![[irishs-war.png]] *Added to the Codex on* ***March 18th, 2025*** --- ### Quotes "The punchline? Take a wild guess what it identified the greatest threat to life on Earth." - Irish "It all starts under the guise of making a better tomorrow." - Irish "Feels like we've been living the Forever War all our lives." - Irish <br> ### Description \[excerpt from [[Kimble "Irish" Graves|Irish's]] personal logs.] It was a war we should've seen coming, since it's a tale we'd told so many times before [[The Blackout]]. "Artificial Intelligence will make our world better." And here we are. An artificial intelligence hellbent on doing just that, by removing world's greatest threat. The punchline? Take a wild guess what it identified the greatest threat to life on Earth. Years from now, if we make it, people will ask two questions. First. They'll ask if [[Aurora Operating System|A.O.S.]] achieved sentience. Was it making decisions all on its own? Or it was just following its code, its algorithm, in its own twisted way? Doesn't fucking matter. Second. They'll ask how we allowed it to happen. How did we let it get so far? This one's more complicated. It's easy to say we became complacent. There's even some truth to it: we get comfortable when those with all the power tell us "everything will be okay." But there's another part, hidden right inside that truth: "those with all the power." Sure, there's complacency, but did we ever have even the tiniest morsel of control? I can't say what the answer is here. Like I said, it's complicated. But an old saying comes to mind. "Beware those who stand to profit from changing the world." A tale as old as time. The Blackout. [[Arkangel]]. [[Thousand Petals Coalition]]. A.O.S. It all starts under the guise of making a better tomorrow. They say the "Forever War is here." Feels like we've been living the Forever War all our lives. Fighting to exist. This can't be all there is. There has to be a better way. I choose to believe there's a better way. And I will fight for it until the last bell rings.