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'''Forking''' is one of the key mechanics of life on the System: it is the act of creating a copy of oneself. This copy may go on to live their own life or they may merge back down into their [[Clade|down-tree instance]] to provide them with all of their [[Memory on the System|memories]]. Their decision to merge down or not may be determined by their | '''Forking''' is one of the key mechanics of life on [[the System]]: it is the act of creating a copy of oneself. This copy may go on to live their own life or they may merge back down into their [[Clade|down-tree instance]] to provide them with all of their [[Memory on the System|memories]]. Their decision to merge down or not may be determined by their dissolution strategy. | ||
== Merging == | == Merging == | ||
Should the fork choose to merge down, their down-tree instance will be provided with all of their memories. These may be accepted wholesale, or the cladist may pick and choose which memories to merge. | Should the fork choose to merge down, their down-tree instance will be provided with all of their memories. These may be accepted wholesale, or the cladist may pick and choose which memories to merge. | ||
During the process of merging, one may encounter conflicts. These occur when the same event was witnessed from two different divergent viewpoints or when, in sufficiently | During the process of merging, one may encounter conflicts. These occur when the same event was witnessed from two different divergent viewpoints or when, in sufficiently individuated instances, there is a strong divergence in interpretation, which colors how the memory was stored. | ||
=== Reconciliation === | === Reconciliation === | ||
When maintaining a long-lived fork, a cladist can keep them on the same page by having them merge down regularly only to refork back into them. Done frequently enough, this creates a sort of gestalt of individuals. True Name keeps such a pool of instances, numbering 108 on Lagrange in systime 226 (2350), reconciling daily. | When maintaining a long-lived fork, a cladist can keep them on the same page by having them merge down regularly only to refork back into them. Done frequently enough, this creates a sort of gestalt of individuals. [[True Name]] keeps such a pool of instances, numbering 108 on Lagrange in systime 226 (2350), reconciling daily. | ||
=== Bubbling up === | === Bubbling up === | ||
Prior to the Century Attack, it was only possible to merge down, not up. To address this, the down-tree instance would fork and let the up-tree merge down, and then that instance would assume the identity of the old up-tree. | Prior to [[the Century Attack]], it was only possible to merge down, not up. To address this, the down-tree instance would fork and let the up-tree merge down, and then that instance would assume the identity of the old up-tree. | ||
== Individuation == | == Individuation == | ||