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==World Coalition Government== | ==World Coalition Government== | ||
===Rebel manifesto=== | ===Rebel manifesto=== | ||
From [[Quotes/Manual# | From [[Quotes/Manual#Manifesto|the manual]]: | ||
:It's 2032 and the world ain't what it used to be. | :It's 2032 and the world ain't what it used to be. | ||
:We have one government where there used to be hundreds. Big brother is alive and well. | :We have one government where there used to be hundreds. Big brother is alive and well. | ||
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===WCG history=== | ===WCG history=== | ||
From [[Quotes/Manual# | From [[Quotes/Manual#The_World_Coalition_Government|the manual]]: | ||
:On January 12th, [2012] the newborn World Coalition Government annexed 80% of the countries of the world. The holdouts either reconsidered and signed treaties or were "dissolved" in a matter of months. | :On January 12th, [2012] the newborn World Coalition Government annexed 80% of the countries of the world. The holdouts either reconsidered and signed treaties or were "dissolved" in a matter of months. | ||
:The leaders of the new regime gave us all kinds of rationalizations for their actions, ranging from endless border skirmishes between impoverished nations to environmental problems that they claimed could only be solved if all of the "citizens of earth" worked together. | :The leaders of the new regime gave us all kinds of rationalizations for their actions, ranging from endless border skirmishes between impoverished nations to environmental problems that they claimed could only be solved if all of the "citizens of earth" worked together. | ||
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===TCTF history=== | ===TCTF history=== | ||
From [[Quotes/Manual# | From [[Quotes/Manual#The_Technology_Crimes_Task_Force_.28TCTF.29|the manual]]: | ||
:One of the excuses World Coalition Government used to grab the reigns was the use of biological weapons by a few of the countries involved in border skirmishes at the time. | :One of the excuses World Coalition Government used to grab the reigns was the use of biological weapons by a few of the countries involved in border skirmishes at the time. | ||
:Biotech is to us what nukes were to our great grandparents - an emerging technology that scares the hell out of the ignorant. Everyone was terrified that some genetically engineered super virus would spread farther than its creators intended. Horror stories of weapons that made your bones melt and your eyes explode blinded the public to the less tangible threat of a totalitarian government. | :Biotech is to us what nukes were to our great grandparents - an emerging technology that scares the hell out of the ignorant. Everyone was terrified that some genetically engineered super virus would spread farther than its creators intended. Horror stories of weapons that made your bones melt and your eyes explode blinded the public to the less tangible threat of a totalitarian government. | ||
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At the WCG, the situation is quite different : WCG will want to assume full intellectual control of the project right from the start. New technology has to be certified (by experts or committees) as serving the WCG and, more importantly, "harmless" i.e. unlikely to undermine the WCG's authority in any foreseeable future. | At the WCG, the situation is quite different : WCG will want to assume full intellectual control of the project right from the start. New technology has to be certified (by experts or committees) as serving the WCG and, more importantly, "harmless" i.e. unlikely to undermine the WCG's authority in any foreseeable future. | ||
Hyperevolution of Man sounds cool, but apart from being unethical (which the WCG can live with) it's [[Daodan# | Hyperevolution of Man sounds cool, but apart from being unethical (which the WCG can live with) it's [[Daodan#Efficiency_and_loss_of_control|uncontrollable by design]], which will be a major concern to an entity mainly preoccupied with its long-term stability. | ||
Hasegawa may try as he can to present hyperevolution as "just a resilience patch", primarily aimed to deal with the toxic atmosphere. Inevitably, hyperevolution will come to mean "supersoldier" or "superman" to ''anyone'', expert or no expert, Syndicate or WCG. | Hasegawa may try as he can to present hyperevolution as "just a resilience patch", primarily aimed to deal with the toxic atmosphere. Inevitably, hyperevolution will come to mean "supersoldier" or "superman" to ''anyone'', expert or no expert, Syndicate or WCG. | ||