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Alice Grove MCDLT - THE END...?
brasca:
It looks like Alice is starting to feel more like herself now.
I'm a little confused by how the Praeses factor into this. I thought the space habitats were created by the Blink. Now it seems like they wandered into Earth's war and decided to imitate its human lifeforms in the most idyllic setting. If that's the case then why did she suspect the Praeses were attempting to conquer Earth?
RSDeuce:
I don't *know* that Jeph and Randall know each other, but they have linked to each other for pretty much forever, and if I were Jeph and had the option to run some sci-fi shit by XCKD I sure would.
Two comics in a row that seem particularly relevant. I really do think Randall is at a minimum watching with us, and possibly colored the world's physics back when Jeph was working on the concept.
https://xkcd.com/1862/
BenRG:
I'm wondering if the Praeses are like the Horatio in Endless Space 2: Attempting to extrapolate the perfect life-form and/or society by sampling as many worlds as possible and gathering data on every possible response by each species to every possible scenario. From this huge database, they intend to synthesise the perfect being that can take its place at the top of the universe's evolutionary heap.
However, I suspect that they underestimated the hacking capabilities of Earth's surviving AIs and have instead been synthesising the human race v.2.0 as part of the AIs plan to fix the current situation. Maybe Ardent is the prototype for phase 2 - Upgrading the real world. He's also an attempt at social integration with the planet-bound humans (much less successful).
Is it cold in here?:
>If that's the case then why did she suspect the Praeses were attempting to conquer Earth?
1. She's a soldier and likely predisposed to think of such things.
2. Laridia may be lying.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: A Duck on 12 Jul 2017, 11:25 ---So it appears the praeses are actually alien. In fact, they act a lot like benevolent ME Reapers.
--- End quote ---
I was thinking pathogens. We don't have enough information to know whether they're parasitic or symbiotic - maybe it differs depending on the system they colonize or infect, depending on your viewpoint.
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