[8.1.1] Your purpose as operatives of the System has not changed - Syntax - 7/16/07

**Illyria22**

Skill wrote:

Okay, you've said that several times before and i still have no clue where you got that idea...

Zion knew the Machines would view the construction and arming of New Zion as invalidating the truce. Yet they did it anyway, thus insuring that the truce would end. That's insanity.

Illyria

**Tytanya_MxO**

Rarebit wrote:

The Machines did not invent the emergency jackout system.

This is a pretty fundamental issue and undoubtedly one of the most serious potential inconsistencies at this point of the story. The manual describes EJP as a procedure administrated by your operator, you are copied to another rsi in effect. However this is not a function available pre-truce and for such a significant change it has always been my assumption it must be administrated at the very highest level of control and with the full consent of the machines?

**Coro** · 07/18/2007 19:31:44

((Big /pound to Starschwar and Procurator for being a voice of reason within the proceedings. However, I believe that there were some occasions where people heard what they wanted to hear. Some Machinists mentioned that the current situation might cause Zionites to defect: I would suggest the alternative, and await the Machinist applications....))

Is Zion really looking to bring down The Matrix? Are we not simply looking to offer Bluepills the choice of staying or leaving? Once Bluepills are offered a choice, they are no longer slaves. I would ask for no more from The Machines than this.

I imagine that there would be many who would not wish to face the harsh realities of human existence. They would willingly remain in their dream-state, and The Matrix would continue to be populated; and hence viable.

I believe we have an equal responsibility to protect the choice of these people, as much as those who would wish to be awakened. Therefore, we have an indirect responsibility to protect The Matrix; due to the inhabitants who are content with their position.

How long will it be before The Machines find an alternative fuel source and Bluepills are no longer the best source of power? Without the need for Bluepills, the simulation in which they live also has no purpose. Without The Matrix, what is the point of having a place to house those who reject the simulation? Zion has never been safe for it's inhabitants: A sword of Damocles has always floated above our heads.

The whole reason why Exile programs exist in Megacity, is through The Machine's tendency to delete the redundant; the Condemned finding sanctuary in The Matrix. The ultimate example of this is The Merovingian's château, which I understand to be impervious to the reset process. Are The Machines crying "foul!" at his pressumed immunity to their influence? So why is it that humans are to be regarded as a threat, when they act similarly? Are we to lie prone and await our eventual redundancy and deletion?

The parrallels between Exiles and New Zion exposes the disparity in how each are treated. There is no good reason for The Machines to apply such injustice and discrimination, and this is obvious when their declaration of War has even been poorly received by many of their own operatives. Yet still they are resolute to the hostilities and discount all possibility of diplomacy. Why?....

To acheive Peace, first both sides must no longer yearn for War. The irrational and excessive Machine response to news of New Zion, indicates that this is not the case. I sense a Secret Agenda, which will not be fulfilled until a Zion of any sort, ceases to exist. ((Whilst I would not wish to scare-monger, I can think of no other reason why Gray would suggest that negotiation will not be entertained.))

I recognise that humanity holds a symbiotic relationship with The Machines. I will champion Human Rights, but will do so in a manner which is pragmatic and considers the fundamental needs of all cognitive life. It is most distressing that this respect for Life is not shared by Zero One.

Do I call Zion to Arms? No! This reaction to an irrational act would simply serve to perpetuate the irrationality of the situation.

Look to the coming weeks, and we will see The Architect's true intentions. Let he be judged against the dual standards which he seems to hold. A failure to open a dialogue with Zion Command will be an indicator of wider implications. If that does transpire, I would still not call Zion to arms, I would ask it of all Humanity to hear the call.... We must prevent a tactic of "divide and conquer" if our species is to survive.

::EDIT:: (Just to add a quick plea from a soap box)

Wake up! All of you! Has The General succeeded? Are we all so easy to manipulate?

Raulen

This needs to be said, which was ommitted from the LE report above:

"Oh, so we've been at war all along? Or is 'war' a convenient click-phrase to ensure compliance and manipulate control within the system's operatives?"

War: it's what's for dinner, but... "I don't think that word means what you think it means."

Take extreme care, operatives, about what you're being dished. Not everything you're given is good for you.

Propaganda tactics 101

**GypsyJuggler**

From the manual:

Injury, Healing and Death
In the Matrix, you can sustain injury from combat, or from environmental hazards, like long falls. Your injuries lower your Health total, and when your Health reaches zero, you are dead.
Zion's technology cannot make you immune to physical damage, but it can reduce its effect, and dramatically speed your healing. For example, if you hurl yourself off a five story building, you will be injured when you land, but probably not nearly as seriously as you'd expect.
Once you are Awakened, you no longer need to eat or sleep while you're in the Matrix. Your virtual body is sustained in a state of nourishment and refreshment by the code-stream from your Operator.

<insert miscellaneous standard information about debilitation and healing here>

Death
When your body in the Matrix takes enough damage, it ceases to function. This truth is so fundamental to the code that drives the Matrix that not even the best Operators can prevent it. They have, however, developed a workaround. When your body is killed in the Matrix, it can be copied and reloaded elsewhere.
When you die in the Matrix, your consciousness is forced back into your physical body in the Loading Area, and it cannot return to the body you left behind in the Matrix - not the same body, anyway. (In face, when you die, your Operator will erase your corpse entirely, to avoid complications.)
Upon the death of your body, you will have two options. The first is to left click the Reconstruct button and return to the Loading Area. You can then quickly return to the Matrix via any Hardline you may have access to, reappearing in a new copy of your body. The second option is to be restored by another player, if they have the correct skills to do so. Upon reentering the Matrix after being newly reconstructed, you will suffer a temporary penalty to your performance for a short period of time.

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I couldn't find any mention of EJP whatsoever.