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Just a sorta summary of the consensual added value so far by [[User:Guido|Guido]] and [[User:geyser|myself]]. | Just a sorta summary of the consensual added value so far by [[User:Guido|Guido]] and [[User:geyser|myself]]. | ||
[[/French|HERE]] is a French version. [[/Digest|HERE]] is a digest version (in English) of some major points. [[/French/Digest|HERE]] is the equivalent French digest. | |||
[[/Course Of Events|HERE]] is a timeline of events in the canon and TNZ universe. | |||
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:(in the modern geopolitical landscape, think of the US-centered "globalization" or, on the other hand, the self-organization of Asian countries and federations) | :(in the modern geopolitical landscape, think of the US-centered "globalization" or, on the other hand, the self-organization of Asian countries and federations) | ||
Entities like [[BGI]] and the [[Network]] probably emerged as "monopolies" at roughly the same time, although they too were probably de facto established aforehand. | Entities like [[BGI]] and the [[Network]] probably emerged as "monopolies" at roughly the same time, although they too were probably de facto established aforehand. | ||
#BGI is basically an extrapolation of today's [[wikipedia: | #BGI is basically an extrapolation of today's [[wikipedia:ArcelorMittal|Mittal]]: a monopoly in the domain of heavy and not-so-heavy industries, with shares in neighboring fields) | ||
#As for the Network, it is clear that it emerged in response to the unified regulation of technological crime, i.e., certainly ''after'' the proclamation of the WCG. | #As for the Network, it is clear that it emerged in response to the unified regulation of technological crime, i.e., certainly ''after'' the proclamation of the WCG. | ||
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===Daodan=== | ===Daodan=== | ||
First, there was a renegade assassin ([[Mukade]]). He was an expert hacker and fighter, one of the best. He had access to [[AVATARA]] and a connection to [[BGI]]. | First, there was a renegade assassin ([[Mukade]]). He was an expert hacker and fighter, one of the best. He had access to [[AVATARA]] and a connection to [[BGI]]. | ||
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So, he distanced himself from both the WCG and the Syndicate, well-prepared to deal with the consequences (e.g., to fight "fellow assassins" sent after him). | So, he distanced himself from both the WCG and the Syndicate, well-prepared to deal with the consequences (e.g., to fight "fellow assassins" sent after him). | ||
Rather than becoming a hermit, it is possible that he already considered an entreprise similar to the [[Fight Club]] (more on that concept later, elsewhere). | Rather than becoming a hermit, it is possible that he already considered an entreprise similar to the [[wikipedia:Fight Club|Fight Club]] (more on that concept later, elsewhere). | ||
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Plan B is that Hasegawa is himself a Daodan (secretly from everyone including [[Kerr]]). Hasegawa also inherits Mukade's brain engrams. | Plan B is that Hasegawa is himself a Daodan (secretly from everyone including [[Kerr]]). Hasegawa also inherits Mukade's brain engrams. | ||
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===New Deal=== | |||
Everything went according to plan A. Muro was brought up as a human weapon, and the realization that he was uncontrollable came too late. | |||
New loyalties emerged, starting with Muro's trainers and spreading out to all those who contested or resented the Council's authority. | |||
Eventually Muro slaughtered most of the Council at the very same plenar session that was about to vote the termination of the project. | |||
Only a few bosses survived the initial purge, and the troops and assassins at their command were no match for Muro. Revolution. | |||
Muro was still in his early teens, and Hasegawa naturally became his peer and advisor. The short term goal was to suppress resistance. | |||
The way suggested by Hasegawa was to have it done by freelancers (assassins and hackers) willing to take sides with Muro (Kojiro etc). | |||
The ones who succeeded in eliminating a major opponent were allowed into Hasegawa's ring of honor and selected for Daodan implantation. | |||
This constituted the seed of a technocracy (around Hasegawa). Meanwhile, Muro redefined the morale of the troops. Strikers. | |||
The declared long-term goal was [[STURMANDERUNG]]: a biological ultimatum, and as a result a forced hyperevolution of Man. | |||
The cynicism of the enterprise (pollution, anarchy) is rather striking. Muro was OK with it, but Hasegawa was obviously not. | |||
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===During Oni=== | ===During Oni=== | ||
"The real Mukade" (AKA the [[Old Man]]) is mostly out of sight. Either idle or getting along with the Fight Club (AKA [[Phoenix]]) in the wasteland. | "The real Mukade" (AKA the [[Oni2:A Storyline#Hasegawa|Old Man]]) is mostly out of sight. Either idle or getting along with the Fight Club (AKA [[Oni2:Phoenix|Phoenix]]) in the wasteland. | ||
Either way, he does not interfere with what he has started: Muro's New Deal at the Syndicate, Mai being raised at the TCTF as insurance. | Either way, he does not interfere with what he has started: Muro's New Deal at the Syndicate, Mai being raised at the TCTF as insurance. | ||
