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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: The Jovian Republic is commonly given this treatment. Tyrannical assholes who [[Putting on the Reich|Put On The Reich]] to keep their people down and kill anyone who doesn't agree to their creed, or the defenders of humanity and the only voice of reason in a world of nanotechnology and genetic engineering gone mad? |
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: The Jovian Republic is commonly given this treatment. Tyrannical assholes who [[Putting on the Reich|Put On The Reich]] to keep their people down and kill anyone who doesn't agree to their creed, or the defenders of humanity and the only voice of reason in a world of nanotechnology and genetic engineering gone mad? |
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* [[Author Tract]]: The authors really seem to dislike organized religion. The last surviving diocese of the Catholic Church is a willing part of the ruling oligarchy that forms the totalitarian, backward, and racist and everything-else-ist Jovian 'Republic'. The only mention of Judaism is as one surviving reclusive space colony (and falls into the trap of assuming all Jews are ultra-orthodox Hassidic besides). ''Any'' mention of religion elsewhere is in the context of 'idolated Jonestown style cult colony of a handful of whackos on some isolated rock somewhere'. Further supplements revealed that the general [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions]] of the Eclipse Phase future was because 'organized religions were too hidebound to organize themselves effectively after the Fall' -- and this in a setting where ubiquitous wireless data networking and social media technology are so advanced that the single largest investment bank in the solar system ''doesn't even have a physical headquarters'', because it functions entirely well as a crowdsourced group of salespeople (for the talking-to-clients side) and a purely virtual-reality central office staffed by telecommuters (for the administration side). |
* [[Author Tract]]: The authors really seem to dislike organized religion. The last surviving diocese of the Catholic Church is a willing part of the ruling oligarchy that forms the totalitarian, backward, and racist and everything-else-ist Jovian 'Republic'. The only mention of Judaism is as one surviving reclusive space colony (and falls into the trap of assuming all Jews are ultra-orthodox Hassidic besides). ''Any'' mention of religion elsewhere is in the context of 'idolated Jonestown style cult colony of a handful of whackos on some isolated rock somewhere'. Further supplements revealed that the general [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions]] of the Eclipse Phase future was because 'organized religions were too hidebound to organize themselves effectively after the Fall' -- and this in a setting where ubiquitous wireless data networking and social media technology are so advanced that the single largest investment bank in the solar system ''doesn't even have a physical headquarters'', because it functions entirely well as a crowdsourced group of salespeople (for the talking-to-clients side) and a purely virtual-reality central office staffed by telecommuters (for the administration side). |
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** For bonus Did Not Do The Research points, the highest surviving Catholic official named is a Cardinal. Apparently the authors did not do so much as a five-minute Wikipedia search on the Catholic Church's organizational structure before deciding to write it into their setting.<ref>Because, of course, if that guy is the last surviving bishop of the Church after the Apocalypse, then he is now the new Pope -- and if he's not, then he and his fellow surviving bishops get to ''elect'' the new Pope.</ref> |
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* [[Fridge Horror]]: Lots of this. |
* [[Fridge Horror]]: Lots of this. |
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* [[Game Breaker]]: Infolife hackers can be, in effect, up to nearly 200 Rez points ahead of their compatriots. |
* [[Game Breaker]]: Infolife hackers can be, in effect, up to nearly 200 Rez points ahead of their compatriots. |
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Revision as of 20:56, 2 March 2016
- Alternative Character Interpretation: The Jovian Republic is commonly given this treatment. Tyrannical assholes who Put On The Reich to keep their people down and kill anyone who doesn't agree to their creed, or the defenders of humanity and the only voice of reason in a world of nanotechnology and genetic engineering gone mad?
- Author Tract: The authors really seem to dislike organized religion. The last surviving diocese of the Catholic Church is a willing part of the ruling oligarchy that forms the totalitarian, backward, and racist and everything-else-ist Jovian 'Republic'. The only mention of Judaism is as one surviving reclusive space colony (and falls into the trap of assuming all Jews are ultra-orthodox Hassidic besides). Any mention of religion elsewhere is in the context of 'idolated Jonestown style cult colony of a handful of whackos on some isolated rock somewhere'. Further supplements revealed that the general Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions of the Eclipse Phase future was because 'organized religions were too hidebound to organize themselves effectively after the Fall' -- and this in a setting where ubiquitous wireless data networking and social media technology are so advanced that the single largest investment bank in the solar system doesn't even have a physical headquarters, because it functions entirely well as a crowdsourced group of salespeople (for the talking-to-clients side) and a purely virtual-reality central office staffed by telecommuters (for the administration side).
- For bonus Did Not Do The Research points, the highest surviving Catholic official named is a Cardinal. Apparently the authors did not do so much as a five-minute Wikipedia search on the Catholic Church's organizational structure before deciding to write it into their setting.[1]
- Fridge Horror: Lots of this.
- Game Breaker: Infolife hackers can be, in effect, up to nearly 200 Rez points ahead of their compatriots.
- High Octane Nightmare Fuel: As a horror game, it's to be expected. For example, during the opening fiction piece, one of the commandos the story follows has his head sawed off and carried away (Presumably to have the contents of the brain uploaded to some computer left by the insane AI that built it) by a combat bot, and another is dissassembled molecule-by-molecule by a swarm of nanites.
- ↑ Because, of course, if that guy is the last surviving bishop of the Church after the Apocalypse, then he is now the new Pope -- and if he's not, then he and his fellow surviving bishops get to elect the new Pope.