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Several clades form a group to interface with phys-side, including [[the CERES clade]] (the ones who lost nearly 70k instances) and just Günay. The tech confirms that there was a widespread [[CPV|contraproprioceptive virus]] attack. CPV had been used in the past to kill single instances such as ''[[Qoheleth (cladist)|Qoheleth]]'' and several instances of True Name, as it was required that it be tailored to a specific cladist or their immediate instances. However, members of a fundamentalist [[collective]] — a group of individuals living as a hive mind of sorts — named [[the Our Brightest Lights Collective]] found a way to create a CPV bomb that crashed 100% of the cladists on Lagrange. This event is being called the Century Attack. | Several clades form a group to interface with phys-side, including [[the CERES clade]] (the ones who lost nearly 70k instances) and just Günay. The tech confirms that there was a widespread [[CPV|contraproprioceptive virus]] attack. CPV had been used in the past to kill single instances such as ''[[Qoheleth (cladist)|Qoheleth]]'' and several instances of True Name, as it was required that it be tailored to a specific cladist or their immediate instances. However, members of a fundamentalist [[collective]] — a group of individuals living as a hive mind of sorts — named [[the Our Brightest Lights Collective]] found a way to create a CPV bomb that crashed 100% of the cladists on Lagrange. This event is being called the Century Attack. | ||
During the downtime, the System was restarted several times as various recovery attempts were made. An initial loss of 15% was eventually reduced to 1% with the help of | During the downtime, the System was restarted several times as various recovery attempts were made. An initial loss of 15% was eventually reduced to 1% with the help of various [[Systech|systechs]] on Lagrange as well as on the two launch vehicles, [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]]. During the attempts to bring Lagrange back online, it was discovered that the number of unrecoverable instances was slowly growing, and so it was determined that 1% would be the maximum acceptable loss, and it was finally brought up for good. There were several fixes applied at this time, including patching out CPV, various [[ACL]] improvements, and a laundry list of other updates. Notable among the changes was the ability to merge cross-tree within a clade rather than just down-tree. Jonas demands that this be kept quiet due to the social changes it will have on the System. | ||
Another meeting, this time with ''en4,'' a member of [[The System Consortium]], the collection of organizations that manage [[The L5 station|the L<sub>5</sub> station]], Lagrange, and the [[Ansible|Ansibles]] used to upload individuals. They are also a member of a collective, [[the London Cohort of New Zealots]], or LCNZ. They explain the history and reasoning behind the attack. The perpetrator, 8-stanza-1 (a reference to "The only time I know my true name is when I dream", the first line of the eighth stanza of the poem from which the Odists take their name) was recovered and quarantined. The OBLC has stated that they feel that, for every cladist, a life phys-side is denied entry to heaven. Given the 2.3 trillion population of Lagrange, the only solution was to destroy the whole System. ''[[Speaking|I Cannot Stop Myself From Speaking]] of the Ode clade'' confirms this via her experiences interviewing 8-stanza-1. | Another meeting, this time with ''en4,'' a member of [[The System Consortium]], the collection of organizations that manage [[The L5 station|the L<sub>5</sub> station]], Lagrange, and the [[Ansible|Ansibles]] used to upload individuals. They are also a member of a collective, [[the London Cohort of New Zealots]], or LCNZ. They explain the history and reasoning behind the attack. The perpetrator, 8-stanza-1 (a reference to "The only time I know my true name is when I dream", the first line of the eighth stanza of the poem from which the Odists take their name) was recovered and quarantined. The OBLC has stated that they feel that, for every cladist, a life phys-side is denied entry to heaven. Given the 2.3 trillion population of Lagrange, the only solution was to destroy the whole System. ''[[Speaking|I Cannot Stop Myself From Speaking]] of the Ode clade'' confirms this via her experiences interviewing 8-stanza-1. | ||
