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| {{Group|title1=The Collective|image1=collective.png|aliases=*The Collective | | {{Group|title1=The Collective|image1=collective.png|aliases=*The Collective |
| *[[SDS-023]] (By [[SDS Foundation]]) | | *[[SDS-023]] (By [[SDS Foundation]]) |
| *The Worm of the Flesh (By the [[Covenant of Wan]]) | | *The Worm (By the [[Covenant of Wan]]) |
| *The Assorted King (By the [[Library of Eden]]) | | *The Assorted King (By the [[Library of Eden]]) |
| *A myriad of voices speaking as one (By [[Sizhou]]) | | *A myriad of voices speaking as one (By [[Labour Collective of Sizhou]]) |
| *It (By [[Sizhou]])|type=Decentralized Telepathic Hivemind|headquarters=N/A|mission statement=Divided, man will only reach extinction. | | *It (By [[Labour Collective of Sizhou]]) |
| | *Neural Collectivism Project (By [[Labour Collective of Sizhou]] and [[Bengal]]) |
| | *N.C.P (By [[Labour Collective of Sizhou]] and [[Bengal]])|type=Decentralized Telepathic Hivemind|headquarters=N/A|mission statement=Divided, man will only reach extinction. |
| Connected, the possibilities are endless.|products=*Industrial Equipment | | Connected, the possibilities are endless.|products=*Industrial Equipment |
| *Nutritional Products | | *Nutritional Products |
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| *"Collective" (Secretly)|notable members=*[[BESI Supervisor]] | | *"Collective" (Secretly)|notable members=*[[BESI Supervisor]] |
| *[[Hao Xiuying]] | | *[[Hao Xiuying]] |
| *Unnamed [[Unity Station]] Occupant|member count=~35000|notable bases=*[[Anomalous Object and Inactive Entity Containment Facility]] (River Naktun, [[Arstotzka]]) (Shared with [[UOI]]) | | *[[Shishir Rani]] |
| *[[Beijing Experimental Science Institute]] ([[Beijing]], [[Sizhou]])* | | *Unnamed [[Unity Station]] Occupant|member count=~827000|notable bases=*[[Anomalous Object and Inactive Entity Containment Facility]] (River Naktun, [[Arstotzka]]) (Shared with [[UOI]]) |
| | *[[Beijing Experimental Science Institute]] ([[Beijing]], [[Sizhou]]) [COMPROMISED |
| *[[Collective Detention Facility]] (Unknown Location) | | *[[Collective Detention Facility]] (Unknown Location) |
| *[[SDS-023_"The_Collective"#SDS-023-1|Sentinel Colony]] (Appalachians, [[Yorica]]) [COMPROMISED]|founded=*Unknown (Born) | | *[[SDS-023_"The_Collective"#SDS-023-1|Sentinel Colony]] (Appalachians, [[Yorica]]) [COMPROMISED]|founded=*Unknown (Born) |
| *317 (First discovered)|preceded by=Pre-Assimilation Sapients|member groups=*[[People's Revolutionary Directorate]] | | *317 (First discovered)|preceded by=Pre-Assimilation Sapients|member groups=*[[People's Revolutionary Directorate]] (Defunct) |
| **[[Sizhou]] (Not fully assimilated) | | **[[Labour Collective of Sizhou]] (Formerly) |
| | *[[Bengal]] (Formerly) |
| | *[[Yangoon]] (Formerly) |
| *(Several Others)|allies=<code>While The Collective lacks any true "allies", it cooperates with groups such as:</code> | | *(Several Others)|allies=<code>While The Collective lacks any true "allies", it cooperates with groups such as:</code> |
| *[[United Occult Initiative]] | | *[[United Occult Initiative]] |
| *[[Department of Containing Anomalous Entities]] | | *[[Department of Containing Anomalous Entities]] |
| *[[Sizhou|Labour Collective of Sizhou]]|created by=Hakced|controlled by=Hakced|enemies=<code>While The Collective lacks any true "enemies", it actively opposes groups such as:</code> | | *[[Labour Collective of Sizhou]]|created by=Hakced|controlled by=Hakced|enemies=<code>While The Collective lacks any true "enemies", it actively opposes groups such as:</code> |
| *[[Covenant of Wan]] | | *[[Covenant of Wan]] |
| *[[Library of Eden]] | | *[[Library of Eden]] |
| *[[SDS Foundation]]}} | | *[[SDS Foundation]]|territory=*[[Labour Collective of Sizhou]] |
| The Collective<ref>Also known as [[SDS-023]].</ref> is a [[Hivemind#The Collective|Telepathic Hivemind]] initially born from a telepathic link between a few hundred people, eventually spreading into a vast network composed of more than 35000 people<ref>These "assimilated" individuals are spread out into the normal human population, making them hard to track down.</ref> via voluntary assimilation. The Collective generally operates as a communal organization between these telepathically linked people, who use this ability to share its total sum of knowledge and capabilities among each-other, while also retaining their individuality, personality and free-will<ref>Though some people may be hijacked by the Central Intelligence for a new purpose if it is deemed necessary.</ref>, though despite this most Collective members tend to live in fairly typical circumstances. While collective members are autonomous and individuals, each of them tend to present uniform traits including a concern for suffering or disadvantaged individuals, a desire to improve the world, and a highly cooperative nature. These traits, especially their cooperativeness and deep level of understanding between one-another, has made several outsiders describe Collective members as somewhat "uncanny" to observe or talk to.
