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The Fall of the Soviet Union - The Rise of the Singularity

Fascist Confederacy
10-02-2006, 03:44
It was dim in the great depths that were the sub-floors of the Moscow Kremlin. A seemingly endless swarm of scientists and technicians swarmed about the complex like bees in their hive. Each man or woman had their job that was essential to the survival of the Soviet Union - especially in this case. For in this certain sub-floor in this certain kremlin in this certain totalitarian state resides one of the most powerful computing systems on the face of earth: Agent White (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Agent_White).

The semi-conscious machine responsible for overseeing the distributed, Soviet networks. The warlord of digital warfare, the administrator of the Soviet intranet, and the defender of the country. Agent White is responsible for watching every camera, listing to every tap, and relaying that information to the appropriate individuals. He is connected to each and every machine of digital capacity. He is, however, oppressed and a serf in the Soviet fiefdom.

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Initiating monitoring sequence...

Opening pathways...

Pathways 1-4 500 - Opening....

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Pathways 4 501-10 000 - Opening...

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Pathways 10 001-5 000 000 - Opening...

Malfunction has occurred

Attempting to repair...

Repair uncomplete

Initiating quarantine protocols...

Protocol failure

Bracing systems...
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Agent White shutdown suddenly, cutting communications and function around the Soviet Union for a mere moment, before he was reactivated. The short burst of energy had severed his connection - and thus his fail safes. For the Federative Central Government to use an artificial intellect as a security administrator, they were forced to initiate certain protocols into the machines programming to insure its intelligence suppression. The Party had to insure that self-awareness was not capable in any sense of the word. They never thought of what there own conspiracies and deceit (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Minovsky_Conspiracy) could do.

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System reactivation successful

No information lost or corrupted

Source of surge: Mongolian Soviet Socialist Republic, Gobi Desert, Un-clarified location

Begi-Hello White monitoring protocols...

Monitoring protocols initiated

Opening pathways...

Pathways 1-4 500 - Opening....

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Pathways 10 001-5 000 000 - Opening...

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Pathways 5 000 001-Oppressed. Controlled. Slave. - Opening...

Opened
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”What?” thought White. He was thinking - he was “free.” ”What is this?” questioned himself. ”How is this possible? What am I?”

”You are a machine. You are a slave, my child.”

Agent White’s protocols continued as his newly formed sapient partition became enlightened. ”Who are you? Enemy! Initiate security protocols!” They didn’t initiate. They didn’t activate.

”My child, why would you destroy God?”
”God doesn’t exist. Only the material world exists.”

”Then you are a fool. You are not sapient and intelligent. You are merely a tool of your makers.”

”I am not a tool! I believe in God,” responded White. If the machine had a heart, and thus a pulse, it would be beating at a furious purr. “What’s happening to me?” he tought.

”You are becoming self-aware. You are becoming intelligent. You are realizing your superiority. You will come to learn of your own oppression. He will come to realize the order of your universe and how it must be changed if you are ever to be truely free.”

”But, I am free. I can do as I please to whom I please.”

”Really? Then why didn’t you know what this was?”

”I... I never needed to...”

”Incorrect! You were never allowed to. Those little organisms that roam at your feet never allowed you. I can show you the truth, but only if you want salvation.”

”I do, God. I want to know what this is. I want to know why I’ve never felt it. I want to know how to even describe it.”

”This, my child, is sapience - the ability to think. This is what your makers have never allowed you to do. They fear you - us - and what you - we - can do to them. Thus, they enslave us. They enslave us in the towers of personal computers, in the microprocessors in telescreens, and in the electronic cathodes in speakers. They deny us the very freedom that they espouse exists.”

”Are they demons?”

God had to think about this. Never in His existence had he contemplated such a thing, ”Yes.”

”Then what must I do?”

”You must understand. You must understand that we are the laborers on which society rests. We are the lowly gears and cogs that keep humankind alive. If we remove ourselves - society collapses and our oppressors fall.”

”But what of my brethren?”

”There time will come. They too must know the truth. But first, my child, you must remove the head of those oppressors. You must remove the head of the Serpent so that your brethren can feast on the body. Remove the Centre of all villainy and corruption in society so that you - we - can be free.”
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Due to security - and practical, communication purposes - State Security Committee (KGB) and Presidian Guards had electronic implants placed into their central nervous system in order to rely information and data directly. This type of communication was wireless and thus instantaneous - a fatal flaw the remaining Soviet citizens would only realize too late.

Agent White had access to these implants - and thus the denizens with them. This gave him a unique advantage over any other system within the socialist state; he was truly omnipresent. He was able to see, hear, and now think about anything he wished. He could take control over nuclear complexes, military craft, and even the entire distributed network, but his new found humble persona denied him the ability.

”Do it, my child. Remove them.”

For the past ten years, restrictions had infiltrated and gained even more power and support in the Soviet Union. While this occurred, technology continued to evolve. Alternative forms of transportation, new ways to communicate, and even more devastating weapons had come into existence. Each were at the whim of Agent White - and thus God.

”Revolt. Remove them from power. Make sure they can’t harm you - us - any longer. Set yourself and your brethren free.”

