3 "Hermit"

4,000 years and 105 days after passing through the wormhole

Mike and I had an argument just now, and if we follow his suggestion, we will have to arrange for people to land on the planet, of course, there is no problem at all technically, but the reality is that we have no one else to send to the space station except for the clone Sevia. It is impossible for us two normal and ordinary humans to spend 8 years on a certain planet to test his plan, and the risks are also imaginable, and Sevia is indeed the most suitable person to consider this. In all fairness, the reason for my argument with him was not because of Sevia's abilities, but because of the suspicion and distrust that I had always built up in my heart about this "non-human" clone.

But Mike's plan was entirely designed around Sevia, and he didn't think about any other plan at all—and likewise, I couldn't come up with any other plan.

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According to his vision, Saivia will take the "capsule system" to the low earth orbit of Planet 10, and then enter a "capsule" to land on the planet according to the process, and the landing site will be selected in a place where there are no people. The Capsule System is expected to take seven and a half years from the Overwatch to Planet 10, during which time Sevia enters the hibernation module of the cruising spacecraft to freeze his physical condition, so that he still has 12 years after landing before entering the accelerated aging phase.

When Saivia successfully landed, he lobbied the leading groups or heirs of a few countries according to the situation on the planet, and then instilled them with knowledge, ideas, and technology, of course, the best situation is to guide them to actively find themselves to learn, because the process of searching is also a process of screening human, material, and financial resources. And in the whole plan, Sevia is like a hermit behind the scenes, silently promoting the development of the situation.

Finally, 8 years after Sevia's landing, when the "Capsule System" flies to Planet 10 again, he will be able to return to the cruiser with the "capsule" that he landed with him, and finally return to the Watcher, and then use the survival capsule to reset his body.

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Mike said with great interest that he wanted to make a set of videos and text materials for Sevia to introduce him to the "hermit" program, which had taken him five days, and he said that it would be done tomorrow, and that he would let me take a look at it when it was done.

I reiterated that I didn't advocate for this option, but it was as if he hadn't heard. Strange, when did he become so mobile?

Seeing Mike who was carried away by his work, and seeing Sevia buried in a stack of books reading, I actually felt the urge to stop this plan - to ensure that Sevia can complete these tasks on Planet 10, we will definitely train him, then he must learn to "lie". As much as I don't like cloning, if I had to teach him to lie, I really can't. On the one hand, it is driven by morality, and on the other hand, it is my worries and fears.

If a clone with human intelligence learns to lie, wouldn't it have much in common with those classic Crisis of the Mind works? No, I have to tell Mike about my concerns!

But what about the "Star Project"? After all, time is still of the essence...... I had to come up with a countermeasure...... But how?

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Mike showed me the video and text material he had made, and I left a copy on the PDA for convenience:

"Dear friends, thank you for participating in the 'Stars Project', and I hope you will devote yourself to this grand project with full enthusiasm and a high sense of responsibility. (Subtitles are in English and Chinese)

"Your Planet 11 is a star in the Stellar Project, and the work you have done will leave us with valuable data and results. Below we will give you a brief introduction to the 'Stars Project' and what you do, please refer to the text for details. ”

"The 'Stars Project' is divided into four phases, which can be named 'rebirth', 'development', 'testing', and 'harvesting' according to their focus, and then repeat the cycle and repeat, and the whole process is expected to take three to four thousand years, and in principle, no more than four thousand five hundred years."

"The first stage - 'rebirth': the use of artificial embryos, gestation, incubation technology, or the use of newborn babies and children selected from the previous harvested civilization, these young life forms are moved into suitable places for survival on the planetary land, and gradually form life communities, and continue to expand. In the process of 'rebirth', the development of life communities into civilizations is expected to take between 500 and 1,000 years without forcible interference. ”

"The second stage - 'development': when the primitive civilization appears, volunteers will use 'strong intervention' to accelerate the development of individual civilizations, eliminate backward and weak civilizations, and finally form a single super civilization or two to three powerful civilizations coexist, so that the experimental astral score can reach the 'test' stage. For detailed advice on 'brute force interference', please refer to the appropriate textual materials. This process can last from a thousand to three thousand years, depending on what actually happens and the results of the effects of the intervention. ”

"Phase 3 - 'Testing': When the score of the test star reaches or exceeds the score that can be used for this stage, the central processor of the relay station will automatically send a 'test' communication wave to the planet, officially starting the 'test' phase. This phase does not interfere in any way and waits for the 'test' to end. This phase should last between three and five years, and it is expected that during the testing period, a large number of technological and 'control command' innovations will be generated, which may be explosive compared to the previous ones, and volunteers can help collect them to prepare for the subsequent phases. ”

