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The Collective[1] is an organized 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[2]. The Collective generally operates as a coalition 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 and free-will[3], though despite this most Collective members tend to live in fairly typical circumstances. This is done via their own psionic network which connects all Collective members together, allowing each of them to access all knowledge and thoughts that the others have obtained.
The Collective aims to connect[4] all of humanity[5] in order to end poverty, world hunger, etc, alongside granting everyone access to the entirety of human knowledge, which would then be used to better humanity via scientific and technological advancement in an egalitarian manner. 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[6]. Much of their success can be attributed to them siphoning knowledge by infiltrating other organizations.
The Collective is capable of "connecting" other humans to its hivemind via prolonged proximity[7] 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[8].
Because of their telepathic link Collective members are capable of various abilities, such as the instantaneous transfer of knowledge and training[9] 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 they can be susceptible to some psionic attacks[10].
Their Collective 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 'collective intelligence'. This collective intelligence is effectively its own being, which claims to also be called "Collective"[11].
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.
Their Foreign Affairs
The Collective has somekind of presence or an interest in most major organizations and some governments across 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[12], some of its operations into other organizations are for espionage or sabotage purposes.
The Collective's "official stance" when it comes to other groups is fairly neutral, claiming to not have any true allies or enemies[13], 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[14] or actively sabotaging and/or trying to destroy/assimilate them.
Capabilities
The Collective has access to highly advanced technology, despite often lacking the manpower to achieve more intricate global operations of its own, only really being able to do this via its proxies.
Specialized Crafts
Specialized Crafts are advanced crafts created by The Collective for its own uses. These are very expensive to build, so only a handful of them are in existence. Each Craft is ordered to avoid direct combat engagements, and pursue evasive manoeuvers. If these fail, lethal force is authorised in order to protect the integrity of the vessels.
Terrestrial Crafts
Maritime Ark: Alpha
Location: Yata
Maritime Ark: Alpha[15] is a large submarine roughly 455 meters in length. Ark Alpha is built with a heavy and thick hull in order to protect it from enemy crafts and environmental damages, while still being surprisingly maneuverable. Interior-wise Ark Alpha has 6 decks, which together include a command center, crew quarters, a galley, engine rooms, storage facilities, a dry dock, several small recreational facilities, research facilities specced into hydro-oceanographic study and maintenance, a green house, and a passenger room. Ark Alpha is primarily maintained by automated androids varying from near-nano drones to human sized robots. The androids perform several tasks including machine maintenance, repairs, cleaning, and maintenance of life-support systems. These androids are deployed both inside and outside of the craft. Ark Alpha is protected via a fairly standard weapons system, including torpedoes, anti-air, sound-based and kinetic weaponry.
Ark Alpha is entirely self sustaining, operating with a fuel synthesized from sea water, together with the automated androids allowing the craft to not need to surface indefinately due to its ability to autonomously maintain fuel, cleanliness, repairs, air, and asset production without issues. Ark Alpha's primary purpose is the construction of underwater habitats at up to 5000 meters below sea level. These habitats can range in size from small rooms to large facilities, also being self-sustaining after construction is completed. These structures are primarily constructed via construction androids, which can be given the orders to create a specific kind of structure.
Maritime Ark: Beta
Location: Theia
Maritime Ark: Beta[16] is a large submarine roughly 305 meters in length. Interior-wise Ark Beta has 4 decks, which together include a command center, crew quarters, a galley, engine rooms, storage facilities, a dry dock, several small recreational facilities, research facilities specced into hydro-oceanographic study and maintenance, a green house, and a passenger room. Ark Alpha is primarily maintained by automated androids varying from near-nano drones to human sized robots. The androids perform several tasks including machine maintenance, repairs, cleaning, and maintenance of life-support systems. These androids are deployed both inside and outside of the craft. Ark Alpha is protected via a fairly standard weapons system, including torpedoes, anti-air, sound-based and kinetic weaponry.