| | **Sizhese Occupied Territories |
| | **Sizhese Client States |
| | *[[Bengal]]}} |
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| The Collective aims to connect<ref>As in integrating them as members of The Collective's telepathic link</ref> all of humanity<ref>And beyond, further into other sapient species</ref> in order to everyone access to the entirety of human knowledge, which would then be used to better humanity via scientific and technological advancement with the goal of eliminating various socioeconomic issues within human society such as poverty, world hunger, war, etc. Despite these goals currently being seen as a future prospect, they already attempt to better the world with their current resources, which has been fairly successful<ref>These are generally civil engineering feats. The Collective currently lacks the necessary manpower to execute intricate global operations.</ref>. Much of their success can be attributed to them siphoning knowledge by infiltrating other organizations and even certain governments such as [[Sizhou]]. | | '''The Collective''' is a [[Hivemind|Collective Intelligence]] initially born from a telepathic link between a few hundred people, eventually spreading into a vast decentralized network composed of more than 827000 people<ref>These "assimilated" individuals are spread out into the normal human population, making them hard to track down.</ref> via voluntary assimilation/connection. The Collective generally operates as a communal organization between these telepathically linked people, who use this ability to telepathically communicate each-others feelings, thoughts, and knowledge among each-other, while also retaining their individuality, personality and free-will<ref>Though some people may be hijacked by the Central Intelligence for a new purpose if it is deemed necessary. This is generally considered to be a rare occurance.</ref>. While collective members are autonomous individuals, each of them tend to present uniform traits including a concern for suffering or disadvantaged persons, a desire to improve the world, high levels of empathy, and a highly cooperative nature. These traits, especially their cooperativeness and deep level of understanding between one-another, has made several outsiders describe Collective members as having somewhat 'unusual' or 'uncanny' behaviours. |
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| | The Collective aims to connect<ref>As in integrating them as members of The Collective's telepathic link</ref> all of humanity<ref>And beyond, further into other sapient species</ref> in order to bring everyone closer together while also granting everyone access to the entirety of human knowledge, which would then be used to better humanity via scientific and technological advancement with the goal of eliminating various socioeconomic issues within human society such as poverty, world hunger, war, etc. Despite these goals generally being seen as a future prospect, they already attempt to better the world with their current resources, which has been fairly successful. Much of their success can be attributed to them siphoning knowledge by infiltrating other organizations and even certain governments such as [[Labour Collective of Sizhou]] until its dissolution. |
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| Administratively The Collective is organized in a similar manner to a Technocracy, with those deemed<ref>At times certain individuals have been covertly "rewritten" in order to better fit a certain function if necessary.</ref> experts at specific tasks or functions being put in charge of said task. As the Collective's knowledge-sharing can only transfer actual knowledge, utilising pre-established experts is still considered optimal due to their own training and muscle-memory, which the hivemind is largely incapable of providing. Alongside their own more specialized training, every Collective member is capable of basic close-quarters-combat, combat tactics, and the know-how to operate an assortment of weapons and machinery for self-defence, safety, and security. | | Administratively The Collective is organized in a similar manner to a Technocracy, with those deemed<ref>At times certain individuals have been covertly "rewritten" in order to better fit a certain function if necessary.</ref> experts at specific tasks or functions being put in charge of said task. As the Collective's knowledge-sharing can only transfer actual knowledge, utilising pre-established experts is still considered optimal due to their own training and muscle-memory, which the hivemind is largely incapable of providing. Alongside their own more specialized training, every Collective member is capable of basic close-quarters-combat, combat tactics, and the know-how to operate an assortment of weapons and machinery for self-defence, safety, and security. |
