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| − | To the uninitiated, the noospheric union is a system for facilitating discussion between individuals, a more efficient form of exchange than verbal statements or [[Lingua-technis|binharic]] vox-bursts. While this description is accurate, it is also insufficient. The communion, often used between the upper echelons of the Mechanicus, is a consensual joining of minds. Internal firebreaks and safeguards are | + | To the uninitiated, the noospheric union is a system for facilitating discussion between individuals, a more efficient form of exchange than verbal statements or [[Lingua-technis|binharic]] vox-bursts. While this description is accurate, it is also insufficient. The communion, often used between the upper echelons of the Mechanicus, is a consensual joining of minds. Internal firebreaks and safeguards are normally established to prevent oneself from conveying unconscious thoughts or emotions that can slip past all too easily, particularly in moments of high tension and bleed into the noospheric communion. Sometimes individuals instead interweave their thoughts with poignant or sharp-edged snippets or emotion-signifiers to further convey points.{{Fn|2a}} Emotive signifers, such as discomfort or concern, can manifest in the noosphere as a burst code.{{Fn|2b}} These firebreaks serve as mental guards or sturdy partitions that maintain one's privacy within the communion, to a variety of degrees.{{Fn|2d}} |
Noospheric exchange is conducted at the speed of thought. A debate that might last days if the speakers employed binharic, or weeks if they were forced to rely on the imprecise oratory of the spoken word, could be completed in a matter of minutes.{{Fn|2d}} During noospheric communications, petabytes of data can be exchanged in seconds.{{Fn|3}} | Noospheric exchange is conducted at the speed of thought. A debate that might last days if the speakers employed binharic, or weeks if they were forced to rely on the imprecise oratory of the spoken word, could be completed in a matter of minutes.{{Fn|2d}} During noospheric communications, petabytes of data can be exchanged in seconds.{{Fn|3}} | ||
Revision as of 03:48, 23 October 2024
The Noosphere is a type of wireless information technology developed by the Adeptus Mechanicus sometime before the Horus Heresy.
Description
To the uninitiated, the noospheric union is a system for facilitating discussion between individuals, a more efficient form of exchange than verbal statements or binharic vox-bursts. While this description is accurate, it is also insufficient. The communion, often used between the upper echelons of the Mechanicus, is a consensual joining of minds. Internal firebreaks and safeguards are normally established to prevent oneself from conveying unconscious thoughts or emotions that can slip past all too easily, particularly in moments of high tension and bleed into the noospheric communion. Sometimes individuals instead interweave their thoughts with poignant or sharp-edged snippets or emotion-signifiers to further convey points.[2a] Emotive signifers, such as discomfort or concern, can manifest in the noosphere as a burst code.[2b] These firebreaks serve as mental guards or sturdy partitions that maintain one's privacy within the communion, to a variety of degrees.[2d]
Noospheric exchange is conducted at the speed of thought. A debate that might last days if the speakers employed binharic, or weeks if they were forced to rely on the imprecise oratory of the spoken word, could be completed in a matter of minutes.[2d] During noospheric communications, petabytes of data can be exchanged in seconds.[3]
Within the noosphere, works of awe-inspiring noospheric sculpture are also possible. Created by cybertheurgists, these are constructs of artifice and mathematics become unplaces of fantasy. Where if one's physical vessel's senses are ignored, can be a wholly convincing unreality experience to be observed, felt, and even inhabited. The noospheric projection of onesself can walk the halls of the large building complexes and other large structures possible of being created - or recreated - in the unspace of the noosphere. These unplaces can be used for collective gatherings or meetings. However, such indulgent unplaces require what some would describe as a gross misuse of resources. The assistance of multiple cybertheurgists, co-opted from other responsibilities, is required to create and maintain the illusion at all times.[2c]
History
The secrets of noospheric communication were first uncovered by the Explorator Adept Laszlo, who was the teacher of Adept Cacyce, who in turn was the mentor of Koriel Zeth. Before the union of Mars and Terra, Laszlo often made a number of expeditions to mankind's birth world in order to recover lost and forgotten technologies. Going to the lands of Gyptus, in the crater Kebira, Laszlo discovered a great tomb complex that had been guarded jealously by the Gilf Kebir. One of the many things discovered within the vast sepulchres of the ancients, were the designs of the noosphere.[1a]
The technology was further developed by Koriel Zeth in Magma City, and shared between her allies such as Adept Ipluvien Maximal and Fabricator Locum Kane. Access to the noosphere allows a techpriest to view information in its purest form and was regularly used by Adept Zeth and her servants.[1a]
During the Death of Innocence, virulent scrapcode infected the Martian datanets, leading to untold devastation across the planet. However, the infection did not corrupt Magma City or its allies due to the unique nature of the noosphere. This led to Fabricator General Kelbor-Hal dispatching his ambassadors to Magma City in order to both acquire the technology and learn Adept Zeth's intentions.[1b]
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