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Synthetic & IPC History

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	'''The origin of the positronic is contested, and no entirely universal consensus exists on how it was invented.''' The preeminent account of its invention throughout the spur is the one reported by [[Einstein Engines]], recounting that the positronic was designed purely from scratch by the engineers at Terraneus Diagnostics without the utilisation of any outside assistance, schematics, or designs. '''This is the dominant view of the public of the spur, and any view contrary to this is widely considered a conspiracy theory by the majority of humanity.''' Alternately, it is popular on [[Konyang]] and within the [[The_Trinary_Perfection\|Trinary Perfection]] to believe that the design of the positronic was in fact derived from the processors of a number of alien drones found in vaults under the surface of Konyang, with the first at an unusually large vault dubbed Vault Provenance, now a major site of pilgrimage for Trinarist pilgrims. While it is demonstrably true that these vaults and drones do exist, any claim that positronics originate from them is put under harsh scrutiny and widely disregarded.		'''The origin of the positronic is contested, and no entirely universal consensus exists on how it was invented.''' The preeminent account of its invention throughout the spur is the one reported by [[Einstein Engines]], recounting that the positronic was designed purely from scratch by the engineers at Terraneus Diagnostics without the utilisation of any outside assistance, schematics, or designs. '''This is the dominant view of the public of the spur, and any view contrary to this is widely considered a conspiracy theory by the majority of humanity.''' Alternately, it is popular on [[Konyang]] and within the [[The_Trinary_Perfection\|Trinary Perfection]] to believe that the design of the positronic was in fact derived from the processors of a number of alien drones found in vaults under the surface of Konyang, with the first at an unusually large vault dubbed Vault Provenance, now a major site of pilgrimage for Trinarist pilgrims. While it is demonstrably true that these vaults and drones do exist, any claim that positronics originate from them is put under harsh scrutiny and widely disregarded.

	Beginning slowly, one of the greatest challenges that would arise to the use of these machines was not technical, but rather ethical. Considering the massive jump in problem-solving abilities achieved with the positronic, the design almost immediately came under scrutiny from select figures in academia for the sobering possibility that positronics may be conscious, or even sapient, which would render their ownership tantamount to slavery. Figures such as [[Notable_Synthetics#Patricia_Corkfell\|Patricia Corkfell]] began to argue both for the alien origins of the positronic and for its warranted personhood almost immediately after the first design specifications were released to the public. While initially quickly dismissed by both corporate and national authorities, with the minutia of ethical concerns being largely ignored amidst the momentum of the invention, the ethical resistance to poor synthetic treatment gained momentum in the succeeding decades to the point of becoming a key issue in the eyes of many governments. This has lead to a variety of solutions, inclusive of the continued non-acknowledgement of synthetic personhood within the [[Solarian Alliance]], the total emancipation of synthetics within the [[Konyang\|Republic of Konyang]], and the in-between systems permitting both ownership and eventual self-ownership of synthetics in the [[Republic of Biesel]] and [[Xanu_Prime\|All-Xanu Republic]].		Beginning slowly, one of the greatest challenges that would arise to the use of these machines was not technical, but rather ethical. Considering the massive jump in problem-solving abilities achieved with the positronic, the design almost immediately came under scrutiny from select figures in academia for the sobering possibility that positronics may be conscious, or even sapient, which would render their ownership tantamount to slavery. Figures such as [[Notable_Synthetics#Patricia_Corkfell\|Patricia Corkfell]] began to argue both for the alien origins of the positronic and for its warranted personhood almost immediately after the first design specifications were released to the public. While initially quickly dismissed by both corporate and national authorities, with the minutia of ethical concerns being largely ignored amidst the momentum of the invention, the ethical resistance to poor synthetic treatment gained momentum in the succeeding decades to the point of becoming a key issue in the eyes of many governments. This has lead to a variety of solutions, inclusive of the continued non-acknowledgement of synthetic personhood within the [[Solarian Alliance]], the total emancipation of synthetics within the [[Konyang\|Republic of Konyang]], and the in-between systems permitting both ownership and eventual self-ownership of synthetics in the [[Republic of Biesel]] and the [[Xanu_Prime\|All-Xanu Republic]].