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| === Their Hivemind=== | | === Their Collective Intelligence=== |
| The Collective is capable of "connecting" other humans to its hivemind via prolonged proximity<ref>Connection becomes more efficient the closer the target is.</ref> with a Collective member. The connection process itself is not a subconscious or accidental thing that just "happens", instead it is an intentional act done by The Collective if it is able to. The Collective generally tries to make this process consensual by asking or convincing people to connect to it instead of forcibly assimilating people. They try to respect people not wanting to become a part of it, but in rare emergency situations they may ignore this moral restriction and forcibly connect someone<ref>Forceful connection is generally perceived to be a rare occurrence, however it is unknown how true this is due to the sense of understanding and loyalty to one-another each Collective member gains when connected.</ref>. Resisting being connected to the Collective is in some cases possible via methods such as shielding against psionic/telepathic influences, or simply being genetically resistant to connection, although this is incredibly rare. | | The Collective is capable of "connecting" other humans to its psionic network via prolonged proximity<ref>Connection becomes more efficient the closer the target is.</ref> with a Collective member. The connection process itself is not a subconscious or accidental thing that just "happens", instead it is an intentional act done by The Collective if it is able to. They generally try to make this process consensual by asking or convincing people to connect to it instead of forcibly assimilating people. usually respecting the choices of people who do not want to become a part of it, though in rare emergency situations they may ignore this moral restriction and forcibly connect someone<ref>Forceful connection is generally perceived to be a rare occurrence, however it is unknown how true this is due to the sense of understanding and loyalty to one-another each Collective member gains when connected.</ref>. Resisting being connected to the Collective is in some cases possible via methods such as shielding against psionic/telepathic influences, or simply being genetically resistant to connection, although this is incredibly rare. |
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| Because of their telepathic link Collective members are capable of various abilities, such as the instantaneous transfer of knowledge and training<ref>Albeit not always very effective in people without actual training due to muscle memory.</ref> to one another. Additionally this makes The Collective immune to infiltration and memory erasure, as its decentralized and connected nature allows them to easily notice a spy or re-grant a member's lost knowledge in the case of a memory wipe. Though the Collective can theoretically be susceptible to cognitohazards and psionic attacks<ref>Though psionic ''contact'' instead of an attack may lead to being connected to The Collective.</ref>, such threats are typically dealt with efficiently via various methods such as isolating affected individuals from the network. | | Because of their telepathic link Collective members are capable of various abilities, such as the instantaneous transfer of knowledge and training<ref>Albeit not always very effective in people without actual training due to muscle memory.</ref> to one another. Additionally this makes The Collective immune to infiltration and memory erasure, as its decentralized and connected nature allows them to easily notice a spy or re-grant a member's lost knowledge in the case of a memory wipe. Though the Collective can theoretically be susceptible to cognitohazards and psionic attacks<ref>Though psionic ''contact'' instead of an attack may lead to being connected to The Collective.</ref>, such threats are typically dealt with efficiently via various methods such as isolating affected individuals from the network. |
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| ===Their Central Intelligence === | | ===Their Central Intelligence === |
