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Note of the author: Creating potential "political discussions" in book Caged Birds were totally not my intention. My goal is to create a half-way believable origin of WCG, TCTF and so on. It simply happens that the background story and character interactions might automatically create controversial situations. I do not wish to make any political statement. I consider myself neutral. | |||
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"You haven't seen Green Village yet. You have no idea what is possible."--> | "You haven't seen Green Village yet. You have no idea what is possible."--> | ||
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[Medical checkup. Bertram. Blake to Hanna: "This takes an hour. I will see you later."] | |||
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[Hanna getting her ID.] | |||
[Introduction: Hologram of GV's board of directors were shown, explaining what GV was good for. An old recording started to play.] | |||
Feng: "I want you to think about a simple fact. That is: an old killer virus can be reconstructed with a budget of less than 100.000 credits. You all know from the latest pandemic how much damage a single, "mediocre" virus can cause. Now imagine that there is a religious terror group wanting to kill all mankind in a act of extended suicide. Or one psychic unstable millionaire. If he is clever he could easily let create 10 killer viruses. Let's say for effectiveness that all these 10 viruses are transmitted differently: by air and water, by animals and insects, and targeting different organs. -- We are so fucking NOT prepared for this. -- A single person could kickstart a multi-pandemic situation eventually killing all mankind. And with technological progress this gets easier day by day. And what is even worse this is just one of many scenarios for this century. -- Ladies and Gentlemen we are at the edge of extinction. We must act today to see a tomorrow. We must put international fights to a stop and unite the world for this greater cause." | |||
([...] This is also the founding moment of the Tianxia Institute, a Chinese think tank to prevent global killer events.) | |||
Blake: "Feng had put the whole communist party into panic when he hold that speech." | |||
Hanna: "It's irritating." | |||
Blake: "Hm?" | |||
Hanna: "Ladies and Gentlemen?" | |||
Blake: "Heh. You have a good ear. I'm not supposed to tell you this - but since you already made a correct guess - this recording was altered to have a better impact on English-speaking newbies. But the embedded message remains totally the same: that Green Villages is made for humankind's survival. You as absolute expert in your field have been chosen to ensure success." | |||
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The two were sitting at the cafeteria. | |||
Hanna was thinking about the recording again. "For a highly costly area like this I'm surprised that you left in such an ''error''." | |||
Blake looked into her eyes but just sipped at the coffee. | |||
Hanna: "Will the tests ever end?" | |||
Blake took another sip. He smirked. | |||
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Blake continued touring with Hanna through Green Village therefor her indoctrination. | |||
GV acts as digital Spitzbergen. They record the genetic, [[wikipedia:Epigenetics|epigenetic]] and anatomic information of any organism. The all-embracing data sets are the foundation for insilico research, for generating and altering new organisms. That way the villages can fully restore or alter their host eco-systems may it be due to climate change or after any other global catastrophe like asteroid impacts. | GV acts as digital Spitzbergen. They record the genetic, [[wikipedia:Epigenetics|epigenetic]] and anatomic information of any organism. The all-embracing data sets are the foundation for insilico research, for generating and altering new organisms. That way the villages can fully restore or alter their host eco-systems may it be due to climate change or after any other global catastrophe like asteroid impacts. | ||
GV's infrastructures to cope with worst case scenarios are later abused by GOP to participate in the Black Season war. [Leviathan, Behemoth, etc.] | GV's infrastructures to cope with worst case scenarios are later abused by GOP to participate in the Black Season war. [Leviathan, Behemoth, etc.] | ||
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GV HR: "Why did you tell her?" | |||
Blake: "I had to ''contain'' her initial suspicion. As long as she has total trust for me there is no problem." | |||
[Question of loyalty. - The "Bertram test".] | |||
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Mention suspicion here that Hanna may work for terrorists since she just arrived after the Marburg incidence. | |||