BY LETTER
Caretaker Seed
Galactography > Sephirotic Empires > Caretaker Gods
Technology > Application > Transportation > Interstellar Transport
Technology > Technology Type or Material > Nanotech
Technology > Application > Robotics > Neumann (Von Neumann Self-Replicating Systems)
Technology > Technology Type or Material > Organic/Biotech
Technology > Application > Spore Technology
Technology > Technology Levels > Transapientech / Godtech / Clarketech
Technology > Application > Transportation > Interstellar Transport
Technology > Technology Type or Material > Nanotech
Technology > Application > Robotics > Neumann (Von Neumann Self-Replicating Systems)
Technology > Technology Type or Material > Organic/Biotech
Technology > Application > Spore Technology
Technology > Technology Levels > Transapientech / Godtech / Clarketech
 Image from Anders Sandberg | |
| A caretaker seed showing the characterictic Penrose rhomboid markings | |
Caretaker God ISOs are known to replicate von Neumann fashion using seed-like devices. This is perhaps the reason why seemingly unconnected Caretakers have been able to appear across wide swathes of space, often in time to fortuitously snatch a unique world or solar system from the grasp of a local development polity or corporation. Here we see a Caretaker colonization "seed" with drive sail observed near the Triangulum Expanse. The seed, housed in a protective housing, is approximately 4 meters long, the sail 20 meters in diameter.
The Penrose rhomboid patterning is a common identifier among Caretakers, with different Caretakers using subtly different patterns. This form of identification has spread to the Zoeific Biopolity and other bioist factions.
Appears in Topics
| Caretaker Gods | Interstellar Transport | Nanotech |
| Neumann (Von Neumann Self-Replicating Systems) | Organic/Biotech | Spore Technology |
| Transapientech / Godtech / Clarketech |
Development Notes
Text by Anders Sandberg
Initially published on 24 September 2001.
Initially published on 24 September 2001.
