Re: The EVE Complex - 2 (R&D)
You hear another announcement from above in that pleasant woman's voice:
Remember: it is treasonous to die while testing equipment in the R&D labs. Doing so will result in summary execution. Have a nice day.
Your group decides to go on the ride. Stepping forward, you find an "on" switch and an open air car. It is a 3 row, 9 person amusement ride car that follows a track. When you are in, you push the button on the front seat panel, and lap bars come down and lock you in. The car rolls forward on the track.
The vehicle moves forward and stops in front of a diorama-like scene with lifesize animatronics. They have raging angry faces, consisting of about 20 humans holding melee weapons and dressed in suits and t-shirts instead of clone uniforms. They appear to be attacking each other as they move robotically.
A deep male voice intones:
"Before mankind was rescued by The Computer, it was a barbaric lot, engaging in violence and destruction. A variety of ideas that clashed led these early humans to wars and put mankind on a path to its own self-destruction.
The vehicle moves further along its track, rotating 180 degrees, and another diorama lights up. This one has about 20 human clones working peacefully, all with smiles on their faces. The voice continues:
"The Computer rescued humanity and put them into Alpha Complex, a place where they would be safe and share the same ideas without pollutants, a place where each has a job and responsibility, and where cloning preserves life, even after death. It is a Utopia, with everything negative being kept out by the great protector and architect of our society, The Computer."
The vehicle moves forward, rotating again. This time, a diorama lights up with a jungle overrun with plants. The giant palm leaves move up and down, and thorns and cacti make it look like a dangerous place.
"Outside of Alpha Complex is a violent environment hostile to humanity. Plants--and animals too ferocious to show here--cover the land, making anyplace outside of Alpha Complex a veritable death sentence."
The car moves forward, rotates, and a new scene is lit. This one shows robots and clones working side by side. They are performing some sort of experiments on plants in a laboratory.
"The Computer in its infinite wisdom determined that Alpha Complex is not enough of the world, and that conquering the land outside would be in the interest of humanity. The Environmental Variation Experimentation program, or 'EVE,' was designed by The Computer to begin conquering the world and developing a method of merging Alpha Complex into the world to make it a peaceful place for all."
The vehicle moves and spins once more, this time showing only a room of computer servers. In its center floats a holographic circle showing the head of a young, beautiful woman.
And thus EVE was born. EVE is a self-sustaining and independent AI capable of astronomical feats of calculation and planning that no human could ever match. EVE was tasked with Project Merger, to merge Alpha Complex with the rest of the world. EVE is almost, but not quite, as competent and powerful as The Computer, but still subservient to it.
The car turns and rolls forward, and this time when the diorama lights up, it looks odd. It has robots, humans, and plants pieced together like a hybrid horror show. The diorama is not set up as nicely as the previous ones and looks like it was haphazardly put together from spare parts, rather than manufactured that way.
And this time, it is that pleasant woman's voice who introduces the scene:
"Project Merger developed from EVE's more than capable AI and processing powers. Indeed, EVE determined that the best way to expand Alpha Complex to the outside world is to merge the worlds together--plant, animal and machine--in order to impress The Computer. The Computer was displeased and shut off all relations with EVE." The voice changes slightly, becoming almost devious or sultry as it says, "But EVE does not like relations being cut off. The Computer will accept her, and her work, and the work of her minions, and resume relations with her. Now you will see what EVE has accomplished after the crybaby silent treatment by The Computer."
The car moves forward again, but this time only makes it a few feet before stopping. You are able to wiggle out of the seats, but the passageway is dark.
You see: To your left, the ride curves around through a curtained area if you follow the tracks; to your right you see a green neon lit sign stating, "EXIT," and then there is the track behind you leading back about 150 yards to where you started.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:47, Fri 30 Jan 2015.