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A meeting with phys-side, happening concurrently, explores the ramifications of the Century Attack, keeping 8-stanza-1 locked in the [[DMZ]], and the mechanism of the CPV device. Jonas and Answers Will Not Help goad Jakub to try and frustrate him into quitting as well as to make Günay feel better, and it's suggested that this is also to encourage her to upload where she can become a long-term asset. Discussions of potential memorials begin, as well as ceremonies both sys- and phys-side. After discussing information consolidation and control, Reed asks about the cross-tree merging and, after a demonstration between Jonas Fa and Jonas Ko, decides to disregard the warnings and go through with his plan to reconstruct Marsh. | A meeting with phys-side, happening concurrently, explores the ramifications of the Century Attack, keeping 8-stanza-1 locked in the [[DMZ]], and the mechanism of the CPV device. Jonas and Answers Will Not Help goad Jakub to try and frustrate him into quitting as well as to make Günay feel better, and it's suggested that this is also to encourage her to upload where she can become a long-term asset. Discussions of potential memorials begin, as well as ceremonies both sys- and phys-side. After discussing information consolidation and control, Reed asks about the cross-tree merging and, after a demonstration between Jonas Fa and Jonas Ko, decides to disregard the warnings and go through with his plan to reconstruct Marsh. | ||
The process of the reconstruction is discussed, including the fact that this New Marsh will include all of the clade's memories ''except'' Marsh's concludes with each of the Marshans forking and merging into Lily's new instance. The merge itself (minus reconciling conflicts) takes several hours and is an immensely unpleasant process, but New Marsh comes out of it well enough. The clade invites Vos and Pierre over to meet them, but Vos, unnerved, asks the new cladist the last thing that Marsh had said to her. Without those memories, they can't say, so Vos, angered by what she sees as meddling and a shallow attempt at rebuilding her partner without her input, | The process of the reconstruction is discussed, including the fact that this New Marsh will include all of the clade's memories ''except'' Marsh's concludes with each of the Marshans forking and merging into Lily's new instance. The merge itself (minus reconciling conflicts) takes several hours and is an immensely unpleasant process, but New Marsh comes out of it well enough. The clade invites Vos and Pierre over to meet them, but Vos, unnerved, asks the new cladist the last thing that Marsh had said to her. Without those memories, they can't say, so Vos, angered by what she sees as meddling and a shallow attempt at rebuilding her partner without her input, hits Reed hard enough to knock him down and leaves, demanding no contact going forward. The Marshans leave to process what happened, and New Marsh renames themself [[Anubias]] and decides to continue on as they are, trying to live life as an amalgam. | ||
An epilogue follows (which is co-written by Madison Scott-Clary and The Lament) where, about eight months later, Reed has finally received word back from the instance of Marsh that lives on on Castor. He brings this letter along with him as he attends a play put on by Dry Grass's cocladists. The play is a metaphor for the Century Attack, and it leaves all distraught. After, he discusses the letter with Dry Grass and her cocladists ''[[Motes Played|And We Are The Motes In The Stage-Lights]],'' ''[[Beholden|Beholden To The Heat Of The Lamp]]<nowiki/>s,'' and ''[[A Finger Pointing|Time Is A Finger Pointing At Itself]]''. They discuss the different ways that they have learned to live as a clade without a root instance and the hopes they have for the future. | An epilogue follows (which is co-written by [[Madison Scott-Clary]] and [[The Lament]]) where, about eight months later, Reed has finally received word back from the instance of Marsh that lives on on Castor. He brings this letter along with him as he attends a play put on by Dry Grass's cocladists. The play is a metaphor for the Century Attack, and it leaves all distraught. After, he discusses the letter with Dry Grass and her cocladists ''[[Motes Played|And We Are The Motes In The Stage-Lights]],'' ''[[Beholden|Beholden To The Heat Of The Lamp]]<nowiki/>s,'' and ''[[A Finger Pointing|Time Is A Finger Pointing At Itself]]''. They discuss the different ways that they have learned to live as a clade without a root instance and the hopes they have for the future. | ||