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==Facts== | ==Facts== | ||
===STURMANDERUNG=== | ===STURMANDERUNG=== | ||
STURMANDERUNG or Project STURMANDERUNG (never actually spelled Sturmänderung) is the name of [[Muro]]'s master plan to reprogram the world's [[Atmospheric Conversion Center]]s to putrefy the air rather than purify it. The only | STURMANDERUNG or Project STURMANDERUNG (never actually spelled Sturmänderung) is the name of [[Muro]]'s master plan to reprogram the world's [[Atmospheric Conversion Center]]s to putrefy the air rather than purify it. The only in-game mentions of the project's name are in the [[Quotes/Consoles#STURMANDERUNG_:_Primary_Stage|4 last consoles]] hacked by [[Konoko]] in {{C14}}. The related objective page refers to the place as "the heart of the Sturmanderung megacomputer". | ||
===[[Syndicate Mountain Compound]] | ===Syndicate Mountain Compound=== | ||
[[Syndicate Mountain Compound]] refers to a supposedly secret base that Konoko (or the TCTF operatives) were able to locate approximately thanks to a tracker planted on Muro's plane. Terminal readings mention a [[BGI]] truck involved in a collision, but this doesn't necessarily imply a road connection to the outer world, as the trucks may be shuttling stuff from helicopters and cargo planes. Then again, there can be tunnels all over the place for all we know. | |||
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The facts remain that Oni's aftermath is the direct consequence of Mai's actions, not Muro's, and that she virtually issued a new deal aimed at dehumanization, along the lines of Hasegawa's dreams (which, ironically, Muro claimed to have honored as well). Her vision of the new world is arguably, since she's totally oblivious to eugenics, anarchy, and other potential issues of indiscriminate "upgrades". | The facts remain that Oni's aftermath is the direct consequence of Mai's actions, not Muro's, and that she virtually issued a new deal aimed at dehumanization, along the lines of Hasegawa's dreams (which, ironically, Muro claimed to have honored as well). Her vision of the new world is arguably, since she's totally oblivious to eugenics, anarchy, and other potential issues of indiscriminate "upgrades". | ||
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===Name origin=== | ===Name origin=== | ||
The German word "Sturmänderung" can be | The German word "Sturmänderung" can be broken down as "Sturm-Änderung", meaning "stormlike change". However, the word "Änderung" isn't a violent change, so the resulting term is an [[wikt:oxymoron|oxymoron]]. This could just be a case of [[wp:All your base are belong to us|All Your Base]] on the part of Oni's writers. However, other interpretations exist. Most notably, "Sturmanderung" can be seen as a near-anagram of [[wp:Sturm_und_Drang|Sturm und Drang]]. | ||
This could just be a case of [[ | |||
The latter was a cultural movement in romantic Germany, marked by writers such as Goethe. The philosophy of that movement was that, e.g., emancipated literature would empower the populations to more political freedom. In a spirit of "counter-enlightenment", the human nature of the protagonists would drive them to extreme emotions and even acts of violence. An example of that movement is the tale of the titan Prometheus by Goethe. | The latter was a cultural movement in romantic Germany, marked by writers such as Goethe. The philosophy of that movement was that, e.g., emancipated literature would empower the populations to more political freedom. In a spirit of "counter-enlightenment", the human nature of the protagonists would drive them to extreme emotions and even acts of violence. An example of that movement is the tale of the titan Prometheus by Goethe. | ||
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It is not clear, either, whether Muro intended to claim control (spiritual or other) over his fellow Daodans or whether he was content with an anarchy of peers, relying on purely physical superiority. What kind of civilization did he mean for the new world ("behold... the future"), and what role did he intend to fulfill after the apocalypse? A ruler and an ideologue, or merely a pioneer? Since Mai stole the initiative from him, we may never know. | It is not clear, either, whether Muro intended to claim control (spiritual or other) over his fellow Daodans or whether he was content with an anarchy of peers, relying on purely physical superiority. What kind of civilization did he mean for the new world ("behold... the future"), and what role did he intend to fulfill after the apocalypse? A ruler and an ideologue, or merely a pioneer? Since Mai stole the initiative from him, we may never know. | ||
=== | ===Othering of humankind=== | ||
Muro's words about "all the others" make it likely that he viewed regular humans as an inferior species, | Muro's words about "all the others" make it likely that he viewed regular humans as an inferior species, like Knives of [[Trigun]], and simply wanted them gone. | ||
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