What an Idiot!/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

** Of course, Vegapunk himself does deserve some of the blame in how he designed the satellites in the first place, a clear case of this otherwise brilliant scientist grabbing the [[Idiot Ball]].<br />'''Here’s How It Works:''' Vegapunk designed the satellites to each embody one side of his personality in a way to maintain [[Balance Between Good and Evil]], so that any extreme action taken by any of them could be scrutinized by an opposite counterpart. Thus, Shaka (Good) balances/is balanced by Lilith (Evil), Edison (Thinking) balances/is balanced by Atlas (Violence), and Pythagoras (Wisdom) balances/is balanced by York (Greed). In fact, one could say that Shaka has a clear advantage over Lilith, York, ''or'' Atlas, as Pythagoras and Edison would likely side with her over any extremist plan proposed by one of the "darker" satellites. However, Vegapunk also made it so none of his other selves (or himself) had any authority over another - period. In theory, it is democracy at it'sits finest, but...<br />'''There’s Just One Problem:''' The loophole York exploited rests in another of Vegapunk’s creations (meaning all of them, York included, knows how they work), the Seraphim.<ref>This is a [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] who are clones of the former Seven Warlords, with cybernetic enhancements, and artificial Devil Fruit powers, who work as a team; suffice to say, they are bad news.</ref> The Seraphim are programmed in a way that they can only follow the orders of one person at a time, until such time as that person changes the orders, relinquishes that order, or they receive an order from someone with higher authority. The tiers are, from highest to lowest, the Celestial Dragons, Vegapunk and his satellites, then Sentomaru (Vegapunk's bodyguard), and finally, anyone who is given a Command Token, which for the purposes of this Arc is CP0. The emphasis on this rule is ''higher''; an order cannot be overrided by someone of ''equal'' authority to the one who gave the order. York was thus able to assume command of the Seraphim on her own, and the other satellites had no means of stopping them. A much safer programming would have been to give them a “majority rules directive” of sorts, so that several members of one tier who agreed with each other could override the orders of one member, a situation that would have halted York’s plan very quickly.<br />'''To Make Things Worse:''' Now that Saturn is in command of the Seraphim, the Celestial Dragons could easily have the same problem should Saturn decide to turn against them (very likely his goal, given what is now known about him), as they are also (by their own designation) of equal authority. Although whether this would be “worse” for the good guys or the bad guys right now is debatable.