RedFeather1975
27th Jan 2008, 10:18
I really enjoy Deus Ex games and I think the series' strong suit is exploring new frontiers in science fiction. It would be really exciting for a future Deus Ex game to, at some point, focus on cyclic model universe theories. It's such a cool, awe inspiring source for science fiction goodness.
Here, I made a crazy picture of a cyclic universe.
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1281/1618034proposaldl6.png
I even have a crazy story brewed up which manages to capture a human element the viewer can relate to, while managing to bleed into truly amazing possibilities.
Fits into the whole 'deus ex machina' nature perfectly too! :eek:
Just to explain the picture. The infinity symbol, eta, fini, and tau are part of the story. It's referring to parts of a cyclic model that exist in a finite space and time. Matter and energy, through the natural laws of physics, eventually reach a threshold which forces them into a phantom energy and matter state. That phantom energy and matter flows backwards in time. It influences matter and energy in that it speeds them both up in order to reach their threshold faster. Eventually phantom matter and energy reach their own threshold and convert back to a matter and energy state.
This flow causes space time to loop back around and intersect with itself in the middle, 2 singularity type events (mass and phantom) collide at this point and an instability occurs which results in the Big Bang.
This cycle exists because what the universe is trying to achieve is currently impossible. Intelligence life exists because this cycle allows it. The universe cannot achieve it's 'perfect state' and is, through it's own design, evolving to create an intelligence which can help it to achieve that perfect state. Unfortunately there is a conflict of interests here. The perfect state cannot sustain intelligent life! And intelligent life exists due to it's indomitable will to survive. :(
Parts of the story involve intelligent life's subconscious ability to process phantom energy's flow, which is highly chaotic in appearance, and partially recognize due to it's backward flow it is, in a way, echoing future events. It's how subconsciously mankind's past discoveries were named in such a way as to help explain future discoveries, such as the infinity symbol's appearance and name, the greek letters eta and tau's defined uses in physics and much more. Our minds are subconsciously processing information from future events and unaware to us, our cognitive functions are influenced by them.
It also aids intelligent life in decreasing the resistance between cause and effect, thereby facilitating omnicausality. The omnicausality principle is the rule that present actions are also influenced by what hasn't happened yet. Matter/energy action/reaction creates constant paradoxs which need to be ironed out through continuous diversion of phantom energy flow.
This 'ironing out' process slows down the rate at which energy and matter can travel as phantom energy's nature is to facilitate the laws of physics. Phantom energy can be thought of as oil in the engine. The faster cause reaches effect the more quickly and fluidly phantom energy flows, allowing faster action/reaction of energy and matter.
I have some game play ideas that focus on that. They are pretty insane.
The story is mostly about what happens when a mind is artificially augmented to observe omnicausality and use it to achieve a perception of ridiculous proportions. This perception has it's drawbacks known as the insanity index. Essentially the mind can in various ways process so much information it cannot put it into the right context and the main character begins seeing truths in the form of massive delusions and spiritual like phenomenon. That's another game play idea to help give clues to the main character in order to solve puzzles and guide them through the story.
The main character is aided by a cool device called the PMHID, Physics Manipulation Human Interface Device (it looks like an arm brace complete with it's own cognitive A.I.). The PMHID will observe the results of it's own use by the main character and develop new functions as well as new branches of physics, such as negaphysics (manipulation of phantom matter/energy), omniphysics (manipulation of matter/energy and phantom matter/energy interaction), and 'gulp' transcendiary physics (something so scary the PMHID will attempt to trick the main character into terminating themselves and destroying the PMHID, in order to remove transcendiary physic's possible potential influence on the universe!)
What happens in the end is probably something nobody would expect! :nut:
Phew! I went overboard on the description there. Someday, I will completely flesh out my story and submit it, but for now let's just discuss the fun possibilities a future Deus Ex title could have with the idea of a cyclic model universe.
If such topics are allowed here. :scratch:
Edit: Here's some of the story so far.
The main character is called an A.I.M.I or artificially integrated multilateral intelligence. It's a woman who was chosen to be part of a project created in order to develop a human intelligence capable of processing massive amounts of information and trying to make sense of it using abstract and rational thought functions. The project staff call the main character Aimie for short. But her real name I haven't decided yet.
When she is augmented and her augmentations activated, she eventually reveals what she's perceived as the true nature of the universe and how it's trying to reach a perfect state which unfortunately does not support humanities' existence.
The project team's reaction splits them into either wanting to study her or destroy her. She is helped to escape and her processing capabilities lowered in order to provide a way for her to socially blend in with the public.
The PMHID, and various other technologies comes into her possession because she is being mysteriously guided through what she experiences when slipping into almost spiritual states of madness due to conflicts with her natural brain functions and the powerful information processors she is augmented with.
