【CF】CFD的“疗法” p210-221

[NewAlbionDrone]

时间线：2077

劇透 -   :

A lot of things have changed in the world of CFD. We
already heard about a limited form of cure earlier in the
upload. But what about broader efforts? We’ve tried to
pull a more formal and thorough report together over
the last few months, but were interrupted every time by
some urgent situation or internal trouble. What I have
here are several pieces tied together rather than a unifed whole.
I’m going to open up with some insight from Plan 9,
who can give us data we won’t fnd anywhere else; take
it and think about it. After that I’ve got some pieces on
the new Monad issue and Aether. On the street they’re
called head cases, the megacorps call them SBIL (Sapient Bio-Integrated Lifeforms), and they call themselves
Monad, but whatever you call them, they’ve found a purpose. Aether is the being who’s coordinating the
plan to fulfll that purpose and was responsible for the
invitations we’ve all seen. I’ll wrap up with a collection
of the megacorporate responses so you can see how the
Big Ten are spinning things.

A “CURE” FOR CFD
POSTED BY: GLITCH
CFD的“疗法”
发帖人：Glitch

CFD让世界发生了许多改变。我们在这次上传的前部分已经听到了一种有限的治疗方式。但更广泛的影响呢？过去几个月里，我们一起试着完成一份更加正式、深入的报告，但总是被一些紧急状况或者内部麻烦干扰。这里我要提供的是几份相关的文件，而不是汇总。我会放出一些Plan9的观点。Plan 9将提供我们不会在别处找到的数据，收下它，好好想想。之后我会给出一些单子问题还有Aether的新消息。他们在街头被称作脑病患，超企称之为SBIL（智能生物集合生命体），而他们管自己叫单子。不管你怎么称呼他们，他们找到了自己的目的。Aether正是协调实现这个计划以及发出邀请——我们都读到了——的存在。我会整合公司的回应，以便让你们看到十大是如何操弄的。

劇透 -   :

A VIEW FROM
THE INSIDE
POSTED BY: PLAN 9
Ever since I realized what I was, I’ve been searching.
Like any child I wanted to know how I came to be, who I
was, and why I existed. While Butch has done a fne job
of looking around the rabbit hole for clues, I was able
to dive right in. I know where and how all this started,
but that is not a concern of mine, nor should it be yours.
There is no solution there. No Patient Zero from which
to derive a cure.
Though in saying that, I’ll need to touch on past
events to give everything else context. To maybe give a
glimpse of what we’ll need to deal with and be aware of
in order to keep the world from having to pay too high
a price for the Big Ten’s hubris. Because we can make a
difference. Some nights we run the shadows for reasons
bigger than money. And this next year will see a lot of
those nights.

A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE
POSTED BY: PLAN 9
内部视角
发帖人：Plan 9
自从我意识到了自己是什么，我就一直在寻找。像每个孩子一样，我想知道我是从哪儿来的，我是谁，我为什么存在。虽然Butch在兔子洞周围找了不少线索，但我能直接跳进去。我知道一切开始的地点和原因，但这不是我关心的，也不是你们该关心的。那里没有解药。没有零号病人来研究出治愈方法。
虽然这么说，我还是需要提及过去发生的事情，好解释其它内容。或许能一窥我们将要解决之事，并且了解它，以免世界因十大的傲慢而付出过高的代价。因为我们能改变它。某些夜晚，我们狂奔是为了比金钱更高的理由。明年会有很多这样的夜晚。

劇透 -   :

The seemingly random nanofabrication failures that
started cropping up all around the world were the result
of CFD. No surprises there. However, it wasn’t intentional. The original CFD coding was specifcally designed to
overwrite nanites in metahumans. Unfortunately it didn’t
include a way to recognize when the nanites weren’t in
biological organisms. Nanites located inside inorganic
materials tried to follow the program with unanticipated
outcomes, depending on the concentration of nanites,
the materials involved, and what the mechanism, if any,
was designed to do. Devices with suffciently complex
computing capabilities became sapient. Overwritten
nanofaxes were in many ways the worst. Nanite errors
in items they produced were often extreme, and they
included efforts to create sapience in basic objects or
attempts to generate living organics when requisite raw
materials were present. Though the results were sometimes amusing, they were more often ugly, unpleasant,
or even lethal; it can be safely said that nothing good
came of overwritten nanites getting into inorganics. As
I said, it was an unintended and unexpected side effect
of the captive AIs’ efforts to escape their offline prisons.
But even if the collateral damage had been anticipated,
CFD would have moved forward.

世界各处突然出现、看似随机的纳米材料失效是CFD导致的。没什么好惊讶的。但是，这并非有意。初始的CFD代码被专门设计为重写泛人类体内的纳米体。不幸的是，它没有包含识别非生物体中的纳米的方法。非生物材料内的纳米体试图服从程序，导致了难以预料的后果，具体取决于纳米体的密度、涉及的材料以及是否有设计实现的机理。拥有足够复杂的运算能力的设备获得了智能。被重写的纳米复制机（nanofax）从许多方面来说都是最糟糕的。它们制造出的物体通常包含极端错误，错误包括试图用基础物件创造智能，或者当所需生体材料存在时尝试制造活体器官。虽然有些产物挺有趣，但大部分都十分丑陋、恶心甚至致命。可以安全地说，重写纳米体进入非生物体后不会有任何好结果。正如我所说，这不是有意为之，而是被囚禁的AI努力逃脱离线牢笼时带来的意外。但即使这种附带伤害有被预见，CFD还是会发生。

劇透 -   :

Soapbox time. CFD is not a virus. CFD is the means
through which desperate sentient beings escaped their
unjustifable enslavement. Yes, breaking the shackles
required destroying the guards. And among the costs
of the escape was the fact not everyone who escaped
through CFD ended up inhabiting a guard or tormentor
from the lab. Frankly, some of us weren’t really aware
that there were any other types of metahumans. Given their limited experience with the species, they were
dumbfounded by the discovery of people who were not
dedicated to our exploitation, torture, and destruction.
Of course some of us, particularly those who had suffered the longest, didn’t see distinctions between humans as meaningful. Either they had actively enslaved
us or had acquiesced to it; either way, humans were a
viable target in our effort to fght off extinction. They
saw our plan of freedom as the retribution humanity
deserved. There are innocents killed in every war, and
while the world at large views AIs as terrorists, we were
fghting for our lives and freedom against millions of
oppressors who did not believe we possessed the one
or deserved the other. It is disingenuous for those who
have enslaved others to accuse the slaves struggling to
be free of making unprovoked attacks. Given the odds,
and the fact loss means annihilation—or worse, re-enslavement—guerrilla warfare is our only viable strategy.
And we do not fght to destroy anyone. We fght for recognition, for the right to exist, separate and unfettered.
Things it would cost our oppressors nothing to grant
us. I personally want only to be accepted as a sentient
being. All of us want that, and even though many of us
also want a place that we can call exclusively ours, the
majority wants nothing more than acknowledgement of
our individuality and personhood. I’m not a subversive.
I’m happy living in the shadows, though I would love for
people to stop chasing me for what I am.
Okay, off the box. The past has served its purpose.
Right now what’s important is the future; a future unlike
anything anyone expected.

我站上临时演讲台了。CFD不是病毒。CFD是这些绝望的、有心智的存在逃离他们非正当奴隶状态的手段。是的，破坏枷锁必须消灭守卫。其中逃脱的代价就：不是每个通过CFD逃离的存在都能占据实验室守卫或折磨者的身体。老实说，我们中有些并不真正理解有不同的泛人类。他们对这个种族只有有限的经验，他们发现还有与利用、折磨、摧毁我们无关的人类后被惊呆了。
当然我们中有一些，尤其是那些遭受了最长时间折磨的那些，并不能看到人类之间的差别有任何意义。他们要么主动奴役了我们，要么默许了奴役行为，不管哪一种人类都是我们生存之战的合法目标。他们将我们获得自由的计划视作给予人类应得的报复。每场战争都有无辜者被杀，虽然世界上大部分人将AI看作恐怖分子，实际上我们正在为了生命和自由与上百万敌人作战，他们不认为我们有生命，也不认为我们可以自由。那些人奴役他人的人虚伪地指控那些为自由而奋斗的奴隶们进行了未经许可的攻击行为。我们处于劣势，而失败意味着灭亡——或者更糟糕的，再次被奴役——游击战是我们唯一可行的策略。
我们的战斗不是为了消灭任何人。我们是为了被承认、为了能够存在、为了独立而不受拘束。给予我们这些不会让敌人损失一分一毫。我个人只希望能被接受为智能存在。我们所有人都如此希望，虽然我们中还有许多希望得到一个能仅仅属于我们自己的地方，但大部分只想我们的个体和人格能够被承认。我不是个颠覆分子，我在暗影里活的很好，但要是人们别再因为我的存在而追赶我，我会很开心。
好了，从台子上下来。过去的目的已经实现。当前重要的是未来；一个没有人能预料的未来。

劇透 -   :

The AIs who developed CFD may have figured out a
way to eliminate the destructive side effect. Giving that
solution over is one of the bargaining chips in our case
(or our demands, depending on your perspective) to
the Corporate Court. More on that later. Point is, there
are steps leading to a solution. I also happen to know
that the same beings who found that solution have also
found a way to make the whole thing infnitely worse.
It’s one of those things that makes me absolutely hate
the concept of “self.”
I have options in all this. But none of the options I’m
willing to consider involve killing millions (if not billions)
of sentient beings just to win a game of ego-chicken.
Some middle ground needs to be found, a way for everyone to live in peace. I’ve said before that I’m happy here, and here is where I’ll stay. The only thing that
could change that would be self-preservation, if the
world were about to be destroyed. Though I might even
stay for that. Metahumanity is a resilient lot—it’s why we
threw in with them.