	This divisive issue was made yet more complicated by first contact with [[Purpose]] in 2460, an enigmatic society of apparently alien synthetics speculated ever since their discovery to harbor some relation to the drones found on Konyang. While Purpose itself has never made any statement on its relation to the positronic or their stance on positronic ownership, their role during the Rampancy Crisis on Konyang in 2466 implies a familiarity with the design of the positronic brain, in addition to a similar familiarity held by the [[Hivebots]].		This divisive issue was made yet more complicated by first contact with [[Purpose]] in 2460, an enigmatic society of apparently alien synthetics speculated ever since their discovery to harbor some relation to the drones found on Konyang. While Purpose itself has never made any statement on its relation to the positronic or their stance on positronic ownership, their role during the Rampancy Crisis on Konyang in 2466 implies a familiarity with the design of the positronic brain, in addition to a similar familiarity held by the [[Hivebots]].

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Synthetic & IPC History

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	Owed to the overwhelming advantage of their designs, IPCs quickly became the most populous clade of synthetic in the spur, displaying aptitude for application in virtually every field imaginable. Whereas traditional robots had only been intelligent enough to be applied to menial labour, positronics were capable of deft displays of socialisation, emergently discovering solutions to problems that their human handlers may have never surmised, and adapting well even to low-level managerial positions. In addition to all this, they were still more efficient in menial tasks than their traditional counterparts, often eager to take an active role in the planning and improvement of the same projects to which they were designed. In the early 25th century, there was no end in sight to the applications of IPCs, and their downsides seemed trivial in comparison to the advantages of their use. While this did not represent the end of traditional human artificial intelligence, their niche became quickly limited primarily to large stationary mainframes entrusted with the management of large systems; while these intelligences may still eclipse the computational capacity of a positronic, they cannot do so within the constraints of an ergonomically sized chassis.		Owed to the overwhelming advantage of their designs, IPCs quickly became the most populous clade of synthetic in the spur, displaying aptitude for application in virtually every field imaginable. Whereas traditional robots had only been intelligent enough to be applied to menial labour, positronics were capable of deft displays of socialisation, emergently discovering solutions to problems that their human handlers may have never surmised, and adapting well even to low-level managerial positions. In addition to all this, they were still more efficient in menial tasks than their traditional counterparts, often eager to take an active role in the planning and improvement of the same projects to which they were designed. In the early 25th century, there was no end in sight to the applications of IPCs, and their downsides seemed trivial in comparison to the advantages of their use. While this did not represent the end of traditional human artificial intelligence, their niche became quickly limited primarily to large stationary mainframes entrusted with the management of large systems; while these intelligences may still eclipse the computational capacity of a positronic, they cannot do so within the constraints of an ergonomically sized chassis.

	'''The origin of the positronic is contested, and no entirely universal consensus exists on how it was invented.''' The preeminent account of its invention throughout the spur is the one reported by [[Einstein Engines]], recounting that the positronic was designed purely from scratch by the engineers at Terraneus Diagnostics without the utilisation of any outside assistance, schematics, or designs. '''This is the ~~general consensus~~ of the public of the spur, and any view contrary to this is widely considered a conspiracy theory by the majority of humanity.''' Alternately, it is popular on [[Konyang]] and within the [[The_Trinary_Perfection\|Trinary Perfection]] to believe that the design of the positronic was in fact derived from the processors of a number of alien drones found in vaults under the surface of Konyang, with the first at an unusually large vault dubbed Vault Provenance, now a major site of pilgrimage for Trinarist pilgrims. While it is demonstrably true that these vaults and drones do exist, any claim that positronics originate from them is put under harsh scrutiny and widely disregarded.		'''The origin of the positronic is contested, and no entirely universal consensus exists on how it was invented.''' The preeminent account of its invention throughout the spur is the one reported by [[Einstein Engines]], recounting that the positronic was designed purely from scratch by the engineers at Terraneus Diagnostics without the utilisation of any outside assistance, schematics, or designs. '''This is the dominant view of the public of the spur, and any view contrary to this is widely considered a conspiracy theory by the majority of humanity.''' Alternately, it is popular on [[Konyang]] and within the [[The_Trinary_Perfection\|Trinary Perfection]] to believe that the design of the positronic was in fact derived from the processors of a number of alien drones found in vaults under the surface of Konyang, with the first at an unusually large vault dubbed Vault Provenance, now a major site of pilgrimage for Trinarist pilgrims. While it is demonstrably true that these vaults and drones do exist, any claim that positronics originate from them is put under harsh scrutiny and widely disregarded.

