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'''Geographic retreat areas''' | '''Geographic retreat areas''' | ||
: [[Manual# | : [[Manual#The_Syndicate|Manual/The Syndicate]] | ||
When you really think about the power the TCTF wields it makes you wonder how the Syndicate has survived. There are a lot of theories: some say the World Coalition Government lets the Syndicate slide because they keep the underclass down. Others claim a '''connection between the Syndicate and the remnants of the countries erased by the World Coalition Government's land grab'''. | When you really think about the power the TCTF wields it makes you wonder how the Syndicate has survived. There are a lot of theories: some say the World Coalition Government lets the Syndicate slide because they keep the underclass down. Others claim a '''connection between the Syndicate and the remnants of the countries erased by the World Coalition Government's land grab'''. | ||
While the Syndicate put much effort into covering their operations in WCG territory, they have an easy job in remote regions. | While the Syndicate put much effort into covering their operations in WCG territory, they have an easy job in remote regions. | ||
: [[Manual# | : [[Manual#Tech_Note_1|Manual/Tech note 1]]:The World Coalition Government realizes the extent of the ecological damage and has the ability to reverse a lot of it but has decided not to. It is in their best interest to maintain the centralization of wealth so the large population centers are preserved while "third world" regions are not. As a bonus the mounting death toll solves some of their overpopulation problems. | ||
Regions without ACCs and subventions are still WCG territory on paper but de facto the old governments runs these regions with help of the Syndicate. Especially in African and Islamic regions. | Regions without ACCs and subventions are still WCG territory on paper but de facto the old governments runs these regions with help of the Syndicate. Especially in African and Islamic regions. | ||
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:* [[wp:Organ_printing|Bioprinting]] a.k.a. tissue engineering (boosted by [[wp:Telomere|telomere regeneration]], [[Bertram_Navarre#Reality_soon_outruns_fiction_.3F|cell conversion]]) (problems: biological immortality, overpopulation, potential social destabilization) | :* [[wp:Organ_printing|Bioprinting]] a.k.a. tissue engineering (boosted by [[wp:Telomere|telomere regeneration]], [[Bertram_Navarre#Reality_soon_outruns_fiction_.3F|cell conversion]]) (problems: biological immortality, overpopulation, potential social destabilization) | ||
:** True reason why biological immortality is not intended: it is simply difficult to maintain because very cost-intensive. | :** True reason why biological immortality is not intended: it is simply difficult to maintain because very cost-intensive. | ||
:** Conspiracy theory, [[Manual# | :** Conspiracy theory, [[Manual#Tech_Note_1|Hanna]]: The World Coalition Government realizes the extent of the ecological damage and has the ability to reverse a lot of it but has decided not to. It is in their best interest to maintain the centralization of wealth so the large population centers are preserved while "third world" regions are not. As a bonus the mounting death toll solves some of their overpopulation problems. (In that context Hanna also believes the WCG is doing less than it could to improve public healthcare.) | ||
'''The Technology Crimes Task Force (TCTF) is meant to identify technological threats and contain them if possible. [[#Science_prison|TCTF science prisons]] secure "problematic" knowledge while also providing a save place for further research. Some scenarios ("[[wp:Great_Filter|great filters]]") simply require ongoing research of all possible technologies so that mankind's survival is ensured.''' | '''The Technology Crimes Task Force (TCTF) is meant to identify technological threats and contain them if possible. [[#Science_prison|TCTF science prisons]] secure "problematic" knowledge while also providing a save place for further research. Some scenarios ("[[wp:Great_Filter|great filters]]") simply require ongoing research of all possible technologies so that mankind's survival is ensured.''' | ||