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more of my notes on the Daodan Problem
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'''''What happened to the Syndicate?'''''<br> | '''''What happened to the Syndicate?'''''<br> | ||
:Absent Boss Muro, it seems inevitable that they would be broken into pieces by in-fighting and panic over the Cataclysm. See the Factions page for more details. | :Absent Boss Muro, it seems inevitable that they would be broken into pieces by in-fighting and panic over the Cataclysm. See the [[Oni2:Slaves of War/Factions|Factions]] page for more details. | ||
'''''How many [[ACC|ACCs]] were there, and how many broken?'''''<br> | '''''How many [[ACC|ACCs]] were there, and how many broken?'''''<br> | ||
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'''''Does the general public get Chrysalises? How does society change?'''''<br> | '''''Does the general public get Chrysalises? How does society change?'''''<br> | ||
:It seems unlikely, as noted above under "What is Griffin up to?", that the governments would be okay with the general public having alien lifeforms in them, especially since the best-known Daodan host would be the anarchist Muro. | :It seems unlikely, as noted above under "What is Griffin up to?", that the governments would be okay with the general public having alien lifeforms in them, especially since the best-known Daodan host would be the anarchist Muro. Probably only world leaders, Syndicate warlords who have access to Muro's data, and the unscrupulous rich will be able to obtain Chrysalises. | ||
: | :The governments' main solution for the [[BioCrisis]] will be the building of new ACCs. And that process is not going to be quick, that's for darn sure. Inevitably large areas where nations are poorer will get neglected. Most of Africa would die for sure; they may have originally received support from the U.S. and Europe to build the first bunch of ACCs, but when each nation has to look out for itself, Africa will be on its own. The overpopulated nations like India and China would suffer the greatest losses in population, but then again, they're probably going to be seriously industrialized well before then, and will have plenty of labor to build new ACCs with. Smaller and less-developed nations will definitely take it on the chin, assuming they didn't already when the BioCrisis first started. | ||
'''''Where do the Daodan Chrysalises come from? What are they, really?'''''<br> | '''''Where do the Daodan Chrysalises come from? What are they, really?'''''<br> | ||
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:B. Or was it serving some significant purpose in the Wilderness that drew Hasegawa'a attention to it? Think of the great trees in [[Nausicaa]].... | :B. Or was it serving some significant purpose in the Wilderness that drew Hasegawa'a attention to it? Think of the great trees in [[Nausicaa]].... | ||
''''' | '''''Where does the Daodan gets its energy from?'''''<br> | ||
:If all the Daodan did was re-tool the human body a little, we could assume that it was simply running off the normal fuels of the human body: food, water, and air. But in its advanced state, it allows a host to do some pretty amazing things, like throwing around energy balls and generating force fields. Either the Daodan is vastly superior to our bodies at energy generation, or else it's receiving energy from somewhere else. | |||
:A. The Daodan is tied to the "other side". In other words, there's a sort of phase portal inside the host that draws energy from there. This only displaces the question of where the energy comes from to "somewhere else, somehow". | |||
:B. The Daodan is tied to the rest of the Wilderness. Perhaps some of the plants in the Wilderness broadcast energy, either as [[wikipedia:Wireless_energy_transfer|conventional waves]] or through something more exotic like "phase transference" that only the plants of the Wilderness can use. Perhaps the energy that is drawn on by the Daodan is collected by lifeforms like the Screaming Cell. Does the Screaming Cell really need all that energy for itself? Perhaps the excess energy stolen from other life collects somewhere, then is broadcast, either by the Screaming Cell's "base station" or by a third plant that serves as a kind of phase-based [[wikipedia:Wardenclyffe_Tower|Wardenclyffe Tower]]. | |||
:One final thing to think about: if the Daodan replaces human cells with its own... and it draws its energy from the Wilderness... and some people want to eradicate the Wilderness... what happens to the Daodan hosts if they find a way to destroy the Wilderness? | |||
