Post by DanaManana on Apr 1, 2023 5:03:00 GMT
Undisclosed Location — Columen Artificialis
Lillian observed the tech and schematics of the modules presented to her by the CES. The designs and systems of the CES made her smile at the absolute efficiency. Meanwhile they were, by sheer technicality inferior tech wise, they had some of the best tech design systems she had ever seen.
“These systems fascinate me, Scutum. One part gone? Add another, doesn’t matter if it’s the same, or a variant of it. The amount of modularity and redundancy to be able to replace and modify everything needed in short amounts of time is absolutely incredible! The sheer cost efficiency alone makes me wonder why they aren’t more advanced yet!”
Meanwhile Lillian geeked over the modular systems, her other systems began testing designs for something new, something revolutionary.
—
It wasn’t her first time making a megastructure, she had made countless megastructures in her old universe, so she had experience in the sheer scale, logistics and numbers the structures needed. But, due to the sheer amount of data lost due to her war, she was back eons in R&D. But, Project Nexus would prove to be a different story.
ICEC, as it was called, was a new group, one in which she was one of the founding members. It focused on economic development, with a side of altruistic interventionism. And what other way to make an economy boom than by making a collaborative megastructure? A giant structure around a star, a place where billions, trillions could live. A cultural melting pot of people of all nations, ICEC and non-ICEC alike. A place where a large economic bloc could set up shop, in their own little corner of the galaxy.
But that wasn't its only purpose.
Lillian was familiar with setting up a chain of wormholes to travel along systems, even along entire galaxies, and yet with exotic matter limits, she could only go so far without needing exponentially more. But with ancerium, and with new technology from the Red Bulwark, the dream of a nexus of wormholes was close for Lillian. Project Nexus would be a structure she once dreamed of making, and now was making it.
—
Lillian typed onto a screen, looking at a holographic projection of a large plate, seeming hexagonal in shape. She expanded on some parts, getting rid of and adding parts to the architecture both inside and out. She stripped the layers, composites, alloys and electronics flowing through them in a nearly methodical manner, all interlacing and working together to make a much more efficient system for what she needed to make.
“Scutum, set this up to Beta simulation, give the star around 50% more solar radiation… give it 2 G’s of internal force, and around…. 4000 pascals of external pressure. Act like this thing is in the solar atmosphere.”
“I still don’t understand why you’re simulating such extreme conditions. This system is way beyond what we should expect for even extreme conditions in the diameter around the star we were given, the star itself is even stable. I think this is-”
“Scutum, we live in a galaxy that had literal wizards, a source of mana, another fundamental force of the universe, a place where magic and tech combine to make something even I couldn’t imagine. We are talking about forces we as AI, with our current training, can’t even expect to exist, much less predict when they will happen.”
Lillian sighed as she moved throughout the projector room, scaling out to see the larger, much more plates being shown, all of different patterns and designs. She zoomed in on the catalog of plates, choosing one to change and modify so it could withstand the conditions she had set.
“I know it seems weird Scutum, but even back in my universe, megastructures like these needed to be tested with even the most extreme conditions to exist, and we didn’t have magic or psionics. So please, begin running simulations on it.”
In front of Lillian, she could see numerical and statistical algorithms churn out model after model of simulated data, with the plate only having one minor error that was easily fixable. Lillian smiled and applauded at the small victory.
“Another question, why so many models? It also seems unnecessary to make them, unless you’re also planning “worst cases” again.”
Lillian laughed at the comment made by the barely sentient AI, the one she decided to give life to. She quickly finished on the plate she made before turning to look at another. Her tails wagged at the questions being made.
“Y’know, for a barely sentient AI I made because I was lonely, you really like to ask questions, huh?”
“It’s my nature as an AI.”
“I know. Anyways, to answer your question. Surprisingly no, it’s actually more of a culturally significant role for this. I am modeling and adding the least amount of external modifications possible to keep what the others sent me as close to the original.”
She grabbed a more geometric and cyberpunky plate, seeming to come from the Svarthan trust. She analyzed the internals of it, observing how they would work under outside forces. Thankfully for her, they were extremely practical and gave her a lot of leniency.
“ICEC is an economic group at its core, but it will always try to make the societies that incorporate it interact better. If we are making a megastructure to represent our collective will to make this work, we should also design the plates on which they will live with care and think of each and every member's love of art.”
She clapped her hands, the models shrinking into a small shell around the star. Project Nexus was her most ambitious project yet in the Ancerious galaxy. But, before that, she had to do something.