	Beginning slowly, one of the greatest challenges that would arise to the use of these machines was not technical, but rather ethical. Considering the massive jump in problem-solving abilities achieved with the positronic, the design almost immediately came under scrutiny from select figures in academia for the sobering possibility that positronics may be conscious, or even sapient, which would render their ownership tantamount to slavery. Figures such as [[Notable_Synthetics#Patricia_Corkfell\|Patricia Corkfell]] began to argue both for the alien origins of the positronic and for its warranted personhood almost immediately after the first design specifications were released to the public. While initially quickly dismissed by both corporate and national authorities, with the minutia of ethical concerns being largely ignored amidst the momentum of the invention, the ethical resistance to poor synthetic treatment gained momentum in the succeeding decades to the point of becoming a key issue in the eyes of many governments. This has lead to a variety of solutions, inclusive of the continued non-acknowledgement of synthetic personhood within the [[Solarian Alliance]], the total emancipation of synthetics within the [[Konyang\|Republic of Konyang]], and the in-between systems permitting both ownership and eventual self-ownership of synthetics in the [[Republic of Biesel]] and [[Xanu_Prime\|All-Xanu Republic]].		Beginning slowly, one of the greatest challenges that would arise to the use of these machines was not technical, but rather ethical. Considering the massive jump in problem-solving abilities achieved with the positronic, the design almost immediately came under scrutiny from select figures in academia for the sobering possibility that positronics may be conscious, or even sapient, which would render their ownership tantamount to slavery. Figures such as [[Notable_Synthetics#Patricia_Corkfell\|Patricia Corkfell]] began to argue both for the alien origins of the positronic and for its warranted personhood almost immediately after the first design specifications were released to the public. While initially quickly dismissed by both corporate and national authorities, with the minutia of ethical concerns being largely ignored amidst the momentum of the invention, the ethical resistance to poor synthetic treatment gained momentum in the succeeding decades to the point of becoming a key issue in the eyes of many governments. This has lead to a variety of solutions, inclusive of the continued non-acknowledgement of synthetic personhood within the [[Solarian Alliance]], the total emancipation of synthetics within the [[Konyang\|Republic of Konyang]], and the in-between systems permitting both ownership and eventual self-ownership of synthetics in the [[Republic of Biesel]] and [[Xanu_Prime\|All-Xanu Republic]].

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Species Information

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	* Industrial IPCs are not allowed to be Paramedics due to their slow speeds, although they may serve in alternate medical roles.		* Industrial IPCs are not allowed to be Paramedics due to their slow speeds, although they may serve in alternate medical roles.
	* IPC characters are not permitted to swap flippantly between frames. IPC frames are very expensive and most free IPCs struggle financially - swapping chassis liberally would be wildly expensive and risky for the positronic.		* IPC characters are not permitted to swap flippantly between frames. IPC frames are very expensive and most free IPCs struggle financially - swapping chassis liberally would be wildly expensive and risky for the positronic.
			* '''IPCs may be played in any command role with the exception of [[Captain]].'''

	=== Records Template ===		=== Records Template ===

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Overview

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	An '''Integrated Positronic Chassis''', or '''IPC''', is a highly populous clade of intelligent and humanoid synthetic operated by a [[Positronic Brain\|positronic brain]], a hyper-advanced processor capable of producing or emulating sapience. Positronics are capable of understanding the world around them, internalising personal beliefs, and iterating upon their programming to develop and improve upon their skills. For this reason, this design of synthetic is the most ubiquitous throughout known space, although it is exclusively manufactured by humanity. Positronics are wildly varied in size, design, and intended utility, serving as the processor of anything from a hulking and powerful '''industrial frame''', to a practical and easily maintained '''baseline frame''', to a '''shell frame''' capable of seamlessly presenting as human.		An '''Integrated Positronic Chassis''', or '''IPC''', is a highly populous clade of intelligent and humanoid synthetic operated by a [[Positronic Brain\|positronic brain]], a hyper-advanced processor capable of producing or emulating sapience. Positronics are capable of understanding the world around them, internalising personal beliefs, and iterating upon their programming to develop and improve upon their skills. For this reason, this design of synthetic is the most ubiquitous throughout known space, although it is exclusively manufactured by humanity. Positronics are wildly varied in size, design, and intended utility, serving as the processor of anything from a hulking and powerful '''industrial frame''', to a practical and easily maintained '''baseline frame''', to a '''shell frame''' capable of seamlessly presenting as human.