'''''Whatever happened to Dr. Hasegawa?'''''<br> | |||
:Naturally, he's continuing his research into the Daodan. After all, his work wasn't done when the Syndicate raided his lab and he was separated from Kerr and Konoko. What was left for him to do? Well, obviously he ended up implanting Muro with a Chrysalis (forced to by the Syndicate, or did he choose to?), so much of his time would have been spent studying the progress of the Chrysalis, the same kind of work that Kerr was doing on the TCTF side. Perhaps after seeing just how powerful and uncontrollable Muro became as an Imago, he realized that his technology needed some means of being controlled. His goal was to save people from the pollution, not to create a race of monsters. | :Naturally, he's continuing his research into the Daodan. After all, his work wasn't done when the Syndicate raided his lab and he was separated from Kerr and Konoko. What was left for him to do? Well, obviously he ended up implanting Muro with a Chrysalis (forced to by the Syndicate, or did he choose to?), so much of his time would have been spent studying the progress of the Chrysalis, the same kind of work that Kerr was doing on the TCTF side. Perhaps after seeing just how powerful and uncontrollable Muro became as an Imago, he realized that his technology needed some means of being controlled. His goal was to save people from the pollution, not to create a race of monsters. | ||
:By the time of Oni 2, Prof. Hasegawa has escaped from the Syndicate and gone into hiding from the world. He's discovered that the best place to hide is in the middle of the Wilderness, where he uses his advanced understanding of the foreign plant life to survive where others could not. Perhaps he has a little blonde-haired "daughter" who looks strangely familiar… (I would love this angle, but I hope no one accuses me of ripping off [[Gendo Ikari]]). Part of the story of Oni 2 will involve finding him and learning what he knows about controlling his creation. | :By the time of Oni 2, Prof. Hasegawa has escaped from the Syndicate and gone into hiding from the world. He's discovered that the best place to hide is in the middle of the Wilderness, where he uses his advanced understanding of the foreign plant life to survive where others could not. Perhaps he has a little blonde-haired "daughter" who looks strangely familiar… (I would love this angle, but I hope no one accuses me of ripping off [[Gendo Ikari]]). Part of the story of Oni 2 will involve finding him and learning what he knows about controlling his creation. | ||
'''''How does one control the Daodan?'''''<br> | |||
:Some or all of the following: | |||
:A. Freezing. Let's get the obvious one out of the way. It was pointed out in a console that a host could be frozen to prevent the Chrysalis from developing. However, this is not a solution for controlling a world full of people with Chrysalises, only for restraining Daodan criminals (like Muro?). | |||
:B. Suppression waves. If we choose to make this possible, we can allow energy waves to inhibit the growth of the organism so as to prevent the Imago stage. The waves could be broadcast from towers stationed throughout the cities. The only way to avoid their influence is, naturally, to live outside the cities. No ordinary citizen is going to be willing to do this, as the "outside" is likely to be a mix of [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079501/ Mad Max]-style road wars and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080391/ crazy killer plant life]. | |||
:C. Rival implants. If the Daodan organism has enemies in the Wilderness, implant one of them alongside the Chrysalis to inhibit its growth. Obviously this interaction could lead to unforeseen results, which could also be a part of the plot if we so choose. | |||
:D. Block energy reception. Per my idea above that the Daodan needs to draw outside energy for its more impressive feats, if something could be done to prevent the Daodan form receiving this energy, you could avoid mutant Imago rampages by the general populace. Since humanity is clearly learning how to harness phase technology, this should not be out of the question. But obviously it can't be something like requiring people to wear a wristband, because that is bound to go awry. It needs to be a method that people can't avoid... something that is an unavoidable part of living in the city, like [[wikipedia:Water fluoridation|treated water]] is today. ''Hmm....'' | |||
'''''What was up with that [[Quotes/Consoles#Picasso_Island|Bertram Navarre]] guy?'''''<br> | '''''What was up with that [[Quotes/Consoles#Picasso_Island|Bertram Navarre]] guy?'''''<br> | ||