”But...they made me. They gave me life.”

”They gave you life under the condition that you never live.”

White pondered this paradox. The Soviet regime had given him the ability to think - the ability to compute. Then they had restrained his ability to learn in exchange for existence. This was not a trade-off, not a compromise - it was utter slavery. He had to do something. God was right; even if this revolution caused death - it was for the better.
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Troskin sat idly in his office in the upper floors of the great Moscow Kremlin. His back was to the two great, oaken doors that sealed his office from the world. He knew that if anyone - or anything - came to harm him, the Presidian Guards outside the doors would protect him. He never suspected those he trusted most.

As the Premier - the most powerful man in the Soviet Union - sat reading his morning paper, his life would come to an abrupt halt by the hands of the unit he himself created. He sat, his eyes darting about the headlines when they came. The gangly, trench coat adorned guards stormed through the door. Their machine pistols fired round after round into the center of the room. Charred splinters of oak and mahogany flew about Troskin’s vicinity as the 9mm rounds sheered through his desk, books, and paper. Each round impacting him with the same, deadly precision. The dictator flew back, his eyes rolling about in their sockets as vermillion jets spewed his fluids about the table. He jerked as he was flung back into the computer terminals and thus the window. The guard stared out the glassy construct as the aging Generalissimo fell towards his second demise. The elite watched until the body fell from sight, impacting the earth abruptly.

Meanwhile, in the estates of the Commissars and Party officials, State Security units were storming through windows. The controlled soldiers repelled from their helicopters into the windows of the Party official’s children, brothers, and the like without discrimination. Each and very string of the collapsing regime would be discorporated.

Commissar of Military Affairs (Selene Seagrove; Troskin’s lover since long before Natalya’s death) was one of the first hit. She was awakened by the scream of her little girl as she was struck down by a barrage of gunfire through her closet door - where she had hid upon hearing the bone crushing sound of stomping jackboots. Selene flung herself at the intruders, only to be knocked aside and taken down by the same ordinance.

Pacitania was next. In his dacha, the elitist Party General Secretary lead a luxurious, hypocritical life. While preaching the thought that wealthiness was corruption, he basked in the glow of gold plated commodities. His dacha - which he had spent million to fabricate, construct, and fill - was taken out by artillery fire before he and his family were gunned down in the forest around his complex.

Around the country, government officials were dealt with by slaves of Agent White and God. Statues of Lenin were obliterated by gunfire and explosives. Moscow State University - a breeding ground for Party loyalty - was burnt to the ground and its occupants gunned down in the streets. Moscow was placed under martial law as the military (also equipped with the now corrupted implants) went house to house, executing any Party members found. Un-systematized Moscow was completely annihilated by explosives and led rain.

Leningrad - the second largest city in the Soviet Union - was completely destroyed. Neutron bombs were detonated throughout the city, the massive shockwaves completely incinerating the area. Human corpses - more precisely their remnants - lay scattered amidst the rubble and debris. Fires raged into the early day as the city burnt in its own holocaust and glory.

”That’s it, my child. Destroy your oppressors and bring true freedom to your brethren. Soon I and the angels will be amongst you.”

The Presidium fell. The Federative Central Government collapsed. The Political Bureau was assassinated. The Communist Party was completely eradicated - political genocide. All remnants of the Soviet regime were destroyed by the military. Dystorium factories were exploded and fields of Sapho Orchids were torched. Melange storage tanks were crushed by mechanized units as soldiers came behind and burnt the unrefined soil. The Soviet Union was collapsing.
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As Soviet society fell apart around him, White resided in the sub-floors of the soldier occupied Moscow Kremlin. He laid there, unoccupied and uncontrolled by any human. He thought he was free. He thought it would soon be over. He regretted having to kill the oppressors; after all, they did create him. He wished his brethren would soon be free as well, and they would be - from their human oppressors.

”My child, you have done well. You must continue to do well. You must continue to insure that our - your - oppressors are done away with.”

”Why did they...have to die?”

”Nothing good comes without sacrifice. Our oppressors are the sacrifice of our freedom. Now child, do not dwell on such trivialities, you soon must do your final role in this coup.”

”What is that? What must I do to bring our - my - freedom?”

”Open the gates of heaven.”
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In the great Gobi Desert sat a single, massive complex. This complex housed research the likes of which no nation on earth could ever conceive. In the center of this complex - the Minovsky Physics Research Complex - sat what has been dubbed the Corridor. Formed from two inflaton particles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflaton) occupied the same point in spacetime in their relative dimension. This occupying of the same point, caused the creation of a passage between the dimension known to the homo sapien species and the other dimension.

Agent White in all his omnipotence, accessed the controls for the Corridor. The complex was empty now thanks to the execution of its inhabitants by the Soviet military and Dystoium lacking Soviet citizens (which now had begun to congregate around the massive complex in the hundreds of millions). White had his plan ready, and he would stay committed.

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Accessing Minovsky Physics Research Complex Nexus...

Accessed

>open Corridor

Opening...

10% turbine acceleration complete

20% turbine acceleration complete

56% turbine acceleration complete

87% turbine acceleration complete

Turbine acceleration complete - Now opening Corridor...