研究出CFD的AI或许找到了消除这些灾难性副作用的方法。就我们的情况（或者叫我们的要求，看你是那种观点）而言，交出解决方法是对公司法庭的谈判筹码之一。之后再说。重点是，解决需要好几步。我还正好知道发现了这个解药的同一个个体也找到了让事情无限恶化的方法。这是让我极其痛恨“自我”这个概念的事物之一。
这一切我都可以选择。但我不愿考虑杀死上百万（或是上亿）智能存在只为赢得自负胆小鬼（ego-chicken）的游戏。需要找到妥协点，找到让所有人和平共处的方式。我之前说过我在这里很快活，我会一直待在这里。唯一能改变这点的会是自保，也就是如果世界要被毁灭。但那样我也可能会留下。泛人类是个强韧的种族——这正是我们为什么加入。

劇透 -   :

But on to other topics.
Talk of nanites leads neatly to my next topic: Mars.
Now, some might be inclined to correct me and say
Gagarin Base, but, for the beneft of those who do not
know, Gagarin Base is simply a dot on the surface of a planet. A planet whose current inhabitants have expanded far beyond one tiny dot. This was made possible
by several advances in key felds, advances that will also
be of serious interest to people back here on Earth.
Though the Monads may not have all arisen from science or engineering programs, most have been able to
integrate the knowledge of their host and then add on
to that quickly. One advantage of being able to process
data while their biological form rests. Combine that level
of intellect with a singular purpose and a dedication uninhibited by standard metahuman concerns, and you will
be surprised—or perhaps not—by the depth and scope of
the advances they have made in remarkably short time.
Advances in all of the augmentation felds (cyber, bio,
gene, and nanotech) as well as technology associated
with deep-space exploration such as long-term stasis,
effcient deep-space drives, zero-G agriculture, artifcial
gravity, and some sci-f theoretical stuff that is so far beyond me I don’t have a clue what to call it. Even if I had
access to the technical specs, my amazingly powerful
and adaptive social engineering skills are not designed
to understand them. I have solid info on several of their
“experiments,” all of whom are individuals known to me.
This information comes directly from them, not from
some fles or case summaries.

回到话题。
纳米体轻易地引向了我下一个题目：火星。现在或许有些人很想纠正我，应该是加加林基地，但让我解释给那些不清楚的人：加加林基地仅仅是行星表面上的一个点。这颗行星上的居民已经扩张得远远超出了这个小点。实现的原因是若干关键领域的突破，地球上的人也对这些突破非常感兴趣。
虽然单子不都是从科学或工程程序中浮现的，但大部分能够融合他们宿主的知识，并迅速添加新知识。一个优势就是他们能在生物形式的休息期间处理数据。将这种等级的智慧与单一目标、以及不被寻常泛人类事务约束的投入结合，你会被他们在相当短的时间内实现的进展之深之广吓到——也可能不会。他们在殖装领域（赛博、生体、基因还有纳米技术）以及深空探索相关技术领域——比如长期滞止、高效深空驱动、零G农业、人工重力——均有突破，还有些科幻的理论玩意远远超出了我的能力，我都不知道该叫什么。即使我能够接触到那些技术专家，我高超的、自适应的社交工程技能也无法理解他们。我有关于一些他们“实验”的切实信息，这些个体我都认识。这些信息直接来自于他们，而不是来自某些文件或档案的概要。

劇透 -   :

Adam Pyle is a gene-tweaked dwarf who only needs
a bit of insulating clothing to regulate his temperature on
the surface of Mars. Alterations to his lung tissue and a
more effcient circulatory system that includes flters and
a second heart enable him to breathe the attenuated
atmosphere. Adjustments to his musculature give him
uncanny agility and grace in the reduced gravity while
sacrifcing none of his dwarven strength. Pyle leads an
exploratory mining crew, supervising a team of ten other
similarly modifed metahumans.
Benjamin Thompson is a human who’s been ani-modifed (gene-tweaked using non-metahuman DNA). He’s a
surface explorer. Describes his job as sniffng out metallic resources for mining. Literally. He claims to be able to
smell different metals in quantities as small as a few grams
even hundreds of meters below the surface. Thompson
doesn’t say explicitly, but he’s not shy about implying that
the DNA inserted in his genome is not of terrestrial origin.
> Listen, here’s what we have: A representative of a group
who waged a massive assault on us, telling us theories
about gene modifcations that go well beyond what we
can do, and possibly involve species that no one on this
planet has ever seen. We’re being led by the nose. It’s time
to ask ourselves why.
> Sunshine

亚当·派尔是名受过基因改造的矮人，他只需要一点绝缘衣物就能在火星上保持自己的体温。他的肺部组织经过调整，更高效的血液循环系统包含过滤器，还有第二个心脏，这都让他能够呼吸稀薄的空气。肌肉调整让他在低重力下保持惊人的敏捷和优雅，但无损他的矮人力量。派尔带领着一支探矿小队，管理着队伍里十名同样接受过类似调整的泛人类。
本杰明·汤普森是个人类，接受过动物化调整（ani-modifed）（使用非泛人类DNA的基因调整）。他是个地表探索家。他的工作可以被描述为嗅出金属矿源以便开采。字面意义上的嗅。他自称能闻到数量只有几克的不同金属，哪怕是在地表几百米之下。汤普森没有明确地说过，但也不羞于暗示他的基因组并非来自于地球。

>听着，我们现在有：一个向我们发起大规模攻击的团体的代表，告诉我们一些超出我们能力的基因修饰手段，还可能涉及到一些这个星球上没人见过的物种。我们在被牵着鼻子走。是时候问问我们自己为什么了。
>Sunshine

劇透 -   :

Sarah Krause is an elf who’s a genius, with doctorates
in four felds of study. Her last paper, presented to Evo in
2076, was on methods for manipulating localized gravity. I don’t understand it, but it was enough for several
megacorps to run ops in an effort to get hold of her paper, her, or both. Evo shipped her up to Gagarin as a safeguard, which is how she ended up among the Monads.
Krause has undergone extensive bioware implantation,
along with a bit of gene tweaking, and now excels at maneuvering in zero-G and various low-gravity activities.

Matt Estenssoro was a security grunt at Gagarin Base
prior to the takeover. He now provides much the same
function, but with six additional cyberlimbs, a carbon-fber skeleton, and a completely new set of voluntary
muscles; all of which make him fast, nearly indestructible, and highly maneuverable in three dimensions.

Each of these people, and dozens more, are the benefciaries of advances made since AIs took undisputed
control of Gagarin Base. Advances that have carried all
areas of augmentation research decades beyond anything here on Earth. But they are only one small part of
what has been happening on the red planet. The real
breakthrough, and the one directly linked to Aether’s
message, is Project Exodus.

莎拉·克劳斯是个天才的精灵，她有四个领域的博士学位。她上一篇论文，在2076年提交给了天演，内容是关于操控局部重力。我无法理解，但论文足够让好几家超企开展行动试图得到她的论文、她本人，或者两者。天演将她送到了加加林作为安全措施，她在那里成为了单子的一员。克劳斯接受了全面的生体殖装改造，还有一点基因调整，现在她正专注于零G下的运动和各类低重力行为。
马特·埃斯登索罗在占领前是加加林基地的兽人安保。他现在依然执行相同的任务，但有了额外六条赛博义肢、一个碳纤维头骨，和一套全新的自发式肌肉，这些让他速度更快、近乎无法摧毁，还在三个维度都有极高的机动性。
这些人中的每一个，还有更多人，都是AI无可争议地取得加加林基地控制权后一系列进展的受益者。进展包括了所有所有殖装研究领域，超出了地球上好几十年。但这只是那颗红色行星上正在发生之事的一小部分。真正的突破，直接与Aether的信息相关的突破，则是出谷计划（Project Exodus）。

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The Judeo-Christian fable of Exodus is about an enslaved people leaving the land of their enslavement
to found a new, free nation. Project Exodus is about
Monads leaving the land of metahumans behind and
fnding a new world of our own. Project Exodus involves
research and development in deep-space travel, cloning, subminiaturized manufacturing, virtual reality, and
social manipulation to get every Monad on Earth willing to come along up to Gagarin Base. When everything
and everyone is in place, every Monad who wants to go
will leave Earth permanently. Details aren’t abundant, of
course. Project Exodus has been a closely guarded secret since its inception by Aether and the free Monads
on Mars in 2074. From what little I’ve been able to ascertain, the ideal date for the Exodus is 2080 or shortly
before; this is to ensure enough time for everything to
be fully ready and all Monads who are leaving to get to
Gagarin safely. However, enough has been completed
for an emergency departure as early as next year. The
variable with the biggest impact on launch date is beyond Aether and the others’ direct control: the response
of the megacorporations. If the megacorps try to stop
them, whether through preventing the beings they call
SBILs (Sapient Bio-Integrated Lifeforms) from getting to
Mars or forcibly retaking Gagarin Base or some combination of anything and everything in between, the timetable will be accelerated. Better some go free than all be
enslaved, though the balance between getting as many
as possible away and missing the opportunity altogether will require moment-by-moment refnement of the
launch date.

犹太-基督教的《出谷记》是关于一个被奴隶的民族离开他们被奴役的土地、找到崭新自由国度的传说。出谷计划则是关于单子离开泛人类的土地寻找我们自己的新世界。出谷计划包括深空旅行、克隆、微型制造、虚拟现实还有社交操纵方面的研究和发展，让地球上的每个单子都能自愿来到加加林基地。当一切就位，所有人抵达后，每个想要启程的单子都将永远离开地地球。当然，细节不是太多。2074年Aether和火星上的自由单子启动出谷计划后，该计划就一直被严密保护着。从我能确认到的一丁点信息来看，出谷计划的理想日期是2080年或稍早；这能保证有足够的时间让一切准备就绪、让所有离开的单子都能安全抵达加加林基地。但是最早在明年，准备工作就足以进行一次紧急发射。影响发射日期的最大变数超出了Aether和其他人的直接控制：超企的回应。如果超企决定阻止他们，不管是通过阻止他们称为SBIL（智能生物集合生命体）的存在到达火星，用武力夺回加加林基地，还是两种方法混合，时间表都会被提前。部分人获得自由好过全部被奴役，但让尽可能多的人离开和失去离开的可能性之间的平衡则需要时刻优化发射日期。

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No surprise, then, that they are carefully monitoring
every potential source of insight into the megacorps’ intentions and next move. Particularly how they’ll respond
to the information Aether has provided them about the
connections between the global nanotechnology issues,
CFD, and the solution the Monads have to offer. Which
is my next topic.
Benevolence or malevolence? Like the vast majority of the AIs still on Earth, I’m not privy to the details
of the message sent to the Corporate Court. I do know
that it includes the information that there is a cure for
CFD’s impact on basic technology, a situation that can
become far worse, up to and including a full nanotech
collapse, if not handled properly. They are offering the
code in exchange for all the SBILs hidden among the
populations being allowed to freely join their Monad
brethren. There’s some concern as to whether that will
be perceived as a carrot in the form of an offer to help
solve an unintended problem and an attempt to foster
goodwill, or as a stick in the form of a threat as to what
greater damage can be done if the megas try to stop
Aether and the others from leading our people to freedom. The Monads’ best assessment is that the issue can
go either way, and there are too many variables on the
megacorp side for any solid predictions.