Ark Alpha is entirely self sustaining, operating with a fuel synthesized from sea water, together with the automated androids allowing the craft to not need to surface indefinately due to its ability to autonomously maintain fuel, cleanliness, repairs, air, and asset production without issues. Ark Alpha's primary purpose is the construction of underwater habitats at up to 5000 meters below sea level. These habitats can range in size from small rooms to large facilities, also being self-sustaining after construction is completed. These structures are primarily constructed via construction androids, which can be given the orders to create a specific kind of structure.
Spacecrafts
Space Ark: Gamma
Location: Alpha Sol System
Space Ark: Gamma[17] is a large spacecraft roughly 1300 meters in length.
Interior-wise Ark Beta has 10 decks, which together include a command center, crew quarters, several large cafeterias, engine rooms, storage facilities, a large main hangar bay, , several smaller hangar bays, several recreational facilities, research facilities specced into astronomical study and maintenance, a green house, passenger quarters.
Ark Alpha is primarily maintained by automated androids varying from near-nano drones to human sized robots. The androids perform several tasks including machine maintenance, repairs, cleaning, and maintenance of life-support systems. These androids are deployed both inside and outside of the craft.
Specialized Weaponry
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Standard Crafts
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Standard Weaponry
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Other Technology
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External Documentation
Despite its secrecy, several organizations have taken note of The Collective's activities and infiltrations over the years. The following is a collection of such documentations.
The Worm of the Flesh
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COVENANT OF WAN
We don't want to sound judgemental, but the Covenant of Wan is too big of a commitment to just join because you're interested in tech and brain implants, therefore we always screen new followers before we go through with any physical augmentation. But those infected by the Worm always seemed like true believers, we weren't able to detect anything wrong until we connected to them to the COVENANT-NETWORK for the first time that we discovered what was actually going on in their heads. We've managed to block their access to our network for now, thus they have not been able to spread digitally.
We are concerned though, if the Flesh can somehow upload a Worm into human minds without us noticing, we're in much more danger than i thought.
The Assorted King
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Library of Eden
Traits
The Assorted King has no physical form, only existing within a network of subjugated sapient minds. Many telepaths have attempted to understand how the Assorted King works, but little has been learned, due to direct psychic contact often leading to assimilation into the hivemind. The few which have survived such a psychic encounter spoke of a being far beyond any mortal mind, speaking with countless harmonised voices.
The King's subjects are not physically altered, although their allegiance is apparent to telepaths, psychics, etc. There does not appear to be any way to resist the King's influence, besides avoiding contact with him. Though, some individuals appear to me immune to The King's influence, though due to the unknown frequency of this "resistance" testing one's own resistance is not recommended.
Nature
While the King claims to be beneficient, seeking only to unify mankind with a shared vision of a better future, the King is intent on the eradication of free will. The subjects of the Assorted King retain their old knowledge, habits and personalities, but their priorities become aligned with the King's ones. These priorities include a concern for human suffering, a desire to improve the world, and a desire for the Assorted King's influence to spread further across the world, and in time even further.
The King holds the combined knowledge of all of its subjects, sharing them between each of them to consistently grow more powerful and precise in his operations.
History & Associates
The Assorted King's origins lay in mystery, although their earliest suspected origin lays deep in the ages of Ancient History. Since this period, the King has sought to expand his domain, and is believed to now consist of thousands of subjugated voices. With every new person claimed by the King, it becomes more powerful.
There are very few groups not connected to the King in some form, there are only those who are aware and on guard, and those who are ignorant of his presence.
Approach
The Assorted King should not be approached, either physically or psychically. Prolonged proximity to one or more of the King's subjects is the main way his Collective expands, and so the easiest way to protect yourself is to avoid suspected members, and be wary of unscreened individuals. Though, it has been noted that sustained psychic contact is an even more effective way of exposing oneself to his influence, despite one's own prowess in the mindscape, and so it is strongly recommended to cut off any psychic connection as soon as the King's presence is sensed.
To Prevent the Assorted King from spreading beyond the confines of his home reality, the subjects of the King are to be prevented from entering the Library of Eden.
