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Robotech Master: /* RIDE of the Valkyries: Nextus Military RIDE Development */

2012-07-28T03:58:34Z

RIDE of the Valkyries: Nextus Military RIDE Development

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	Due to her seclusion, it is largely unknown what Dr. Patil thinks of the current popular culture surrounding RIDEs and their uses. She did, however, break her silence on the day that the RIDE Emancipation and Reparations Acts passed to issue, through her lawyer, a statement of only four words:		Due to her seclusion, it is largely unknown what Dr. Patil thinks of the current popular culture surrounding RIDEs and their uses. She did, however, break her silence on the day that the RIDE Emancipation and Reparations Acts passed to issue, through her lawyer, a statement of only four words:

	“It’s about damned time!”		:“It’s about damned time!”

	===Skimmer Mode===		===Skimmer Mode===

Robotech Master: shifting a few categories to subheaders to make it not quite so monolithic

2012-07-28T02:27:55Z

shifting a few categories to subheaders to make it not quite so monolithic

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	Unfortunately, like their AI predecessors, they were also very literalist when following orders and had no emotions to speak of. This led to their quick demise with the arrival of the RI during the Sturmhaven-Nextus War.		Unfortunately, like their AI predecessors, they were also very literalist when following orders and had no emotions to speak of. This led to their quick demise with the arrival of the RI during the Sturmhaven-Nextus War.

	==Aside: Nextus Polity Culture==		===Aside: Nextus Polity Culture===

	To outsiders the residents of this Polity are often thought of as humorless, literal, dour, uncreative, boring, or any number of unflattering terms. In reality nothing is farther from the truth. Their recent wholesale adoption of hardlight on pretty much everything is a perfect example of how their culture works. It's the old ''punctuated equilibrium'' model of evolution, applied to an entire culture of almost fifty million. When that Trigger Effect hits, the entire Polity ''rapidly ''adapts to it and settles back into an extended "new normalcy". They have focused orgies (if you will) of creative expression instead of the steady-state of change most everyone does.		To outsiders the residents of this Polity are often thought of as humorless, literal, dour, uncreative, boring, or any number of unflattering terms. In reality nothing is farther from the truth. Their recent wholesale adoption of hardlight on pretty much everything is a perfect example of how their culture works. It's the old ''punctuated equilibrium'' model of evolution, applied to an entire culture of almost fifty million. When that Trigger Effect hits, the entire Polity ''rapidly ''adapts to it and settles back into an extended "new normalcy". They have focused orgies (if you will) of creative expression instead of the steady-state of change most everyone does.
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	Why doesn't a human neural map work? Researchers have tried several times, but it either doesn't take or it burns out in a flash of radiation. They don't know why, so they have to use animals less intelligent than humans. Remember, we've tried building a neural network from scratch, but they have only extremely limited use (as seen in the AIDES).		Why doesn't a human neural map work? Researchers have tried several times, but it either doesn't take or it burns out in a flash of radiation. They don't know why, so they have to use animals less intelligent than humans. Remember, we've tried building a neural network from scratch, but they have only extremely limited use (as seen in the AIDES).

	==Lab Rat: The First Reticulated Intelligence==		===Lab Rat: The First Reticulated Intelligence===

	There are some technologies so old now they're barely thought of as technology. One of these are Full Body Simulations (FBS), made possible by old reliable graphene-based quantum computing. FBS has multiple uses in the medical field. From practice surgeries to testing new drugs for safety, a human or animal can be simulated to the cellular chemistry level, including the many billions of individual nerve connections inside the brain based on a neutral template. That's not to say that the patient is ''copied,'' as there are quantum states that simply do not transfer.		There are some technologies so old now they're barely thought of as technology. One of these are Full Body Simulations (FBS), made possible by old reliable graphene-based quantum computing. FBS has multiple uses in the medical field. From practice surgeries to testing new drugs for safety, a human or animal can be simulated to the cellular chemistry level, including the many billions of individual nerve connections inside the brain based on a neutral template. That's not to say that the patient is ''copied,'' as there are quantum states that simply do not transfer.
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	“It’s about damned time!”		“It’s about damned time!”