Her fight to escape the manhunt hellbent on destroying her, and curiosity in learning about the mysterious force acting as a guide, will force her to learn much about humanities affairs, aspirations and dilemmas. As a result the pros and cons of intelligent life's influence on the universe becomes clear to her, which ultimately will help her to choose what it is that must be done.
Here, I made a crazy picture of a cyclic universe.
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1281/1618034proposaldl6.png
I even have a crazy story brewed up which manages to capture a human element the viewer can relate to, while managing to bleed into truly amazing possibilities.
Fits into the whole 'deus ex machina' nature perfectly too! :eek:
Just to explain the picture. The infinity symbol, eta, fini, and tau are part of the story. It's referring to parts of a cyclic model that exist in a finite space and time. Matter and energy, through the natural laws of physics, eventually reach a threshold which forces them into a phantom energy and matter state. That phantom energy and matter flows backwards in time. It influences matter and energy in that it speeds them both up in order to reach their threshold faster. Eventually phantom matter and energy reach their own threshold and convert back to a matter and energy state.
This flow causes space time to loop back around and intersect with itself in the middle, 2 singularity type events (mass and phantom) collide at this point and an instability occurs which results in the Big Bang.
This cycle exists because what the universe is trying to achieve is currently impossible. Intelligence life exists because this cycle allows it. The universe cannot achieve it's 'perfect state' and is, through it's own design, evolving to create an intelligence which can help it to achieve that perfect state. Unfortunately there is a conflict of interests here. The perfect state cannot sustain intelligent life! And intelligent life exists due to it's indomitable will to survive. :(
Parts of the story involve intelligent life's subconscious ability to process phantom energy's flow, which is highly chaotic in appearance, and partially recognize due to it's backward flow it is, in a way, echoing future events. It's how subconsciously mankind's past discoveries were named in such a way as to help explain future discoveries, such as the infinity symbol's appearance and name, the greek letters eta and tau's defined uses in physics and much more. Our minds are subconsciously processing information from future events and unaware to us, our cognitive functions are influenced by them.
It also aids intelligent life in decreasing the resistance between cause and effect, thereby facilitating omnicausality. The omnicausality principle is the rule that present actions are also influenced by what hasn't happened yet. Matter/energy action/reaction creates constant paradoxs which need to be ironed out through continuous diversion of phantom energy flow.
This 'ironing out' process slows down the rate at which energy and matter can travel as phantom energy's nature is to facilitate the laws of physics. Phantom energy can be thought of as oil in the engine. The faster cause reaches effect the more quickly and fluidly phantom energy flows, allowing faster action/reaction of energy and matter.
I have some game play ideas that focus on that. They are pretty insane.
The story is mostly about what happens when a mind is artificially augmented to observe omnicausality and use it to achieve a perception of ridiculous proportions. This perception has it's drawbacks known as the insanity index. Essentially the mind can in various ways process so much information it cannot put it into the right context and the main character begins seeing truths in the form of massive delusions and spiritual like phenomenon. That's another game play idea to help give clues to the main character in order to solve puzzles and guide them through the story.
The main character is aided by a cool device called the PMHID, Physics Manipulation Human Interface Device (it looks like an arm brace complete with it's own cognitive A.I.). The PMHID will observe the results of it's own use by the main character and develop new functions as well as new branches of physics, such as negaphysics (manipulation of phantom matter/energy), omniphysics (manipulation of matter/energy and phantom matter/energy interaction), and 'gulp' transcendiary physics (something so scary the PMHID will attempt to trick the main character into terminating themselves and destroying the PMHID, in order to remove transcendiary physic's possible potential influence on the universe!)
What happens in the end is probably something nobody would expect! :nut:
Phew! I went overboard on the description there. Someday, I will completely flesh out my story and submit it, but for now let's just discuss the fun possibilities a future Deus Ex title could have with the idea of a cyclic model universe.
If such topics are allowed here. :scratch:
Edit: Here's some of the story so far.
The main character is called an A.I.M.I or artificially integrated multilateral intelligence. It's a woman who was chosen to be part of a project created in order to develop a human intelligence capable of processing massive amounts of information and trying to make sense of it using abstract and rational thought functions. The project staff call the main character Aimie for short. But her real name I haven't decided yet.
When she is augmented and her augmentations activated, she eventually reveals what she's perceived as the true nature of the universe and how it's trying to reach a perfect state which unfortunately does not support humanities' existence.
The project team's reaction splits them into either wanting to study her or destroy her. She is helped to escape and her processing capabilities lowered in order to provide a way for her to socially blend in with the public.
The PMHID, and various other technologies comes into her possession because she is being mysteriously guided through what she experiences when slipping into almost spiritual states of madness due to conflicts with her natural brain functions and the powerful information processors she is augmented with.
Her fight to escape the manhunt hellbent on destroying her, and curiosity in learning about the mysterious force acting as a guide, will force her to learn much about humanities affairs, aspirations and dilemmas. As a result the pros and cons of intelligent life's influence on the universe becomes clear to her, which ultimately will help her to choose what it is that must be done.