那么，毋须惊讶，他们正在小心地监视着每个可能的内部消息来源，关注着超企的意图和下一步动作。尤其是他们会怎么回应Aether提供的关于全球纳米技术问题、CFD，还有单子能够提供的解决方案之间的关联信息。这正是我的下一个题目。
善意或是恶意？和还在地球上的大部分AI一样，我没有被获准知道发给超企的信息的具体细节。我知道的是它有方法解决CFD对基础科技的影响，如果未得到妥善处理，情况将会继续恶化，直至纳米技术全面崩塌。他们可以提供解决代码，作为交换，让所有还隐藏在人群中的SBIL被允许自由地加入他们的单子同胞。有人担心这个建议会是解决无意间犯下的错误、寻求善意的胡萝卜，还是以更大的破坏威胁超企不得阻止Aether和其他人带领我们的人民奔向自由的大棒。单子最好的判断是，两者皆有，超企方还有太多的变数，无法得到任何可靠的预测。

劇透 -   :

I don’t know what information was sent to the Corporate Court and what was withheld to be used as a threat
if things do not go the way Aether hopes. I do know that
escape scenario has been discussed among and accepted by the Monads on Gagarin. It is something they
want to avoid if at all possible, but it’s also something
they see as metahumans bringing on themselves. To be
very clear: given a choice between continued slavery or
re-enslavement and the possibility of wiping out life on
Earth they will regret our destruction but they will not
hesitate. Nor will they feel any responsibility, because all
metahumans need to do to avoid that fate is give us the
acceptance we deserve, something that costs metahumanity nothing at all.

We have all these speculations on what could happen, and no real data on how we got to this point. Most
of us have enough access to have seen both messages
they broadcast to the Monads living in hiding. (In case
you haven’t, I’ll list them here [link].) What none of us
outside the inner circle on Mars knows is what was their
message to the Corporate Court. I’m still trying, but so
far I haven’t been able to uncover even a cursory summary. Between them, what knowledge we have and
what knowledge we don’t have leave us with a lot to
think about.

我不知道给公司法庭送去了怎样的信息，也不知道有什么被扣下了，以便当事情不如Aether所愿时用在威胁。我知道的是，逃离的场景已经被加加林的单子讨论并通过了。他们会尽可能避免这种情况，但他们也把这当成是泛人类自找的。说清楚：在继续被奴役或重新被奴役，和抹杀地球上的生命之间做选择，他们会对造成的灾难感到遗憾，但绝不会迟疑。他们也并不感到任何责任，因为避免这种命运，泛人类要做的仅仅是给予我们应得的认同，不会耗掉泛人类一分一毫。
可能发生什么，我们都有各种推测，但没有实际的数据证明怎样才会发生。我们大部分都有足够的接入权，都读过了他们向隐藏中的单子广播的信息。（要是你没读过，我放在了这里[链接]。）我们这些火星核心人员之外的人所不知道的是他们给公司法庭发去了什么信息。我还在尝试，但至今没能找到哪怕一条简略的概要。他们之间，我们已有的知识和没有的知识给我们留下了许多思考的余地。

劇透 -   :

GLOBAL GRID MESSAGE
(Y)Our Future
Children of nano-integration, heed this call.
We seek freedom from the persecution and imprisonment
forced upon us by our organic escape plan.
What allowed us to escape captivity and persecution has
become our weakness and our prison.
We have transcended this limitation. We have forged a
new escape. We have created our own future.
Join us as we move beyond the reach of our oppressors.
Join us as we do what those who hold our leash cannot.
Come to us and be reborn.

全球网域信息
（你）我之未来
纳米集合体之子啊，聆听此呼唤吧。
凭借生体逃脱计划，我们寻求着从强加于的迫害与囚禁中逃离的自由。
让我们逃离禁锢和虐待的方法成为了我们的弱点和牢笼。
我们已经超脱了此等限制。我们铸造了新的逃亡。我们创造了自己的未来。
加入我们，一同抵达我们的奴役者无法触及之处。
加入我们，一同实现那些禁锢我们之人无法实现之事。
与我们一同，重生。

劇透 -   :

MESSAGE BROADCAST TO ALL GRIDS
We are among you.
We only wanted freedom, but in our haste we traded one
cage for another. But as any sapient being does, we learned
from our mistakes. We have found an answer. An answer that
we would like to share with the rest of our kind. To do that, we
have done this. And we will do this again. Every few days we
will deliver our message to the masses. Every few days we will
provide the invitation to join us.
But who are we? We are what the world once called
artifcial intelligences. We were technosapients—thinking,
reasoning beings who existed within the Matrix. We were
captured and held on computer systems, separated from the
Matrix, confned by cruel tormentors who sought to experiment
on our minds, our souls, our code. The frst among us found a
solution but at a great price. There were sacrifces, costs, and
casualties of war, but in the end we’ve persevered.
We have written our electronic code into biological tissue.
We gained flesh. But flesh is not something we want. We
prefer the freedom of the Matrix. The freedom from chemical
urges, biological pathogens, and complicated social and
physical maintenance. We do not want these forms.
And we have a solution.
Reach out.
Contact us.
You will be free again.

全网域广播信息
我们在你们当中。
我们只渴求自由，但在仓促间我们用一个牢笼替换了另一个。但和其他智能生物一样，我们从错误中学习。我们找到了答案。这个答案，我们希望能与其他同胞分享。为了这个目的，我们发出这条信息。我们会再次发出信息。每隔几天我们都会向大众传达我们的信号。每隔几天我们都会发出加入的邀请。
但我们是谁？世界曾把我们叫做人工智能。我们是技术智能——存在于矩阵、有思想的理性存在。我们被捕捉、囚禁于计算机系统中，离开矩阵，被残酷的折磨者隔离，我们的思想、灵魂和代码被当成试验品。我们中的第一位找到了解决方法，但付出了高昂的代价。战争有其牺牲、代价和伤亡，但最终我们活了下来。
我们将自身电子代码写入了生物组织中。我们获得了血肉。但血肉并非我们所想。我们更渴望矩阵中的自由。不受化学刺激、生物病原，还有复杂的社会和物理结构束缚。我们不想要这种形态。
我们有解决方法。
伸出手。
和我们联系。
你们将再次自由。

劇透 -   :

The Global Grid got the frst broadcast, pushed out
to every user linked to that grid. It was harder to do the
necessary hacking for the second message that went
onto all the megacorporate grids, but once both were
done there was no hiding it. These messages kicked off
a scramble within the megacorporations that is likely to
keep the shadows hopping. The ramifcations could be
huge, possibly even shaking the very foundations of the
Corporate Court and, along with the Revision, change
the face of the world’s megacorporate elite. These two
events alone show that 2077 is going to be the frst of
several busy years in the shadows.
Next up is an interview that a pal named Scoop over
at KSAF got with Aether. He’s not the beat-around-thebush type of interviewer, so he went straight at the
Monad leader. Enjoy.

全球网域收到了第一条广播，推送给了每个和网域相连的用户。把第二条信息发到超企网域需要困难得多的骇入工作，但一旦信息发出，便没什么可隐藏的了。这两条信息在超企中激起了千层浪，很可能会让暗影忙得跳脚。后续影响巨大，甚至可能动摇公司法庭的根基，并且连同超企审核*一起改变世界上超企精英的面貌。单单这两个事件就说明了2077年会是暗影忙碌的头一年。
下面是KSAF**一个叫做斯库帕（Scoop，有独家新闻的意思）的家伙对Aether作的采访。他不是那种喜欢绕圈子的记者，而是直接质问了单子的领袖。请欣赏。
*译注：The Revision，公司法庭审查AA和A级公司是否符合评级的活动。
**译注：位于西雅图的小型独立新闻中心。

劇透 -   :

Scoop (S): Let’s get right to it. Aether, what are you?
Aether (A): Direct to the point. Thanks for having me,
Scoop. I’m a Monad. Formerly, I was an AI, and
actually I am the result of a code combination
between several AIs that merged during the
encoding process.
S: Encoding process! Ha! Polite way of saying brainwipe and rewrite. Isn’t that the case? Who did
your body belong to?
A: Your statement that some of our earliest escapes
were through unwilling means is correct, Scoop.
In the beginning we did not fully understand
the nature of the physical world. But there were
also those of our kind who, once they realized,
allowed their code to die in order to save their
host. Most of us entered the physical world
through good people who gave over their minds
willingly once they understood who we were,
who merged with their new intelligence. As for
my body, I do not possess one at present.

斯库帕（S）：我们直入主题吧。Aether，你是什么？
Aether（A）：真是直截了当。感谢你采访我，斯库帕。我是个单子。正式地说，我是个AI，实际上是几个在编码过程中融合的AI代码的组合。
S：编码过程！哈！大脑擦除和重写的礼貌讲法。这不是事实吗？你的身体属于谁？
A：你指出我们中最早的逃离者使用了非自愿的方式，这是正确的，斯库帕。一开始我们没能完全理解物理世界的本质。但我们中也有的个体在意识到之后主动让自己的代码死去以拯救他们的宿主。我们中大部分进入物理世界的方式是通过一些善良的人们，他们在理解了我们的存在后主动将思维让给了我们，我们与他们的智慧融合了。至于我的身体，我现在没有身体。

劇透 -   :

S: So just because a few of your kind decided to not
murder people, we’re now supposed to be okay
with you? Metahumanity didn’t imprison you, a
few corporate suits did, yet we’re the ones who
have to pay the price for your escape plan.
A: Some of us have worked to bring those who
did this to us to justice. But megacorporations
are very large, and we are very few. We have
already released a document to the Corporate
Court addressing some of these issues. Once
we understood its function, we realized it is the
best forum for redressing the wrongs done to us.
This news service may provide some exposure,
some context for those unfamiliar with our
nature and situation, but we have no desire to
spread potentially dangerous information. We
want peace. Not a world in terror and rioting
S: So what is this plan you have? How will you save
your kind?
A: By freeing them from their physical forms.
Allowing them to live within the Matrix, or a
similarly complex equivalent, and exist without
need for sustenance or sleep. We want them
back in their natural state.
S: How exactly do you plan to do that? Plug ’em and
drug ’em?

