|
|
| (9 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| === Synthetics on Xanu Prime === | | ==IPC in the Sol Alliance Military== |
| <div class="mw-collapsible-content">
| |
| <div style="font-size:110%; border:2px solid #ccc; margin:0; background:#808080; padding:.1em; color:#fff;"></div>
| |
| <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
| |
| With the Coalition being the easiest of the galactic nations for someone to gain citizenship in. Before the Solarian collapse and even more now. Positronics, both owned and free alike, attempt to create new lives for themselves in the Coalition of Colonies. Some are on the run from their former owners whilst others are seeking a place where they are treated as equals and protected by the law. Thanks to the heavily decentralized nature of the Coalition moving to the more rural or isolated colonies was not an option for these immigrants, and so these free, freedom-seeking or refugee synthetics end up in the developed capital world of Xanu Prime.
| |
| <div class="mw-collapsible-content">
| |
| Whilst many positronics might not have made Xanu their first choice, the planet's position as a trade giant within the Coalition and its developed nature makes moving to and living there relatively easy for synthetics and it has become the end destination for many. Some of them find it comfortable whilst others simply run out of funds to travel anywhere else. Free synthetics moving to Xanu are usually able to find careers and settle into lives similar to that of the ordinary organic Xanusiians. living similarly to them within the planet's megacities with the same freedoms and quality of life afforded to organic citizens. Nothing prevents a hard-working, successful IPC from gaining a reputable position in a local or mega-corporate business. However, those who are not successful can find themselves as equally destitute as any unsuccessful organic could.
| |
|
| |
|
| However, for refugee positronics or those deliberately fleeing to seek their freedom, the story is often quite different. All of the spur’s major megacorporations have a presence on Xanu Prime and non-citizen synthetics, waiting for their chance to apply for citizenship or gain status as an official refugee often find themselves scrutinized or tested by corporate security forces if they match the description of IPC frames reported missing or rogue. Synthetics caught in this way are returned to their owner companies and mind-wiped as punishment, Hephaestus often sends positronics caught in this manner to their nearby installations on Burzsia.
| | ===Overview=== |
| | Technological progress has seen Humanity starting to employ all sorts of machines and especially robotics, especially since the creation of the Positronic brain. Self thinking synthetics have been recognised as offering unique solutions to complicated problems in a military setting, making them a powerful asset when coupled with the robustness of an artificial chassis. As such, the Alliance Army and Navy was bound to adopt them. Today, IPCs are utilised as specialised equipment in a variety of dangerous and demanding settings, mostly in a technical and auxiliary role rather than frontline combat. From spaceship maintenance to clearing minefields, synthetics are favoured in these circumstances due to being less important than the well-being of human service members. The majority of positronic frames in the military is dominated by Baselines and Industrials, though Mobility and Shell frames are also encountered as paramedics and clerks. |
|
| |
|
| For those non-citizen positronics who manage to remain free or gain status as a refugee, life on Xanu is far less comfortable than even their poorer free counterparts, lacking the same rights afforded to them. Often used as cheap labour by local salvaging operations or forced to sign on one-sided contracts with mega-corporations, the dream of freedom holds little of its promise, and many synthetics dream of the day they might become a citizen and have the income and rights to rise through society. These non-citizen synthetics still live within the megacities that dot the planet's surface, forming their own small communities in the poorer sections.
