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UNIFIED OPERATING SYSTEM
COPYRIGHT 2075 - 2077


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> Welcome
> Program Instructions
> Phase II Instructions
> Complex Map





WELCOME

Good morning, science team. We hope that your sleep was restful, as it's time to get to work!

This program, as you know, represents a critical research opportunity. The work we do together will lead to a better future for humanity- not only in these times of uncertainty, but far into the future, whatever it holds.

Your unique backgrounds will make you a valuable assets to the science staff, and we believe that your unique personalities also give you the ability to lead and manage the general population. We've selected you for this position because we think that you, above all other residents, have the ability to do what's necessary to ensure the proper collection of data. Successfully completing the program will ensure the survival of humanity by delivering valuable data about psychological stress as well as experimental forms of judicial systems expected to arise in the future. We were all impressed by your skills and interviews, and we have faith that you'll be able to carry out the program to perfection and emerge as the leaders we all believe you to be.

Upon reading this message, Phase II of the operation has begun (see Program Instructions). Soon, you and your fellow coworkers will be stepping into your roles as facilitators of the directive chosen for your program.

We would like to thank you again for reconsidering this offer of employment, and good luck. Please remember to contact your Overseer if you have any questions or concerns about your job.

Human Resources




PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS

The mission of this complex is to fully research a new technology to modify memories of its users extensively, and to determine the full extent of modification as well as any side-effects that may arise from their usage. Preliminary testing determined that users may face increased mental stress, lowered inhibitions, and other psychological problems as a result of having their memories modified.

Residents of the complex are divided into two groups:

1) You, the science team. Your Lounger's memory protocols were disabled, and as such, you should experience no side effects from being sustained by the Lounger. You may feel some weakness and grogginess for the first week, but proper hydration, meals, and exercise should have you back to normal within the week.

2) Residents. Your sector has been populated by thirty residents from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. These residents have gone through the full modification process, and as such, will not remember their previous lives. New memories are procedurally generated by the AI operating the general functions of the facility, so there is expected to be little to no overlap between residents' memories.

Preliminary results indicate that reminders of their past memories can cause a variety of side effects ranging from increased stress to seizures. As such, for the sake of not contaminating results, we would also like to remind you that you're bound by your non-disclosure agreement and may not disclose the nature of this experiment to any residents. Disclosure will result in immediate termination by a third party.

Finally, because of the classification of this experiment (TS), the experiment is also intended to only permit the survival of employees who have been granted proper clearances. Upon the start of Phase II, the complex's biosensors will activate, and the complex will be on security lockdown until the sensors indicate the correct number of participants to ensure safety, as we believe the subjects will be unstable and unable to cope with life after the facility.




PHASE II INSTRUCTIONS

With the modification portion of the experiment (Phase I) over, Phase II can now begin. Phase II's goals involve methodically applying stress to the populace as intensive form of the extent of memory modification as well as side effects that may arise. Because of the preliminary results indicating that these factors may arise under pressure, the purpose of Phase II is to apply stress testing to the modification process.

The formulated stress test takes two forms:

PHYSICAL

To assist in gathering valuable data, we would like for scientists to work together and select one resident every other day to induce stress in. We have provided a variety of tools for this function, though we leave the methods to your discretion. However, as these residents will be alerted to your presence, they must be terminated upon completion of your chosen tests. This can be included as a part of the test, or it may be a separate process depending on what you feel is the best course of action. The passing of a resident will prompt the second form of stress testing the next day.

PSYCHOLOGICAL

To explore the potential psychological effects of the modification process, stressors have been added by implementing a rudimentary judicial system. For each passing, a trial will be conducted to determine the guilty party, at which point they will be executed. However, the stressor is that no evidence or assistance will be provided for these trials. We expect residents to undergo great psychological distress when facing these complex moral decisions, and we also expect that they may eventually turn on each other in paranoia. This is expected, and this provides valuable data. In the trials, your role is simply to observe, though we recommend playing along as to not alert the populace to your presence.

Please note that by the nature of the system, you are not exempt from this process. We recommend discretion for this reason, as unfortunately our employees cannot be protected from this mandatory process.

Should you have any concerns about the experiment, please know that all residents have signed waiver form 3B-27 to consent to full cooperation with this experiment, thereby allowing this experiment to comply to the ethical guidelines of the National Science Board. They may not remember doing so, but admittance to the complex required these forms. Further concerns should be directed to your Overseer, as Human Resources is not currently available for comment.


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