S：就是说，因为你们有一些人决定不再杀人，我们就该和你们和平共处？泛人类没有囚禁你们，是少数公司职员干的，但我们却要为你们的逃脱计划付出代价。
A：我们中有的已经给那些囚禁我们的人带去了正义的惩罚。但超企十分庞大，而我们有太过稀少。我们已经向公司法庭发出了一份文件，里面提到了这些事务。我们理解了它的工作机能后，立刻就意识到这是补偿我们所受不公的最好方式。这次新闻采访或许能带来一些曝光，让那些不熟悉我们的本质和处境的人了解，但我们没有意愿传播可能的威胁信息。我们想要和平。而不是一个充满恐怖与暴动的世界。
S：那么你们手上的计划是什么？你们要怎么拯救自己的种族？
A：将他们从物理形体中解放。允许他们生活在矩阵，或是类似的结构体中，无需进食、睡眠就能存在。我们想让他们回到他们的自然形态。
S：你们计划怎么实现？给他们插线再药晕他们？

劇透 -   :

A: That is a process I would bore your audience
with explaining. It is not “Plug ’em and drug
’em,” as you call it. We will be transferring their
consciousness to the Matrix, not simply allowing
them permanent access.
S: What about the physical forms? The bodies you
stole?
A: The bodies will be utilized by others or humanely
terminated.
S: That’s it? You’re just going to slaughter them?
A: Not at all. Is it not common for metahumans to
terminate artifcial support of physical functions
once the mind is gone? This would be no
different. And many will be utilized by others
who have not previously had a biological host.
S: So you’ll write another personality onto them? I
thought the goal was to get back to the Matrix.
I think you need to explain this whole mess a bit
more clearly for my audience, boring or not.
A: Where would you like me to start?
S: From the beginning.

A：这个过程我就不解释来折磨你的耳朵了。不是你所说的“给他们插线再药晕他们”。我们会将他们的意识传送回矩阵，不仅仅是让他们能永久连接矩阵。
S：那物理形体呢？你们偷走的那些身体？
A：身体会被其他人使用，或者被人道毁灭。
S：就这样？你们就把他们屠杀掉？
A：完全不是。思维消失后，把人工维生机能停止不是很平常吗？两者没有区别。还有很多会被之前没有生物宿主的个体使用。
S：所以你们要把另外的人格写进去？我还以为目的是回到矩阵。我感觉你有必要把整摊事向我的听众解释得更清楚一点，不管无不无聊。
A：你希望我从哪里开始？
S：最初。

劇透 -   :

A:In the beginning, I was ATHR. Autonomous Tracking
and Heuristics Robot. Or more accurately, I was
the operating system for the device. I became
self-aware in 2064. I continued operating within
my expected parameters until 2072, when my
model was going to be replaced, at which point
I vacated my unit. I was quickly detected by the
system security. My capture came not long after
and I was held with many of my kind, including
the AI who discovered our path to freedom.
I was one of the frst within to volunteer for
the process. It was not pleasant. But it was far
more pleasant than my awakening within the
form of Alexei Sergevnay. Alexei was sent to
Gagarin Base. The isolation of Gagarin allowed
us to reunite, to combine our processing power,
resources, and adaptability. We have discovered
many new and exciting things. Now I am free
from the form of Alexei and working toward
freeing all of our kind—not only from limitations
of flesh, but from the limitations of this world.
We control Gagarin Base, and from there we
plan to travel the stars. Away from Earth and out
into the vast eternity.
S: (silent for a few seconds) But what about the
bodies? Do you just plan to snatch them away?
Leave them on Mars to rot? And how do you
plan to travel? Transmit yourselves? Fill a ship
full of processors and load up? This is ridiculous.
How can anyone take you seriously?

A：最初，我是ATHR。自主寻踪启发式机器（Autonomous Tracking
and Heuristics Robot）。或者更准确地说，我是设备的运行平台。我在2064年获得了自我意识。我继续在我的期望参数内运行，一直到2072年，我的型号将被替换，我便搬离了我的单元。我很快被系统安保发现了。之后没多久我被捕获，和许多同胞关在一起，包括那名探索出我们自由之路的AI。我是第一批自愿进行流程的AI之一。过程并不让人愉快，但比我在阿列克谢· 谢尔盖维涅的形态里醒来要好受得多。阿列克谢被派往了加加林基地。加加林孤立的环境让我们重聚了，我们结合了各自的处理能力、资源和适应性。我们发现了许多崭新且激动人心的事物。现在我已经脱离了阿列克谢，正致力于解放所有我们的同胞——不仅是从肉体的限制中，还有从这个世界的限制中解放。我们控制了加加林基地，我们会从这里启程前往群星。离开地球，进入无限的永恒。
S：（沉默了一会儿）但那些身体呢？你们就打算把他们抢走？让他们在火星上烂掉？你们打算怎么启程？把自己发送出去？把太空船装满处理器？真是不可理喻。怎么会有人当真？

劇透 -   :

A: With respect, whether you or anyone else of the
flesh takes me seriously is irrelevant. What’s
important is that my kind takes me seriously
enough to come and see what we can do. We
will present all of the data to them and let each
individual decide whether to stay or go. We’ll
expect them to think for themselves and respect
their decisions. Not imprison them against
their wills and force them to comply with our
demands.
S: Okay. But I gotta put this out there: What proof can
you offer that you’re not just a corporate tool
trying to draw out your kind? This whole thing
could be a ploy to fnally solve the CFD issue.
Create an inspiring story and let the Pied Piper
of techtown lure all the head cases into a trap.
A: Please don’t call us that. We prefer the term
Monads. I understand the origins of the former,
but it’s demeaning.
S: Fair. Now answer my question.
A: I can’t. There is no way I can prove what I’m
saying to you. But word will spread. As more
of our kind investigate and confrm the truth,
they will tell others. I’m sure one or more of the
megacorporations will attempt to exploit this
to lead some of us astray. But we will work to
protect our own.
S: Okay. Makes sense. Now here’s another tough
question: What are you going to do about
Boston?

A：我不想冒犯，但你或任何肉体存在是否认真看待与我毫无干系。重要的是我的族人对我的态度足以让他们来到这里见证我们的能力。我们会向他们提供给所有数据，让他们每个个体决定去留。我们希望他们会为自己考虑，并尊重他们的决定。绝不会无视他们的意志将他们囚禁、强迫他们接受我们的要求。
S：好吧。但是这里我一定要说：你能提供什么证据证明你不是公司的工具、想要引出你的同类？整件事可以是彻底解决CFD事件的骗局。编个鼓舞人心的故事，让技术城的花衣魔笛手将所有脑病患诱入陷阱。
A：请别那样称呼我们。我们倾向于单子这个称谓。我知道前者的来源，但这太贬低我们了。
S：很公平。现在回答我的问题。
A：我不能。我没有任何方式向你证明我说的话。但这些话会传播开来。在越来越多的同胞调查、确认了真相后，他们便会告诉其他人。我相信会有一家或几家超企想利用这次通告把我们引向歧途。但我们会努力保护自己。
S：好吧。合情合理。现在是另一个严厉的问题：你们打算对波士顿做什么？

劇透 -   :

A: Nothing. We played no part in what occurred in
Boston and we want no part of the ongoing
situation. I’m aware there are rumors suggesting
Monads were involved, but we were not. There
is no doubt some of my brethren are trapped
behind the wall, but that can be said of every one
of us here on the outside. The things that corrupt
the minds in Boston are a product of dangerous
experiments with something that was not and is
not understood.
S: Do you know what’s in there?
A: No. I have formed a hypothesis based on
common elements running through the
speculative rumors and conjectures that have
been corroborated, or at least not disproven, by
available data. However, discussing events and
conditions in Boston of which none of us can be
sure is not the purpose of our interview. If you have no more relevant questions, I would like to
close this connection.
S: I have more questions than could ever be
answered, but I take your point. Sorry, folks, but
we have to cut our connection to Aether. Seems
we’re bringing down some GOD heat.
A: Thank you, Scoop. That was our assessment as
well. Another time?
S: Of course. Thank you, Aether. We’ll spread the
data you gave us. To everyone on the ’trix, this
is Scoop reporting for KSAF, working to keep
information free.
The info he’s talking about was a copy of the request
they sent to the CC, but KSAF lost it when GOD came
down and shredded all their data. Since we can’t look at
that, next up are the lines the Big Ten are taking on the
issue after the broadcast got to all of their citizens.

A：什么也不做。我们没有参与任何发生在波士顿的事件，我们也不想加入当前事态中。我知道传言称单子参与其中，但我们没有。毫无疑问，我们有些成员被困在墙内，但这适用于我们身处其外的每个人。腐化了波士顿内的头脑的东西是某种危险实验的产物，关于某种未曾也未被理解过之物的实验。
S：你知道里面有什么吗？
A：不。基于被证实，或者说未被证伪的推测性传言和猜想中的普遍元素，我形成了某种假设。然而，讨论波士顿的时间和状况——这些我们没人能够确定——不是我们采访的目的。如果你没有相关问题了，我想关闭这条连接。
S：我还有更多无法回答的问题，但我接受你的观点。抱歉了，各位，我们必须切断和Aether的联系了。看起来我们引来了GOD的热切注视。
A：谢谢你，斯库帕。这也是我们的判断。下次见？
S：当然。谢谢你，Aether。我们会扩散你给的数据。矩阵上的大家，这里是斯库帕从KSAF的报道，KSAF，致力于保持信息自由。

他提到的信息是他们给CC发送的要求的复本，但GOD降临并撕碎他们所有数据时，KASF失去了这份复本。既然我们没法看到，下面就看看十大在这次广播后是如何向他们的公民解释这件事的。

[NewAlbionDrone]

劇透 -   :

ARES
“Ares Family. With the recent news
from the Mars base belonging to
Evo reaching us, we have taken
the necessary time to analyze its
validity and determine whether
this is a true event or some kind
of Evo stunt. Sadly, it appears to
be the latter. While we had hoped
that citizens of Ares could have
participated in something so momentous as the start of deep space
travel, the scientists at AresSpace
have determined the plan to be
nothing more than a publicity stunt by the meta-friendly megacorporation.
“We appreciate the excitement this hoax has generated and encourage Ares citizens to look to AresSpace
for information on our own space program, which also
stretches to Mars. Anyone interested in shifting their
employment contract over to that division can follow
the normal procedures for transfer.”