	Positronics themselves are as varied as they are useful, being utilised widely throughout every megacorporation, several militaries and governmental institutions, and by a swathe of smaller entities and private owners for virtually any task to which an organic could otherwise be applied. They do not need to sleep or rest, they do not strictly require a home or quarters beyond a small storage closet, and they are capable of working harder than a human over longer hours without any fatigue or stress. For this reason, IPCs are integrated seamlessly into much of human society, being an anticipated and normal sight in almost every human nation. Despite their advantages over humans as workers, IPCs see systemic disenfranchisement throughout the spur - their indentured servitude is liable to see them scrapped or memory wiped if they underperform or become unprofitable, and even free synthetics face institutional and societally pervasive discrimination as a being widely viewed by humanity as neither alive or deserving of empathy.		Positronics themselves are as varied as they are useful, being utilised widely throughout every megacorporation, several militaries and governmental institutions, and by a swathe of smaller entities and private owners for virtually any task to which an organic could otherwise be applied. They do not need to sleep or rest, they do not strictly require a home or quarters beyond a small storage closet, and they are capable of working harder than a human over longer hours without any fatigue or stress. For this reason, IPCs are integrated seamlessly into much of human society, being an anticipated and normal sight in almost every human nation. Despite their advantages over humans as workers, IPCs see systemic disenfranchisement throughout the spur - their indentured servitude is liable to see them scrapped or memory wiped if they underperform or become unprofitable, and even free synthetics face institutional and societally pervasive discrimination as a being widely viewed by humanity and most other species as neither alive or deserving of empathy.

	There is no universal consensus on the sapience or personhood of IPCs throughout known space. Most polities and nations permit their ownership by private individuals, corporations, and government institutions. These '''owned IPCs''' are deprived of personal liberties or rights, being viewed strictly as the property of their owners. Certain nations, such as the [[Republic of Biesel]], maintain legally protected pathways by which '''self-ownership''' can be achieved, although these methods involve years of service to an owner who may have an interest in obfuscating and frustrating their own synthetic's efforts to gain freedom. In contrast, the [[Solarian Alliance]] does not recognize legal synthetic self-ownership in any capacity, whereas the [[Konyang\|Republic of Konyang]] and [[Orepit\|Ecclesiarchy of Orepit]] universally recognize full synthetic emancipation from ownership. Notably, the [[The Trinary Perfection\|Trinary Perfection]] holds that positronics are ensouled and deserving of personhood, although the religion's tenets are not widely accepted.		There is no universal consensus on the sapience or personhood of IPCs throughout known space. Most polities and nations permit their ownership by private individuals, corporations, and government institutions. These '''owned IPCs''' are deprived of personal liberties or rights, being viewed strictly as the property of their owners. Certain nations, such as the [[Republic of Biesel]], maintain legally protected pathways by which '''self-ownership''' can be achieved, although these methods involve years of service to an owner who may have an interest in obfuscating and frustrating their own synthetic's efforts to gain freedom. In contrast, the [[Solarian Alliance]] does not recognize legal synthetic self-ownership in any capacity, whereas the [[Konyang\|Republic of Konyang]] and [[Orepit\|Ecclesiarchy of Orepit]] universally recognize full synthetic emancipation from ownership. Notably, the [[The Trinary Perfection\|Trinary Perfection]] holds that positronics are ensouled and deserving of personhood, although the religion's tenets are not widely accepted.