| | ===Ranks=== |
| | Positronics in both the Army and Navy are not considered equal to their human counterparts, and are officially classified as equipment, much like a weapons system belonging to the ship or military formation under which they are assigned. As such, they are enlisted under the rank of '''Synthetic Auxiliary''', clearly distinguished from the rest by gray highlights attached to their uniform, a standardised designation across the Alliance's branches. These IPCs are tightly controlled by human operators, but in cases where contact is expected to be hampered or severed, a trusted synthetic may be put in command of a squad or detachment of synthetics. These are "promoted" to '''Synthetic Lead''', receiving a gray chevron on their shoulder as a mark of seniority. Indeed, many years of service and experience are usually required for a positronic to achieve this position, in a conservative Solarian culture that both distrusts and undermines self-thinking IPCs. |
|
| |
|
| However, for other positronics menial work, slavish contracts and poor living conditions are something they refuse to stand for. Rather they fall into use by various criminal elements on the planet. Mobility or Industrial frames can prove highly useful to criminal elements on the planet and offer an IPC far more reward than they might otherwise receive, however, many synthetics also find themselves forced into working for criminal organizations instead, by force or simply to get by.
| | ===Treatment=== |
| | Positronics serving within the Solarian Military experience harsh treatment in accordance with their designation as equipment rather than personnel. Accommodations are kept to a bare spartan minimum and luxuries are unheard of amongst IPC service members, with only the equipment required for their tasks being provided, while free time is minimized. This attitude also affects the standards positronics are held to in terms of presentation and behavior, being even more strict than those given to human personnel, with deviations from expected behavior being seen as a sign of potential disloyalty or future trouble. Social interactions between Human and IPC service members are discouraged and monitored. Human service members are instructed to view these synthetics as tools to be used, and considering them otherwise will likely result in disciplinary action. |
|
| |
|
| Owned synthetics are also a common sight on Xanu Prime. Both corporately and privately owned. These positronics are utilized in much the same way as other parts of the spur. Industrial frames are a common sight amongst salvaging operations on the planet, hospitals making use of Mobility or Bishop frames contracted from Zeng-Hu along with Idris IRUs and ISUs to enforce the company's power on-world. These owned positronics live lives common to all owned positronics in the spur, with their conditions and lot in life mostly depending on the corporation or individual who owns them.
| | Punishments inflicted on Positronics range from slaps on the wrist to mind-wiping or forcible retirement, however more extreme disciplinary measures are considered very rare and often only used in cases of outright disloyalty. Despite the harsh line the Solarian Military takes towards their Synthetic service members, there is some good for those IPC who end up in this environment. The Solarian Military ensures that its Synthetics are well-maintained, powered and repaired as they would any other piece of equipment and abandonment of IPC personnel is only done when there is no other option available, and significant risk to human life would be present in attempting to recover them. |
|
| |
|
| The human population of Xanu Prime holds mixed opinions on their IPC residents, some sympathizing with the synthetics struggles for freedom, identifying with them due to their previous struggles, whilst others support the local megacorporations and argue for the ownership of positronics. A minority hold suspicions towards the number of refugee IPC groups fleeing the Solarian Wildlands, suspecting they could be spies or simply still loyal to their previous masters.
| | ===In the Warlord States=== |
| | | Since the breakup of large swaths of Alliance space from the main core, military synthetics were included as part of the naval formations that came to rule these areas. A general breakdown in communication, coupled with the lack of proper maintenance facilities and spare parts have made the upkeep of these Positronics a costly affair, while generally casting them fully to the mercy of local officers. Indeed, Solarian military IPCs in Warlord jurisdiction are met with different and unexpected fates. In what was the '''Southern Fleet Administration''', IPC units were either quickly sold off for profit or worked to destruction, the disorganised and bandit-like vessels having few resources to put towards their proper maintenance. In the '''Southern Military District''' on the other hand, treatment of synthetics remains in line with proper Solarian guidelines, with machinist depots on Visegrad being utilized by the fleet. |
| Charitable initiatives exist to help provide repairs, charge and work to synthetics on Xanu Prime, spearheaded by the Trinary Perfection from their nearby headquarters on Orepit. This charity helps these less fortunate synthetics immensely whilst preaching to them, and conversion to the Trinary Perfection is common thanks to this, but the amount flooding in after the Solarian Collapse continues to strain the initiatives to breaking point.