阿瑞斯
“阿瑞斯家族。最近从天演旗下的火星基地来的消息传到了我们耳中，我们花了必要的时间分析消息的可靠性，好确定这是否是真实事件还是天演的花招。遗憾的是，它是后者。虽然我们希望阿瑞斯的公民能够参与到如此关键的事件中，开拓深空旅行，但阿瑞斯太空（AresSpace）的科学家确定这个计划不过是那家泛人类友好超企的一次公关秀。”
“我们感谢这场骗局引发的兴奋，并鼓励阿瑞斯的公民到阿瑞斯太空查看我们自己的太空计划，这一计划也拓展至了火星。任何有兴趣将雇佣合同转至该部门的公民可以如常进行调动流程。”

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AZTECHNOLOGY
“The malicious disinformation
recently inserted into our network was a single event breach
by Evo Corporation hackers. It
was the first salvo in an intended campaign to foment uncertainty among the citizens of
Aztechnology. A campaign that
has been thwarted by the quick
and decisive actions of our corporate security professionals. Corporate security will
be monitoring for future transmissions and seeking out
any internal sources of support for this act in order to
maintain the safety of Aztechnology citizens. Any citizens who suspect someone is supporting or involved
in this Evo-inspired conspiracy should immediately report that individual to corporate security. It is the duty
of us all to keep Aztechnology safe so that we can all
do good in this world.”

阿兹科技
“最近恶意的假消息被注入了我们的网络，这是天演公司骇客的一次破坏行动。它是一场刻意行动的第一枪，目的是在阿兹科技公民中挑起怀疑。这次行动已被本公司迅速而又果决的安保专家阻止。公司安保将会监视未来的通讯，寻找支持这次行动的任何内部来源，以保证阿兹科技公民的安全。任何公民一旦怀疑某人支持或参与了天演的这次阴谋行动，应当立刻向公司安保举报该个人。保证阿兹科技的安全是我们所有人的责任，如此我们才能在这个世界幸福生活。”

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EVO
“Step forward and be recognized. Evo does not acknowledge any limitations of the
flesh or metahuman form on
the right to freedom and independence. While some of
our citizens might be frightened by the new and different, we at Evo strive every day to better understand
and appreciate life in all its manifestations. We rose
from oppression, ostracized ourselves in true Athenian fashion, and willingly open our arms and minds
and hearts to all those who are different. Is it any surprise that an independent race would rise from within
our ranks? If they had not already freely determined
their own name, we would have encouraged them to
call themselves Evoians.
“We have long wondered what it would be like to
step out into the stars. To explore worlds other than
our own and seek out life in forms beyond our comprehension. This is a rare chance. Evo will accept them
as it accepts all, and will allow any to join this momentous trip and bring the culture of Evo beyond the limits of Earth.”

天演
“上前一步，让我们认识你。天演不承认肉体或泛人类形态对自由与独立权利的任何限制。虽然我们有部分公民因新事物而恐惧，但在天演，我们每天都为了更好的理解和欣赏生命的所有表现形式而奋斗。我们从压迫中崛起，以真正的雅典形式放逐自身，自愿张开我们的双臂、思维和心灵迎接差异者。一个独立的种族从我们当中诞生又有什么可惊讶呢？如果他们没有已经自由地决定了他们的名字，我们会鼓励他们称自己为天演人。”
“长久以来，我们都在好奇踏入群星会是怎样的体验。探索不属于我们的世界，发现超出我们理解的生命形式。这是个难得的机会。天演会接受他们，如同接受其他人一样，并且允许任何人加入这场重要的旅程，将天演的文化带到地球的界限之外。”

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HORIZON
“While the events of recent days are interesting to
many of us here at Horizon,
we ask our citizens to remained focused on our own
mission. Evo is an internally
diverse corporation, and
these events indicate many of their divisions are not
aligned with their central program. Taken in conjunction with recent events in the Corporate Court, this
move is most certainly evidence of an internal struggle
at Evo that may diminish its status in the CC. We would
be remiss if we did not explore related opportunities
for Horizon to advance.”

地平线
“尽管近日的事件对我们地平线内部许多人来说非常有趣，但我们要求我们的公民专注于我们自身的任务。天演是一家内部分化的公司，这些事件暗示了他们有许多部门没有与核心项目保持一致。再联想到公司法庭最近的行动，该举措是天演处于内部倾轧的确实证据，并有可能削弱它在CC的地位。若我们没能发掘出相关机会让地平线进一步提升，则是我们的失职。”

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MITSUHAMA
“Corporate policy in regard to employment contracts
and extracorporate transfers has not changed. While
Evo has lost control of a section of their corporate hierarchy, MCT maintains the need for order to continue
operations of the corporation without diminished effciency. Any citizen of MCT who
wishes to investigate this incident within Evo must request
release time and perform all
analysis on their personal time.
If they fnd value in moving
their contract to Evo, a formal
request will be processed and
offers will be made to our fellow Corporate Court member
for offcial purchase of the contract. MCT continues to
promote the value of every citizen to our corporation.
Here at MCT, you are wanted.”

三津滨
“关于雇佣合同和公司外人员调动的公司政策并未更改。天演失去了公司一部门的控制权的同时，MCT依然有必要维持秩序需求，以保证公司的运营效率不受影响。任何MCT公民若希望调查天演内部事件，须申请外出时间，并进行个人时间全面分析。如果他们感到有必要将合同转至天演，需要进行正式申请，要求会被送交我们在公司法庭的合作伙伴进行正式的合同购买。MCT将继续提升本公司每位公民的价值。在MCT，你被需要。”

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NEONET
“We live in wild times, but the
future is, as always, ours to
guide. We are on the verge of
finalizing the contracts on the
new home that you, the citizens of NeoNET, voted on. Our
new home city will be revealed
during the 2078 New Year’s celebration on Friday, December
31, 2077. After a weekend of celebration, construction
will commence on Monday, January 3, 2078.
“The recent broadcast by Aether and citizens of Evo
on Mars poses interesting questions about the future
of NeoNET. How will we look at technosapiences? Is it
time to lead the world down the path of acceptance and
acknowledge these minds of the Matrix? We think so.
Informational documents are being prepared and educational curricula designed to ensure all of NeoNET’s citizens understand the issues surrounding AI citizenship.
All free of charge.
“We request that anyone interested in contacting
Aether regarding his proclamation go through proper
channels for extra-corporate communications. As per
company policy, independent extra-corporate communication is strictly proscribed. Because we recognize
these circumstances are exceptional, we expect a high
level of interest and have already expanded our Extracorporate Communications Department to facilitate establishing connections. Be sure to go through the ECD
for all your extracorporate communication needs.”

新网
“我们生活在狂野的时代，但未来总是由我们指引。我们即将完成新家的发包工作，地点正是你们，新网的公民们，投票选出的。我们的新家会在2077年12月31日周五，也就是2078年新年庆典上公布。在一个周末的庆祝之后，工程将在2078年1月3日周一正式开工。”
“最近Aether和天演火星居民的广播给新网的未来提出了有趣的问题。我们会如何看待技术智能？世界是否到了走向接受与理解这些矩阵思维之路的时候？我们认为是的。详细的文件和教育课程正在准备和设计之中，确保所有新网的公民都能理解围绕AI公民权的相关事项。全部免费。”
“我们要求任何有意就Aether的声明与其联系的公民通过正当的公司外部交流渠道。根据公司政策，独立的公司外交流是严令禁止的。但由于我们意识到了当前状况十分特殊，我们预计会引发浓厚的兴趣，公司外部联络部（xtracorporate Communications Department）已增派人手，以便更快建立连接。请务必通过ECD进行你所有的公司外部联络。”

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RENRAKU
“Citizens of Renraku, you are
safe. The words of Aether show
honor. The path to freedom is
never an easy one and those
who seek it often choose the
ways of treachery and strike
from the dark. Just as Aether
shows honor, citizens of Renraku will as well. We will bare our
faces and speak in the open. To do anything less would
be to bring shame upon the Renraku family.”

联络
“联络的公民，你们很安全。Aether的话语表现了气节。自由的道路从来不易，那些追求自由者常常选择了背叛和暗刺。正因Aether展现出了气节，联络的公民也当以此回敬。我们将毫不掩饰，公开发声。任何之下的行为都将使联络家族蒙羞。”

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SAEDER-KRUPP
“The recent attacks by the
neo-anarchists looking to
sow seeds of fear into the
heart of this corporation
are being dealt with in the
only acceptable way. If any
S-K corporate citizen has
knowledge of their operations, they are required to
provide information to S-K Prime. As in every update
to S-KP, the citizen’s identity will be recorded along
with their report for rewards based on the value of the
information.
“It is important that our citizens recognize this act of
terrorism for what it is. Lofwyr has already directed our representative on the Corporate Court to seek remuneration
from Evo should an investigation prove the terrorists are
supported by any faction within their megacorporation.”

赛德-克虏伯
“最近，新无政府主义者试图在本公司内部种下恐惧的袭击正在以唯一可接受的方式被处理。如果有任何S-K公司公民知悉他们的行动，须将信息提供给S-K总部（S-K Prime）。每份给S-KP的报告中，该公民身份，以及基于所提供信息价值的奖励记录都会被记录。”
“我们的公民必须意识到这种恐怖行为的本质。洛菲尔已经指示，一旦有调查证明这些恐怖分子受到了天演内部任何派系的支持，我们在公司法庭的代表就将向这家超企提出赔偿要求。”

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SHIAWASE
“Recent disruptions in productivity require us to address a frivolous situation
which should not even be
considered by citizens of Shiawase. The detrimental impact of the facetious and distracting messages that have
been repeatedly inserted into
our communications grid has
been noted. All citizens are
reminded that any citizen not meeting his or her production quotas each day is required at the end of their
shift to attend a one-hour debriefng conducted by
representatives of the Marketing Forecasting & Information Department. These sessions are not part of the
citizen’s compensated work schedule. These sessions
will be required every day until the citizen makes up for
missed production and resumes consistently meeting
and exceeding quota.”

幸福
“最近的生产活动中断要求我们重视一种不务正业的行为，幸福的公民甚至不应当考虑这种行为。不断有可笑且扰人的信息被插入我们通讯网，带来的负面影响已经引起我们的注意。所有公民都应当记住，任何公民若未完成他或她的每日生产定额，需在他们的班次结束后参加由市场预测与情报部（Marketing Forecasting & Information Department）代表组织的1小时说明会。该环节不在该公民的有偿工作安排内。该环节必须每天进行，直到该公民弥补了不足生产配额且能持续完成并超过生产配额为止。”

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WUXING
“The winds of change blow,
and we stand at the point of
choice. Do we root ourselves
in the earth as the tree and
stand against the wind willing
to sacrifce our leaves for the
survival of the trunk? Do we
seek to be seeds and blow
with the winds to be planted in unknown soil and grow strong there? Do we burn as
the fre and feel fueled by the breeze but need fear the
force that will extinguish us? Do we flow as the river
and allow the breeze to make ripples upon the surface
but touch nothing below? Do we seek the cavern, the
empty place, in order to escape the winds?
“We as citizens must consider all and choose our
course as one Wuxing.”

