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** It also might not be attacking at all. Its mockingbirds give off bad EM radiation that damages Simon's body.
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* Here is one that really bothers me. Who made Simon? The section where he wakes up is sealed off, the only mobile creature is powered down. There is no dive room AFAIK. Where was he assembled, who brought him here?
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* Here is one that really bothers me. Who made Simon? The section where he wakes up is sealed off, the only mobile creature is powered down. There is no dive room AFAIK. Where was he assembled, who brought him here?here?
* How did the power in Upsilon fail in the first place? Neither the WAU nor the remaining humans had any reason to sabotage it, Amy and Carl were sent out there specifically to turn it back on. It's not the asteroid impact either, because the stuff with the Mockingbirds all happened after the impact.
* How did the power in Upsilon fail in the first place? Neither the WAU nor the remaining humans had any reason to sabotage it, Amy and Carl were sent out there specifically to turn it back on. It's not the asteroid impact either, because the stuff with the Mockingbirds all happened after the impact.
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** If this troper could offer an alternative, the WAU took advantage of a design flaw deliberately inserted into the black boxes by Carthage Industries, as they were willing to take [[DeadlyEuphemism direct action]] to stop Pathos-II from unplugging the WAU, as it was their pet (and very expensive) project.
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* For some time, I believed that the ARK, once launched into space, was basically a spacecraft with a virtual crew, equipped with the tools to repair and build copies of itself - a technology constantly demonstrated to exist in the form of structure gel - as it explored the universe. Simon even repeatedly describes it as a "spaceship." Catherine specifically says, "Down here it's a god-damned terrarium. Up there it's hope." However, there's a design schematic(OrSoIHeard, could someone post a pic?) showing that Catherine intended the ARK to orbit between Earth and Venus and that's about it - an interactive tombstone for humanity. She had the opportunity to create WebOriginal/OrionsArm and instead chose Yui Ikari's half-baked plan in Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion. What was she "hoping" for? Aliens to drop by before the damn thing broke and resurrect humanity out of the goodness of their hearts?
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* For some time, I believed that the ARK, once launched into space, was basically a spacecraft with a virtual crew, equipped with the tools to repair and build copies of itself - a technology constantly demonstrated to exist in the form of structure gel - as it explored the universe. Simon even repeatedly describes it as a "spaceship." Catherine specifically says, "Down here it's a god-damned terrarium. Up there it's hope." However, there's a design schematic(OrSoIHeard, could someone post a pic?) showing that Catherine intended the ARK to orbit between Earth and Venus and that's about it - an interactive tombstone for humanity. She had the opportunity to create WebOriginal/OrionsArm Website/OrionsArm and instead chose Yui Ikari's half-baked plan in Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion. What was she "hoping" for? Aliens to drop by before the damn thing broke and resurrect humanity out of the goodness of their hearts?
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* I feel like whether there ''is'' a coin toss is a philosophical debate people have been debating for centuries. You could argue the "copied" Simon is just as much Simon as the "original" Simon. After all, there's a continuity of consciousness between Simon "A" (before he scans his brain) and Simon "B" (the Simon copied onto the ARK). Simon "C" remains in the same body as Simon "A" but does that necessarily mean it's the "real" consciousness? You can argue Simon "B" doesn't just "remember" the actions of Simon A, but that Simon B did those actions just as much as Simon C did. After all, it's literally the same mind that did them.
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* Judging from the dates in-game Simon awoke several months after everyone at Delta, Theta, and Omicron had died and Carl apparently died at Upsilon nearly a year before Simon was activated so how have their corpses not decayed, even the ones not apparently infected with structure gel?
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* Judging from the dates in-game Simon awoke several months after everyone at Delta, Theta, and Omicron had died and Carl apparently died at Upsilon nearly a year before Simon was activated so how have their corpses not decayed, even the ones not apparently infected with structure gel?gel?
* Here is one that really bothers me. Who made Simon? The section where he wakes up is sealed off, the only mobile creature is powered down. There is no dive room AFAIK. Where was he assembled, who brought him here?
* Here is one that really bothers me. Who made Simon? The section where he wakes up is sealed off, the only mobile creature is powered down. There is no dive room AFAIK. Where was he assembled, who brought him here?
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* Judging from the dates in-game Simon awoke several months have passed since everyone at Delta, Theta, and Omicron have died and Carl apparently died at Upsilon nearly a year before Simon was activated so how have their corpses not decayed, even the ones not apparently infected with structure gel?
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* Judging from the dates in-game Simon awoke several months have passed since after everyone at Delta, Theta, and Omicron have had died and Carl apparently died at Upsilon nearly a year before Simon was activated so how have their corpses not decayed, even the ones not apparently infected with structure gel?
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** Wide aspect ratios are good for movies and games. Not so much for text-based work. The recorder is likely digital, but ruggedized to work underwater. Probably, this applies to most of the tech in Pathos-II. Notice that many terminals still work after a year of no maintenance, exposed directly to saltwater depths, where even large metal building structures have begun to decay. This tech is built tough and resilient, meant to keep working in high pressures, saltwater, and probably even after being banged around some. That makes it bulkier and more primitive-looking.
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** Wide aspect ratios are good for movies and games. Not so much for text-based work. The recorder is likely digital, but ruggedized to work underwater. Probably, this applies to most of the tech in Pathos-II. Notice that many terminals still work after a year of no maintenance, exposed directly to saltwater depths, where even large metal building structures have begun to decay. This tech is built tough and resilient, meant to keep working in high pressures, saltwater, and probably even after being banged around some. That makes it bulkier and more primitive-looking.primitive-looking.
* Judging from the dates in-game Simon awoke several months have passed since everyone at Delta, Theta, and Omicron have died and Carl apparently died at Upsilon nearly a year before Simon was activated so how have their corpses not decayed, even the ones not apparently infected with structure gel?
* Judging from the dates in-game Simon awoke several months have passed since everyone at Delta, Theta, and Omicron have died and Carl apparently died at Upsilon nearly a year before Simon was activated so how have their corpses not decayed, even the ones not apparently infected with structure gel?
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** The "coin toss" actually makes sense and I didn't feel like anyone in the game tried to mislead anyone else. Simon just misinterpreted the whole copying thing completely. The brain scan creates a perfect copy and then there's continuity. It all ensures that the copy has the same experiences as the original, until the certain point where the split happens and even then the change is seamless and you basically feel like you were transported to another place. From the logical viewpoint and outsider perspective there's no real "coin toss". A X version of you always stays behind, while Y version of you always becomes a copy. But from the point of view of people who were copied, X closes their eyes and stays behind, while Y closes their eyes and opens them up on the ARK. Since they have the same consciousness that flows continuously and the same experience, it means that each version has a "chance" to be unlucky. It may be hard to put into words or understand, but when you do, it "clicks" easily.
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** This is another one of the game's ambiguous choices - you're free to walk away when Ross tells you to kill the WAU. What that means for Simon at the end of the game, or the world as a whole, is unknown.
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** This is another one of the game's ambiguous choices - you're free to walk away when Ross tells you to kill the WAU.WAU, you're free to walk away instead of killing it, which means that the WAU survives the game if you think it ought to. What that means for Simon at the end of the game, or the world as a whole, is unknown.