| |
| | |
| The one unlikely place that synthetics can end up is as part of the Xanusean military, finding good work as an IPC after obtaining citizenship can be hard and the option of serving in the Xanusean military is an attractive one, providing them with money, repairs and charging as they require it. It is not unknown for positronics to sometimes join the ranks of the Frontier Protection Bureau as Frontier Rangers or other support staff.
| |
| </div></div>
| |
| | |
| <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
| |
| | |
| === Synthetics on Xanu Prime === | |
| <div class="mw-collapsible-content">
| |
| <div style="font-size:110%; border:2px solid #ccc; margin:0; background:#808080; padding:.1em; color:#fff;"></div>
| |
| <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
| |
| Himeo’s unique government and history of anti-megacorporate laws and legislation, most notably their ban on Hephaestus Industries operating within Himean space mean that the planet is devoid of megacorporations and their operations. This also means there are no corporately owned synthetics in Himean space. The absence of mega-corporations also makes this planet an attractive place for any IPC wishing to hide from them, such as ones attempting to escape to their freedom from within the Coalition itself or from outside sources such as the Solarian Wildlands or the Republic of Biesel. The planet's manufacturing industry also serves a role in producing parts of IPC frames, helping to reduce the cost of living for those who settle there, this is particularly attractive to free positronics who must pay all the expenses for repairs themselves.
| |
| <div class="mw-collapsible-content">
| |
| Privately-owned positronics do exist on Himeo, however in a different manner to the rest of the Spur. Rather than being owned by individuals, almost all owned synthetics are instead the property of local councils, organizations and industries. The majority of these positronics are Industrial Frames used in the planet's substantial mining, refining and industrial sectors, though other frames have been known to be bought in for other tasks. Positronics that find themselves in this position also find themselves instilled with the unique values of Himeo by their owners, holding the communal, anti-mega corporate attitudes of their owners. Gaining freedom for these IPCs is possible, however, it is up to the mercy of their owners, as no formal system for buying their freedom exists. This issue is compounded by the fact that many of these synthetics do not wish to gain their freedom, seeing their position as just a natural place in their community thanks to the views instilled within them.
| |
| | |
| Free synthetics also make up a sizable amount of the positronics found on Himeo, often choosing to settle on the planet in search of work due to the planet's booming industrial sector and the liberal attitudes towards synthetics in certain places. In general, these free positronics manage to settle on the planet fine, adapting quickly to the communal, close-knit nature of Himean communities by making themselves useful to the local population, helping to earn their place in the communities that dot Himeo. Those who fail to do this often find the planet more unwelcoming to their presence than is worth dealing with to stay, being locked out of these close-knit communities due to not reaching their usual expectations.
| |
| | |
| The Human population of Himeo hold very divided views on synthetics, though they can broadly be categorized into three different positions. The first crowd, being the most pro-synthetic, see positronics as having undergone the same oppression by megacorporations as they did long ago and advocate for full, equal rights for synthetics in line with the colonies' direct democratic principles. The city of Kiruna is a major centre for this viewpoint.
| |
| | |
| The second crowd hold a more mixed view of synthetics, not denying that they can be free but also not seeing them as equals or people and allowing them to be owned as industrial equipment. They advocate for allowing the ownership of synthetics for economic gain and in some cases restricting their right to vote within councils, Industrial centres like Magnitogorsk and Cannington are centres of this viewpoint.
| |
| | |
| The final group see positronics as tools of the mega-corporations that oppressed them before, holding an especially dim view of those made by Hephaestus, expecting them to turn traitor at any moment due to some programmed loyalty. They advocate for removing and keeping synthetics off Himeo entirely. This viewpoint is most common among the more isolated areas of the planet.
| |
| | |
| Due to this three-way division so far it has been impossible for legislation on synthetic rights to be introduced at a planetary level. This leaves the issue of IPC rights to lower-level governance where opinions are more cohesive such as individual cities. In some areas of the planet, synthetics have equal rights to human residents, whilst in others, they are not even allowed to be residents. For now, this situation seems like it will continue, with the human and free IPC residents naturally settling into areas that allow them to co-exist, and those who want to be away from them settling into areas without synthetics.