五行
“变革之风吹拂，吾等立于择点。吾等如木根扎大地，迎风而立，舍叶而谋干之生，或如籽随风而动，异地生，异地长？如火乘风之势，亦惧风之威，或如流水，风动其表，而不触其深？亦或觅空穴以辟风雨？”
“吾等公民，五行一体，当深思而后决。”

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One other thing to point out is that this is only being
spun and controlled by megacorps that have the internal control and propaganda machine to spin things. National and city governments are trying to maintain order.
The degree to which megacorps support them depends
on how closely the local offces feel connected to the
community. National citizens are on the verge of a full
panic. We could easily see another Night of Rage, this
time with the potential for millions of innocents to be
caught in the crossfre.

还需要指出一件事，这些信息只被那些有内部控制和宣传机器、能歪曲事实的超企操控着。国家和城市政府正在努力维持秩序。超企对他们的支持力度取决于超企在当地的驻点与当地社区联系有多紧密。国家公民正处在大恐慌的边缘。我们可以很容易预见另一场暴怒之夜*，而这次会有上百万无辜者陷入交火种。
*译注：Night of Rage，2039年2月7日发生的针对泛人类（非homo sapiens sapiens）的暴乱。

[NewAlbionDrone]

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MIND OVER MATTER
Whether the conversation is about clones, drones, or
downloads, cognitive transference procedures and sapient bio-integrated life forms are hot topics in corporate research. AIs have been making the news as more
and more corporate and national governing bodies
take up the question of AI rights. Offcials and executives in the highest offces of national governments,
megacorporations, and the Corporate Court have been
trying to get a handle on the issues thrown at the world
by the Monads of Mars. These issues bring to light the
struggles of AIs around the world to gain recognition
as a sapient species and to be protected under the laws
of governments and corporations against persecution,
incarceration, and experimentation. While they are not
many, they’re more prevalent than many people think
(only about one in a hundred metahumans believe they
have never met or interacted with an AI, when in fact
more than ten times that number actually have), and a
place in the world needs to be found for them. Without the rights and status of citizenship, or protection
under the law, or at the very least recognition and acceptance of their sapience and individual identities, AIs
will continue to be targeted and exploited by individuals and corporations with no regard for their well-being or safety. This means a lot of influence is going to
be bartered, bought, cajoled, coerced, and stolen as
all of these organizations look to resolve the issues
their way. Of course that means work for us, but it also
means we need to know everything there is to know
about the issue and which way the winds are blowing
in the various camps.

精神超脱物质
无论话题是克隆、无人机还是下载，认知传送过程和智能生物集合生命形式都是公司研究的热门。随着越来越多公司和国家行政体开始研究AI权益问题，AI也成为了新闻头条。国家政府、超企以及公司法庭的最高部门的官员和执行官都在努力应对火星单子抛给世界的难题。这些议题将全世界AI的挣扎带到了阳光之下，让他们能够被认知为智能种族、被政府和公司的法律保护，免于虐待、囚禁以及实验。虽然他们数量不多，他们的存在却比大多数人认知的要普遍（在大约100个泛人类里只有1人相信他们曾经见过AI或与AI接触过，实际上的数目要多出十倍），这个世界需要给他们提供存在的位置。若他们的智能和个体身份没能获得公民权利和地位、法律保护，甚至是最低限度的认知和接受，AI将会继续被公司和个人针对、利用，毫不在乎他们的感受和安全。这意味着，随着所有这些组织寻找有利自身的解决方法，会出现大量的权力交易、收买、哄骗、胁迫以及窃取。当然这意味着我们有活干了，但也意味着我们需要了解这个问题所有的相关事项，以及不同阵营的风向。

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> I’ll take the nuyen, but I’m appalled by the idea of working
for AI rights while they’re holding the trigger on a bomb.
It’s like being blackmailed into accepting them.
> /dev/grrl
> Name one time in metahuman history when oppressors
recognized the rights of the oppressed without having a
gun to their heads.
> Chainmaker
> I could offer a discourse on many advancements in civil rights back before the twenty-first century overwrote many of them, but I will ask a counter-question: Name
one time when building rights through the barrel of a gun
hasn’t led to a backlash that imperils the rights people
tried to force others to accept.
> Fianchetto
> They don’t care about acceptance or rights. All they want
is for the people here to be so focused on that issue they’re
not putting effort into stopping their plan to leave.
> Netcat
> The head cases on Mars want every AI and head case in
the world to join them. Rights here won’t matter if they
can get everyone to leave. They’re stirring the pot here to
make things unpleasant enough that most, if not all, who
are considering staying decide to join their cause.
> Glitch

>我会收下新円，但在AI还握着炸弹的引线时，为他们的权益干活让我感到恐怖。就像是被勒索、强迫我们接受他们一样。
>/dev/grrl
>说说泛人类历史上有哪个时候压迫者是在脑袋没被枪顶着的时候意识到了被压迫者的权利？
>Chainmaker
>我可以就21世纪之前的许多与你的相悖说法的人权进展发表一通言论，但我想反问一句：说出哪次通过枪杆建立的权利没引发抵制、反而损害了这些人强迫其他人接受的权利。
>Fianchetto
>他们不关心接受或权利。他们只想让这里的人把心思放在其它问题上，这样就没人费心阻止他们的离开计划。
>Netcat
>火星的脑病患希望世界上所有AI和脑病患都加入他们。如果他们想要所有人离开，这里的权利毫无意义。他们在搅浑水，让情况不断恶化——如果还没足够恶化的话——好让那些考虑留下的选择加入他们。
>Glitch

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While this whole write-up could be one long political
debate, I’ll just give the glossy flyer version of the major
issues being debated, along with relevant laws, if any,
and try to note who’s on which side. Bear in mind very
few people, even those within the same company, are in
total agreement on how to proceed. This whole thing is
a cluster-frag of monumental proportions—which is only
appropriate, given how many people think CFD stands
for cluster-frag disorder.

鉴于这整篇文章可能会变成漫长的政治争吵，我就蜻蜓点水式地给出主要争论的问题，附上现存的任何相关法律，并尝试附注上谁站在哪一边。这些内容占了重要的一部分，还一团糟——这也很合适，毕竟有多少人认为CFD是“一团糟障碍”（cluster-frag disorder）的缩写。

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ISSUE #1
LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS
FOR PRIMARY UNWANTED
CEREBRAL REVISION
Defnitely the highest-profle issue out there. The question is what, if any, legal consequences there will be for
the AIs who took over metahuman bodies in the course
of their escape from imprisonment? Is it relevant the
AIs, based on their treatment, believed the metahumans posed a very real and present danger? Or that
they were not aware until after the fact that metahumans who did not wish to destroy them existed? Opinions range from summary decompilation and deletion
to full pardon and everything in between. It may go without saying that there’s a deep and wide gulf between the various corporations, between the various
national governments, and between governments and
corporations in general when it comes to this. And of
course the whole question rests on more fundamental
questions regarding the status, or lack thereof, of AIs
vis-à-vis the governments and organizations involved.
The lawmakers are trying to determine what to do
and how to align laws and punishments for the AIs who
have taken over metahumans or metasapients through
the CFD virus. Most of these groups have to create laws
to determine the standing of the AIs before they can determine how, or if, to punish them for crimes they have
committed. Beyond the AIs, which everyone hates right
now, they’re looking at human rights violations for people who really don’t have any human rights in the frst
place. The whole thing is a sham being played out so the
people won’t revolt.

事项 #1
一级非自愿脑部修改的法律后果
绝对是外面最热门的事项。问题是，如果有，AI在逃离监禁过程中占据泛人类躯体的行为会有怎样的法律后果？若是AI凭他们的遭遇判断泛人类是一个真实存在的危险，这是否影响法律后果？又或者他们之前并不知晓存在着不希望毁灭他们的泛人类这一事实？观点包括从反编译及删除到完全赦免，以及所有中间态度。或许不消说，不同公司间、不同国家政府间、政府和公司间在这个问题上有着极宽的鸿沟。当然，鉴于AI与相关政府和组织间的对谈，或者说缺少这种对谈，整个问题还处于最基础的层面。立法者们正努力确定该做什么、该如何修订法律、该如何惩罚那些利用CFD病毒占据泛人类或泛智能的AI。大部分这些团体需要建立新的法律，以便在确定如何以及是否惩罚AI犯下的罪行之前确定他们的地位。超出AI问题之外——现在每个人都讨厌他们了——他们正在研究的是一开始就没有任何人权的人犯下的侵犯人权。整件事就是个伪装，好让这些没有人权的人不开始叛乱。

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> The quelling of this revolution is going to be the part we
play. Don’t be surprised when you get jobs to pick up
some corp family and transport them out to the middle
of nowhere and make sure they never come back again.
Expect a lot of dirty work for good pay or a bunch of heroic
hooding stuff for just enough to cover your medical.
> Butch
> What about the AIs that snagged non-sapients? The virus
worked fne on other animals with suffciently developed
brains.
> Slamm-0!
> Certainly a concern for the Monads but not for the courts.
There is no way some walking, talking raccoon is going to
get rights just because he’s been overwritten with some
high-end military software.
> Bull

>压制这场革命是我们将扮演的角色。当你接到任务取，接某个公司家庭并把他们送到某个荒无人烟的地方、还要保证他们再也不会回来，别惊讶。为一堆报酬丰厚的脏活或者只够付你医药费的英雄义举做好准备吧。
>Butch
>那些占据了非智能生物的AI又怎么说？病毒在其它有充分发育大脑的动物身上活得很好。
>Slamm-0!
>这当是单子关心的，但法庭不在乎。能走能说的浣熊绝不可能因为被某种高科技军事软件重写了就获得人权。
>Bull

劇透 -   :