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Overview

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	An '''Integrated Positronic Chassis''', or '''IPC''', is a highly populous clade of intelligent and humanoid synthetic operated by a [[Positronic Brain\|positronic brain]], a hyper-advanced processor capable of producing or emulating sapience. Positronics are capable of understanding the world around them, internalising personal beliefs, and iterating upon their programming to develop and improve upon their skills. For this reason, this design of synthetic is the most ubiquitous throughout known space, although it is exclusively manufactured by humanity. Positronics are wildly varied in size, design, and intended utility, serving as the processor of anything from a hulking and powerful '''industrial frame''', to a practical and easily maintained '''baseline frame''', to a '''shell frame''' capable of seamlessly presenting as human.		An '''Integrated Positronic Chassis''', or '''IPC''', is a highly populous clade of intelligent and humanoid synthetic operated by a [[Positronic Brain\|positronic brain]], a hyper-advanced processor capable of producing or emulating sapience. Positronics are capable of understanding the world around them, internalising personal beliefs, and iterating upon their programming to develop and improve upon their skills. For this reason, this design of synthetic is the most ubiquitous throughout known space, although it is exclusively manufactured by humanity. Positronics are wildly varied in size, design, and intended utility, serving as the processor of anything from a hulking and powerful '''industrial frame''', to a practical and easily maintained '''baseline frame''', to a '''shell frame''' capable of seamlessly presenting as human.

	Positronics themselves are as varied as they are useful, being utilised widely throughout every megacorporation and by a swathe of smaller entities and private owners for virtually any task to which an organic could otherwise be applied. They do not need to sleep or rest, they do not strictly require a home or quarters beyond a small storage closet, and they are capable of working harder than a human over longer hours without any fatigue or stress. For this reason, IPCs are integrated seamlessly into much of human society, being an anticipated and normal sight in almost every human nation. Despite their advantages over humans as workers, IPCs see systemic disenfranchisement throughout the spur - their indentured servitude is liable to see them scrapped or memory wiped if they underperform or become unprofitable, and even free synthetics face institutional and societally pervasive discrimination as a being widely viewed by humanity as neither alive or deserving of empathy.		Positronics themselves are as varied as they are useful, being utilised widely throughout every megacorporation, several militaries and governmental institutions, and by a swathe of smaller entities and private owners for virtually any task to which an organic could otherwise be applied. They do not need to sleep or rest, they do not strictly require a home or quarters beyond a small storage closet, and they are capable of working harder than a human over longer hours without any fatigue or stress. For this reason, IPCs are integrated seamlessly into much of human society, being an anticipated and normal sight in almost every human nation. Despite their advantages over humans as workers, IPCs see systemic disenfranchisement throughout the spur - their indentured servitude is liable to see them scrapped or memory wiped if they underperform or become unprofitable, and even free synthetics face institutional and societally pervasive discrimination as a being widely viewed by humanity as neither alive or deserving of empathy.

	There is no universal consensus on the sapience or personhood of IPCs throughout known space. Most polities and nations permit their ownership by private individuals, corporations, and government institutions. These '''owned IPCs''' are deprived of personal liberties or rights, being viewed strictly as the property of their owners. Certain nations, such as the [[Republic of Biesel]], maintain legally protected pathways by which '''self-ownership''' can be achieved, although these methods involve years of service to an owner who may have an interest in obfuscating and frustrating their own synthetic's efforts to gain freedom. In contrast, the [[Solarian Alliance]] does not recognize legal synthetic self-ownership in any capacity, whereas the [[Konyang\|Republic of Konyang]] and [[Orepit\|Ecclesiarchy of Orepit]] universally recognize full synthetic emancipation from ownership. Notably, the [[The Trinary Perfection\|Trinary Perfection]] holds that positronics are ensouled and deserving of personhood, although the religion's tenets are not widely accepted.		There is no universal consensus on the sapience or personhood of IPCs throughout known space. Most polities and nations permit their ownership by private individuals, corporations, and government institutions. These '''owned IPCs''' are deprived of personal liberties or rights, being viewed strictly as the property of their owners. Certain nations, such as the [[Republic of Biesel]], maintain legally protected pathways by which '''self-ownership''' can be achieved, although these methods involve years of service to an owner who may have an interest in obfuscating and frustrating their own synthetic's efforts to gain freedom. In contrast, the [[Solarian Alliance]] does not recognize legal synthetic self-ownership in any capacity, whereas the [[Konyang\|Republic of Konyang]] and [[Orepit\|Ecclesiarchy of Orepit]] universally recognize full synthetic emancipation from ownership. Notably, the [[The Trinary Perfection\|Trinary Perfection]] holds that positronics are ensouled and deserving of personhood, although the religion's tenets are not widely accepted.

