Digital Refactoring - Stellaris Wiki (2024)

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Propulsion Proponent Proclamation

Thanks to the efforts of our government, the consciousness of every willing citizen has been transferred into digital form. Synthesization has opened paths we cannot yet imagine, leading to new challenges and possibilities.

By focusing our efforts on the physical world, we could transport our digitized minds across great distances to a new body already prepared for us. Or we can come up with means to create remotely operated surrogate soldiers to alleviate the rigors of war.

While the synthesization has already affected society in ways we could have never anticipated, the general sentiment is that we could go even further. Our current synthetic bodies can be improved, or even discarded entirely for fully virtual existence.

If we decide to assign a synthetic body to everyone, it could enable officials to temporarily take over the bodies of ineffective members of the government. Alternatively, foregoing bespoke physical forms in favor of a fully virtual, communal experience would enable us to execute decisions with more efficiency than ever before.

Complete synthesization of the population has proved a resounding success. Our organic past been left in the dust of history, but to charter a way forward, [ruler title] [ruler name] requires both the unconditional obedience of our brightest minds, and a decision.

Improving our synthetic bodies would allow individuals to control multiple hosts at one. Alternatively, we could forgo physical space entirely, manipulating public sentiment through a fully virtual environment.

While the synthesization has already affected the empire in unforeseen ways, the population seems willing to go even further. Our synthetic bodies could become extensions of our identity, or mere tools to control remotely by our virtual consciousness. Our path is yet undecided.

We can research means to rapidly transfer a consciousness from one expendable body to another. Alternatively, we could focus on extracting knowledge from the recently deceased to accelerate our research efforts.

Synthesization of our entire society merits an in-depth risk and benefit analysis. While we are entering a new, profitable frontier of synthesized future, we are also leaving our more materialistically aligned customer base behind. In a perfect world we would like to retain both segments in some capacity.

Advancements in synthesization-related fields such as artificial intelligence would allow us to imbue inanimate objects with rudimentary life, and launch multiple product lines. A more complete exploration of the virtual space would make it possible to tap into people's memories as a new type of commodity.

Being hesitant amidst an incomprehensible change is understandable. Many are more worried about what they might lose rather than what they could gain. But we cannot stand idle in the crossroads, and so must lead our people onwards.

This could mean either creating a selection of specialized personal bodies for people to jump into at will, or fully embracing their synthesized form to endure rigors of space travel and warfare.

We have adapted all parts of society to synthetic life but data remains inconclusive on the benefits of further specialization.

We can either create identity backdoors which allow supervising officials to take over the bodies of ineffectual subordinates, or develop a networked virtual interface for them to oversee multiple government projects simultaneously without latency.

The [main species adjective] population remains undecided on what form our digitized consciousness should take. More conservative voices would have us remain deeply rooted in corporeal bodies, while others resent this "half measure" between old and new.

It falls upon us to make that choice. The physical focus would allow a single worker to control multiple bodies, while a virtual existence would enable societal control on an unprecedented scale.

The [main species adjective] empire is at a crossroads. Some believe bespoke physical bodies would bring us security and familiarity, while others argue against taking full advantage of the synthesization and everything it can bring.

Focusing on the physical aspects would enable us to repurpose the knowledge of recently destroyed dignitaries for our research efforts. Alternatively, the path to virtual existence would allow mass-replacement of destroyed synthetic bodies via rapid identity transfer.

The Despite meticulous cost/benefit analysis, neither the physical or virtual specialization in the synthesization process is coming on top. We cannot, however, stand still at the edge of such opportunities and have to introduce one clear path for our stakeholders.

A focus on the physical world grants us the ability to imbue inanimate objects with constrained AI to be sold as simplified version of new life. Investments in the virtual realm would allow us to commodify memories and thought patterns.