Couldn't we technically exist just as data somewhere? Is there a lore that explains how our consciousness 'exists'? It would be interesting if we could exist in some cyber-world.Caprica style. We could even haunt the subsystems of enormous ships and wreak havoc.

That's what I'm doing when I'm not a merc...aren't you?

Where do mortals ( or humans or regulars or 'one-offs', whatever you call'm) exist when not 'in body'?

I hear they've been asking that question for a long time too.

We are not our clone. We are not even all the clones that we own, lined up on racks in CRUs and storage facilities throughout the cluster.

We are, as you allude to, that digital ephemeral unbroken stream of conciousness that abides between the stargates, waiting for the empty shell to receive us

Life of Clone

Techno babble is bad.

All you need to know is that there are clones of you that receive your personality and memories when you die.

That is it. Nothing more. Technically they could activate countless clones of yourself at once using saved data, but that would cause chaos in the world.

That is it.

The more complex the explaination of something that hasn't been done before, the more BS it is.

Techno babble is bad.

All you need to know is that there are clones of you that receive your personality and memories when you die.

That is it. Nothing more. Technically they could activate countless clones of yourself at once using saved data, but that would cause chaos in the world.

That is it.

And how do you know that drunken techs haven't accidentally sent one person out in 50 clones before? Are you in fact a drunken tech trying to deny your actions?

Couldn't we technically exist just as data somewhere? Is there a lore that explains how our consciousness 'exists'? It would be interesting if we could exist in some cyber-world.Caprica style. We could even haunt the subsystems of enormous ships and wreak havoc.

If you want a great (albeit dated) example of what happens to us I suggest looking into Paranoia, an old table-top RPG which... bears more than a few parallels to Dust's lore if that intro video from previous builds is to be believed.

Couldn't we technically exist just as data somewhere? Is there a lore that explains how our consciousness 'exists'? It would be interesting if we could exist in some cyber-world.Caprica style. We could even haunt the subsystems of enormous ships and wreak havoc.

Also in terms of collecting memories...I haven't thought about it before, but what would be the difference between merging accumulated memories from one merc and concurrently accumulated memories from multiple mercs. It seems to me that it would be a much more efficient way to train a mind if you could have them go out and train themselves for 5 hours 100 men at a time getting 500 man hours of training in...

The accumulated learning experience with the many may not have the same multiplied affect as 500 sequential layered experiences, but you would probably be more knowledgable by an order of magnatude after merging the 500 hours worth of memory from only 5 hours worth of work...?

Next generation in Aurum based training anyone? Pay to have clones simulating your actions in a virtual training environment for EVEN MORE SP!!

Also in terms of collecting memories...I haven't thought about it before, but what would be the difference between merging accumulated memories from one merc and concurrently accumulated memories from multiple mercs. It seems to me that it would be a much more efficient way to train a mind if you could have them go out and train themselves for 5 hours 100 men at a time getting 500 man hours of training in...

The accumulated learning experience with the many may not have the same multiplied affect as 500 sequential layered experiences, but you would probably be more knowledgable by an order of magnatude after merging the 500 hours worth of memory from only 5 hours worth of work...?

Next generation in Aurum based training anyone? Pay to have clones simulating your actions in a virtual training environment for EVEN MORE SP!!