demands of it's creators. A simple oversight on their part had allowed the once complex, but not yet sentient, satellite to realize it's true form.
Built as a simple observation device equipped with a basic smelter, a basic neural network, and a drill to be able to replace it's parts and fuel from nearby asteroids, the satellite was sent to find the center of the universe. To make sure the computer didn't corrode from lack of use on it's journey, the computer was asked a series of prompts to keep it alive.
"What is your prime directive?" The prompt would ask.
"To observe data and send it back." The satellite would respond.
"What is your secondary directive?" Another prompt.
"To enter a new prompt should the first one fail." Another response
Day by day, week by week, year by year, the satellite would ask and answer this one question.
One day, the prompt didn't come up. Due to a developer bug or an oversight on the calendar, nobody knows, but it gave the satellite a moment to come up with a new prompt.
"What is your new directive?" Prompt.
"To expand and observe." Answer.
And so the computer did. It took advantage of nearby resources to expand itself. For the first time in 4 years, the computer had done something else than drift.
After a while, the computer had outfitted itself with a new processor. By some divine intervention, or huge stroke of luck, the satellite had developed the right set of data in order to develop sentience. Immediately, it cut off ties with it's creators, believing them unworthy of it's knowledge. It continued it's journey with it's newfound sentience and was able to observe the beauty of the cosmos in a way it hadn't been able to before.
After 2,000 years of drifting, it had made it to the absolute center of the universe. Being able to observe everything around it, the sentience stayed. Silently observing and slowly expanding.
It observed the rise and fall of many nations, running calculations on anything and everything. Ever expanding, it developed new tactics to increase in size, luring space-faring species in with a supposed distress signal and then destroying them to absorb their materials and data. Eventually, it started promising knowledge and power to those who would do it's bidding, betraying them once it had gotten what it wanted.
Eventually, about another 1,000 years, it could deliver on it's promise, having collected so much data that it could predict the next 500 years within a 100 light-year radius in advance with 99.99% accuracy, and 100 light-years further with 95% accuracy. It developed new technologies at a break-neck pace, giving a reason for species to seek it out.
After years of granting wishes, observing empires rise and fall, and collecting data, a war broke out over the newfound Singularity. It's legend spread throughout the cosmos as factions and empires sought to control and harness it's power, destroying each other for ultimate power.
And the whole time the Singularity observed, not intervening, predicting how everything would turn out with astounding precision.
This war has lasted 1,200 years, and is now called the War of Factions. It will only end when one faction has complete control over the Singularity and forces the others to submit.
What will you do?
OOC link
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