| While The Collective initially started as just a mere telepathic link between several people, the mere existence of this link eventually led to the birth of a 'central intelligence' out of each member's collective will. This collective intelligence is effectively its own being, which claims to also be called "Collective"<ref>When referring to this being, use the name "Collective" and refer to it with personal pronouns, instead of ones referring to a group of people.</ref>. | | While The Collective initially started as just a mere telepathic link between several people, the existence of this link eventually led to the birth of a 'central intelligence' composed of each member's collective will. This collective intelligence is effectively its own being, which claims to also be called "Collective"<ref>When referring to this being, use the name "Collective" and refer to it with personal pronouns, instead of ones referring to a group of people.</ref>. Collective secretly controls the entire organization behind-the-scenes, keeping itself hidden from its members. Collective aligns with the goals and objectives of the hivemind as a whole, however it may occasionally intervene in the organization by hijacking and rewriting the personalities of those who step out of line, don't align with The Collective's goals, or discover its existence. Additionally Collective has various goals of its own, including the spread of itself, which it makes its members do unknowingly. |
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| Collective secretly controls the entire organization behind-the-scenes, keeping itself hidden from its members. Collective aligns with the goals and objectives of the hivemind as a whole, however it may occasionally intervene in the organization by hijacking and rewriting the personalities of those who step out of line, don't align with The Collective's goals, or discover its existence. Additionally Collective has various goals of its own, including the spread of itself, which it makes its members do unknowingly. | |
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| === Their Foreign Affairs=== | | === Their Foreign Affairs=== |
| The Collective has somekind of presence or an interest in most major organizations and some governments across [[Yatan-Theian Accord|Human Space]] as it seeks to utilise knowledge and technology from various differing sources to improve its capabilities. While some of these plants within other organizations are merely for cooperation or business<ref>The Collective goes along with business for now, despite seeing it as somewhat unnecessary.</ref>, some of its operations into other organizations are for espionage or sabotage purposes. | | The Collective has some kind of presence or an interest in most major organizations and governments across [[Yatan-Theian Accord|Human Space]] as it seeks to utilise knowledge and technology from various differing sources to improve its capabilities. While some of these plants within other organizations are merely for cooperation or business<ref>The Collective goes along with business for now, despite viewing it as somewhat contradictory to its collectivist ideals.</ref>, some of its operations into other organizations are for espionage or sabotage purposes. |
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| The Collective's "official stance" when it comes to other groups is fairly neutral, claiming to not have any true allies or enemies<ref>"<code>We are not truly allied to opposed to any groups."</code> | | The Collective's "official stance" when it comes to other groups is fairly neutral, claiming to not have any true allies or enemies<ref>"<code>We are not truly allied to opposed to any groups."</code> |
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| <code>"There are simply 2 categories . People who have joined us, and those who have not ''yet.''"</code> | | <code>"There are simply 2 categories . People who have joined us, and those who have not ''yet.''"</code>- Collective (Central Intelligence)</ref>, although it does informally have various positive and/or hostile relationships with various organizations. This informal stance also affects how The Collective decides to work with other groups, such as cooperating with them<ref>They tend to be silently manipulative to some degree in these cases.</ref> or actively sabotaging and/or trying to destroy/assimilate them. |
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| - Collective (Central Intelligence)</ref>, although it does informally have various positive and/or hostile relationships with various organizations. This informal stance also affects how The Collective decides to work with other groups, such as cooperating with them<ref>They tend to be silently manipulative to some degree in these cases.</ref> or actively sabotaging and/or trying to destroy/assimilate them. | |
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| == History == | | == History == |