	==Skimmer Mode==		===Skimmer Mode===

	The first generation of RIDEs, and hence all the versions that followed, were indelibly shaped by military requirements. RIDEs were intended to serve as transportation and battle gear for light motorized infantry, replacing the transformable pseudo-AIDEs based on skimmer cycles (VM-1 Chinook, VM-3 Tornado) with which Nextus prosecuted the earlier years of the war. A secondary purpose was for use in solo scouting or penetration assignments, or for air-drop missions behind enemy lines (as with the folding paratrooper motorcycles used in Terra’s World War II).		The first generation of RIDEs, and hence all the versions that followed, were indelibly shaped by military requirements. RIDEs were intended to serve as transportation and battle gear for light motorized infantry, replacing the transformable pseudo-AIDEs based on skimmer cycles (VM-1 Chinook, VM-3 Tornado) with which Nextus prosecuted the earlier years of the war. A secondary purpose was for use in solo scouting or penetration assignments, or for air-drop missions behind enemy lines (as with the folding paratrooper motorcycles used in Terra’s World War II).
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	After the war had ended, the same firms who had manufactured RIDEs for the military licensed the right to make civilian variants, and many surplus military RIDEs also found their way onto civilian markets. As with both the Jeep and the Volkswagen from Terra’s World War II, and the “Hummer” from the later 20th century, military needs had created a new civilian form of transportation.		After the war had ended, the same firms who had manufactured RIDEs for the military licensed the right to make civilian variants, and many surplus military RIDEs also found their way onto civilian markets. As with both the Jeep and the Volkswagen from Terra’s World War II, and the “Hummer” from the later 20th century, military needs had created a new civilian form of transportation.

	==Walker Mode==		===Walker Mode===

	Unlike the AIs and Ad-Is that existed previously, researchers quickly discovered that the RIs needed to feel "real" in some way. This issue did not initially show up on Rattigan because Dr. Patil's team had constructed a rat-analogue body for him to interact with others in. The first military RIDE prototypes simply substituted the RI (based on cat neural models, their reflexes and instincts having been deemed desirable in military operations) for the Ad-I core in Chinook and Tornado test units modified for full Ad-I motion control. This quickly drove the poor RIs nearly insane.		Unlike the AIs and Ad-Is that existed previously, researchers quickly discovered that the RIs needed to feel "real" in some way. This issue did not initially show up on Rattigan because Dr. Patil's team had constructed a rat-analogue body for him to interact with others in. The first military RIDE prototypes simply substituted the RI (based on cat neural models, their reflexes and instincts having been deemed desirable in military operations) for the Ad-I core in Chinook and Tornado test units modified for full Ad-I motion control. This quickly drove the poor RIs nearly insane.
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	In addition, a loosening of fetters enabled the RIs to show just how intelligent and personable they were. RIDE and rider quickly bonded on a personal level, achieving the kind of unit cohesion never known before with AI and Ad-I gear. To say the military was pleased with this development is an understatement of massive proportions. Despite the RIDE project having cost three times as much as expected, the resultant increase in unit effectiveness and manpower made the whole project instantly worthwhile from a Command perspective. (However, it still took until 127 for the Nextus military to recognize the bond between soldier and RI sufficiently to allow soldiers to decommission and purchase their RIDEs on discharge.)		In addition, a loosening of fetters enabled the RIs to show just how intelligent and personable they were. RIDE and rider quickly bonded on a personal level, achieving the kind of unit cohesion never known before with AI and Ad-I gear. To say the military was pleased with this development is an understatement of massive proportions. Despite the RIDE project having cost three times as much as expected, the resultant increase in unit effectiveness and manpower made the whole project instantly worthwhile from a Command perspective. (However, it still took until 127 for the Nextus military to recognize the bond between soldier and RI sufficiently to allow soldiers to decommission and purchase their RIDEs on discharge.)

