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As long as it helps shuttle the Syndicate's contraband, BGI actually stabilizes the bipolar structure. The Syndicate keeps itself busy and feels in power; the TCTF get a chance to reinforce their credibility as crime-fighters. Same for weapons, and the insecurity they generate : conflict helps the WCG to constantly reestablish itself in the public's eyes as the only alternative to chaos. | As long as it helps shuttle the Syndicate's contraband, BGI actually stabilizes the bipolar structure. The Syndicate keeps itself busy and feels in power; the TCTF get a chance to reinforce their credibility as crime-fighters. Same for weapons, and the insecurity they generate : conflict helps the WCG to constantly reestablish itself in the public's eyes as the only alternative to chaos. | ||
Naturally the people behind BGI would be aware of that stabilizing role, and it would actually be quite understandable that the prospect of an all-out crisis (collapse of WCG's authority, | Naturally the people behind BGI would be aware of that stabilizing role, and it would actually be quite understandable that the prospect of an all-out crisis (collapse of WCG's authority, anarchy brought about by [[Muro]]) should keep them "doing the Devil's work" : obstinately promoting skirmish-scale violence looks like the only way to keep Oni's world together. | ||
===Another idea=== | ===Another idea=== | ||
:''This idea will make its way into the [[Anniversary Edition]] in some form or other... | :''This idea will make its way into the [[Anniversary Edition]] in some form or other... | ||
After the [[Syndicate]] is contaminated by [[Muro]], since BGI are favorable to stability and so is the [[WCG]], what makes sense is a pact between the two. The WCG can not undergo militarization at the same rate as Muro's Strikers, but it can turn a blind eye at BGI and even encourage the creation of (perfectly illegal) technology supposed to deal, in time, with whatever threat Muro represents (cyborg supersoldiers rivaling [[Barabas]], Muro and [[Mukade]], weapons rivaling the [[WMC]]). Thus the WCG doesn't technically have an army, but it counts on the unofficial BGI rather than on the [[TCTF]] to stabilize the situation. [[Griffin]], however, is unaware of these developments and thinks the only chance to restore balance is to "fight fire with fire", i.e., to make [[Konoko]] into the same kind of human weapon as Muro is. The WCG can't let Griffin know about the pact with BGI and will thus seek other ways to disrupt the [[Daodan]] project, either through investigations questioning the project's ethics and safety, or through sabotage. And of course things will ''really'' go wrong when Konoko encounters and disrupts the very entity that was supposed to counter Muro: BGI. | After the [[Syndicate]] is contaminated by [[Muro]], since BGI are favorable to stability and so is the [[WCG]], what makes sense is a pact between the two. The WCG can not undergo militarization at the same rate as Muro's Strikers, but it can turn a blind eye at BGI and even encourage the creation of (perfectly illegal) technology supposed to deal, in time, with whatever threat Muro represents (cyborg supersoldiers rivaling [[Barabas]], Muro and [[Mukade]], weapons rivaling the [[WMC]]). Thus the WCG doesn't technically have an army, but it counts on the unofficial BGI rather than on the [[TCTF]] to stabilize the situation. [[Griffin]], however, is unaware of these developments and thinks the only chance to restore balance is to "fight fire with fire", i.e., to make [[Konoko]] into the same kind of human weapon as Muro is. The WCG can't let Griffin know about the pact with BGI and will thus seek other ways to disrupt the [[Daodan]] project, either through investigations questioning the project's ethics and safety, or through sabotage. And of course things will ''really'' go wrong when Konoko encounters and disrupts the very entity that was supposed to counter Muro: BGI. | ||