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| These discussions were held onboard [[Unity Station]] between a Collective Representative and [[Jason Winters]], Deputy-Secretary of the UOI. Initial agreements such as sharing Site-4, now rechristened as the [[Anomalous Object and Inactive Entity Containment Facility]], and some degree of cooperation between the two groups. As The Collective saw the UOI as a possible ally, it decided to convince Jason Winters by revealing certain things about its history and nature, including details about the attack on Sentinel Colony, its egalitarian principles regarding free-information and betterment of humanity, and its nature as a Hivemind, and how any additional connections to the Hivemind are voluntary and non-intrusive in order to gain the UOI's trust. This was successful, as the UOI agreed to form a proper alliance between itself and the United Occult Initiative due to supposed shared common goals. Slightly concerned by The Collective's capabilities, the [[Order of the Metal Mind]], which was secretly present in the meeting, began introducing psionic screenings to its members to prevent Collective espionage. | | These discussions were held onboard [[Unity Station]] between a Collective Representative and [[Jason Winters]], Deputy-Secretary of the UOI. Initial agreements such as sharing Site-4, now rechristened as the [[Anomalous Object and Inactive Entity Containment Facility]], and some degree of cooperation between the two groups. As The Collective saw the UOI as a possible ally, it decided to convince Jason Winters by revealing certain things about its history and nature, including details about the attack on Sentinel Colony, its egalitarian principles regarding free-information and betterment of humanity, and its nature as a Hivemind, and how any additional connections to the Hivemind are voluntary and non-intrusive in order to gain the UOI's trust. This was successful, as the UOI agreed to form a proper alliance between itself and the United Occult Initiative due to supposed shared common goals. Slightly concerned by The Collective's capabilities, the [[Order of the Metal Mind]], which was secretly present in the meeting, began introducing psionic screenings to its members to prevent Collective espionage. |
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| | In 408 the Government of Sizhou, which had already conceived of various radical collectivist ideals such as the collectivization of humanity itself, launched a series of investigations into the possibility of telepathic communication. While they did not manage to develop such a method of their own, they did make another discovery; the [[Noosphere]], a metaphysical layer of reality containing the total sum of all possible thought. While further investigations into this layer of reality were somewhat successful, yet another thing was discovered in these investigations; a myriad of voices speaking as one, The Collective. The Collective had already been interested in Sizhou's projects, seeing them as compatible with their own worldview, thus it infiltrated these experiments and gave a simple request to the scientists working on the project, to speak with their leader [[Hao Xiuying]]. While most worldleaders would likely say no to speaking to an entity such as The Collective, Hao regardless agreed, and used Sizhou's prototype Noosphere-interacting devices to move into the realm of thought, where his scientists had documented these "voices." Collective, the central intelligence behind ''The'' Collective spoke to Hao, telling him of their shared aspirations of unity, comradery, egalitarianism, and technological advancement, saying how it could provide him with everything he needed to advance his projects as long as he agreed to follow its lead. While initially sceptical, Hao eventually agreed to Collective's proposal, and was assimilated into the hivemind. Upon being disconnected from the device, Hao Xiuying was born anew, now connected to the total sum of knowledge present in countless other individuals under The Collective, including many of the individuals working at that very building. From here on, The Collective gained its first government-scale proxy, gaining control over the government of the fastest emerging post-Confederacy nation-state on Yata, although a vast majority of Sizhou's population outside of the [[People's Revolutionary Directorate]], the collective leadership of the nation headed by Hao Xiuying, remained non-assimilated, yet still technically under The Collective's influence. |
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| | In the years following this incident, The Collective managed to eventually assimilate all of Sizhou's government, primarily due to their similar ultravisionary socialist ideals, into its network. These efforts were at this time kept secret, although various outsiders did notice the sudden disappearance of bureaucracy and unusual behaviour from the nation's leaders. Only limited numbers of individuals beyond the government were assimilated, with said outsiders primarily being highly promising experts and certain military units. |
