NationStates Jolt Archive

Crewmen - The biggest problem in space warfare. Not so much their reliability, but the lack of availability. But, what if a single vessel could be controlled by ONE AI? That means automated damage control, automated weapons systems, automated sensor controls, automated everything.

Due to an advance in AI and EI technology in Foe Hammer, the newest model of EI units, the Self Acting Mechanical Intelligence unit Zero Four Seven, or SAMI-047, has had an increased rate of reliability, almost impossible reaction times, and has even shown signs of awareness at various times during testing. SAMI-047 is completely self-reliable, and is armed with leading Viral/Digital Intrusion safeguards.

The innovative Dr. John V'raelzek of the Foe Hammer Institute for the Study of Artificial Intelligence thought, "Why limit ourselves to human overseers? Why not decrease the deadly risks of sending numerous crews into the heat of battle when we can simply automate the process, and link the controls to one EI? Simply place a large control center in the Nordlund system, and have it act as sort of an 'Air Traffic Control' of space."

If the Council of Defense approves the plan to refit all Destroyers, Cruisers and Battleships, the vessels will be shipped off to Foe Hammer Shipyards, one of the largest Shipyards in the Milky Way, and the $14.8-trillion job will begin, expected to finish in anywhere from 2-4 years with the shipyard stations running at full steam.

(OOC: Open to comments, questions, etc. ABSOLUTELY NO FLAMING, PUT-DOWNS OR ARGUMENTS, PLEASE.)

ooc:- I'll be kind & bump this......you never seem to get ppl responding until the 3 bump for some reason :? (Not my nation field of operations so we can't comment).

While Xanthal has the theoretical capability to place one or more of its vessel classes under complete AI/EI control, we have found it much safer to include a crew of biological beings should something happen to the ships computer. We do, however, use powerful computers as well as AIs and EIs to minimize the crew needed on a starship. As of yet, the only Xanthalian vessel that is completely computer-controlled is the Camel class transport.

Though Shyra has no Space Program of its own we adivse against ships with no biological crew.

congratulations on your choice in the words of a great wise man

"Beware the Ides of march

I would to suggest have atleast a mimium biological crew onboard aswell, a self aware AI/EI (whats EI stand for anyways?) under usual circumstances the chance to develop much like a human child would, learning right from wrong, and even some of the most basic moral values that we hold dear.

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(thanks shyra for that catch I didn't have anyhting on it at hand so I had to go by memory)

Electronic Intelligence. Most people use AI and EI as essential synonyms, but we use a slightly different definition. Xanthalian AIs mimic sentence, Xanthalian EIs are sentient.

congratulations on your choice in the words of a great wise man

"Beware the eyes of march

I would to suggest have atleast a mimium biological crew onboard aswell, a self aware AI/EI (whats EI stand for anyways?) under usual circumstances the chance to develop much like a human child would, learning right from wrong, and even some of the most basic moral values that we hold dear. The quote, so I have heard is "Beware the Ides of March" Meaning the middle of March. A minimum biological crew sounds good.

OOC: I hope your communications method are very secure, or people might be able to disrupt them.

congratulations on your choice in the words of a great wise man

"Beware the eyes of march

I would to suggest have atleast a mimium biological crew onboard aswell, a self aware AI/EI (whats EI stand for anyways?) under usual circumstances the chance to develop much like a human child would, learning right from wrong, and even some of the most basic moral values that we hold dear. The quote, so I have heard is "Beware the Ides of March" Meaning the middle of March. A minimum biological crew sounds good.
OOC: Ides of March, from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare...