Here’s the deal: the Rusalka Katrahaska was destroyed by the other Rusalki using a device called the “GateBreaker.” As a result, “nanogates” were taken from her, and then later used to assist Trace. I think there is also a deeper meaning to “pattern.” I conjecture that a “pattern” is a misunderstanding by the Rusalki of Athetos’ designation of people as “algorithms.” It is the reason why humans can traverse through the Breach with some difficulty, but it is absolutely worse or fatal for Rusalki. This is why Trace is able to retain his sense of self and memory after he dies and be reconstituted in the rebirth chambers: he can hold himself together because of this secret knowledge. Effectively, this could be considering the mind the same way as a pan-universal immortal soul. Additionally, Athetos understood that a “mind” in itself is a singleton–it exists simultaneously across all universes, regardless of whether the bearers of this mind are aware of it. Trace understood the patterns behind the universe, and hence was able to control it. In this very special case, Trace is a PatternMind because of Axiom 1. …Okay, let’s go a little further than that. The simple matter is that a “PatternMind” is one who can understand the patterns in the universe i.e., much like Athetos’ epithet “Master of Patterns.” It is likely that the name “PatternMind” is derived from a lack of understanding by Elsenova. I think this actually isn’t very hard to figure out. The question is: Can we figure out what a PatternMind is from story clues? What the heck is a “PatternMind”?Įlsenova made it quite clear that Trace’s abilities to resurrect himself using the rebirth chambers as well as his ability to defeat Athetos was his unique quality as a “PatternMind”. One could think of it like a program that has the ability to breach the memory boundaries of two processes running on the same computer. The Breach Attractor served a similar function, except in this case it could push aside the barriers separating universes. Put bluntly, the Axiom Disruptor is a device that can attack the code of this simulation, whether this code be for the overall model or the algorithms living within it, and modify or scramble the code. That is, each universe is basically The Matrix. This model implies that any given universe is a highly advanced computer simulation run by some grand computing device, but nobody present within that universe (an “algorithm”) is aware that this is the case. It is very clear that Axiom 1 is a precise definition of the “simulation model” of the universe. Alternatively, a component of the disruptor might have been the device that prevented the pathogen from affecting him to begin with.īut how exactly do you break these rules? Conjecturing, Athetos-Trace likely developed the disruptor during his final incursion on Sudra, but had to abandon it as a result of his need to imprison himself as a result of the pathogen. That makes the name of the Axiom Disruptor very literal, as it is a device precisely for breaking the rules. For, you see, if you make the rules of the game, you know precisely how to break the rules of the game. It is notable that Athetos-Trace established these axioms before he entered the Breach the “final” time. The important bit is they are not intrinsic or simply known: they must be explicitly defined before one can start proving theorems about the mathematical system that they establish. However, in mathematics, it has a very specific definition: an axiom is one of the “rules of the game”, so to speak. The most general definition is that an axiom is a fundamental truth. (c) Any algorithm giving rise to cognitive entities will be perceived as reality by the entities described.Īll right, so let’s talk about what an “axiom” is. (b) Cognition is a sub-algorithm whose behavior is to perceive properties of the parent algorithm describing it. (a) All algorithms are universal and valid, regardless of whether they are executed. One thing that he did not address, and I think it is very key, is the document entitled “AXIOM 1”. I want to address some of the things that he didn’t. If you want a good summary of the story, go check out this NeoGAF thread. The vagueness and secretiveness of this game’s story has been eating at me pretty hard. Okay, I absolutely have to write something about Axiom Verge.
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