	==Fuser Mode==		===Fuser Mode===

	The addition of Walker mode necessitated changes in the powered armor mode from that used for the AIDEs. Nano-motile cladding combined with a more rigid internal frame enabled a more form-fitting final armor, increasing the mobility of the wearer. Limited self-repair in the field was also a major advance.		The addition of Walker mode necessitated changes in the powered armor mode from that used for the AIDEs. Nano-motile cladding combined with a more rigid internal frame enabled a more form-fitting final armor, increasing the mobility of the wearer. Limited self-repair in the field was also a major advance.

Robotech Master: /* Hardlight */

2012-07-28T02:13:24Z

Hardlight

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	Hardlight was one of the many technological advances made by our sister colonies, in this case Wednesday. This tiny colony six light years Earthward from us has in some respects an overall harsher environment. Necessity was the mother of invention. Conventional EM and physical shielding were not enough, for the planet they found waiting for them was much less hospitable than the original survey indicated. The Wednesday Landing Tragedy left the Colony with a massive surplus of energy and a minimum of physical supplies.		Hardlight was one of the many technological advances made by our sister colonies, in this case Wednesday. This tiny colony six light years Earthward from us has in some respects an overall harsher environment. Necessity was the mother of invention. Conventional EM and physical shielding were not enough, for the planet they found waiting for them was much less hospitable than the original survey indicated. The Wednesday Landing Tragedy left the Colony with a massive surplus of energy and a minimum of physical supplies.

	We hardly need to go into details about the story of Lars and Enid Bjornssen, the husband and wife scientists who made the actual breakthrough. The story of Lars’s heroic self-sacrifice, setting and hand-tuning the first prototype projectors at the height of a radiation storm, has been dramatized so many times in the last ~~half-~~century that it is rare to find even a grade school student who has not heard of it.		We hardly need to go into details about the story of Lars and Enid Bjornssen, the husband and wife scientists who made the actual breakthrough. The story of Lars’s heroic self-sacrifice, setting and hand-tuning the first prototype projectors at the height of a radiation storm, has been dramatized so many times in the last century that it is rare to find even a grade school student who has not heard of it.

	Suffice it to say that, drawing on some of the same recent advances in quantum physics and high-energy plasma that made faster-than-light travel possible, they determined that it was possible under certain circumstances to make photons congeal and imitate solid matter through the application of surprisingly little power (relatively speaking—the hardlight dome that Lars Bjornssen died to erect was only about 3% as efficient as current technology, but they had the entire power output of a wrecked starship’s drive section to power it). This hardlight matter was solid to the quantum level—in short, it made an excellent radiation shield, and was responsible for keeping the colonists safe until a relief flight from Zharus could reach them.		Suffice it to say that, drawing on some of the same recent advances in quantum physics and high-energy plasma that made faster-than-light travel possible, they determined that it was possible under certain circumstances to make photons congeal and imitate solid matter through the application of surprisingly little power (relatively speaking—the hardlight dome that Lars Bjornssen died to erect was only about 3% as efficient as current technology, but they had the entire power output of a wrecked starship’s drive section to power it). This hardlight matter was solid to the quantum level—in short, it made an excellent radiation shield, and was responsible for keeping the colonists safe until a relief flight from Zharus could reach them.

JonBuck at 01:54, 28 July 2012

2012-07-28T01:54:47Z

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			{{Universe\|FreeRIDErs}}

			by [[User:JonBuck\|Jon Buck]] and [[User:Robotech Master\|Robotech Master]]

	=The Trigger Effect: The Advent of True AI=		=The Trigger Effect: The Advent of True AI=
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	Zharus never ''precisely ''declared her independence. Indeed, some e-broadsheets intended to draw immigrants here declared how we were "proud of our heritage". But then, we've never ''had ''to. The distance alone was enough to isolate us and give us a ''de facto'' independence. No more. For the first time ever we are collectively considering our place in the galaxy, and what will happen if our technology becomes more than just a rumor from a Proxima bar.		Zharus never ''precisely ''declared her independence. Indeed, some e-broadsheets intended to draw immigrants here declared how we were "proud of our heritage". But then, we've never ''had ''to. The distance alone was enough to isolate us and give us a ''de facto'' independence. No more. For the first time ever we are collectively considering our place in the galaxy, and what will happen if our technology becomes more than just a rumor from a Proxima bar.

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2012-07-28T01:49:44Z

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