GENETIC ASTEROID ARCHIVES: (02/11/2024)
Genetic information in the form of DNA is crucial to our survival so we store this both digitally and also physically on ice within vaults.
Sequencing and storing DNA is needed for:
1. Exotic Weapons Development
- Bioweapons: Understanding the genetic makeup of pathogens allows for the development of targeted bioweapons that can be used strategically against adversaries while minimizing collateral damage.
- Synthetic Biology: Advances in DNA sequencing enable the creation of novel organisms or biological systems that could be harnessed for military purposes, such as engineered microbes that can produce materials or chemicals for weaponry.
2. Inspiration for Designs
- Biomimicry: Sequencing DNA from various organisms can inspire new technologies and materials. For example, studying the structure of spider silk can lead to the development of lightweight and strong materials for military applications, such as body armour or parachutes, while the hooks on the feet of geckos inspired Nasa to design velcro.
- Adaptive Systems: Understanding how organisms adapt to their environments can inform the design of military systems that can adapt in real-time to changing battlefield conditions, enhancing resilience and effectiveness.
3. Chemicals for Medicine
- Combat Medicine: DNA sequencing can lead to the discovery of new drugs or treatments tailored to specific genetic profiles, improving the effectiveness of medical interventions for soldiers injured in combat.
- Preventative Measures: Cataloguing genetic information can help identify vulnerabilities to certain diseases, allowing for the development of vaccines or other preventative measures that are essential for maintaining troop health.
4. Strategic Advantages
- Countering Biological Threats: A comprehensive understanding of genetic sequences allows for better preparedness against biological threats, whether from natural outbreaks or engineered pathogens.
- Intelligence Gathering: Genetic data can provide insights into the health and capabilities of enemy forces, potentially revealing weaknesses or vulnerabilities.
Large cybernetic bees bred from bumble bees and other insects that form hives, specifically ones that use hexagons for storing their pupae, are used to organise the archives, the insects are happy living their natural behaviour and are evolved versions of the species we strive to preserve upon this planet today. They enjoy sorting the archives and retrieving information from hexagon storage slots, and moving the data slates around by buzzing around the hive - similar to how modern day super computers use hard drives with robotic claws on rails that physically move the data around for security purposes.
The archives are constantly growing so G.O.D. can and does instruct the cybernetic bees and they are happy to oblige, for in return in this symbiotic relationship, the bees also get protection from the ASI in each asteroid archive, especially their Queen. This behaviour just makes sense to bees in particular as their innate instincts mean they find organising and moving data slates around into a more tidy and structured manner naturally rewarding, and they act as security systems as well.
These archives are set up inside vaults eventually beyond Terra too, in order to decentralise the information. Each asteroid is bored out for resources firstly, and then the cylindrical hole left over after mining operations are complete is capped on both ends, or just one end when necessary, and then put on a slight spin to produce centrifugal force and the interior is pressurised so that the bees and humans, and indeed other life forms that abiogenesised on Terra can co-exist in harmony for we share the same collective ideology - survival.
We select asteroids at strategically defensible, locations throughout our territories and ensure that we never leave this information open to security vulnerabilities such as piracy and terrorist raids and this practice is useful as in the very distant future as xenos become a physical threat again once they reach us physically and not just in the conscious realm.
Planetary colonies nearby can travel to the archives physically, (to avoid digital or quantum information interception) and update their planets biosphere by collecting new DNA that has been stored in that archive. Over the course of millions of years, more DNA from our colonies on a galactic level and beyond, is collected and archived.
We can and do manipulate DNA, but not of humans ever, as remaining pure helps our critical biocentrism doctrine of warfare and on a secondary level, if we encounter something that doesn't look like us, we kill that, and we can be safe in the knowledge that we are not killing one of our own in doing so.
Over time, our animal friends naturally evolve into new species over the course of eons, and some of these are augmented by us to assist them, some uplift themselves naturally, (especially if this is their preference), others become incredibly intelligent species in their own right and are given territory and rights, yet I am leader of all and this is maintained throughout time.
We use our archives to only catalogue all species that spread out from this planet. xenos have their own archives and these are kept off limits as they are dangerous, however, our DNA archives of life that abiogenesised from this planet grow as we spread out and as life from Terra spreads out with our assistance as their custodians, and evolves alongside us.
Entire star systems are sometimes sterilised of human life and the earth-life that we have spread there in the terraforming / colonisation process, in order to prevent the enemy from capturing certain archives. Likewise, some are left to be captured on purpose as they contain false information, yet the fact that they contain false data in the first place is a hindrance to the development of the systems that rely upon them (and this can lead to fracturing as the information that neighbouring colonies are drawing upon is inherently corrupt due to the nature of the 'bait'), so strategy is important here.