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The Isoptaline were a group of posthuman artificial intelligence uploads. (PROSE: Salutation) Asirite was part of the Isoptaline. (PROSE: Weighty Questions)
History
The Isoptaline were the settlers of a colony on the remote world of Isoptal. The planet was a barren inhospitable wasteland but rich with natural resources. To allow for colonisation they uploaded their conciousness' to machines and left their organic bodies behind.
Isoptalines lived in collectives, each residing in a 'Mound' on the planet, It was from the mound that their conciousness were simulated, moving away from which would result in the remote body shutting down.
early on in the colony's development the colonists began to specialise when it became apparent that some were better suited to the control of remote drones to facilitate mining, and others in the handling of data accross the shared network of the mound.
upper
The upper handled the managment of the colony and were given greater amounts of 'cycles' on the network. essentially more time to run their personality and remain aware. they resided in the upper section of the mound and unaccesable to Lowers by way of the gate installed in the main hall.
Lower
Lowers were the labour force of the Mound and were far more limited than the uppers, their great numbers meant far less cycles were dedicated to them and their bodies would continue to work autonomously in the absence of their consciousness. Eventually the lower would find a way to redistribute their acumulated cycles and allow groups of them longer access to the network in shifts.
Deaths
- The isoptaline first died during the transition from organic to technological bodies when their conciousness' were either coppied or moved.
- The colony Isoptaline were wiped out when a missile devestated the planet and destroyed the mounds resulting in their deaths.