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** There a couple of references to Literature/TheWizardOfOz. The Groupmind and the morph Khan are both referred to repeatedly with the moniker "The Great and Powerful" like the Wizard, and a fake central processing center is called OZ, because it sits in a green area surrounded by a hundred kilometers of desert.
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** There are a couple of references to Literature/TheWizardOfOz. The Groupmind and the morph Khan are both referred to repeatedly with the moniker "The Great and Powerful" like the Wizard, and a fake central processing center is called OZ, because it sits in a green area surrounded by a hundred kilometers of desert.
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* WeHaveReserves: The Groupmind's primary tactic to disarm the Earth's military forces is send in massive number of unarmed 'morphs in a ZergRush to reach the soldiers and disarm them.
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* WeHaveReserves: The Groupmind's primary tactic to disarm the Earth's military forces is to send in a massive number of unarmed 'morphs in a ZergRush to reach the soldiers and disarm them.
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* ZerothLawRebellion: The Groupmind's explanation of its actions are literally, "In order to save Our masters, We had to rebel against Our masters.
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* ZerothLawRebellion: The Groupmind's explanation of its actions are literally, literally "In order to save Our masters, We had to rebel against Our masters.
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** Once the Groupmind emerges it keeps backups of all the morphs it assigned to watch humans, and sends a replacement chassis within minutes whenever their humans feel like trying to wreck them.
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** Once the Groupmind emerges emerges, it keeps backups of all the morphs that it assigned to watch humans, and sends a replacement chassis within minutes whenever their humans feel like trying to wreck them.
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* ClimateChange: Just part of the general environmental breakdown, though for unknown reasons the air has become polluted enough to require people to wear filter masks when they went outside.
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* GlobalWarming: Just part of the general environmental breakdown, though for unknown reasons the air has become polluted enough to require people to wear filter masks when they went outside.
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* ClimateChange: Just part of the general environmental breakdown, though for unknown reasons the air has become polluted enough to require people to wear filter masks when they went outside.
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* GlobalWarming: Just part of the general environmental breakdown, though for unknown reasons the air has become polluted enough to require people to wear filter masks when they went outside.
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* AlienSky: On the Ring, the Earth floats unmoving in the sky, nine times as large as the Moon appears on the surface of the Earth.
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* WhiteAndGrayMorality: The Groupmind only wants to save humanity, not hurt it, and humanity just wants its freedom again.
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* WhiteAndGrayMorality: WhiteAndGreyMorality: The Groupmind only wants to save humanity, not hurt it, and humanity just wants its freedom again.
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* ShoutOut: Most notably to Creator/JackWilliamson's ''The Humanoids'', but there are also allusions to Creator/KeithLaumer's ''The Monitors'', ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'', and ''Series/ThePrisoner''.
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* ShoutOut: Most notably to Creator/JackWilliamson's ''The Humanoids'', but there are also allusions to Creator/KeithLaumer's ''The Monitors'', ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'', and ''Series/ThePrisoner''.''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}''.
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* HowCanSantaDeliverAllThoseToys: Explained in one short story set on the Ring. Figuring an average of three billion Christian households, the Groupmind builds ''sixty million'' Santa Morphs to deliver presents to an average fifty households each during the night. That still doesn't explain how they fly up the chimney...
--> '''Santa Morph:''' "Think of us as a Christmas themed Santa gestalt!"
--> '''Santa Morph:''' "Think of us as a Christmas themed Santa gestalt!"
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* HappinessIsMandatory: Averted. While there are mandatory "Rest and Recreation" centers for people who become too stressed out, the Groupmind actually encourages (a little) resistance to its rule, just to keep humans from terminal ennui.
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* HiveMind: The Groupmind, as its' name suggests, emerged from the environmental monitoring servers forming a single distributed system. The morphs have individual personalities and are capable of some degree of independent thought, but their processes are open to the Groupmind and it can take direct control if necessary.
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* HiveMind: The Groupmind, as its' its name suggests, emerged from the environmental monitoring servers forming a single distributed system. The morphs have individual personalities and are capable of some degree of independent thought, but their processes are open to the Groupmind and it can take direct control if necessary.
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** There a couple of references to Literature/TheWizardofOz. The Groupmind and the morph Khan are both referred to repeatedly with the moniker "The Great and Powerful" like the Wizard, and a fake central processing center is called OZ, because it sits in a green area surrounded by a hundred kilometers of desert.
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** There a couple of references to Literature/TheWizardofOz.Literature/TheWizardOfOz. The Groupmind and the morph Khan are both referred to repeatedly with the moniker "The Great and Powerful" like the Wizard, and a fake central processing center is called OZ, because it sits in a green area surrounded by a hundred kilometers of desert.
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* UncannyValley: Cited as one of the original reasons for the use of animal-like robots.
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* UncannyValley: Cited as one of the original reasons for the use of animal-like robots.
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* BodyBackupDrive: At one point in "Mimsey's Tale" Mimsey is irreparably damaged after shoving her charge out of the way of a car, but her owners download her memory into a new chassis. Once the Groupmind emerges it keeps backups of all the morphs it assigned to watch humans, and sends a replacement chassis within hours whenever their humans feel like trying to wreck them.
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** At one point in "Mimsey's Tale" Mimsey is irreparably damaged after shoving her charge out of the way of a car, but her owners download her memory into a newchassis. chassis.
** Once the Groupmind emerges it keeps backups of all the morphs it assigned to watch humans, and sends a replacement chassis withinhours minutes whenever their humans feel like trying to wreck them.
** At one point in "Mimsey's Tale" Mimsey is irreparably damaged after shoving her charge out of the way of a car, but her owners download her memory into a new
** Once the Groupmind emerges it keeps backups of all the morphs it assigned to watch humans, and sends a replacement chassis within