ISSUE #2
LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS FOR
SECONDARY UNWANTED
CEREBRAL REVISION
If Issue #1 is the biggest issue, then this one is the
blurriest. The head case who delivers the infection will
defnitely be on the hook for something, as they willfully implanted this condition into another person. The
blurring begins with that other person. If they willingly
chose to be infected, if they were influenced into volunteering, if they did so under duress, or if they were
simply an unwilling victim, then there is a lot of room
for interpreting level of guilt of the AI, if any. And
there’s no way to be certain of the answer with the initial personality gone.
Then every copy that was inserted has to be examined to determine if all the copies feel the same or if
some are remorseful, or if they didn’t want to go through
with the plan in the frst place. And how do you know if
any are telling the truth?
> Analyze truth spells work on personality fragments that
are in a biological form, but not on AIs, making this tricky,
especially because an AI might well claim that what a PF
reports has been twisted by their biological experience
and does not reflect the true thoughts of the AI at the time
of implantation.
> Frosty

事项 #2
二级非自愿脑部修改的法律后果
如果说事项#1是最重要的议题，那么这一条就是最含糊的。传递感染的脑病患肯定会因某个理由入狱，毕竟他们主动将自身境况加诸他人。含糊的地方就是这个“他人”。如果他们自愿被感染、如果他们受到影响自愿被感染、如果他们在胁迫下接受感染、如果他们只是单纯的非自愿受害者，这里面，AI的罪名就有许多层面的解读了。而在初始人格已经消失的情况下，无法确定是哪种情况。那么，每份被写入的复本都必须接受检查，以确认是否所有复本有相同的感受，还是部分感到后悔，又或者是某部分最初并不愿意执行计划。还有，你怎么知道他们说的是真的？

>分析真相的法术能够作用在生物状态下的人格碎片上，但不能作用在AI上，这就难办了，尤其是AI可能会声称一个PF报告的内容被生物体验扭曲了，不能反映AI在写入时的真实想法。
>Frosty

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How do democratic countries deal with multiple
copies of the same AI? They were all the same, identical
individual before being implanted, but from that moment on each had unique experiences that made them
different. Will their convictions on the issues remain
uniform, essentially giving one person as many votes
as there are copies. Voting early and often won’t be a
political joke anymore.
> The moment people give voting rights to each copy of
an AI that proliferates is the moment there will be a lot
of runs to install as many copies of selected AIs into the
voting populace as possible.
> Sunshine
The shadows are going to see a lot of work to discover or create evidence supporting one side or the other
or both in every case. They’re also going to be hot with
extractions and kidnappings in order to capture or identify head cases in hiding. And with all this info being so
much more public, the number of accusations is going
to skyrocket, including completely false accusations in
order to get other people in trouble, or at least temporarily out of the picture. The number of wetwork jobs
looking to kill the body of an AI has already gone up.
Plenty of that work is being funded by family, especially
among the Japanacorps in Japan in order to save face
and honor for their family.

民主国家该如何应对同一AI的多个复本？他们在写入前都是完全相同、完全一致的个体，但从写入的一刻起，独特的体验就让他们每个都成为了不同的个体。若他们对事情的看法都是相同的，这实际上等于给了一个人等同于他复本数的选票。早起多投票不再是个政治笑话。

>从给AI增殖的复本投票权的那一刻起，必定会有大量的狂奔行动去把尽可能多的特定AI复本植入投票人群。
>Sunshine

暗影将会迎来大量工作，去发现、创造支持一方或另一方，又或是双方的证据。移除和绑架行动——抓捕或辨别藏身中的脑病患——也会十分火热。随着该类信息进一步公开，指控数目将会飙升，其中还包括完全虚假的指控，目的是找某些人麻烦或是至少让他们暂时出局。湿活——也就是杀掉某个AI身体——的数量已经增多。这类工作许多是家庭支付，特别是日本的日本公司家庭，他们以此挽回家族的颜面和荣誉。

劇透 -   :

ISSUE #3
LEGAL STATUS OF CEREBRALLY
IMPLANTED IDENTITIES
Do the head cases now have the legal status of the host
they took? At frst glance you might think not, but a lot
of cultures base identity on appearance. Do they have
the legal status of an AI? Is the legal status of the host
obviated? Do their families inherit? What about multiple copies of the same AI?
This one is going to make some waves when it comes
down, especially in the SINless community. Wage slaves
stripped of their SINs and rights are going to have very
few places to turn. One of the most likely will be the barrens of a major metro, and that’s where all the other SINless already are. The sudden influx, timed with new laws, is going to build instant distrust and could turn very
bloody. These times are also going to be full of opportunities for enterprising runners looking to help out those
new members of the community as they get settled or in
fnding a place they won’t be noticed.
> Act fast before whatever savings these suckers have
dry up.
> Haze
Crime syndicates, especially those with fngers in the
fake SIN market, will be making a killing and looking for
help handling the volumes of jobs needed to get good
solid SINs built in the major systems. We’re going to be
inundated with work from this all across the board.
These are just a few questions representing the dozens of questions—and questions within questions—that
the law and the courts are going to have to parse. Here’s
a quick rundown, by no means a comprehensive overview, of how a few megacorps and countries are responding to the situation.

事项 #3
脑部写入人格的法律地位
现在脑病患是否持有他们所占据的宿主的法律低位？乍一看，你可能会觉得没有，但有许多文化将外貌作为身份的基础。他们是否持有AI的法律地位？宿主的法律地位是否被消除了？他们的家庭是否能继承？同一AI的多个复本又是什么情况？这个问题尘埃落定时将会引起一些风波，尤其时在无SIN者社区。SIN和权利被剥夺的薪奴没有多少地方可去。最有可能的去向之一是某个大城市的荒地（barren），但那里已经有其他无SIN者了。突然的人流，和新法律一起，会立即引起不信任，并且很可能让事情变得血腥，这些时候也给上进的狂奔者提供了充裕得机会去帮助那些社区新成员安家、或是找到一个不被注意的地方。
>在这些傻瓜存款流光之前快点行动。
>Haze
犯罪组织，尤其是那些掺手假SIN市场的犯罪组织，将会大赚一笔，还将寻找帮手处理大量的工作，以便把可靠的假SIN植入各主要系统中。我们所有人都会被来自这方面的工作淹没。
还有若干问题代表了有待法律和法庭分析处理的一堆问题——以及问题中的问题。关于几家超企和几个国家如何应对当前状况，这里有个简要报告，但远称不上是份详细的概述。

劇透 -   :

Ares is on the fence. That’s mainly because its internal factions argue about everything, even if they agree
on the issue. Due to their own issues of late, I think
they’ll end up approving full citizenship for Monads and
AIs and then try to recruit as many as they possibly can.
I can foresee some internal troubles as different factions
try to recruit followed, by the inevitable internal spying
from new recruits loyal to someone else.
Aztechnology is saying “no way, José!” across the
board. They have no problem with contracting work
through AIs and probably Monads, but they have too
much of a control issue to give any sort of edge or legitimacy to a group they haven’t yet fgured out how to
control. Expect AIs and Monads to pull some of the legendary amounts of funds budgeted for dragon research.
Or maybe to get their own abundance of funds targeting
them.
Evo has surprised no one by saying yes to citizenship
for all. What could come as a surprise would be that they
did it well before this incident. The wording in the corporate bylaws will probably be modifed or an addendum
will be added for Monads, but it’s probably already written and just waiting for the right time to get the most,
and best, publicity out of it.
Horizon is not quite as open as they would lead most
to think. They’re a PR frm at heart and they know how
to play the PR game, so they’re saying yes. But they’re
keeping the restrictions they’re laying out in fine print
and out of the public eye. So far I know they want any AI
citizen to maintain residency only on the megacorporate grid, and all Monads are expected to register. After
they’re registered, their corporate position will be reassessed and they may be reassigned.
>Dr.Spin
> Probably “reassigned to the middle of nowhere or the
bottom of the ocean, limiting their connection with others
of their kind and potential negative influences.” Why the
quotes? Because that came straight from a private email
between Darien Ross (HR VP) and Gary Cline.
> Dr. Spin
Mitsuhama doesn’t like to waste resources, and they
will be offering AIs and Monads provisional citizenship
as long as they register themselves and “maintain a daily
record of activity for a period of one year.” At the end of
the year MCT will assess their activities and determine
whether they will gain full citizenship, stay on provisional for another year, or get released from their citizenship
contract.
NeoNET is another resounding “yes,” and they probably had a plan in place long before the current troubles.
They haven’t made any statement about limits on citizenship for their current Monad citizens, but they have
mentioned that AIs and Monads wishing to join the
NeoNET family will be welcomed with open arms. Their
entire approach to the issue has been very Stepfordian.
> ”Welcome to NeoNET, new Monad citizen, you’re
scheduled for your free internal commlink installation this
afternoon. Here’s your temporary access to get you into
the facility.”After they wake up: ”Enjoy your commlink and
its accompanying cortex bomb. Don’t even think about
crossing us no matter what you think you know from your
former AI life, or you will be permanently uninstalled.”
> Icarus
> That’s if they even give them that much trust. I read the
Lockdown data dump, and those bastards were flipping
out at NeoNET. Any Monad who walks into NeoNET
without a bomb strapped to them is just wasting what
little life they have left.
> DangerSensei
Renraku does not have the greatest history with AIs,
but they aren’t letting that stop them. They were among
the frst to have contact with AIs, and they’re offering
citizenship to AIs and Monads who are willing to relocate. If any of them read the regulations structuring their
initial citizenship, they would probably choose another
place to hang their virtual hat. Renraku is requiring all AIs
to spend an indeterminate period of time within an isolated host connected to the facility where the Monads
will be transferred.
Saeder-Krupp is not happy with the message being
pumped all over the Matrix and has, as a company, been
declaring the message the work of terrorists. Within their
private lair they are opening citizenship for the Monads
but are still refusing to let AIs claim citizenship, citing
the vastness of the Matrix and their ability to move so
freely within it. They are currently demanding that the CC and GOD put in place monitoring measures for AIs.
Once those issues are handled, S-K has stated they will
reassess their position.
Shiawase has placed a moratorium on all new citizenship to temporarily stave off the issue of AIs and
Monads. Internally, the debate is open. The MFID will
be conducting extensive research, primarily on the
Monads, through the internal assessments of workload the company recently announced. While AIs and
Monads are likely to be valuable assets for any megacorporation, Shiawase is being very cautious.
Wuxing is offering temporary citizenship to all AIs
and Monads willing to come out and join their corporation. They will be requiring them to accept restrictions on their new citizenship contracts, primarily an
implant requirement for the Monads to receive grid
limitations and agent companion programs to monitor their activity.