“Get ready for a surgery, Scutum. You too Gladius.”
Lillian observed the tech and schematics of the modules presented to her by the CES. The designs and systems of the CES made her smile at the absolute efficiency. Meanwhile they were, by sheer technicality inferior tech wise, they had some of the best tech design systems she had ever seen.
“These systems fascinate me, Scutum. One part gone? Add another, doesn’t matter if it’s the same, or a variant of it. The amount of modularity and redundancy to be able to replace and modify everything needed in short amounts of time is absolutely incredible! The sheer cost efficiency alone makes me wonder why they aren’t more advanced yet!”
Meanwhile Lillian geeked over the modular systems, her other systems began testing designs for something new, something revolutionary.
—
It wasn’t her first time making a megastructure, she had made countless megastructures in her old universe, so she had experience in the sheer scale, logistics and numbers the structures needed. But, due to the sheer amount of data lost due to her war, she was back eons in R&D. But, Project Nexus would prove to be a different story.
ICEC, as it was called, was a new group, one in which she was one of the founding members. It focused on economic development, with a side of altruistic interventionism. And what other way to make an economy boom than by making a collaborative megastructure? A giant structure around a star, a place where billions, trillions could live. A cultural melting pot of people of all nations, ICEC and non-ICEC alike. A place where a large economic bloc could set up shop, in their own little corner of the galaxy.
But that wasn't its only purpose.
Lillian was familiar with setting up a chain of wormholes to travel along systems, even along entire galaxies, and yet with exotic matter limits, she could only go so far without needing exponentially more. But with ancerium, and with new technology from the Red Bulwark, the dream of a nexus of wormholes was close for Lillian. Project Nexus would be a structure she once dreamed of making, and now was making it.
—
Lillian typed onto a screen, looking at a holographic projection of a large plate, seeming hexagonal in shape. She expanded on some parts, getting rid of and adding parts to the architecture both inside and out. She stripped the layers, composites, alloys and electronics flowing through them in a nearly methodical manner, all interlacing and working together to make a much more efficient system for what she needed to make.
“Scutum, set this up to Beta simulation, give the star around 50% more solar radiation… give it 2 G’s of internal force, and around…. 4000 pascals of external pressure. Act like this thing is in the solar atmosphere.”
“I still don’t understand why you’re simulating such extreme conditions. This system is way beyond what we should expect for even extreme conditions in the diameter around the star we were given, the star itself is even stable. I think this is-”
“Scutum, we live in a galaxy that had literal wizards, a source of mana, another fundamental force of the universe, a place where magic and tech combine to make something even I couldn’t imagine. We are talking about forces we as AI, with our current training, can’t even expect to exist, much less predict when they will happen.”
Lillian sighed as she moved throughout the projector room, scaling out to see the larger, much more plates being shown, all of different patterns and designs. She zoomed in on the catalog of plates, choosing one to change and modify so it could withstand the conditions she had set.
“I know it seems weird Scutum, but even back in my universe, megastructures like these needed to be tested with even the most extreme conditions to exist, and we didn’t have magic or psionics. So please, begin running simulations on it.”
In front of Lillian, she could see numerical and statistical algorithms churn out model after model of simulated data, with the plate only having one minor error that was easily fixable. Lillian smiled and applauded at the small victory.
“Another question, why so many models? It also seems unnecessary to make them, unless you’re also planning “worst cases” again.”
Lillian laughed at the comment made by the barely sentient AI, the one she decided to give life to. She quickly finished on the plate she made before turning to look at another. Her tails wagged at the questions being made.
“Y’know, for a barely sentient AI I made because I was lonely, you really like to ask questions, huh?”
“It’s my nature as an AI.”
“I know. Anyways, to answer your question. Surprisingly no, it’s actually more of a culturally significant role for this. I am modeling and adding the least amount of external modifications possible to keep what the others sent me as close to the original.”
She grabbed a more geometric and cyberpunky plate, seeming to come from the Svarthan trust. She analyzed the internals of it, observing how they would work under outside forces. Thankfully for her, they were extremely practical and gave her a lot of leniency.
“ICEC is an economic group at its core, but it will always try to make the societies that incorporate it interact better. If we are making a megastructure to represent our collective will to make this work, we should also design the plates on which they will live with care and think of each and every member's love of art.”
She clapped her hands, the models shrinking into a small shell around the star. Project Nexus was her most ambitious project yet in the Ancerious galaxy. But, before that, she had to do something.
“Get ready for a surgery, Scutum. You too Gladius.”