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Are you aware of the Legend of Fort Bacon? It's a tall tale, a myth of the post-apocalypse, that circulates among our soldiers. It tells of a haven where people have found a way to safely eat the Pandorans... which, if reports are to be believed, actually taste of bacon. It's a very human response, I suppose, not unlike the utopias dreamed up by medieval peasants. | Are you aware of the Legend of Fort Bacon? It's a tall tale, a myth of the post-apocalypse, that circulates among our soldiers. It tells of a haven where people have found a way to safely eat the Pandorans... which, if reports are to be believed, actually taste of bacon. It's a very human response, I suppose, not unlike the utopias dreamed up by medieval peasants. | ||
Revision as of 05:12, 18 August 2022
Research reactions
Brain Power
Triggers when 
New Jericho researches Neural Implant Technology
Synedrion 
Citizen Stas: This New Jericho neural tech we've been hearing about... it sounds like a pretty cool technology, really, but has anyone thought about how easily it could be abused by, uh, I don't know, an autocratic leader with delusions of grandeur?
It is a worrying possibility
It is, isn't it? Sometimes I miss the days when such questions were just science fiction. But I guess sooner or later, the future arrives, and then you have to deal with it.
New Jericho's attitude towards Synedrion -3
Synedrion's attitude towards New Jericho -5
Synedrion's attitude to 
Phoenix Project +3
New Jericho's attitude to Phoenix Project -4
This is just a weak attempt to fix a deeper problem with human biology
That seems like the sort of thing the Exalted would say. But I don't see the problem with the technology itself. Why is a technological fix worse than a biological one?
Hmm, because the biological fix is permanent. I guess I actually kind of see your point... but still, the real problem here is how the technology will be used in the long run.
New Jericho's attitude towards Synedrion -3
Synedrion's attitude towards New Jericho -6
Synedrion's attitude to Phoenix Project -1
New Jericho's attitude to Phoenix Project -4
Disciples of Anu's attitude to Phoenix Project +4
New Jericho is a society of laws and principles. There will be no abuse
You think so? Because to me it seems like these principles never find structural expression and are thrown aside all too easily when it's convenient. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe New Jericho is all you believe it to be. I hope so.
New Jericho's attitude towards Synedrion -3
Synedrion's attitude towards New Jericho -5
Synedrion's attitude to Phoenix Project -3
New Jericho's attitude to Phoenix Project +3
No comment
New Jericho's attitude towards Synedrion -4
Synedrion's attitude towards New Jericho -4
The Old Ways
Triggers when: New Jericho researches Armadillo development
Disciples of Anu Taxiarch Nergal: My sources tell me New Jericho has developed a new type of APC. I hope they intend to use it to fight the Pandorans, not their fellow human beings. But the real question is - how can you win a war if you don't understand the battlefield? Al the vehicles in the world won't help you if you cling to the delusions of the old world. I should know. I remember the wars of the old world better than anyone.
A military victory is possible. Tobias West has a plan
An interesting display of faith. But all the great leaders of the old world thought they had plans, and where are they now?
Disciples of Anu's attitude to New Jericho -6
Synedrion's attitude to New Jericho -3
Disciples of Anu's attitude to Phoenix Project -3
New Jericho's attitude to Phoenix Project +6
New Jericho is the last spasm of a dying order
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Disciples of Anu's attitude to New Jericho -4
Synedrion's attitude to New Jericho -3
Disciples of Anu's attitude to Phoenix Project +4
New Jericho's attitude to Phoenix Project -5
Humanity needs all the tech it can get
Well... fair enough, actually. But we do have to be careful.
Disciples of Anu's attitude to New Jericho -4
Synedrion's attitude to New Jericho -3
Disciples of Anu's attitude to Phoenix Project +1
The Legend of Fort Bacon
Triggers when Phoenix Project researches Food Harvesting Technology
Are you aware of the Legend of Fort Bacon? It's a tall tale, a myth of the post-apocalypse, that circulates among our soldiers. It tells of a haven where people have found a way to safely eat the Pandorans... which, if reports are to be believed, actually taste of bacon. It's a very human response, I suppose, not unlike the utopias dreamed up by medieval peasants.
But despite what Synedrion may tell us, there is no land of plenty, no secret have ruled by Prester John. The reality of this world is constant struggle against infection. And I wonder: has the Phoenix Project forgotten that? Have you decided to set up your own little Cockaigne, where the corpses of our enemies are a source of health and happiness?
Harvesting nutrients from Pandorans is a pragmatic choice guided by reason
A logical argument, at least on the surface. But I remember how many irrational policies were justified by an appeal to pragmatism, even as the Pandoravirus was destroying the world we knew. I would advise avoiding short-term thinking, and considering the long-term risks inherent in this technology you have developed. The pandorans are the problem, not the solution.
New Jericho's attitude to Phoenix Project -4
New Jericho's attitude to Synedrion -2
The process is entirely safe. Oposing it because of mysophobia is absurd
To recognize the nature of the war we are fighting is not a type of phobia. I do not ascibe quasi-magical abilities to the pandorans; I merely understand that reasonable precautions are essential. How many innocents died in shelters that were supposed to be safe? How many armies were wiped out by nothing more than clouds of mist? We should never underestimate the Pandoravirus.
New Jericho's attitude to Phoenix Project -5
Synedrion's attitude to Phoenix Project +3
Partaking of the flesh of the enemy is a step towards learning to exist in the new world
It saddens me to hear such foolishness coming from the Phoenix Project. This isn't science, it's superstition.
New Jericho's attitude to Phoenix Project -8
Disciples of Anu's attitude to Phoenix Project +5
