Idea for a new thing for scientists to do: Life Simulation
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:31 am
Nanotrasen, having much success in their new bitrunning operations, has now decided to expand their usage of the virtual domain and is now simulating existence to study dangerous creatures and hazards without the real life consequences.
This idea proposes a new set of machines similar to bitrunning but relying on ghost roles.
So you run a virtual domain on a chosen map, with human ghost roles that can be played in these simulations that in character, are completely unaware they're in a simulation.
Examples for research domains would be:
Tribal human ghost roles with primitive gear in a jungle themed simulation.
A small station with crew ghost roles simulation.
A lavaland ashwalker ghost role simulation.
On top of being able to run these simulations, scientists also get a special console to essentially play god in their simulation. They can build and destroy, spawn materials, items, enemies, animals, transmit messages to the virtual people, as well as enter the simulation directly in their own VR pods similar to bitrunning.
You start out with only the ability to observe the simulation, and eventually with additional upgrades and research unlock more ways to interact with the simulation. Additionally, you can scan items and biopsies of real creatures with a special machine to unlock the ability to use them in your simulation. If mining kills a megafauna, it will also add it to the list of creatures you can spawn in your simulation.
The simulation generates research points via a button you can press every 10 minutes that uploads the simulation logs to NT and grants more points depending on how many times a new occurrence has happened in the past 10 minutes of the simulation, or gimme ideas because I don't really have any crazy ideas on how this could generate points.
So yeah, science gets to pretend to be an admin from the safety of their labs.
This idea proposes a new set of machines similar to bitrunning but relying on ghost roles.
So you run a virtual domain on a chosen map, with human ghost roles that can be played in these simulations that in character, are completely unaware they're in a simulation.
Examples for research domains would be:
Tribal human ghost roles with primitive gear in a jungle themed simulation.
A small station with crew ghost roles simulation.
A lavaland ashwalker ghost role simulation.
On top of being able to run these simulations, scientists also get a special console to essentially play god in their simulation. They can build and destroy, spawn materials, items, enemies, animals, transmit messages to the virtual people, as well as enter the simulation directly in their own VR pods similar to bitrunning.
You start out with only the ability to observe the simulation, and eventually with additional upgrades and research unlock more ways to interact with the simulation. Additionally, you can scan items and biopsies of real creatures with a special machine to unlock the ability to use them in your simulation. If mining kills a megafauna, it will also add it to the list of creatures you can spawn in your simulation.
The simulation generates research points via a button you can press every 10 minutes that uploads the simulation logs to NT and grants more points depending on how many times a new occurrence has happened in the past 10 minutes of the simulation, or gimme ideas because I don't really have any crazy ideas on how this could generate points.
So yeah, science gets to pretend to be an admin from the safety of their labs.