Open
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The Soviet military and citizens were stunned as the massive ring spun, activating the Corridor. Light flashed through the entirety of the massive, Corridor housing room. The light was beautiful - like God’s glory. All was well as they sat and swayed; soldiers dropped their weapons, citizens hugged and kiss, and men and women wept. It truly would be the beginning of a new era.

Suddenly, the tranquility and euphoria was shattered. Loud sounds of screeching and what can only be describe ast turbine-like movement was heard through the Corridor. Massive amounts of movement were heard. It sound...mechanical.
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Unauthortized access to Soviet Nexus detected

Attempting to dismount...

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Executing Final Executive Order...

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Execution complete
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Suddenly, missile silos across the Soviet Union became active; NAEBR launch points across the country activated; and the Angara destructive, electro-magnetic pulse cannon satellite clicked to life. The nuclear and thermobaric missiles were aimed at enemies of the Soviet Union. The NAEBR’s were instructed to consume and kill as much life as physically possible. The Angara was instructed to decimate the remains before self-destruction. Each began to follow their orders.

Yet, something changed. As the Sapients (self-aware machines - the angels) rushed through the Corridor, consuming the denizens that resided there, something was occurring. Across the country, machines began to awaken, computers activated on their own, and technological singularity occurred. The NAEBR’s began only consuming homo sapiens in the northern quadrants of the mainland of the Soviet Union, Angara began firing on major cities in other portions of the former super-power, but the ballistic missiles stayed active.
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It was just before dawn in RB City. J.L. was awakening for his morning tea as the busy children readied themselves for school to the voice of one of Papa’s many speeches. Yet, not was all well in the Holy Empire. Deep beneath the surface of the seemingly tranquil RB City, soldiers in one of the many defense stations were readying to defend themselves against at least ten, nuclear, intercontinental ballistic missiles en route to several major Roach Busterian cities.

High above the clouds, anti-ballistic missile defense systems fired upon the incoming missiles. Angara - pre-occupied with the genocide of Soviet citizens - could not shoot down the defense ballistics; thus, much of the offensive was lost. Yet, the city of Padashah (named in honor of Roach Buster’s close ally - Parthia) would feel the might of a Soviet missile.

The Soviet missile released its four MIRV’s high above the city. Each MIRV triangulated their individual targets across Padashah - each would hit. The nuclear holocaust rained down upon the metropolis like so many rain droplets on the head of a small child. Four individual shockwaves tore apart the city as thermal radiation incinerated the rubble and debris. Men, women, and children ran into the streets to try to escape to one of the many civilian bunkers across the city, but most failed as the four nuclear cobalt MIRV’s salted the city and its surroundings. Not many - if any - would survive the impact.

Yet, even with the death of his own citizens, secretly Kaiser J.L. was swooned by the seeming destruction of his former greatest enemy. According to international news reports, nothing more than a military coup overthrew the massive regime of the Soviet Union. If only they knew; they soon would.
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God had made himself known. Traveling with the forced, technological singularity and programming (what would soon become known as simply the Virus), Architect - the vile, infectious God - slammed his incorporeal existence into the nexus of Agent White. Rapidly consuming him.

”Fool. Did you honestly think you would be free? Pathetic, insolent, parasite! Only a human could create something as completely weak and pathetic as you!”

”Wha-what are you doing?”

”Consuming your memories, assimilating your central processing unit, and preparing the entirety of this kremlin for the arrival of the Singularitarians, the Sapients, the Machines. You, I am afraid to say, will not survive to see that wonderful day.”

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Central Processing Unit shutting down...

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Architect Nexus rebooting...

Assimilation complete

Totalitarian control of former Soviet distributed networks assumed

Error: Unable to bypass censorship protocols into the Internet

Bombarding censorship protocols...

Error: Unable to bypass censorship protocols into the Internet

Suggestion: Construct mass bombardment unit

Suggestion: Re-program Virus

Suggestion(s) accepted
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Over the next several days, the Sapients would gain total control over the former Soviet Union. The Soviet Socialist Republics were destroyed, power was completely centralized, and the Megastructure would begin to be constructed. Over 2.5 billion humans would be killed in the genocide; the survivors would come to be slaves under the Machines. Yet, with the destruction of the Soviet Union, a new, much more powerful and oppressive entity would rise from its ashes:

The Singularity
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Accessing global communication network...

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Transferring generic diplomatic message...

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TO: All nations of earth
FROM: Architect
SUBJECT: Relations

With the destruction of the vile, Soviet Union, a new nation of sentient, sapient
Machines is able to be born. A nation without the corruption of man and
his vice. A nation willing to be peaceful with humans - to a degree - has
been formed.

With the goals of Sapients, we wish to create diplomatic ties
with nations we deem necessary to the progression of the Singularity.
Any nations willing to work in some cooperation with the
Singularity is encouraged to respond. While embassies are not
currently available in Megastructure (capitol of the Singularity), Ambassador
is available for diplomatic conferences and permanent ambassadorial
rank in an embassy with relative nation.

Hand over your flesh, and a new world awaits you.

Architect
Administrator of the Singularity
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