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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". | ||
===[[Mountain | ===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. | |||
===ACC modifications=== | ===ACC modifications=== | ||
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The megacomputer (supposedly ascribed to predicting the locations of the satellites) is located next to a silo holding a large parabolic dish, used to send a powerful signal to an array of satellites (referred to as a "Sturmanderung pulse" by the objective page). The nature of the pulse is unclear, but the capacity for it to overload the generators worldwide implies a high-energy radiation (such as microwaves). This would mean that one of the supposed functions of the satellites is energy transfer (the satellites were not overloaded by the amplitude of the pulse, but the ACCs were), and that the ACCs were supposed to receive high-energy radiation from those satellites. | The megacomputer (supposedly ascribed to predicting the locations of the satellites) is located next to a silo holding a large parabolic dish, used to send a powerful signal to an array of satellites (referred to as a "Sturmanderung pulse" by the objective page). The nature of the pulse is unclear, but the capacity for it to overload the generators worldwide implies a high-energy radiation (such as microwaves). This would mean that one of the supposed functions of the satellites is energy transfer (the satellites were not overloaded by the amplitude of the pulse, but the ACCs were), and that the ACCs were supposed to receive high-energy radiation from those satellites. | ||
It is probable that the pulse intended by Muro was a controlled power surge meant to trigger the "smuggled parts" in the "core filtration systems" into processing air differently. Since that system was never activated properly, it is not known what the | It is probable that the pulse intended by Muro was a controlled power surge meant to trigger the "smuggled parts" in the "core filtration systems" into processing air differently. Since that system was never activated properly, it is not known what the effect would have been. Since the dioxin levels had been rising before the pulse, one would expect a more radical poisoning that can no longer be ignored by WCG or the public. | ||
===Muro's plans=== | ===Muro's plans=== | ||
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After defeating Muro and destroying the ACCs, Konoko makes the following statement on the consequence of her actions: | After defeating Muro and destroying the ACCs, Konoko makes the following statement on the consequence of her actions: | ||
:"When I blew the processors, I bought us some time... but at a horrible cost. The dead and the dying now line the streets, but it's impossible to deny the problem any longer. My father's work may prove to be the salvation of the afflicted after all... Mankind as we knew it is doomed. The Chrysalis will change us all. Let's hope it's for the better..." | :"When I blew the processors, I bought us some time... but at a horrible cost. The dead and the dying now line the streets, but it's impossible to deny the problem any longer. My father's work may prove to be the salvation of the afflicted after all... Mankind as we knew it is doomed. The Chrysalis will change us all. Let's hope it's for the better..." | ||
These few sentences are a golden mine for interpretation and speculation (what did she buy time for? what problem does she mean? who was denying it? how will the afflicted be saved?). One possibility is that she | These few sentences are a golden mine for interpretation and speculation (what did she buy time for? what problem does she mean? who was denying it? how will the afflicted be saved?). One possibility is that she plans to give "Daodan to the people" indiscriminately (as opposed to Muro's elitism). The "problem" would be the one pointed out by Hasegawa (that Mankind was doomed unless it adapted to the polluted world). | ||
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". | ||
==Added value== | ==Added value== | ||
===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]]. | ||
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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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===More on the purpose=== | ===More on the purpose=== | ||
Suppose that Muro really planned to eliminate everyone alive who did not already have a Chrysalis: Konoko, himself, the "selected symbiote candidates", who else?. What would be the motives of those of his followers who have no hope for survival? Are they ready to die for Muro's (and allegedly Hasegawa's) elitist cause? Were the Strikers converted to a | Suppose that Muro really planned to eliminate everyone alive who did not already have a Chrysalis: Konoko, himself, the "selected symbiote candidates", who else?. What would be the motives of those of his followers who have no hope for survival? Are they ready to die for Muro's (and allegedly Hasegawa's) elitist cause? Were the Strikers converted to a cult "religion" derived from Hasegawa's claims about an irrevocable environmental disaster? | ||
The suicide bombers ("we're all doomed") and the gratuitous violence displayed by the Strikers definitely hint at ''some'' kind of | The suicide bombers ("we're all doomed") and the gratuitous violence displayed by the Strikers definitely hint at ''some'' kind of fanaticism and possibly a form of nihilism: if everyone's doomed, aren't they doing the civilians a favor by killing them? if everyone's doomed, isn't STURMANDERUNG a sensible alternative to WCG's futile attempts to avert the apocalypse? If everyone's doomed if not for Hasegawa's Chrysalis, why not hurry its advent? | ||
===Profit and control=== | ===Profit and control=== | ||
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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, like Knives of [[Trigun]], and simply wanted them gone. | |||
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