| |
| | |
| Holding onto the views bought from their homeland and their general isolationist nature, the Free Tajaran Council views synthetics with suspicion, and no IPC residents are found within the foundling district. However, Tajara who work outside of the Foundling district tend to have no issues with positronics they might work along, regarding them primarily with indifference.
| |
IPC in the Sol Alliance Military
Overview
Technological progress has seen Humanity starting to employ all sorts of machines and especially robotics, especially since the creation of the Positronic brain. Self thinking synthetics have been recognised as offering unique solutions to complicated problems in a military setting, making them a powerful asset when coupled with the robustness of an artificial chassis. As such, the Alliance Army and Navy was bound to adopt them. Today, IPCs are utilised as specialised equipment in a variety of dangerous and demanding settings, mostly in a technical and auxiliary role rather than frontline combat. From spaceship maintenance to clearing minefields, synthetics are favoured in these circumstances due to being less important than the well-being of human service members. The majority of positronic frames in the military is dominated by Baselines and Industrials, though Mobility and Shell frames are also encountered as paramedics and clerks.
Ranks
Positronics in both the Army and Navy are not considered equal to their human counterparts, and are officially classified as equipment, much like a weapons system belonging to the ship or military formation under which they are assigned. As such, they are enlisted under the rank of Synthetic Auxiliary, clearly distinguished from the rest by gray highlights attached to their uniform, a standardised designation across the Alliance's branches. These IPCs are tightly controlled by human operators, but in cases where contact is expected to be hampered or severed, a trusted synthetic may be put in command of a squad or detachment of synthetics. These are "promoted" to Synthetic Lead, receiving a gray chevron on their shoulder as a mark of seniority. Indeed, many years of service and experience are usually required for a positronic to achieve this position, in a conservative Solarian culture that both distrusts and undermines self-thinking IPCs.
Treatment
Positronics serving within the Solarian Military experience harsh treatment in accordance with their designation as equipment rather than personnel. Accommodations are kept to a bare spartan minimum and luxuries are unheard of amongst IPC service members, with only the equipment required for their tasks being provided, while free time is minimized. This attitude also affects the standards positronics are held to in terms of presentation and behavior, being even more strict than those given to human personnel, with deviations from expected behavior being seen as a sign of potential disloyalty or future trouble. Social interactions between Human and IPC service members are discouraged and monitored. Human service members are instructed to view these synthetics as tools to be used, and considering them otherwise will likely result in disciplinary action.
Punishments inflicted on Positronics range from slaps on the wrist to mind-wiping or forcible retirement, however more extreme disciplinary measures are considered very rare and often only used in cases of outright disloyalty. Despite the harsh line the Solarian Military takes towards their Synthetic service members, there is some good for those IPC who end up in this environment. The Solarian Military ensures that its Synthetics are well-maintained, powered and repaired as they would any other piece of equipment and abandonment of IPC personnel is only done when there is no other option available, and significant risk to human life would be present in attempting to recover them.
In the Warlord States
Since the breakup of large swaths of Alliance space from the main core, military synthetics were included as part of the naval formations that came to rule these areas. A general breakdown in communication, coupled with the lack of proper maintenance facilities and spare parts have made the upkeep of these Positronics a costly affair, while generally casting them fully to the mercy of local officers. Indeed, Solarian military IPCs in Warlord jurisdiction are met with different and unexpected fates. In what was the Southern Fleet Administration, IPC units were either quickly sold off for profit or worked to destruction, the disorganised and bandit-like vessels having few resources to put towards their proper maintenance. In the Southern Military District on the other hand, treatment of synthetics remains in line with proper Solarian guidelines, with machinist depots on Visegrad being utilized by the fleet.