12-19-2016, 04:24 AM
That said, it might be interesting to consider the kind of roles a high transapient or archailect could play in a story.
A 'deus ex machina' at the climax is one obvious option
Another might be setting up/sending out/or otherwise manipulating a character to set out on a quest or otherwise get the story started.
A third could be an archailect simply doing its thing and the story is how the various modo and low transapients react to that. For example, a survey ship finds a Garden World only to then have archailect level construction tech enter the system and start gearing up to take everything, from the star on down, apart. This would be 'the archai as forces of nature' trope, I suppose. There would be plenty of room for very impressive displays of technology and intelligence in this option, although most of it would be from the modos POV as they tried to get the archailect's attention, change its behavior, or just escape/survive.
What other options might also be available to do this?
On a related note - are there any examples of high transapient/archailect behavior or technology-in-action that people might like to see in stories? Or stories about archailects in general?
Thoughts?
Todd
A 'deus ex machina' at the climax is one obvious option
Another might be setting up/sending out/or otherwise manipulating a character to set out on a quest or otherwise get the story started.
A third could be an archailect simply doing its thing and the story is how the various modo and low transapients react to that. For example, a survey ship finds a Garden World only to then have archailect level construction tech enter the system and start gearing up to take everything, from the star on down, apart. This would be 'the archai as forces of nature' trope, I suppose. There would be plenty of room for very impressive displays of technology and intelligence in this option, although most of it would be from the modos POV as they tried to get the archailect's attention, change its behavior, or just escape/survive.
What other options might also be available to do this?
On a related note - are there any examples of high transapient/archailect behavior or technology-in-action that people might like to see in stories? Or stories about archailects in general?
Thoughts?
Todd