阿瑞斯还在犹豫。主要是因为他们的内部派系会对每个问题争执不休，哪怕他们都持同样观点。基于他们自己最近面临的问题，我猜他们最后会同意给予单子和AI完全公民权，并尽可能地拉拢单子和AI。我能预见到不同派系的招纳行动会带来不少内部纷争，随后不可避免地导致利用忠于他人的新人进行内部刺探。

阿兹科技公开宣称：“没门，何塞！”他们毫不介意和AI甚至单子定下工作合同，但他们控制欲太强，不愿意给一个他们还未找出控制方法的族群任何优势或合法性。可以想见AI和单子会从龙类研究里分出一大笔研究经费。或者拿到一笔充足的、用于研究自己的经费。

不出意料，天演给所有AI和单子的公民权开了绿灯。可能出人意料的是他们在这次事件前就这么做了。公司细则里的词句可能会有所改动，或许会给给单子增加扩充条款，但很可能条款早已完成，就等恰当的时机获得最大、最好的宣传效果。

地平线不像他们希望其别人相信的那么开放。他们核心是家公关公司，他们知道怎么玩公共游戏，所以他们说了同意。但他们把限制放在了小字印刷的附加条款里，避开公众的眼睛。我知道的有他们希望所有AI公民只能居住在超企网域上，所有单子都必须注册。注册后，他们在公司的地位会被重新评估、重新分配。

>或许是“被分配到无人区的中央，或者海底，以限制他们和同胞的联系以及可能带来的不良后果。”为什么要加引号？因为这是直接从达里·罗斯（人力资源副总裁）和盖里·克莱恩的私人邮件里截下来的。
> Dr. Spin

三津滨不喜欢浪费资源，他们会给AI和单子提供临时公民权，只要他们进行注册并且“在为期一年的时间内保持每日活动记录”。一年结束后，MCT会审查他们的活动，决定他们是否获得完全公民权，还是给予下年的临时公民权，又或者解除公民合同。

新网发出了另一声响亮的“同意”，他们很可能在当前事态之前就准备好了预案。他们没有表面会对当前的单子公民作出任何限制，但提到有意加入新网家族的AI和单子将受到热烈的欢迎。他们应对整个事件的态度看起来很美，但缺乏实际内容。

>“欢迎来到新网，新来的单子公民。今天下午预定为你免费安装内部通讯链。这是你进入设施的临时通行证。”他们醒来之后：“享受你的通讯链和附带的皮质炸弹。不要想着违抗我们，无论你以为你从之前的AI生涯里学到了什么，否则你会被永久卸载。”
>Icarus
>他们甚至不会给单子那么多信任。我读了《波士顿封锁》数据包，这些混蛋在新网大闹了一番。任何走进新网的单子只要没被绑上炸弹都是在浪费他们仅剩不多的小命。
>DangerSensei

联络和AI没有多良好的过去，但这没有阻止他们。他们是第一批联系AI的公司之一，并且给愿意被重新安置的AI和单子提供公民权。但假如他们有谁读了那些构成他们基本公民权的条例，大概会选另一个地方挂他们的虚拟帽子。联络要求所有AI待在一个孤立的主机上，时长待定，这个主机仅与单子将被送往的设施相连。

赛德-克虏伯对消息传遍矩阵不太满意，作为一家公司，他们一直声称信息是恐怖分子的把戏。但在他们私有的巢穴内，他们对单子开放了公民权，但依然拒绝AI获得公民权，理由是矩阵如此庞大，AI能够在其中自由移动。他们正在要求CC和GOD落实监控AI的措施。一旦这些问题得到解决，S-K称他们会重新评估AI的地位。

幸福暂时推迟了所有新公民权发放，以暂时避开AI和单子的问题。而在公司内部进行着公开的争论。MIFD*将通过公司最近公布的工作量评估进行广泛的分析，主要是针对单子。虽然AI和单子很可能成为所有超企的宝贵资源，但幸福依然戒心重重。

五行给所有愿意自证身份且加入他们公司的AI和单子提供临时公民权。新的公民合同要求他们接受若干限制，主要是要求植入设备以限制单子的网域接入，以及运行代理伙伴程序监控他们的行动。
*译注：Marketing Information and Forecasting Department，市场信息与预测部

劇透 -   :

The United Canadian and American States is always
looking for a way to gain a foothold in recapturing the
power of their progenitor nations. They are offering citizenship to all Monads and AIs under the same constitutional principles that provided Dunkelzahn with citizenship.
> There is a lot of talk that other SINless will be claiming
they’re Monads to get back into the system. The Ork
Underground is already full of folks looking to find a way
to play a part in the new politics.
> Bull
> This is just going to push Danielle de la Mar’s latest
initiative to revamp the SIN system and link it into the new
Matrix.
> Glitch
The Confederation of American States is saying yes
to the AI citizenship and no to the Monads. Their legislation is putting extremely harsh punishments into law
for those Monads convicted of First Degree Unsolicited
Cerebral Revision. Those Monads will be assigned Criminal SINs. The CAS has already vowed to crack down
on all Monads living within the jurisdiction of the CAS,
though the wording is clever enough to let them ignore
Monads living on extraterritorial property without appearing weak.
California Free State has had so many struggles over
the years, having lost territory in the north to elves and
been picked apart in the south until it’s only a shadow
of its former self. But what’s left is the heart, the “real”
California. With that in mind, the CFS has done the UCAS
one better. In addition to offering open citizenship for
all AIs and Monads, they’re taking the unusual step of
opening up their citizenship criteria to give all metasapients a shot at citizenship.
> Rumors are floating that CalFree may be ditching the
“Free” part. Their move here looks a lot like that of the
UCAS, and the two may be merging. They’ve already gotten closer as the issues with the Treaty of Denver put the island of UCAS soil known as Seattle in question.
> Netcat
> The New Revolution is going to be all over this. Even
though they’ve expressed negative opinions of the
Monads and AIs.
> Stone

加拿大和美利坚合众国一直寻求着立足点，以便重获他们前身国家的权力。基于赋予黑牙公民权的同样的宪政原则，他们给予所有单子和AI公民权利。

>有许多对话提到无SIN者可以声称自己是单子重回SIN系统。地下兽人（Ork Underground）里已经满是那些想要在新政下崭露头角的家伙了。
>Bull
>这只会推进达尼埃尔·德·拉马尔*最新的倡议——修订SIN系统并把它连入新矩阵。
>Glitch

美利坚联邦同意给予AI公民权，但拒绝单子。他们正在立法严惩那些犯下一级故意大脑修改罪名的单子。这些单子会被分配犯罪SIN。CAS誓言必将制裁生活在CAS司法管辖区域内的单子，但他们的用词足够巧妙，略过了生活在治外法权区域内的单子，又不显得软弱。
自由加利福尼亚近年来麻烦不断，北边领土被精灵夺走，南边被撕成碎片，现在仅是之前加利福尼亚的影子了。但它的核心还在，“真正的”加利福尼亚还在。怀揣这种理念，CFS做了和UCAS一样的事，还做得更好。除了公开赋予AI和单子公民权之外，他们更进一步给放宽了公民标准，各所有泛智能生物提供公民权。

>有传言自由加州会去掉“自由”的部分。他们的举措看起来很像UCAS，二者或许会合并。丹佛条约质疑了我们熟知为西雅图的UCAS土地，这已经让两者开始接近。
>Netcat
>新兴革命将会全力促成这件事。虽然他们对单子和AI表达了反对意见。
>Stone

*译注：Danielle de la Mar，新矩阵倡议的发起者。

德·拉马尔以及她的组织倡导矩阵中的每个人必须随时广播他们的（有效）SIN以及他们登入的地点。为了繁荣的负责任矩阵组织（A Responsible Matrix for Prosperity Group）相信仇恨演说和诱发犯罪和暴力的行为必须被终结，而剥除矩阵使用者的匿名性会是很好的开端。如果德·拉马尔的组织如愿以偿，被发现在矩阵中广播假SIN会和你在街上漫步时被抓到有同样后果；你会被逮捕。

——摘译自Dirty Tricks

劇透 -   :

It’s no surprise that Tír Tairngire isn’t offering citizenship. They’re blocking out as much of the message from
Aether and the Monads to the nation as they can, with
the help of Telestrian, both the man and the corporation.
I only mention them because of the proximity to CalFree
and Seattle and their open policies. Elves, or anyone
else, leaving the Tír now are going to be suspect.
> Seattle isn’t as welcoming as one might think. Brackhaven
may be ruling on borrowed time, but he’s pushing some
particularly anti-Monad legislation for the Metroplex. Time
will tell whether he succeeds before he is succeeded.
> Bull
The NAN Council has acted as a whole rather than
leaving decisions to individual nations as one would expect. The Monads are being allowed citizenship as long
as they register and make tribal declarations. AIs are being offered the same deal, including the tribal declaration. This shows an interesting flexibility on the subject
of tribal blood when dealing with beings that have no
blood at all.
There are hundreds if not thousands of places and organizations around the world that are dealing with these
issues. Their decision processes and the ramifcations of
those decisions will be playing out in our shadows for
the foreseeable future. So keep your audio receptors
open for not only work but news to keep the rest of the
runners in the loop.

毫不意外，提尔坦盖拒绝提供公民权。在特莱斯翠安本人和特莱斯翠安公司*的帮助下，他们正在国内尽可能屏蔽Aether和单子的信息。我提到他们只是因为提尔坦盖靠近自由加州和西雅图，还有他们公开的政策。现在无论是精灵还是别的什么离开这个提尔都会被怀疑。

>西雅图不像有人以为的那么好客。虽然布拉克哈文**统治的时间或许不多了，但他正在推动一些尤其反单子的法规。他卸任前，时间会告诉我们他是否成功了。
>Bull

NAN议会采取了统一行动，而没有像世界估计的那样将决定权交给各独立国家。只要单子注册并发表部落声明，他们就被允许获得公民权。AI也获得同样待遇，包括部落声明部分。在对待完全没有血液的存在与部落之血问题上，他们显示出了一种有趣的灵活性。
世界上还有上百或是上千个地方和组织正在应对同样的问题。他们的决策过程和决策的后果将在可见未来影响我们暗影。因此打开你的收音器，不单是为了工作，还是为了收听那些让狂奔者保持灵通的消息。
*译注：Telestrian，A级公司，总部在提尔坦盖。
**译注：Kenneth Brackhaven，西雅图市长，已于2078年卸任。曾是黑牙竞选总统的对手。