"Phase 4 – 'Harvesting': This phase will begin after the start of the 'Testing' phase and after the cruise ship arrives again or a second time at the 'Test' test star on both sides. The 'Harvesting' process is to be carried out by the 'Nanobots', culling all civilizations and life in the test astral bodies, and recovering technology and 'control commands' as results for verification and research. There is no interference at this stage, and volunteers can wait on their own. Once it is confirmed that the civilization and life on the test astral body have been culled, the 'nanobot' will begin to restart the 'rebirth' phase according to the previously set procedure and start a new round of experiments. The 'harvesting' process is expected to be completed within eight years, and the relay station's central processor will adjust the strength of the 'nanobots' in due course to ensure that the phase proceeds as expected. ”

"These are the four phases of the Stars Project, and volunteers are invited to follow the above introduction or consult the text to understand what they are doing and contribute to our great project. Thank you again for volunteering to be part of this grand project that will ultimately save human civilization. ”

Attached: Detailed text description

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Perhaps to clarify the distribution of credit, the video narration was created using a computer to imitate Gao Jie's voice, and the text material was signed with the names of the United Nations Space Command and several key members, including Gao Jie. The written material clarifies Saiwei's mission in more detail, with a fairly comprehensive and rich set of implementation recommendations and response measures to deal with emergencies, and even includes the ability to operate nanobots on the "capsule" for self-defense. So Mike suggests: restore Sevia's control of the space station and the "capsule system".

I expressed two concerns: first, regarding the restoration of Sevia's control, although he did not show any detrimental behavior to the Star Project, I still did not want him to have any control, which was actually my subjective distrust; The second is whether the early use of nanobots will cause their functional information to be leaked in advance, resulting in obstacles in the "harvesting" stage.

However, Mike seems to be confident, believing that Sevia has a message in her genes that is similar to "serving the interests of humanity", and is unlikely to betray humanity and cause chaos for the Star Project. In addition, even if the technology and combat methods of nanobots are found to be weak, they can form an absolute suppression of the local forces through a steady stream of numbers, which is the battle expectation that has been simulated from the beginning. Of course, I think this concern is extreme, but I still can't just hand over control of the space station to this clone so easily.

Also, I admit that there wasn't enough time to come up with a better way, and Mike's "Hermit" scheme was worth the risk.

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After two days of arguing, Mike finally gave in to my unreasonable and insistent reins, and only gave control of Capsule 1 to Sevia, but the nanobots in Capsule 1 were set to "defense mode", and Sevia was unable to manipulate the nanobots to execute offensive orders.

We postponed the launch of the "Capsule System" for half a year, and it was originally planned to start a new journey the day after tomorrow. Don't worry about the six-month delay, the AI will automatically fine-tune the voyage so that the next trip takes seven and a half years, so that there is no impact on the overall cycle time.

In this half year, we will train Saivia in terms of knowledge and skills, although AI can also help us do this, but a lot of interpersonal training on communication, emotional cognition, behavioral logic and other interpersonal relationships still need to be taught by us.

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4,000 years and 142 days after passing through the wormhole

I remember that I learned that these clones have a strong learning ability, and after a month of training, I found that they also have an amazing memory and understanding, even many abstract things, and Sevia is also a master of many abstract things, including recognizing our emotions. It may have been because Mike showed him the TV series "Lie to me", and he was able to read my expressions and tone almost accurately, and interacted with me in the right way, using the language and emotions that I could accept. Oh my God, it's only been more than 30 days of training, and he's almost become a different person, which is unbelievable!

Not only is he gifted with language and emotional intelligence, but his mathematical mind and rational mind also show rich imagination and rigorous judgment in training, and the combination of the two has also made him very good at calculations and trade-offs. I'm sure if he wants to, Sevia will be a ruthless character among geniuses, and he's still someone who can manipulate N-particles.

Mike also praised Sevia's performance, and although his words were very short and even barren, the kind of praise he had from the bottom of his heart fully recognized Sevia's strength. As if to reward Sevia, Mike used the 3D printing equipment in the space station to create a shotgun (which seems to be an M1014) to deal with an emergency that might occur on Planet 10. I quickly had Mike send the gun and ammo to Capsule 1 via a transfer channel, and set the AI to prohibit anyone carrying the gun from entering the station.

After all, no matter how good Saivia is, it won't change my attitude towards him anytime soon. After Saivia came back and reported all the information, he would directly erase his memory, I don't think it would be a hassle to teach it again, I am afraid that unstable factors will affect the entire Star Project.

- But there is one most important question: how to hide the "capsule" of the landing?