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Muro progressively | Muro progressively repurposed the Syndicate, away from the network of organized tech crime and towards a megalomaniac terrorist group. | ||
Muro's Syndicate (which BTW no longer refers to itself that way) gradually drops secondary developments and focuses on [[STURMANDERUNG]]. | Muro's Syndicate (which BTW no longer refers to itself that way) gradually drops secondary developments and focuses on [[STURMANDERUNG]]. | ||
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===BGI vs Hasegawa=== | |||
Actually, though, the only remnant of the old-school Syndicate at the time of Oni is [[BGI]] and its child companies (Musashi etc). | Actually, though, the only remnant of the old-school Syndicate at the time of Oni is [[BGI]] and its child companies (Musashi etc). | ||
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Muro achieves control primarily through a constant reshuffling of the hierarchy throughout the network. | Muro achieves control primarily through a constant reshuffling of the hierarchy throughout the network. | ||
(this is the way it works for today's terrorist networks and for the | (this is the way it works for today's terrorist networks and for the Fight Club, with or without a leader) | ||
Further enforcement is provided by the Ninja: a network of androids patterned after Mukade/Hasegawa. | Further enforcement is provided by the Ninja: a network of androids patterned after Mukade/Hasegawa. | ||
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===True intentions=== | |||
Muro's New Deal is part of the general plan sketched out by Hasegawa and Mukade. It's a necessary sacrifice. | |||
Violence begets violence, so that Muro and the alienated Syndicate (bunch of maniacs) feed back on each other. | |||
Muro is lost. But what also happens is that the global network of organized crime is disrupted, irreversibly. | |||
Now comes the other nice part. STURMANDERUNG, on which the sights of the Strikers are set, will not happen. | |||
At the least, the "inversion process" will not be triggered by the STURMANDERUNG pulse as intended by Muro. | |||
At the most, Mukade's Ninja may have carried out "constructive sabotage", i.e., the ACCs will be working better. | |||
Once that happens, Muro and his Strikers will be fundamentally screwed. Wannabe terrorists without a bomb. | |||
Hasegawa and the Ninja will simply disappear, irreversibly sabotaging most of the Syndicate's infrastructure. | |||
The die-hard terrorists will be taken care of, and the rest of the disbanded Strikers will be just left behind. | |||
:(and of course the Daodan won't have been actually implanted to anyone, except Barabas, maybe Kojiro, etc...) | |||
The idea then is that Hasegawa (possibly with a help from "the real Mukade") will take care of the [[WCG]] next. | |||
Globally organized crime is gone. Terrorism is gone. Environmental damage is being repaired. | |||
All that destabilizes the "Big Brother" [[WCG]] and opens it up to evolution (or revolution). | |||
Hasegawa will thus "soak up wisdom all year long, and then take action." | |||
Infiltrate, manipulate, eliminate, as needed. Like the Daodan. | |||
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===Climax=== | |||
Unlike Muro (or Mai), Hasegawa has come close to mastering the Daodan, thanks in part to Mukade's wisdom. | |||
:(however, his original personality is occluded by the upgrade and Mukade's patterns: double alienation) | |||
However, he stayed human enough to long for Jamie and to seek out Mai, rather than ignore her. Bad idea. | |||
The objective purpose of the [[rooftops]] episode idea was of course to monitor her: is she a threat? | |||
:(purely objective threat: to STURMANDERUNG (fake and real); to society and mankind in general) | |||
:(of course the Daodan was meant to break the balance, but the point is not to let it spin out of control) | |||
The more emotional idea (which ultimately confused Hasegawa and failed him) was to save her. | |||
On the rooftops, Hasegawa was testing Mai's readiness for the truth about the Daodan. | |||
#If she was ready, they wouldn't fight: he'd tell her everything, or at least advise her appropriately. | |||
#If she was not, he'd fight and "lose" and let her have the CD, and Kerr would take it from there. | |||
She wasn't ready. Once he understood that, he intimidated her, fought and lost according to plan (2). | |||
The big mistake then was to not play dead: the (bad) reason was that he had sensed Mai's doubts. | |||
The wish to save Mai took over, and he went for Mai's mercy, not clearly doing (1) or (2) any more. | |||
The rest is history. No one told Mai about STURMANDERUNG or stopped her from blowing up the [[ACC]]s. | |||
The most crucial point of Hasegawa's plan failed dramatically, all because of this rooftops encounter. | |||
Eventually, Hasegawa either recovered on his own, or was taken in and reanimated by Kojiro & Co. | |||
:(as for the Old Man, I think it's best if he keeps his distance with Hasegawa throughout it all) | |||
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===After Oni=== | ===After Oni=== | ||
More, | More, later... | ||
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