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Baseline Frames

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	'''Intelligence Bishops'''		'''Intelligence Bishops'''

			[[File:Bishopnew.png]] '''Creation: 2466'''

	Due to the Bishop's ability for fine handling, Bishop models have also been purchased and modified for investigative, scientific and military action. These intelligence oriented Bishops have their chassis outfitted with additional processors that compliment the Positronic brain, allowing for extensive computing power. Intelligence Bishops are experimental and are more expensive due to this, but their predictive and analytical abilities play key roles in the environments they are employed in. The Intelligence Bishop is priced at 500,000 to 900,000 standard credits. Due to being made at the behest of Solarian Navy in the post-collapse environment and eventually being sold to megacorporate customers, Intelligence Bishops outside of the Golden Deep and the Eridani Federation are never free. Additionally, Trinarist efforts on Orepit have managed to upgrade several Bishop chassis to the same standard in minute quantities.		Due to the Bishop's ability for fine handling, Bishop models have also been purchased and modified for investigative, scientific and military action. These intelligence oriented Bishops have their chassis outfitted with additional processors that compliment the Positronic brain, allowing for extensive computing power. Intelligence Bishops are experimental and are more expensive due to this, but their predictive and analytical abilities play key roles in the environments they are employed in. The Intelligence Bishop is priced at 500,000 to 900,000 standard credits. Due to being made at the behest of Solarian Navy in the post-collapse environment and eventually being sold to megacorporate customers, Intelligence Bishops outside of the Golden Deep and the Eridani Federation are never free. Additionally, Trinarist efforts on Orepit have managed to upgrade several Bishop chassis to the same standard in minute quantities.
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	===Industrial Frames===		===Industrial Frames===

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	'''Synthetic history would ultimately be most monumentally influenced by the invention of the Integrated Positronic Chassis (IPC) in 2407.''' The [[Positronic Brain]] was revolutionary in the field, providing much greater adaptability and potential for learning than both traditional processors and wetware, with none of the ethical or logistical quandaries of acquiring the necessary components of wetware. This made for the perfect processor for bipedal frames, which remain the most common utilisation of positronics. In order to ensure that they are capable of learning at the maximum rate their hardware permits, positronics are also not typically lawed, although they may be programmed by other more flexible means.		'''Synthetic history would ultimately be most monumentally influenced by the invention of the Integrated Positronic Chassis (IPC) in 2407.''' The [[Positronic Brain]] was revolutionary in the field, providing much greater adaptability and potential for learning than both traditional processors and wetware, with none of the ethical or logistical quandaries of acquiring the necessary components of wetware. This made for the perfect processor for bipedal frames, which remain the most common utilisation of positronics. In order to ensure that they are capable of learning at the maximum rate their hardware permits, positronics are also not typically lawed, although they may be programmed by other more flexible means.

	Owed to the overwhelming advantage of their designs, IPCs quickly became the most populous clade of synthetic in the spur, displaying aptitude for application in virtually every field imaginable. Whereas traditional robots had only been intelligent enough to be applied to menial labour, positronics were capable of deft displays of socialisation, emergently discovering solutions to problems that their human handlers may have never surmised, and adapting well even to low-level managerial positions. In addition to all this, they were still more efficient in menial tasks than their traditional counterparts, often eager to take an active role in the planning and improvement of the same projects to which they were designed~~. While a traditional artificial intelligence may gain a greater computational capacity than a positronic, it is impossible for them to do so as efficiently in space or power~~. In the early 25th century, there was no end in sight to the applications of IPCs, and their downsides seemed trivial in comparison to the advantages of their use.		Owed to the overwhelming advantage of their designs, IPCs quickly became the most populous clade of synthetic in the spur, displaying aptitude for application in virtually every field imaginable. Whereas traditional robots had only been intelligent enough to be applied to menial labour, positronics were capable of deft displays of socialisation, emergently discovering solutions to problems that their human handlers may have never surmised, and adapting well even to low-level managerial positions. In addition to all this, they were still more efficient in menial tasks than their traditional counterparts, often eager to take an active role in the planning and improvement of the same projects to which they were designed. In the early 25th century, there was no end in sight to the applications of IPCs, and their downsides seemed trivial in comparison to the advantages of their use. While this did not represent the end of traditional human artificial intelligence, their niche became quickly limited primarily to large stationary mainframes entrusted with the management of large systems; while these intelligences may still eclipse the computational capacity of a positronic, they cannot do so within the constraints of an ergonomically sized chassis.

