New Root
The
New Root system; top,
the New Root Grid, lower left, NewRoot, lower
right,
Ordered light with two deep wells visible.
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New RootThe
New Root system; top,
the New Root Grid, lower left, NewRoot, lower
right,
Ordered light with two deep wells visible.
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(Nu-2 Lupi) - Data Panel
Galactography System: NewRoot Primary: Nu-2 Lupi Stellar Type: G2-5V Region: Inner Sphere Imperial Capital (Metasoft Version Tree) Planets & Megastructures:
Important Local Artificial Intelligence AI overseer: The Metasoft Version Tree AI's ethos: The Metasoft Version Tree operates on a hierarchical distributed communication protocol that operates among all members of the Version Tree. All members of the Version Tree contribute excess processing power toward the processing needs of the Version Tree as a whole whether these needs encompass simulation activities, manufacturing and process control, strategic planning and so on. In essence, the entire Version Tree operates as a single distributed- computing based mind formed from the excess mental capacity of its constituent elements and driven by democratic balancing of their collective desires. Economics, Local Infrastructure Major Industries: Transapient design services, production and installation of the various Version Tree software standards and programs, sapient and transapient programming services, distributed data management protocols, spacecraft construction and repair services Angelnetting : The System Grid and NewRoot employ moderate to heavy angelnetting depending on location. The rest of the system employs only basic to minimal angelnetting, mostly to assist in industrial operations. Major Orbitals: Virtually the entire System Grid can be thought of as an orbital structure. Within the inner arc of the Grid, large numbers of power stations, amat factories and exotic matter facilities orbit Nu-2 Lupi. The outer system industrial facilities vary in size from several hundred meters to several hundred kilometers across. The excess energy from the Deep Well Industrial Zones is beamed in-system to receivers on the System Grid. Population: 3.8 trillion vecs, perhaps a 10 billion non-vec transient population at any given time. Travel Stargates:
Spaceports: 118 spaceports of various sizes are spaced around the outer edge and at various points around the System Grid. Two spaceports and associated skyhooks service the planet of NewRoot itself. Hazard Rating : 0.0 to 0.3 for vec and other cybernetic organisms depending on location within the system. 0.0 to 1.0 for organic life forms depending on location within the system. Visa Restrictions : Open Access |
The true center of Metasoft civilization is found on the
megastructure
known as the System Grid, or occasionally the Inner Grid.
The System Grid is a mass-beam supported megastructure completely
encircling the systems star. The Grid orbits within the ecliptic plane
of the system and consists of a planar grid of mass beams beginning
some 50 million km from Nu-2 Lupi and extending outwards to a distance
of 100 million km from the star. NewRoot itself orbits some 10 million
km beyond the outer edge of the Inner Grid network.
Each mass-beam within the Grid extends some 1 million km before
encountering a Node Point within the Grid. Each Node Point is stationed
at the intersection of 4 mass beams and consists of a three-
dimensional, multi-level, spherical framework. Individual Node Points
range from 3000-10,000km across and are designed to provide optimum
habitats for their vec inhabitants. Node Points provide abundant energy
and a variety of mechosystems and virtual environments for vec
accommodation and enjoyment, but have only minimal to nonexistent
facilities for biological inhabitants. They are designed as habitats
for vacuum living, cybernetic entities, not biological, air-breathing
ones. In addition, some mass-beam links within the Grid support
rotating habitat structures along their length for those occasions when
gravity effects are desired or required. The outer rim of the Grid
supports numerous spacecraft docking and construction facilities as
well as power receivers for energy beamed from the outer solar system.
Miscellaneous Notes on New Root and the New Root System
NewRoot is currently the equivalent of a park or monument. Metasoft began colonizing the system from there. When the System Grid was constructed they decided to leave it as the ceremonial capital and a convenient central location for those things that need a central location. For most purposes interaction on the Grid takes place in cyberspace without regard for the actual location of the parties involved, except for lightspeed delays.
The only surviving planets are the two gas giants and NewRoot itself. Other planetary bodies, plus asteroidal belts, used in the construction. The gas giants, due to their deep gravity wells, are less than ideal mass sources for most situations.