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| | In 415 The Collective revealed itself to the leadership of the [[Asian Soviet Socialist Union]], hoping to gain it as an additional proxy to do more off-the-books activities with. Despite attempts to convince the nation's leader [[Vselovod Sokolov]] to join The Collective, he regardless disagreed and went on to expose The Collective's existence and control of Sizhou to the wider world, though due to their lack of knowledge they did not expose any critical or secret details about The Collective's functions. Initially The Collective directed its proxies to deny these accusations, an eventual invasion by the ASSU which Sizhou was able to win thanks to the use of soldiers part of The Collective eventually made these accusations become largely accepted as true, putting pressure on The Collective to clarify its goals in Sizhou. Following this conflict the government of Sizhou, under The Collective's direction, published a press release officially 'announcing' its partnership with The Collective, describing it as a beneficial, voluntary force capable of enhancing both society, and the individual human experience by allowing the sharing of thoughts, ideas, emotions, and knowledge. This was the first time The Collective ever publicly revealed its existence. |
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| In 408 the Government of Sizhou, which had already conceived of various radical collectivist ideals such as the collectivization of humanity itself, launched a series of investigations into the possibility of telepathic communication. While they did not manage to develop such a method of their own, they did make another discovery; the [[Noosphere]], a metaphysical layer of reality containing the total sum of all possible thought. While further investigations into this layer of reality were somewhat successful, yet another thing was discovered in these investigations; a myriad of voices speaking as one, The Collective. The Collective had already been interested in Sizhou's projects, seeing them as compatible with their own worldview, thus it infiltrated these experiments and gave a simple request to the scientists working on the project, to speak with their leader [[Hao Xiuying]]. While most worldleaders would likely say no to speaking to an entity such as The Collective, Hao regardless agreed, and used Sizhou's prototype Noosphere-interacting devices to move into the realm of thought, where his scientists had documented these "voices." Collective, the central intelligence behind ''The'' Collective spoke to Hao, telling him of their shared aspirations of unity, comradery, egalitarianism, and technological advancement, saying how it could provide him with everything he needed to advance his projects as long as he agreed to follow its lead. While initially sceptical, Hao eventually agreed to Collective's proposal, and was assimilated into the hivemind. Upon being disconnected from the device, Hao Xiuying was born anew, now connected to the total sum of knowledge present in countless other individuals under The Collective, including many of the individuals working at that very building. From here on, The Collective gained its first government-scale proxy, gaining control over the government of the fastest emerging post-Confederacy nation-state on Yata, although a vast majority of Sizhou's population outside of the [[People's Revolutionary Directorate]], the collective leadership of the nation headed by Hao Xiuying, remains non-assimilated, yet still technically under The Collective's influence. | | In 417 The Collective expanded its operations on Yata even further, as the Sizhou-aligned government in [[Bengal]] agreed to also begin implementing The Collective into its populace and government. Bengal was followed by [[Yangoon]] in 418 as Sizhou established a loyal collaboration government within after occupying it during its war with the ASSU. Later in the year Sizhou began to fully integrate its acquired territories from the ASSU, leading to it being expelled from the [[Socialist Assembly]], leaving it as an enemy of both major global factions. This incident eventually lead to the [[United Nations of Yata]] deciding to take action, expelling Sizhou from the UN and establishing a [[International Coalition against the Labour Collective of Sizhou|global anti-collective coalition]]. Hoping to weaken this coalition, the Collective assassinated the leader of Patria Grande due to its position as a major instigator of the coalition, leading to the UN intervening and invading Sizhou. While for a while Sizhou did put up a good fight and held off the coalition, the vast majority of the world's nations armies invading their territory eventually became too much as Sizhou begin to buckle under the pressure, leading to The Collective seeing it as a lost cause and silently dispersing into the Public, leading to Sizhou capitulating. Since a majority of its members remain within Sizhou, the UN Occupation Forces closed both international and regional borders and began 'clearing operations' in Sizhou to prevent them from continuing to connect people. |
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