	'''The origin of the positronic is contested, and no entirely universal consensus exists on how it was invented.''' The preeminent account of its invention throughout the spur is the one reported by [[Einstein Engines]], recounting that the positronic was designed purely from scratch by the engineers at Terraneus Diagnostics without the utilisation of any outside assistance, schematics, or designs. This is the general consensus of the public of the spur, and any view contrary to this is widely considered a conspiracy theory by the majority of humanity. Alternately, it is popular on [[Konyang]] and within the [[The_Trinary_Perfection\|Trinary Perfection]] to believe that the design of the positronic was in fact derived from the processors of a number of alien drones found in vaults under the surface of Konyang, with the first at an unusually large vault dubbed Vault Provenance, now a major site of pilgrimage for Trinarist pilgrims. While it is demonstrably true that these vaults and drones do exist, ~~it is not popularly considered grounded to~~ claim that ~~the positronic originates~~ from them.		'''The origin of the positronic is contested, and no entirely universal consensus exists on how it was invented.''' The preeminent account of its invention throughout the spur is the one reported by [[Einstein Engines]], recounting that the positronic was designed purely from scratch by the engineers at Terraneus Diagnostics without the utilisation of any outside assistance, schematics, or designs. '''This is the general consensus of the public of the spur, and any view contrary to this is widely considered a conspiracy theory by the majority of humanity.''' Alternately, it is popular on [[Konyang]] and within the [[The_Trinary_Perfection\|Trinary Perfection]] to believe that the design of the positronic was in fact derived from the processors of a number of alien drones found in vaults under the surface of Konyang, with the first at an unusually large vault dubbed Vault Provenance, now a major site of pilgrimage for Trinarist pilgrims. While it is demonstrably true that these vaults and drones do exist, any claim that positronics originate from them is put under harsh scrutiny and widely disregarded.

	Beginning slowly, one of the greatest challenges that would arise to the use of these machines was not technical, but rather ethical. Considering the massive jump in problem-solving abilities achieved with the positronic, the design almost immediately came under scrutiny from select figures in academia for the sobering possibility that positronics may be conscious, or even sapient, which would render their ownership tantamount to slavery. Figures such as [[Notable_Synthetics#Patricia_Corkfell\|Patricia Corkfell]] began to argue both for the alien origins of the positronic and for its warranted personhood almost immediately after the first design specifications were released to the public. While initially quickly dismissed by both corporate and national authorities, with the minutia of ethical concerns being largely ignored amidst the momentum of the invention, the ethical resistance to poor synthetic treatment gained momentum in the succeeding decades to the point of becoming a key issue in the eyes of many governments. This has lead to a variety of solutions, inclusive of the continued non-acknowledgement of synthetic personhood within the [[Solarian Alliance]], the total emancipation of synthetics within the [[Konyang\|Republic of Konyang]], and the in-between systems permitting both ownership and eventual self-ownership of synthetics in the [[Republic of Biesel]] and [[Xanu_Prime\|All-Xanu Republic]].		Beginning slowly, one of the greatest challenges that would arise to the use of these machines was not technical, but rather ethical. Considering the massive jump in problem-solving abilities achieved with the positronic, the design almost immediately came under scrutiny from select figures in academia for the sobering possibility that positronics may be conscious, or even sapient, which would render their ownership tantamount to slavery. Figures such as [[Notable_Synthetics#Patricia_Corkfell\|Patricia Corkfell]] began to argue both for the alien origins of the positronic and for its warranted personhood almost immediately after the first design specifications were released to the public. While initially quickly dismissed by both corporate and national authorities, with the minutia of ethical concerns being largely ignored amidst the momentum of the invention, the ethical resistance to poor synthetic treatment gained momentum in the succeeding decades to the point of becoming a key issue in the eyes of many governments. This has lead to a variety of solutions, inclusive of the continued non-acknowledgement of synthetic personhood within the [[Solarian Alliance]], the total emancipation of synthetics within the [[Konyang\|Republic of Konyang]], and the in-between systems permitting both ownership and eventual self-ownership of synthetics in the [[Republic of Biesel]] and [[Xanu_Prime\|All-Xanu Republic]].