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SECURE-DEFEND-SUBJUGATE
Item#: SDS-023⠀
Clearance Level 3: Confidential
Containment Class: Narakan
Disruption Class: 4/Ekhi
Secondary Class: Uncontained
Risk Class: 2/Caution
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Special Defensive Safeguards
Discovered people infected by SDS-023 are to be detained to prevent its spread throughout the public. These detained members are to be contained into automated cells to prevent them from "infecting" SDS Personnel. Discovered Collective Installations are to be targeted and destroyed.
Description
SDS-023 is a gestalt intelligence that was discovered operating within an underground complex in the Appalachian Mountains in 317. The inhabitants of the colony operated in perfect unison, developing technology and weaponry ceaselessly. The method how these individuals are connected to each other is unknown, however it is known that a single collective entity has emerged out of this collection, distributed across each member. Ever since their discovery The Collective has spread out throughout human society, slowly assimilating more individuals they hang around too close to into SDS-023[18]. These assimilated individuals claim to retain their individuality and free will, although if this is true or not is unclear.
How the psionic network between the people part of SDS-023 works is unclear, including how it spreads to new people. Though it is known it operates telepathically with no delay, instead of being limited by speed of light or otherwise. Other than just being intentionally spread by SDS-023 into nearby individuals, the connection to SDS-023 is hereditary, being passed on to children of infected individuals.
The Collective
The Collective is the term used by SDS-023 to refer to itself. It has an ultimate with a goal of assimilating humanity as a whole. The motive behind SDS-023 wanting this is also unclear, other than its claims that it would be a net positive to humanity's development as a species.
SDS-023-1
SDS-023-1[19] was an underground bunker-like complex hidden deep beneath the Appalachian mountains ran by SDS-023. This is where the SDS Foundation discovered SDS-023 in 317, and seized from them. All SDS-023 members that operated within SDS-023-1 were detained, with many eventually being executed once the hivemind's existence was discovered.
Prisoners that SDS-023 was holding within SDS-023-1 were released from the facility[20] with their memories wiped of being held there. Although it was later found that these individuals were kept in there as a backup plan if they were discovered and destroyed, as the prisoners were in fact assimilated. SDS-023 survived the memory wipe, and slowly spread into the general public through these ex-prisoners. While the ex-prisoners were eventually detained by the SDS Foundation once this was discovered, further infected individuals continue to operate in the public.
While its claims make The Collective sound as some benevolent force for good, all of this is just its public intentions. After all, what could the behind-closed-doors true goals of a entity claiming that all of humanity surrendering their minds to it is beneficial?
It could very well be possible that The Collective wants to over time completely eradicate free will. While the people assimilated into its hivemind DO retain their old knowledge and personalities from before they were connected to it, but all of their priorities and goals become aligned with The Collective. These 'priorities' include a concern for those whom suffer in the world, a desire to improve the world, and a desire to see The Collective spread across the entirety of humanity and beyond.
The origins of The Collective remain unknown, being possibly born in various different times ranging from ancient to modern. Since this unknown inception within just a handful of people, the Collective has assimilated countless people across history, currently wielding several thousand people under its control. Being assimilated by The Collective is difficult to avoid, with the only sure way to avoid it being actively avoiding suspected Collective members both physically or psychically, as even a psychic connection leaves one susceptible to being assimilated[21].
While this may just be "our" views towards The Collective, others share similar views.
↑These are generally civil engineering feats. The Collective currently lacks the necessary manpower to execute intricate global operations.
↑Connection becomes more efficient the closer the target is.
↑Forceful connection is generally perceived to be a rare occurence, however it is unknown how true this is due to the sense of loyalty each Collective member gains when connected.
↑Albeit not always very effective in people without actual training due to muscle memory.
↑Though psionic contact instead of an attack may lead to being connected to The Collective.
↑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.
↑The Collective goes along with business for now, despite seeing it as somewhat unnecessary.
↑"We are not truly allied to opposed to any groups.""There are simply 2 categories . People who have joined us, and those who have not yet."
- Collective (Central Intelligence)
↑They tend to be silently manipulative to some degree in these cases.
